John Leake

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English naval officer and politician (1656-1720)

PoliticiansLived 1656 to 1720 · aged 64

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The action at Barfleur, where Leake commanded the third-rate HMS Eagle in some of the heaviest fighting (70 of his men were killed.)

The London Gazette's 14 May 1705 issue detailing Leake's return from Gibraltar after the Battle of Cabrita Point

c. 1710 portrait of Leake by Michael Dahl

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About this person

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake was a Royal Navy officer and politician who represented Rochester in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1715. He served in the Third Anglo-Dutch War as a junior officer, participating in the Battle of Texel. During the Williamite War in Ireland, Leake distinguished himself by leading a convoy which broke the barricading boom at Culmore Fort and lifted the siege of Derry. As a captain he fought in the Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue of the Nine Years' War.

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