Final Years
Sir Leonard was Master of the Merchant Taylors Company for 1605-06, continued as a 'committee' of the East India Company, invested £400 in the company's third voyage and stood unsuccessfully for the EIC governorship (i.e. chairmanship) in 1609.
He died on 9 January 1612, leaving a sizeable estate. In November 1613, his widow married Sir Henry Montagu (later 1st Earl of Manchester). She died in 1619.
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