Biography
Leeke was the only son of Henry Leeke, also an athlete, and grandson of William Leeke, a Waterloo veteran. He was born in Weston Hall, Stafford.
As his father did before him, Leeke represented Cambridge University in the hammer and shot put, and was English Amateur Champion for both events. He was associated with the London Athletic Club. One of the first British athletes to throw the discus, he set a British record in 1908. During the 1908 Olympic Trials, Leeke threw the javelin 135-8½ (41.37m) in the freestyle event.
In 1898 he married Catherine Herbert, younger daughter of Charles G. Fullerton. They had one son and one daughter, and resided in Hill, Warwickshire.
Shortly after the outbreak of World War I, Leeke joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he was granted a commission as a temporary lieutenant on 22 September 1914, and placed in charge of machine guns for D Company, 9th Battalion. He died of fever at the Thornhill Isolation Hospital, Aldershot on 29 May 1915. He is buried in Aldershot Military Cemetery.
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