Early Life
Leeke was born in 1797 on the Isle of Wight to a naval family, who owned an estate in Hampshire. He was brother to Sir Henry John Leeke, who rose to the rank of admiral in the Royal Navy. Their father was Samuel Leeke, a deputy lieutenant of Hampshire, and their mother was Sophia, daughter of Capt. Richard Bargus, R.N. Leeke's eldest brother Samuel had also served in the navy, but died off Cadiz in 1810, while serving as a lieutenant. His sister, Urania, married Admiral Sir Edward Tucker.
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