- Samuel Leeke
Samuel Leeke of
Havant , was amagistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for theHampshire .He was the son of Samuel Leeke, of Portsmouth. [Dod, Robert P.; [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=B-ANAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA362&lpg=PA362&dq=%22Samuel+Leeke%22+%22Isle+of+Wight%22&source=web&ots=mMnlD4QDAE&sig=EltDzq_QBqzId_lKbmHTIrcE_BY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result "The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, 1862"] , London:Whittaker & Co. p. 362] Samuel Leeke snr had been bequeathed
Portsea Manor by the previous owner John Moody; it remains in the Leeke family. ['The liberty of Portsmouth and Portsea Island: Manors, churches and charities', [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41953 A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 192-202] Date accessed: 10 September 2008.] [Pomeroy, Stephen [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stephen.pomeroy/local/manors.pdf Manors: Bocheland Manor] ] Leeke snr was also bequeathed a share of Havant Manor.Longcroft, Charles John; [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=MmABAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA18&lpg=RA1-PA18&dq=%22Samuel+Leeke%22+%22John+Moody%22&source=web&ots=CaCIthIJzO&sig=l02-Wum33dfsfmonNkAYHDkt4s4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PRA1-PA18,M1 "A Topographical Account of the Hundred of Bosmere, in the County of Southampton Including the Parishes of Havant, Warblington, and Hayling"] , Published by J.R. Smith, 1857, p. 18] He died in 1775.Samuel Leeke married Sophia, daughter of Capt. Richard Bargus of Fareham,
Cheltenham , RN. ["Peerage of the House of Commons" (1862) [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=AecNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA191&lpg=PA191&dq=%22Samuel+Leeke%22+Sophia&source=web&ots=vhEmZGhezO&sig=Fv0t5ypfjl_j6s0eFX7YsF3p9ZM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result p. 191] ] She died on 4 April 1847. [Burke, John; Burke, Sir Bernard; (1847) [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=4NsYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA504&lpg=PA504&dq=%22samuel+Leeke%22+william&source=web&ots=NRXZuZiDeL&sig=JkpsC_4c4_xIvNycFFjVdKE1z4o&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result "The Patrician"] , Published by E. Churton. p. 504]Leeke died "from the effects of over-exertion in the suppression of a riot". [
J. K. Laughton , [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16328 ‘Leeke, Sir Henry John (1794–1870)’] , rev. Roger T. Stearn, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ",Oxford University Press , 2004; online edition, October 2005, accessed 9 September 2008]Children
*Thomas Samuel - a Lieutenant in the
Royal Navy , killed in action offCadiz , November 2, 1810. ["The Gentleman's Magazine" [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=svZYCKZhW1sC&pg=PA563&lpg=PA563&dq=%22samuel+Leeke%22+william&source=web&ots=PgPNKf2rEL&sig=is7TMhlJW92J_KoCLTjXKxQswyE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA563,M1 Vol 182, Jan-Jun 1847] , Published by F. Jefferies, 1847; p. 563]
*Urania, married Admiral Sir Edward Tucker. [ [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=cOEhAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA673&lpg=PA673&dq=Edward+Tucker+Leeke&source=web&ots=c7n_B9wmup&sig=sUUPUDxV7tp5EAQ4ZWW0ujdfbbE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result "The Gentleman's Magazine 1864, p. 673] ]
*Ann Sophia
*Henry John (later Sir Henry Leeke), Royal Navy Admiral
*William, Waterloo veteran and historian, clergyman
*Emily, married January 8, 1822, Capt. Wilson Braddyll Bigland, R. N ["The Gentleman's Magazine" [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=bQ6IjTMlnyUC&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=%22samuel+Leeke%22+william&source=web&ots=A4v2EXP6UY&sig=XgVcW7xPHpyemdQSM0vI5rmvSP0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result Vol 92. Pt. 1, 1822] , Published by F. Jefferies; p. 176]
*Sophia
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* [http://calm.hants.gov.uk/DServeA/cgi-bin/CIdleTcl.exe?dsqServer=ist-iis02&dsqIni=DServe.ini&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=RefNo%3D%3D%2786102/257%27 Details of Samuel Leeke's will]
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