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1.1  Early life  





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Luke Leake
Born1828 (1828)
Died1 May 1886(1886-05-01) (aged 57–58)
NationalityBritish
OccupationPolitician
Spouse

Louisa Walpole

(m. 1855)
RelativesGeorge Walpole Leake (brother)
FamilyLeake

Sir Luke Samuel Leake (1828–1886), M.L.C., was a Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Council.

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Luke Leake was born in 1828.[1] He was the youngest son of Luke Leake, of Stoke Newington, Middlesex.

Career[edit]

He moved to Western Australia in 1833 (then known as the Swan River Colony), where he became a member of the Legislative Council, and was the first Speaker of that body, holding the position from 26 June 1872 until his death.

He was knighted by patent in 1876 and died in 1886.[2]

Personal life[edit]

In 1855, he married Louisa, daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Henry Walpole, vicar of Winslow, Buckinghamshire, who married secondly, in 1887, Alfred Waylen, colonial surgeon, Western Australia.

Death[edit]

He died on 1 May 1886.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Medcalf, M. "Leake, Sir Luke Samuel (1828–1886)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  • ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Leake, Hon. Sir Luke Samuel" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
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