LEEKE

Sir Henry John (son of Samuel Leeke of St. John’s, Isle of Wight). b. St. John’s 1794; entered navy 28 Sep. 1803; served in the Mediterranean during the war 1806; commanded the Myrmidon sloop on west coast of Africa 1819–22, where he surveyed 600 miles of coast; captain 27 May 1826; knighted at St. James’s palace 1 April 1835; K.H. 25 Jany. 1836; flag captain to admiral sir John West at Devonport 1845–8; superintendent and commander-in-chief of Indian navy 23 March 1852 to 7 July 1857; bombarded Bushir in the Persian war 10 Nov. 1856; admiral 11 Jany. 1864; M.P. for Dover 1859–65; C.B. 21 Jany. 1858, K.C.B. 1 Oct. 1858. d. Uplands near Fareham 26 Feb. 1870. C. R. Low’s History of the Indian navy , ii 240–382 (1877).