John Leeke

John Cox Leeke (1843 – 28 November 1919) was an Anglican bishop, the inaugural Bishop of Woolwich from 1905 to 1918.

The son of the Revd William Leeke, he was born in Holbrooke, Derbyshire in 1843.[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and ordained in 1867.[2] He began his career with a curacy at Wanstead after which he was appointed Rector of Kidbrook. Appointed Rural Dean of Woolwich in 1892 and then a Canon of Rochester Cathedral in 1900,[3] he was one of three Suffragans appointed in 1905 to assist the Bishop of Southwark.[4] He married the daughter of John Meynell, of Meynell Langley.[5]

"An earnest and faithful worker, kind and sympathetic",[5] he died on 28 November 1919, leaving two sons and one daughter.

Notes

  1. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  2. ^ Leeke, John Cox in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  3. ^ The Times, Friday, January 26, 1900; pg. 9; Issue 36049; col G Ecclesiastical Intelligence- New Canon of Rochester Cathedral
  4. ^ London Gazette: no. 27801. p. 4030. 6 June 1905. Retrieved 2008-09-15. The others appointed were Henry Horace Pereira and Cecil Hook
  5. ^ a b Bishop Leeke- Obituary The Times Saturday, Nov 29, 1919; pg. 16; Issue 42270; col G
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment		 Bishop of Woolwich
1905 – 1918		 Succeeded by
William Woodcock Hough