Luke Samuel Leake

Luke Leake
Born	1828
Died	1 May 1886
Nationality	British
Occupation	Politician
Spouse(s)	Louisa (Walpole) Leake
Parent(s)	Luke Leake
Relatives	Thomas Henry Walpole (father-in-law)

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

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

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.

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

He died on 1 May 1886.

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