Samuel Leeke

Samuel Leeke (1754–1806)JP of Havant, was Deputy Lieutenant for the Hampshire a major landowner and magistrate who died joining others in quelling a riot.

He was the son of Samuel Leeke, of Portsmouth. Samuel Leeke snr had been bequeathed Portsea manor by the previous owner John Moody; its manor house remains in the Leeke family. Leeke snr was also bequeathed a share of Havant manor. He died in 1775.

Leeke died "from the effects of over-exertion in the suppression of a riot".

Samuel Leeke married Sophia, daughter of Capt. Richard Bargus of Fareham and Cheltenham, RN. She died on 4 April 1847. Their children were:

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