John Cox Leeke (1843 – 28 November 1919) was an Anglican bishop, the inaugural

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from 1905 to 1918. The son of

William Leeke William Leeke (27 November 1797''England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975'' – 6 June 1879) was a British Army officer and clergyman, known for his published reminiscences of the Waterloo Campaign, which form a primary source for man ...

perpetual curate Perpetual curate was a class of resident parish priest or incumbent curate within the United Church of England and Ireland (name of the combined Anglican churches of England and Ireland from 1800 to 1871). The term is found in common use mainly du ...

Holbrook, Derbyshire Holbrook is a village in Derbyshire at the southern end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,538. History Holbrook lies about two miles to the north-east of Duffie ...

, Leeke was born there in 1843. He was educated at

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. Leeke was ordained in 1867. He began his career with a

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at Wanstead after which he was appointed

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of Kidbrook. Appointed

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in 1892 and then an Honorary

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in 1900, he was one of three Suffragans appointed in 1905 to assist the Bishop of Southwark. The others appointed were Henry Horace Pereira and Cecil Hook He married the daughter of John Meynell, of Meynell Langley. "An earnest and faithful worker, kind and sympathetic",''Bishop Leeke- Obituary''

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Saturday, Nov 29, 1919; pg. 16; Issue 42270; col G he died on 28 November 1919, leaving two sons and one daughter.

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1843 births People from Holbrook, Derbyshire Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Bishops of Woolwich 20th-century Church of England bishops 1919 deaths People from Wanstead {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub