John Leeke

{{Short description|English Anglican bishop}} {{For|those of a similar name|John Leek (disambiguation)|John Leake (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = | honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend | name = John Leeke | honorific_suffix = | title = Bishop of Woolwich | image = John Cox Leeke Bishop of Woolwich.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = Church of England | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = Diocese of Southwark | see = | elected =  | term = 1905 to 1918 | quashed =  | predecessor = | successor = William Hough | opposed = | other_post =  | ordination = | ordained_by = | consecration = | consecrated_by =  | birth_name = | birth_date = 1843 | baptised =  | birth_place =  | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|28 November 1919|1843}} | death_place =  | buried =  | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = English | religion = Anglicanism | residence = | parents = | spouse =  | children = | occupation = | profession =  | education = | alma_mater = }} '''John Cox Leeke''' (1843 – 28 November 1919) was an Anglican bishop, the inaugural Bishop of Woolwich from 1905 to 1918.

The son of William Leeke, perpetual curate at Holbrook, Derbyshire, Leeke was born there in 1843.<ref>“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.<ref>{{acad|id=LK860JC|name=Leeke, John Cox}}</ref>

Leeke was ordained in 1867. 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 an Honorary Canon of Rochester Cathedral in 1900,<ref>The Times, Friday, January 26, 1900; pg. 9; Issue 36049; col G ''Ecclesiastical Intelligence- New Canon of Rochester Cathedral''</ref> he was one of three Suffragans appointed in 1905 to assist the Bishop of Southwark.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27801|page=4030|date=6 June 1905}} The others appointed were Henry Horace Pereira and Cecil Hook</ref> He married the daughter of John Meynell, of Meynell Langley.<ref name="Obit"/>

"An earnest and faithful worker, kind and sympathetic",<ref name="Obit">''Bishop Leeke- Obituary'' The Times Saturday, Nov 29, 1919; pg. 16; Issue 42270; col G</ref> he died on 28 November 1919, leaving two sons and one daughter.

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