LEKE, Robert (1654-1707) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 9 Mar. 1654, 1st s. Nicholas Leke, 2nd earl of Scarsdale, and Lady Frances Rich. educ. travelled abroad 1668. CSP Dom. 1667-8, p. 477. m. Feb. 1672, Mary (d.1684), da. and coh. of Sir John Lewis, 1st bt., of Ledston, Yorks., 1da. d.v.p. d. 27 Dec. 1707; will 9 Jan. 1703, pr. 2 Jan. 1708. TNA, PROB 11/499.

Offices Held

Capt. gent. pens. 1677 – 82; groom of the stole to Prince George of Denmark, later duke of Cumberland, 1685 – 87; ld. sewer at coronation of Queen Anne 1702.

Kpr. Sherwood forest 1677?-90; ld. lt. Derbys. 1685 – 87.

Capt. Lord Gerard’s regt. of horse 1678–9, Dalton, Army Lists, i. 203. indep. tp. 1685, col. Princess Anne of Denmark’s (8th) regt. of horse 1685 – 87.

Parlimentarian

LEKE, Robert, Lord Deincourt (1654-1707), of Duke Street, Westminster.

LEAK

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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