About Luke Leake
Lived 1828 – 1886 (aged 57–58). Luke Leake was an Australian politician.
Sir Luke Samuel Leake (1828–1886), M.L.C., was a Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Council.
Biography
Early life Luke Leake was born in 1828. He was the youngest son of Luke Leake, of Stoke Newington, Middlesex.
Career 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.
Personal life In 1855, he married Louisa, daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Henry Walpole, vicar of Winslow, Buckinghamshire, who married secondly, in 1887, Alfred Waylen, colonial surgeon, Western Australia.
Death He died on 1 May 1886.
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