About Robert Leake
Lived 1824 – 1901 (aged 76–77). Robert Leake was a British politician.
Robert Leake (1824 – 1 May 1901) was a British Liberal politician.
Leake was the eldest son of Robert Leake of Manchester and Mary Lockett of Salford, Lancashire. After a private education he became head of Lockett, Leake and Company, engravers to calico printers.
Leake became involved in Liberal politics in Manchester in the 1860s, and was over time president of the Manchester Liberal Association, the Manchester Reform Club and the Liberal Association of Salford.
Leake made his residence at "The Dales", Whitefield, near Manchester. He was married twice.
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British politician (1824–1901)
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