Sir John Leake
Personal Details
| Date of Birth | 4 July 1656 |
| Place of Birth | Rotherhythe |
| Father's Name | Richard Leake (???? - July 1696 |
| Mother's Name | |
| Married | Christiane Hill |
| Date of Death | 21 August 1720 |
| Place of Death | Greenwich |
Naval Service Details
Midshipman
Gunner
| Date | Ship | Notes |
| Neptune | Appointed to succeed his father |
Commander
Captain
| Date | Ship | Notes |
| 3 May 1689 | Dartmouth | Appointed to command by Admiral Herbert (B051) |
| 9 August 1689 | Dartmouth | Releived the city of Londonderry (B051) |
| 1689 | Dartmouth | Paid Off (B051) |
| 1689 | Oxford | (B051) |
| May 1690 | Eagle | (B051) |
| 3 June 1692 | Eagle | At the Battle of La Hogue Eagle had 70 Killed and 150 wounded |
| 7 June 1692 | Eagle | Sir George Rooke shifted his flag to the Eagle and used her to destroy 12 enemy vessels under Cape Hogue (B051) |
| 1692 | Eagle | Returned home and was put out of commission (B051) |
| 1692 | Plymouth | Appoint to command (B051) |
| 1692 | Ossory | Appointed to command (B051) |
| 1693 | Ossory | Part of Admiral Edward Russell's Fleet to the Mediterranean (B051) |
| 15 December 1697 | Ossory | Put out of commission (B051) |
| May 1699 | Kent | Appointed as captain (B051) |
| February 1700 | Kent | Put out of commission (B051) |
| January 1701 | Berwick | Appointed as captain (B051) |
| January 1702 | Berwick | Put out of commission (B051) |
| January 1702 | Britannia | As flag captain to Edward Russell's (B057) |
| June 1702 | Britannia | Ship paid off (B057) |
| 1702 | Association | Appointed Captain (B051) |
| 1702 | Exeter | Appointed captain and commodore of a squadron for Newfoundland (B051) |
Rear-Admiral of the Blue
| Date | Ship | Notes |
| December 1702 | | Appointed (B051) |
| January 1703 | | Appointed commander-in-chief at Spithead (B051) |
Vice-Admiral of the Blue
| Date | Ship | Notes |
| March 1703 | | Appointed and accompanied Sir Cloudesley Shovell to the Mediterranean (B051) |
| November 1703 | | Returned to the Downs just before the Great Storm |
| 2 March 1704 | Prince George | Took command of a squadron convoying troops to Lisbon (B051) |
| 13 March 1704 | Prince George | Arrived in Lisbon and joined Sir George Rooke's fleet (B051) |
| 1704 | Prince George | Took part in the capture of Gibraltar (B051) |
| 24 August 1704 | Prince George | Commanding the Vanguard at the Battle of Malaga (B051) |
| 1704 | Nottingham | As commander of the fleet in Gibraltar (B051) |
| October 1704 | Nottingham | Refitting in Lisbon (B051) |
| 5 November 1704 | Nottingham | Left Lisbon for Gibraltar (B051) |
| 9 November 1704 | Nottingham | Arrived in Gibraltar Bay and forced ashore three frigates and several smaller French vessels (B051) |
| January 1705 | Nottingham | Refitting in Lisbon (B051) |
Vice-Admiral of the White
Admiral of the White
| Date | Ship | Notes |
| 1708 | | Appointed and sent to the Mediterranean as Commander-in-Chief |
| 1708 | | Took Sardinia and Minorca (B051) |
| October 1708 | | Returned to England (B051) |
| Date | Ship | Notes |
| 1709 | | Appointed as Admiral and Commander-in-Chief by the Earl of Pembroke |
| July 1712 | | Took possesion of Dunkirk |
| July 1712 | | Struck his flag |
| 1713 | | Reappointed as Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, but probably never raised his flag |
| August 1714 | | On the death of Queen Ann, was removed from all posts and forced into retirement |
Other Details
| February 1704 | Knighted (B051) |
| 1708 | Elected as Member of Parliament for Rochester, until 1715 |
| 9 April 1708 | Commissioned onto the Council of Prince George, Lord High Admiral |
| 4 June 1709 | Given Patent as Rear-Admiral of Great Britain |
| 8 November 1709 | Commisioned as a Naval Lord on the Board of Admiralty |
| 4 October 1710 | Commisioned as the Senior Naval Lord on the Board of Admiralty |
| 30 September 1712 | Commisioned as a Naval Lord on the Board of Admiralty, with The Earl of Strafford as First Lord |
| 14 October 1714 | Left the Board of Admiralty |
Notes
John Leake's epitaph in Stepney Church is:
"To the memory of the Honourable Sir John Leake, Knt., Rear-Admiral of Great Britain, Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of Her late Majesty Queen Anne's fleet, and one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Departed this life the 21st of August, 1720, ætat 64 years, 1 month, 17 days; who, anno 1689, in the Dartmouth, by engaging Kilmore Castle, relieved the city of Londonderry, in Ireland; also, anno 1702, with a squadron at Newfoundland, he took and destroyed fifty-one sail of French, together with all their settlements. Anno 1704 he forced the van of the French fleet at the Malaga engagement; relieved Gibraltar twice, burning and taking thirteen sail of French men-of-war. Likewise, anno 1706, relieved Barcelona, the present Emperor of Germany besieged therein by Philip of Spain, and took ninety sail of corn-ships; the same year taking the cities of Carthagena and Alicant, with the islands of Ivica, Majorca, Sardinia, and Minorca." (W015).
| B051 | Biographia Navalis | John Charnock |
| W015 | Britih History On-line |
| B057 | British Warships In The Age Of Sail 1714-1792 | Rif Winfield |
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