Modern English biography

public buildings of London 1838; An essay on the present state of architectural study and the revival of the Italian style, Printed in Studies and examples of school of English architecture 1839 pp. 1–28; Rudimentary architecture, the orders and their æsthetic principles 1848, 2 ed. 1852; A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture, by sir W. Chambers, revised 1862. _d._ 26 Charlotte st. Portland place, London 1 May 1866. LEEKE, SIR HENRY JOHN (son of Samuel Leeke of St. John’s, Isle of Wight). _b._ St. John’s 1794; entered navy 28 Sep. 1803; served in the Mediterranean during the war 1806; commanded the Myrmidon sloop on west coast of Africa 1819–22, where he surveyed 600 miles of coast; captain 27 May 1826; knighted at St. James’s palace 1 April 1835; K.H. 25 Jany. 1836; flag captain to admiral sir John West at Devonport 1845–8; superintendent and commander-in-chief of Indian navy 23 March 1852 to 7 July 1857; bombarded Bushir in the Persian war 10 Nov. 1856; admiral 11 Jany. 1864; M.P. for Dover 1859–65; C.B. 21 Jany. 1858, K.C.B. 1 Oct. 1858. _d._ Uplands near Fareham 26 Feb. 1870. _C. R. Low’s History of the Indian navy_, _ii_ 240–382 (1877). LEEKE, WILLIAM (brother of the preceding). _b._ 1798; ensign 52 light infantry 4 May 1815, lieutenant 1823, on h.p. 2 Sep. 1824; carried the regimental colours at Waterloo; ed. at Queen’s college, Camb., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1832; C. of Westham, Sussex 1829–31; C. of Brailsford, Derby 1831–39; V. of Holbrooke, Derbyshire 1840–77; author of A few suggestions for increasing the incomes of many of the smaller livings. Derby 1838; The history of lord Seaton’s regiment, the 52nd light infantry, at Waterloo, with the author’s reminiscences of his military and clerical careers 2 vols. 1866–71. _d._ Holbrooke hall near Derby 1 June 1879. LEEMAN, GEORGE (son of George Leeman of York). _b._ York, Aug. 1809; solicitor at York 1835 to death; head of firm of Leeman, Wilkinson and Leeman of York and Beverley; clerk of the peace for East Riding to death; alderman of York 1850, lord mayor 1853, 1860 and 1870; chairman of Yorkshire banking co.; chairman of North eastern railway Feb. 1874 to 1880; M.P. York 1865–68 and 1871–80; his statue erected near railway station at York. _d._ 3 Belmont terrace, Scarborough 25 Feb. 1882. LEEMAN, JOSEPH JOHNSON (younger son of the preceding). _b._ Fulford near York 1842; solicitor at York 1865 to death; M.P. York 2 April 1880 to death. _d._ Acomb priory, York 2 Nov. 1883. LEES, _Asa_ (2 son of Samuel Lees of Oldham, machine manufacturer, _d._ about 1847). _b._ 1816; machine maker at Oldham about 1847–65 when he converted his business into a private company, the works were sold to a limited liability company in 1872, he received £112,000 for his share. _d._ Albert house, Ashton under Lyne 26 May 1882. _Oldham Chronicle 3 June 1882 p._ 6, _col._ 3. LEES, CATHCART. _b._ 1810; M.B. of Trin. coll. Dublin 1837, F.K.Q.C.P. 1845; physician to Meath hospital to 1861 and lecturer on practice of medicine; phys. to Bank of Ireland to 1861; wrote many essays in Dublin Journal of medical science, Dublin hospital gazette, and the Quarterly Journal; author of Lectures on diseases of the stomach and indigestion. Dublin