Memorial to Edward Tucker Leeke in Lincoln Cathedral

The Reverend Edward Tucker Leeke (1842–1925) was a British clergyman and scholar. He was

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and sub-dean of

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Early life and education

The son of Revd.

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, the

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veteran and historian,"Death of Canon E.T. Leeke", ''The Times'', May 25, 1925, p. 16, column 3. Edward Tucker Leeke was born in 1842. He was educated at

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, where he was awarded

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in 1863.

Career

He was made a Fellow of Trinity, and was assistant tutor for some years. He was appointed

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of St Andrew the Less, Cambridge, becoming

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there in 1869. In 1877 he was made canon and chancellor of

, and sub-dean in 1898. He was chaplain at Lincoln Hospital, and for seventeen years was vicar of St Nicholas with St John-in-Newport, in

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. He wrote ''Ourselves, our People, our Work: Six addresses given in the Divinity Schools, Cambridge'', published in 1891.

Personal life

In 1880 Leeke married Dora Wordsworth, daughter of

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, Bishop of Lincoln and younger sister of Dame

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, first principal of

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and founder of

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. The couple had five sons and two daughters.

Notes

External links

The National Archives: Edward Tucker Leeke, GB/NNAF/P132936
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leeke, Edward Tucker 19th-century English Anglican priests Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge Deans of Lincoln 1842 births 1925 deaths Second Wranglers Wordsworth family Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge