Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (4 July 1656 – 21 August 1720) was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle...
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John Leake (1656–1720) was an English flag officer and politician. John Leake may also refer to: John George Leake (1752–1827), lawyer who founded the...
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hole or crack. Old Leake and New Leake, Lincolnshire, UK West Leake and East Leake, Nottinghamshire, UK Leake, North Yorkshire, UK Leake County, Mississippi...
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John Steven Leake DSM (26 October 1949 – 13 February 2000) was an English recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal whilst working for the Navy, Army...
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40°48′09″N 73°57′46″W / 40.80250°N 73.96278°W / 40.80250; -73.96278 Leake and Watts Services, Inc. is a not-for-profit social services agency in New...
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John Robert Leake (born August 28, 1981) is a former American football linebacker. Leake was born in Plano, Texas and graduated from Plano East Senior...
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Hampden–Sydney College), an ancestor of Senator John McCain of Arizona. Walter Leake was descended from John Leake. Leake served in the American Revolutionary War...
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of the ski run, where MacPherson's body had lain frozen. According to John Leake, author of Cold a Long Time: An Alpine Mystery, MacPherson’s body was...
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professional wrestler, NCAA wrestler and coach Jeff Leach, politician John Leake, NFL player Brad Leland, actor Ruifeng Li, chess grandmaster Will Licon...
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John Leake Newbold Stratton (November 27, 1817, Mount Holly Township, New Jersey – May 17, 1889, Mount Holly Township, New Jersey) was an American Republican...
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Lord Mountbatten (category Knights of Justice of the Order of St John)
starting in October 1919, where he studied English literature (including John Milton and Lord Byron) in a programme designed to augment the education of...
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City Democratic mayoral candidate Norton, the great-nephew of John Leake, founder of Leake and Watts Children's Home, is listed among early 19th-century...
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Admiral Sir Benjamin John Key, KCB, CBE, ADC (born 7 November 1965) is a senior Royal Navy officer. He has served as First Sea Lord since November 2021...
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title of the office was changed to First Sea Lord on the appointment of Sir John "Jackie" Fisher in 1904. Since 1923, the First Sea Lord has been a member...
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Lords, which again exonerated him. Hardy became first captain to Sir John Leake in the Mediterranean in 1708, assisting in the transport of Elisabeth...
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Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, GCB, OM, GCVO, DL, SGM (5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935) was a Royal Navy officer....
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Rowland Leake and his brother Edward John Leake (1812–1867) emigrated with their parents John and Elizabeth Leake to Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land)...
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ISBN 978-0-297-83225-6. Van der Kiste, John (1994). George III's Children. Stroud: Sutton Publishing Ltd. Van der Kiste, John (2022). William IV: The last Hanoverian...
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state's Appalachian highlands. Founded in 1898 by Maryland State Senator, John Leake, Frostburg was selected because the site offered the best suitable location...
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Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, GCB, OM, GCVO (25 January 1841 – 10 July 1920), commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher...
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preceding this appointment were marred by disagreements between Admirals Sir John Fisher and Lord Charles Beresford over the direction of the navy and the...
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defence chief Sir Tony Radakin". Sky News. Retrieved 9 January 2022. Foreman, John (5 March 2023). "Britain's most recent defence attaché in Moscow on the failings...
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HMS Hampshire in service as part of a Baltic Sea fleet commanded by Admiral John Norris. Anson transferred to the aging fourth-rate HMS Montagu in March 1718...
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Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford (category Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge)
County Down and widow of Sir William Brooke, Russell briefly attended St John's College, Cambridge and joined the Royal Navy in 1666. Promoted to lieutenant...
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Amelia in June 1762. Howe was appointed to the Board of Admiralty led by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich as Senior Naval Lord in April 1763. He became...
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East Leake (/liːk/) is a large village and civil parish in the Rushcliffe district of Nottinghamshire, England, although its closest town and postal address...
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John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, PC, FRS (13 November 1718 – 30 April 1792) was a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather Edward Montagu, 3rd...
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Atlantic coast to Quebec and Montreal. During Queen Anne's War, Commodore John Leake of the Royal Navy led an expedition aimed at capturing French ships around...
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The London Gazette, dated 14–17 May 1705 detailing the return of John Leake from Gibraltar after the Battle of Cabrita Point...
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Walleys. 1362: Robert Morton. 1381: John Bosun 1383: Sir John Leake 1385: John Gateford of Gateford 1387: Sir John Leake 1389: Sir Robert Fraunceys 1391:...
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