1796 - ????
Awarded with the London bankers William and Frederick Whitmore (q.v.) a share of the compensation for part of a group of enslaved people in St Thomas-in-the-East in Jamaica. This is possibly the same man as the George Leake awarded the compensation under Portland no. 111. Â
George Leake of no. 38 Fenchurch-street, merchant was the Pet[itioning] Cr[editor] in the Whitmore Wells bankruptcy in 1841. In 1841 George Leake merchant aged 45 was living with Jane Leake aged 65 at Park Terrace, St Mary Islington West.
George Leake (1786-1849), a merchant and banker who emigrated to Swan River in Western Australia in 1829 with considerable wealth and backing from London must have been a different man, albeit conceivably a relative. This George Leake's great-nephew married the daughter of Sir Archibald Paull Burt (1810-1879, q.v.). For this George Leake see the entry in People Australia.
St Thomas-in-the-East no. 23.
The Law Journal 1841 Bankrupt and Dividend List p. 47; 1841 census online.
M. Medcalf, 'Leake, George (1786–1849)', , published first in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 11 October 2016; M. Medcalf, 'Leake, George Walpole (1825–1895)', , published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 11 October 2016; B. K. De Garis, 'Leake, George (1856–1902)', , published first in hardcopy 1986, accessed online 11 October 2016.
Georgina Arnott, Jane Lydon, Zoë Laidlaw and Xavier Reader, 'Leake, George (1786–1849)', .
We are grateful to Michael Chapman for his assistance with compiling this entry.
Absentee?
British/Irish
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Occupation
Merchant
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£487 9s 4d
Awardee
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38 Fenchurch Street, City of London, Middlesex, London, England
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