3-052-625 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

New Members of the House of Commons: Mr. Robert Leake (South-East Lancashire), 1880. 'Son of late Mr. R. Leake, Manchester, and Mary, daughter of Mr. W. Lockett, first Mayor, Salford. Head of firm, Lockett, Leake, and Co., engravers for calico-printing. Leader Liberal party, Salford election 1868, Manchester elections 1874, 1876, 1880. President Salford Liberal Association 1870. Manchester Reform Club 1877, Manchester Liberal Association. Polled S.-E. Lancashire 11,813 votes, 2135 above highest former elections. Married (secondly) daughter of Mr. Wright Turner'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.