2-721-598 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Sir J Leake', (1656-1720), 1830. Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Leake (1656-1720) Royal Navy officer and politician. Served in the Battle of Texel during the Anglo-Dutch wars, the Williamite War in Ireland, the Battle of Barfleur, the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]