After a private education he became head of Lockett, Leake and Company, engravers to calico printers.
In that year he was elected as Member of Parliament for the two-seat South East Lancashire Division, along with his cousin William Agnew.
Leake was elected as the first MP for the new South East Lancashire, Radcliffe cum Farnworth Division.
Prior to the 1895 general election, Leake announced his decision to resign.
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