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John Cox Leeke (1843 – 28 November 1919) was an Anglican bishop the inaugural Bishop of Woolwich from 1905 to 1918.The son of the Revd William Leeke he was born in Holbrooke Derbyshire in 1843. He was educated at Trinity College Cambridge and ordained in 1867. He began his career with a curacy at Wanstead after which he was appointed Rector of Kidbrook.