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Biography of Nicholas Leke 4th Earl Scarsdale 1682-1736

Paternal Family Tree: Leke

On 6th December 1680 [his father] Richard Leke (age 25) and [his mother] Mary Molyneux (age 18) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Nicholas Leke 2nd Earl Scarsdale (age 68) and [his grandmother] Frances Rich Countess Scarsdale. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1682 Nicholas Leke 4th Earl Scarsdale was born to Richard Leke (age 26) and Mary Molyneux (age 20).

On 16th April 1687 [his father] Richard Leke (age 32) died.

In 1699 Nicholas Leke 4th Earl Scarsdale (age 17) admitted at St John's College, Cambridge University [Map].

On 27th December 1707 [his uncle] Robert Leke 3rd Earl Scarsdale (age 53) died without surviving issue. His nephew Nicholas (age 25) succeeded 4th Earl Scarsdale, 4th Baron Deincourt of Sutton, 4th Baronet Leke of Sutton in Derbyshire.

In 1711 Nicholas Leke 4th Earl Scarsdale (age 29) was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire.

In 1724 Nicholas Leke 4th Earl Scarsdale (age 42) commissioned Warwick based architect Francis Smith (1672-1738) to re-build Sutton Scarsdale Hall, Derbyshire [Map]. He encased a much older house to create one of the most handsome buildings of the period in England. The facade is decorated with four giant classical Corinthian columns, topped by a pediment, either side of which are a series of pilasters (flat columns) reaching almost to the full height of the building, similar in style to nearby Chatsworth House, Derbyshire [Map].

On 16th April 1736 Nicholas Leke 4th Earl Scarsdale (age 54) died. Earl Scarsdale, Baron Deincourt of Sutton and Baronet Leke of Sutton in Derbyshire extinct.

Royal Ancestors of Nicholas Leke 4th Earl Scarsdale 1682-1736

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Son of Philip IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of Nicholas Leke 4th Earl Scarsdale 1682-1736

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leke 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Leke 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Foljambe

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Leke 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paston

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Paston 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Swifte of Bayton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Frances Swift

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Wickersley of Yorkshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ellen Wickersley

GrandFather: Nicholas Leke 2nd Earl Scarsdale 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Carey 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Carey 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Denny

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joyce Denny 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Troutbeck 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Carey Lady Leke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Pickering 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Lewknor 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Father: Richard Leke 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Rich 1st Baron Rich

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Rich 2nd Baron Rich of Leez

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Jenks Baroness Rich

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Baldry

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Baldry Baroness Rich Leez

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Rich 2nd Earl Warwick 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Knollys

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Frances Rich Countess Scarsdale 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Newport of Hunningham in Warwickshire

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Newport aka Hatton

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Hatton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothy Hatton

Great x 1 Grandmother: Frances Hatton Countess Warwick

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas aka Francis Gawdy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gawdy

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Coningsby

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Coningsby

Nicholas Leke 4th Earl Scarsdale 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Molyneux

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Molyneux of Houghton 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Greenhalgh 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Molyneux 1st Baronet 14 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Molyneux 2nd Baronet 15 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: John Molyneux 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Heron

Great x 1 Grandmother: Theodosia Heron 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Brooke 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ann Brooke 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Sutton

Mother: Mary Molyneux 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England