Paternal Family Tree: Leke
On 6th December 1680 [his father] Richard Leke [aged 25] and [his mother] Mary Molyneux [aged 18] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Nicholas Leke 2nd Earl Scarsdale [aged 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 [aged 26] and Mary Molyneux [aged 20].
On 16th April 1687 [his father] Richard Leke [aged 32] died.
In 1699 Nicholas Leke 4th Earl Scarsdale [aged 17] admitted at St John's College, Cambridge University [Map].
On 27th December 1707 [his uncle] Robert Leke 3rd Earl Scarsdale [aged 53] died without surviving issue. His nephew Nicholas [aged 25] succeeded 4th Earl Scarsdale, 4th Baron Deincourt of Sutton, 4th Baronet Leke of Sutton in Derbyshire.
In 1711 Nicholas Leke 4th Earl Scarsdale [aged 29] was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire.
In 1724 Nicholas Leke 4th Earl Scarsdale [aged 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 [aged 54] died. Earl Scarsdale, Baron Deincourt of Sutton and Baronet Leke of Sutton in Derbyshire extinct.
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Great x 4 Grandfather: John Leke 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Leke 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Foljambe 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Francis Leke 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Paston 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Paston 10 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Bridget Heydon 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Leke 1st Earl Scarsdale 9 x Great Grandson 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 Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Carey 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Carey 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Spencer 
3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Carey 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Denny 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joyce Denny 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Troutbeck 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Carey Lady Leke 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Knyvet 
9 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Knyvet of Charlton Wiltshire 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Muriel Howard Viscountess Lisle 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Knyvet Baroness Geneville Beaudasert 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Christopher Pickering 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Pickering 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Lewknor 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
father: Richard Leke 8 x Great Grandson 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 Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Devereux 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 1st Earl Essex 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothy Hastings 
5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Knollys 
Great x 3 Grandmother: Lettice Knollys Countess Essex and Leicester 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Carey 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Grandmother: Frances Rich Countess Scarsdale 9 x Great Granddaughter 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 Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Molyneux 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Molyneux of Houghton 13 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Greenhalgh 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Molyneux 1st Baronet 14 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Francis Molyneux 2nd Baronet 15 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Grandfather: John Molyneux 3rd Baronet 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Heron
Great x 1 Grandmother: Theodosia Heron 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham 
4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Brooke 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Braye Baroness Cobham 
11 x Great Granddaughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ann Brooke 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Sutton 
mother: Mary Molyneux 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England