The Leakey family is a British and Kenyan family consisting of a number of notable military figures, agricultural scientists and archaeologists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Originally a family from Somerset and Devon in south-west England in the 1500-1600s, it has spread worldwide. The Kenyan branch can be traced back to the Bazett sisters who were early missionaries at the turn of 19th Century; with Mary Bazett marrying Harry Leakey before setting up a Mission School at Kabete.
Air Commodore , senior Royal Air Force officer and Director of the Armed Forces Christian Union; father of Joshua Leakey
Nigel Leakey (1913–1941), Victoria Cross recipient; brother of Rea Leakey
Major General Rea Leakey (1915–1999), decorated senior British Army officer; brother of Nigel Leakey
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Arundell Gray Leakey, farmer killed in the Mau Mau Uprising; father of Nigel and Rea Leakey
Robert ("Bob") Leakey (1914–2013), engineer and cave diver; brother of Nigel and Rea Leakey[1]
Caroline Leakey (1827–1881), writer; daughter of James Leakey
The Reverend , 20th century missionary; father of Louis Leakey
James Leakey (1775–1866), artist; grandfather of Harry Leakey and great-great-uncle of Nigel and Rea Leakey
Philip Leakey (born 1949), politician; son of Louis and Mary Leakey
Leakey family tree[]
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Leakey family tree
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