Editing David Leakey (section)

{{Short description|British Army general, parliamentary official}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]]
|name         = David Leakey
|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CMG|CVO|CBE}}
|image        = Lt Gen David Leakey.jpg
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|office       = [[Black Rod|Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod]]
|term_start   = 1 February 2011
|term_end     = 13 February 2018 
|monarch      = [[Elizabeth II]]
|predecessor  = [[Freddie Viggers|Sir Freddie Viggers]]
|successor    = [[Sarah Clarke (Black Rod)|Sarah Clarke]]
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1952|05|18|df=y}}
|birth_place  = [[United Kingdom]]
|death_date   =
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|birthname    = Arundell David Leakey
|nationality  = British
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|spouse       =
|relatives    = [[Nigel Leakey]] (uncle)
|father       = [[Rea Leakey]]
|children     =
|residence    =
|alma_mater   = [[Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge]]<br/>[[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]
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|branch= [[British Army]]
|serviceyears= 1971–2010
|rank= [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]]
|unit= [[Royal Tank Regiment]]
|commands= [[European Union Military Staff]]<br/>[[20th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|20th Armoured Brigade]]<br/>[[2nd Royal Tank Regiment]]
|battles= [[Operation Banner]]<br/>[[EUFOR Althea]] (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
|mawards= [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=57936 |date= 24 March 2006 |page=4194 |supp=y }}</ref><br/>[[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]]<br>[[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]<ref name="LG 4 December 1997"/><br/>[[Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service]]
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[[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] '''Arundell David Leakey''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CMG|CVO|CBE}} (born 18 May 1952)<ref name=Birth>{{cite news|title=Birthday's today|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-5-18.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110519203254/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-5-18.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 19 May 2011 |newspaper=The Telegraph|accessdate=16 May 2014|date=18 May 2011|quote=Lt Gen David Leakey, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, 59 }}</ref> is a former [[British Army]] officer. He was [[Director General of the European Union Military Staff]] in the [[Council of the European Union]], [[Brussels]]. In 2010 he was appointed [[Black Rod|Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod]], a role he held until February 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=New appointment as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2010/NewappointmentasGentlemanUsheroftheBlackRod.aspx |newspaper=royal.gov.uk |accessdate=21 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509025223/http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2010/NewappointmentasGentlemanUsheroftheBlackRod.aspx |archivedate=9 May 2013 }}</ref>