title: Leonard Leary
text: # Leonard Leary
  
  Leonard Poulter Leary CMG MC QC (24 March 1891 – 11 April 1990) was a New Zealand lawyer and writer. He was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, on 24 March 1891.
  
  In the 1973 New Year Honours, Leary was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, for services to the law.
  
  