Martha Leckie

In the novel Three Act Tragedy, Martha Leckie is the cook at Melfort Abbey, working for Sir Bartholomew Strange. At the time of the events of the novel, she had been working for him for fifteen years. She is described as a "portly lady, decorously gowned in black, who was tearful and voluble".

Mrs Leckie explains to Sir Charles Cartwright and Mr Satterthwaite that Sir Bartholomew had given Baker, his regular butler, a holiday, and had hired Ellis temporarily. She also tells them that Ellis kept to himself, and spent a lot of time in his own room. She says that he must have been in service before, as he knew a lot of things about well-known people in society.