Lethbridge, Montagu Henry Bowater, son of Henry Bridgman Henderson Lethbridge, of Worcester, by Ada Catherine, daughter of Admiral John Montagu Hayes, C. B.; b. March 22, 1889; adm. as K.S. Sept. 25, 1902; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; 2nd class Classics (Mods.); 2nd class Lit. Hum.; B.A. 1911; Boden Scholar 1912; passed examination for l. C. S. 1911; arrived in India Nov. 30, 1912; asst. magis. and coll. Bengal; asst. settlement officer Oct. 1915; I. A. R. O. Aug. 1916-Feb. 1919; joint magis. and deputy coll. April 1918; dist. and sessions judge Nov. 1924; legal remembrancer to Government of Assam 1933-5; dist. and sessions judge 1937-43; President First Calcutta Special Tribunal 1943-7; retired 1947; legal adviser (Nationality) to U. K. High Comnr. in New Delhi 1948-50; m. July 26, 1924, Ann, elder daughter of Lieut.-Col. John Beresford Christian, l. M. S., Calcutta; d. 1963.
LETCH, JOSEPH, son of Joseph Letch, Middle Temple, attorney; b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1750 (Heath's); in school list 1754; lic. to m. 17 Apr 1759 Elizabeth, dau. of Walsingham Beazley; d. at Romford, Essex 8 Jul 1783.
LETCH, ---; b.; adm. 31 Jan 1765; left Aug 1765.
L’ESTRANGE, SIR ROGER, second son of Sir Hamon L’Estrange, Kt, Hunstanton, Norfolk, and Alice, dau. of Richard Stubbe, Sedgeford, Norfolk; b. 17 Dec 1616; at school under Osbaldeston one year, having previously been two years at Eton (Sidney Sussex Coll. Camb. admissions); Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 6 Nov 1634; adm. Gray’s Inn 6 Feb 1636/7; an ardent royalist; formed a plan for the recapture of King’s Lynn from Parliament in 1644, but was caught and sentenced to death; escapred from Newgate 1648 and attempted to start a royalist rising in Kent, but had to flee to Netherlands; returned to England 1653; published a number of anonymous broadsides attacking Lambert and the leaders of the army in 1659; after the Restoration vehemently denounced the liberty of the press, and was appointed Surveyor of “The Imprimery” 15 Aug 1663; started two weekly news sheets, The Intelligencer and The News; became notorious for the severity of his literary censorship and for his vigilance in the suppression of unlicenced presses; endeavoured to disprove the existence of the Popish Plot, but had to flee the country Nov 1680 and was burnt in effigy by a London mob; returned to England Feb 1681; started The Observator in Question and Answer, dealing unsparingly with dissenters and Whigs, Apr 1681; MP Winchester 1685-7; knighted 30 Apr 1685; deprived of his office of licenser at the revolution of 1688; committed to prison for short periods 1688, 1691, 1696; author, The Fables of Aesop and Other Mythologists with Moral Reflections, 1692, The Works of Flavius Josephus compared with the Original Greek, 1702, and other works; m. Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Doleman, Kt, Shaw, Berks.; d. 11 Dec 1704. DNB.
Lester, Edward Castellain, son of Edward Claude Lester of Eastbourne and Elise, d. of Charles Castellain of Cranleigh, Surrey; b. 2 Nov. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (KS); Capt. of the school 1924- 5; left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1930; Principal HM Treasury 1940, Asst Sec. 1948; chief admin. officer OECD 1951-62; retd 1972; m. 30 Aug. 1934 Olga Dolores, d. of Emanuel Maccioni of Sydney, NSW; d. 23 Sept. 1978.
LESLY, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 17) Jan 1738/9.
Leslie-Wilson, William Andrew, son of William Leslie-Wilson, of South Kensington; b. Sept. 12, 1895; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (R); left Dec. 1912; enlisted in the H.A.C. in Great War I.
LESLIE, ROBERT; b.; adm. 11 Nov 1771, BB.
Leslie, Patrick Holt, son of Peter Wilson Leslie, of Blackheath, Kent, by Annie, daughter of Joshua Holt, of Leeds; b. April 24, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (R); left March 1918; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Trin. 1918; B.A. 1921; M.A. 1926; D.Sc. (Oxon.), 1956; Senior Research Officer, University of Oxford 1947; published a number of papers in scientific journals; retd. 1967; m. 1927, Evelyn, daughter of Major George John Lewes de Berry, R.A.; d. 1972.
Leslie, David Clement Maxwell, son of Samuel Clement Leslie CBE DPhil, head of Treasury Economic Information Unit, and Doris Frances, d. of Max Falk, co. chmn., of Hampstead; b. 18 Dec. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (A); left July 1940; Wadham Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942; RNVR 1944-7; BA MA 1949 (1st class hons Physics), DPhil 1951; missile development Armstrong Whitworth, Coventry, 1950-4; RAE Farnborough 1954-8; UK Atomic Energy Estab., Harwell 1958-68; Prof. of Nuclear Engineering, Queen Mary Coll. Lond. 1968-84, Prof. Emeritus 1984-, and dir. of Turbulence Unit 1975-90; Sci. and Tech. Committee of Euratom 1973-86, chmn. 1980-4; Electricity Supply Res. Council 1981-9, dep. chmn. 1984-9; m. 14 June 1952 Dorothea Ann, d. of Norman Wenborn of Tewin Wood, Welwyn, Herts; d. 1 Dec. 1993.