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LONG, SIR ROBERT, BART., elder son of Sir James Long, Bart., MP, and Hon. Henrietta Greville, dau. of Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1717/8; in under school list 1719; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Mar 1721/2; succ. father as 6th baronet 16 Mar 1728/9; Grand Tour (Italy) 1731-3; MP Wootton Bassett 1734-41, Wiltshire from 1741; member, Society of Dilettanti 1736; gave £50 towards the building of the New Dormitory; m. 29 May 1735 Lady Emma Child Tylney, sister of Richard Tylney, Viscount Castlemaine (qv); d. 10 Feb 1767 (M. I. Draycot, Wilts. ).

LONG, SIR JAMES TYLNEY, BART., eldest son of Sir Robert Long, Bart. (qv); b. 1736; adm. Sep 1749 (Hutton's); in school list 1754; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Nov 1756; MP Marlborough 11 May 1762-80, Devizes 1780 – Dec 1788, Wiltshire from 14 Dec 1788; travelled in Italy 1764, 1769 and 1777; succ. father as 7th baronet 10 Feb 1767; assumed additional name of Tylney 9 Jun 1775; inherited estates of his uncle John Child Tylney, 2nd Earl Tylney (qv), in 1784; m. 1st, 11 Jul 1775 Hon. Harriett Bouverie, fourth dau. of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone; m. 2nd, 26 Jul 1785 Lady Catherine Sidney Windsor, dau. of Other Lewis Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth; d. 28 Nov 1794 (M. I. Draycot, Wilts. ).

LOCKWOOD, RICHARD, younger son of Richard Lockwood, Gayton, Northants, and and Susannah, only dau. of Edward Cutts, Maldon, Essex; b. 1672; adm. (name up School, with date 1684); a Turkey merchant; director, Royal Exchange Assurance 1720, Deputy Governor 1732; Assistant, Royal African Co. 1720; perhaps Gentleman of Privy Chamber to Queen Anne [check]; MP Hindon 1713-5, London 1722-7, Worcester 1734-41; purchased Dews Hall estate, Essex 1735; m. Matilda, dau. of George Vernon, Sudbury, Derbs.; d. 30 Aug 1756, aged 80. [The statement that he was educated at the School seems to rest solely on the appearance of his name with the date 1684 on what was in 1926 a recently painted family list up School]]

LOCKWOOD, EDWARD, son of Richard Lockwood (b. 1672, qv); b. 6 Jan 1720; adm. Apr 1727; left 1733; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Feb 1736/7; BA 1740; MA (from All Souls Coll. ) 1744; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 10 Mar 1744/5, priest (Rochester) 9 Jun 1745; Rector of Skinnand, Lincs., 4 May 1749 – res Jun 1752 [check parish]; Rector of Hanwell, Oxfordshire, from 31 Mar 1750; Rector of St. Peter’s, Northampton, from 1750; Brother of St. Katherine’s Hospital 30 May 1750; m. 1st, 29 Aug 1752 Lucy, dau. of William Dowdeswell (QS 1703, qv); m. 2nd, 23 Feb 1770 Elizabeth, only dau. of Joseph Percival, Stapleton, Gloucs.; m. 3rd, 3 Nov 1772 Judith, widow of Sir John Rous, Bart., MP (and mother of John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke, qv), and dau. of John Bedingfield, Beeston, Notts; d. 22 Jan 1802.

LLOYD-MOSTYN, EDWARD MOSTYN, 2ND BARON MOSTYN, son of Edward Pryce Lloyd, 1st Baron Mostyn (qv); b. 13 Jan 1795; adm. 5 Jun 1807; left 1812; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1813; assumed additional surname and arms of Mostyn by royal licence 7 May 1831; MP (Whig) Flintshire 1831-7, 1841 – May 1842, Lichfield Jan 1846-7, Flintshire 1847 – 3 Apr 1854; High Sheriff, Flintshire 1831; Lord Lieut., Merioneth, from 25 Jan 1840; Vice-Adm., North Wales, from 1854; succ. father as 2nd Baron Mostyn 3 Apr 1854; took Whig/Liberal whip in House of Lords; won the Oaks and the St. Leger in 1825 with Queen of Trumps; m. 20 Jun 1827 Lady Harriet Margaret Scott, eldest dau. of Thomas Scott, 2nd Earl of Clonmell (I); d. 16 Mar 1884.

LLOYD, EDWARD PRYCE, 1ST BARON MOSTYN, eldest son of Bell Lloyd (adm. 1744, qv); b. 17 Sep 1768; adm. 11 Sep 1777; left 1785; succ. uncle as 2nd baronet 26 May 1795; High Sheriff, Flintshire 1796, Caernarvonshire 1797 and Merioneth 1804; MP Flint Boroughs 1806-7, Beaumaris 10 Dec 1807-12, Flint Boroughs 1812 – 10 Sep 1831; succeeded to the estates of his brother-in-law Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (qv), in Apr 1831; created Baron Mostyn 10 Sep 1831; a loyal supporter of the Whig party in both Houses of Parliament; m. 11 Feb 1794 Elizabeth, third dau. of Sir Roger Mostyn, Bart. (qv); d. 3 Apr 1854.

LISTER, THOMAS, 1ST BARON RIBBLESDALE, only son of Thomas Lister (adm. 1736, qv); b. 22 Mar 1752; in school lists 1764,1765,1767,1769, having previously been at Eton; carved his name on the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 May 1769; MA 1772; DCL 8 Jul 1773; MP Clitheroe 16 Apr 1773-90; fitted out a frigate at his own expense on outbreak of American War; raised a corps of Yorkshire Light Dragoons, of which he was Maj. -Commandant, Sep 1779-83, and three troups of Yorkshire Yeomanry (“Yorkshire West Riding Cavalry”) 1794; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1794; created Baron Ribblesdale 26 Oct 1797; Col-Commandant, Craven Legion, which he was mainly instrumental in raising, from 7 Sep 1803; m. 7 Nov 1789 Rebecca, dau. of Joseph Feilding, Ireland; d. 22 Sep 1826.

LISTER, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Lister MP, Gisburn Park, Yorks., and Katherine, second dau. of Sir Ralph Assheton, Bart., MP; b. 19 Jan 1723/4; adm. May 1736 (Armfeild's); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 2 Nov 1742, matr. 1742; MP Clitheroe from 21 Oct 1745; m. 3 Sep 1748 Beatrix, third dau. of Jessop Hulton, Hulton Park, Lancs.; d. 28 Nov 1761.

LISTER, NATHANIEL, brother of Thomas Lister (adm. 1736, qv); b. 8 Jan 1725; adm. May 1736 (Armfeild's); carved his name on the Coronation chair in Westminster Abbey; left 1742; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1743/4; MP Clitheroe 18 Dec 1761 – Mar 1773; of Armitage Park, near Lichfield, Staffs.; m. Aug 1761 (IGI) Martha, dau. of John Fletcher, Recorder of Lichfield; d. 23 Sep 1793.

Lewis, Oswald, brother of John Spedan Lewis (q.v.); b. April 5, 1887; adm. May 9, 1901 (G); left July 1905; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1916; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1912; a member of the London County Council 1913-9; Lieut. 2nd Co. of London Yeomanry April 18, 1913; retired on account of ill health April 20, 1916; served in Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula 1914-6; admitted to the Middle Temple April 19, 1909; M.P. for Colchester 1929-45; author of Because I've not been there before (1929), I'd Like to go Again (1954), and After Dinner (1955) m. June 28, 1928; Frances Merriman, daughter of Dr. Harold Merriman Cooper, O.B.E., of Hampton-on-Thames; d. 12 Feb. 1966.