LEGGE, GEORGE, 1ST BARON DARTMOUTH, eldest son of William Legge, Lieut. -Gen. of the Ordnance and Groom of the Bedchamber to Charles II, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir William Washington, Packington, Leics.; b. 1648; at school under Busby (HMC xi, app. v, iv); King’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner Lent 1664; served with his cousin, Sir Edward Spragge, as volunteer and Lieut., Royal Navy, in second Dutch war 1665-7; Capt., 1667; took part in battle of Solebay 28 May 1672; Page of Honour to Charles II 11 Nov 1668 – Jun 1678, Extra Groom of the Bedchamber 12 Apr 1676 – 6 Feb 1685; MP Ludgershall Feb 1672/3-9, Portsmouth 1679-81; Groom of the Bedchamber and subsequently Master of the Horse to James, Duke of York (the future James II); Lieut. -Governor, Portsmouth 1670-82; Lieut. -Gen. of the Ordnance 22 Apr 1679 (under reversionary grant of 7 Dec 1672) – Jan 1682, Master-Gen. 28 Jan 1681/2 – Apr 1689; commanded forces at Nieuwpoort, Flanders, with rank of Col. in the Army, 1678; Privy Councillor 3 Mar 1681/2; created Baron Dartmouth 2 Dec 1682; Master of Trinity House 11 Jun 1683-5; commanded Tangier expedition 1683-4; Master of the Horse 13 Apr 1685 – Dec 1688; Constable of the Tower 1685-9; Lord Lieut., Tower Hamlets 29 Jun 1685 – 8 Apr 1689; appointed by James II as Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet 2 Oct 1688, with instructions to prevent Dutch ships from approaching British coasts; dismissed by William III 10 Jan 1688/9; committed to Tower of London for conspiring against William III Jul 1691; m. Barbara, dau. of Sir Henry Archbold LLD, Registrar and Chancellor to Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry; d. in Tower of London of a fit of apoplexy 25 Oct 1691. DNB.
LEE-ANTONIE, WILLIAM, only son of William Lee FRS MP, Totteridge Park, Herts., and Philadelphia, sister of Sir John Dixon Dyke, Bart. (qv); b. 24 Feb 1764; adm. 2 Jun 1774; assumed additional surname of Antonie in pursuance of will of Richard Antonie, Colworth, Sharnbrook, Beds.; MP Great Marlow 1790-6, Bedford 1802-12; d. 11 Sep 1815.
LEE, JOHN LEE, eldest surviving son of William Hanning (qv); b. 11 Dec 1802; adm. 20 Jan 1813; Min. Can. 1817; left 12 Dec 1817; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Feb 1821; adm. Middle Temple 20 Jun 1823; assumed surname of Lee in lieu of Hanning 21 Mar 1825; MP (Whig) Wells 1830-7; DL JP Sopmerset, High Sheriff1845; m. 1st, 18 Feb 1834 Jessy Edwards, third dau. of John Edwards Vaughan MP, Rheola, Glamorgan; m. 2nd, 17 Aug 1841 Hon. Maria Sophia Hood, eldest dau. of Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (I); d. 16 Aug 1874.
LEE, GEORGE HENRY, 3rd EARL OF LICHFIELD, eldest son of George Henry Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield, and Frances, dau. of Sir John Hales, Bart., and half-sister of James Hales (qv); b. 21 May 1718; adm. Feb 1727/8; spoke his verses in College Hall at the Westminster Feast of 1734/5 “extremely well” (HMC Report ix, appendix ii, 465); left 1735; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Jan 1735/6; MA 14 Feb 1737/8; DCL 25 Aug 1743 and by diploma 27 Sep 1762; Grand Tour (Italy) 1739-40; MP Oxfordshire Feb 1739/40 – 13 Feb 1742/3; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Lichfield 13 Feb 1742/3; a Lord of the Bedchamber 11 Dec 1760 – Jul 1762, Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners from 17 Jul 1762; Privy Councillor 14 Jul 1762; High Steward, Oxford Univ. 1760-2, Chancellor from 1762; founded by bequest the Lichfield Clinical Professorship, Oxford Univ.; member, Society of Dilettanti 1740/1; DL Oxfordshire 1763; FSA 26 Nov 1767; m. 16 Jan 1744/5 Dinah, dau. of Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. MP; d. 19 Sep 1772. DNB.
LECHMERE, EDMUND, only son of Anthony Lechmere MP, Hanley Castle, Worcs., and Anne, dau. of Thomas Foley, Stoke Edith, Worcs.; b. 4 Apr 1710; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1720 (Christian name misread as Edward by Russell Barker & Stenning); in under school list 1724; left 1724; subsequently at school at Fulham, Middlesex (Mr. Lewis Vaslet); Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1728 [check]; of Hanley Castle, Worcs.; High Sheriff, Worcestershire 1732; MP Worcestershire 1734-47; m. 1st, 12 Oct 1732 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Blunden Charlton, Bart., Ludford, Herefs.; m. 2nd, 4 Jun 1765 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Whitmore, Vicar of Lechlade, Gloucs.; d. 29 Mar 1805.
LAWLEY, SIR ROBERT, BART., only son of Sir Robert Lawley, Bart., and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir Lambert Blackwell, Bart., MP; bap 22 Mar 1735/6; adm. Sep 1748 (Watts'); in school list 1752; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 5 Apr 1753; succ. father as 5th baronet 28 Nov 1779; MP Warwickshire from 1780; of Canwell Priory, Staffs.; m. 11 Aug 1764 Jane, only dau. of Beilby Thompson, Escrick, Yorks.; d. 1 Mar 1793.
LAMBTON, JOHN, fifth son of Ralph Lambton, Barnes, co. Durham, and Dorothy, dau. of John Hedworth, Harraton, co. Durham; b. 26 Jul 1710; adm. (aged 15) Mar 1725/6 (as John Lampton); in under school list 1727 (probably left 1727); Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 12 Oct 1732; Lieut., 9 Jul 1739; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 24 Jan 1746; Col., 22 Apr. 1758; Col., 68th Foot, from 28 Apr 1758; Maj. -Gen., 26 Feb 1761; Lieut. -Gen., 30 Apr 1770; Gen., 20 Nov 1782; inherited Lambton estates on death of elder brother 1761; MP Durham May 1762 – Jan 1787; m. 5 Sep 1763 Lady Susan Lyon, dau. of Thomas Lyon, 8th Earl of Strathmore (S); d. 22 Mar 1794. DNB.
LAMB, THOMAS DAVIS, eldest son of Thomas Phillipps Lamb MP, Rye, Sussex, and Elizabeth Dorothy, dau. of William [or Daniel ?] Davis, Rye, Sussex; bap 11 Aug 1775; adm. 18 Jun 1788; one of Southey’s “most intimate associates” at school (Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, I, 154; cf. Reminiscences of Oxford, Oxford Historical Society Pub., xxii, 403-8); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Dec 1793; adm. Middle Temple 14 Dec 1795; Private Secretary to Lord Hawkesbury when Foreign Secretary Feb 1801 – Jul 1802; MP Rye 1802 – Mar 1806; Law Clerk, Home Office, from Mar 1806; a Commissioner of Taxes from 13 Dec 1806; d. unm. 13 May 1818.
LAMB, SIR JAMES BLAND, BART., only son of George Burges (qv); b. 8 Jun 1752; adm. (after two sessions at Edinburgh Univ. ) 30 Jun 1767; left Dec 1769; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Jan 1770; Grand Tour (France) 1771, (Italy) 1773-4; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Sep 1769, called to bar 16 Apr 1777; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1778-83); MP Helston Jan 1787-90; a supporter of Warren Hastings (qv) in the early stages of his impeachment; Under-Secretary, Foreign Office 1789-95; one of Commissioners of Privy Seal Jul – Nov 1794; created baronet 21 Oct 1795; Knight Marshal, Royal Household, from 10 Nov 1795; assumed surname of Lamb in lieu of Burges 25 Oct 1821; author of poems, plays, tales and epigrams; a founder, The Sun newspaper; m. 1st, 19 Jun 1777 Hon. Elizabeth Noel, second dau. of Edward Noel, 1st Viscount Wentworth; m. 2nd, 16 Dec 1780 Anne, third dau. of Lieut. -Col. Louis Charles Montolieu, Baron de Saint Hypolite, 2nd Troop Horse Guards; m. 3rd, 1 Sep 1812 Lady Margaret Lindsay, widow of Alexander Fordyce, London, banker, and dau. of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres (S); d. 11 Oct 1824. DNB.
L’ESTRANGE, SIR GEORGE BURDETT, second son of Henry Piesley L’Estrange, Moystown, King’s Co., Col. King’s Co. Militia, and Grace, dau. of George Burdett MP (I), The Heath House, Queen’s Co.; b. 1796; adm. 6 Feb 1807; left Dec 1810; Ensign, 31st Foot 16 Jan 1812; Lieut., 17 Jun 1813, half-pay 1814; Ensign and Lieut., 3rd Foot Guards 2 Jul 1815, half-pay 11 Jul 1822; served in Peninsular War; attached to household of Lord Lieut. Ireland; Usher at Arms, Order of St. Patrick 1858; knighted at Dublin by Earl of Carlisle as Lord Lieut., 13 Jun 1860; m. 1832 Louisa Vincentia, dau. of Herbert Rawson Stepney, Durrow Abbey, King’s Co.; d. 5 Feb 1878.