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LONGLANDS, DAVID, brother of Thomas Longlands (qv); b. 15 Apr 1786; in school list 1795; KS (aged 14) 1800; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1804, matr. 16 May 1804, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1808; MA 1810; ordained deacon 23 Dec 1810, priest 8 Mar 1812 (both York); an Usher at the School 1808-21; in 1829 chaplain to William Carey (qv), Bishop of Exeter; d. Oct 1849.

Longford, Michael Desmond, brother of Ronald Terence Longford (qv); b. 30 May 1928; adm. Sept. 1939 (KS); left July 1945; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1945, BA 1948, MA 1954; Colonial Civil Service, Tanganyika 1951, district officer 1953, private sec. to Governor 1955-6, District Commr. 1961-2, retd. on independence of Tanganyika 1962; personnel man. 1962-4; dep. gen. superintendent, Dr Barnardo’s Home 1964-7; principal, Dept. of Health and Social Security 1967; seconded to Cabinet Office 1971-3 and to Overseas Development Administration 1977 and 1980; retd. 1988; author, The Flags changed at Midnight, Tanganyika’s Progress towards Independence 2001, The Path that led to Africa 2003 (with chapters describing his education at the Sch. ); m. 30 June 1956 Jennifer Mary, d. of Frances Louise Stevenson CBE, Countess Lloyd George of Dwyfor; d. 14 July 2005.

Longford, Edward de Toesny Wingfield, son of Rev. William Wingfield Longford, Rector of Sefton, Lancs, and his second wife Georgine, d. of John Soutar Mcintosh Bey MBE, Egyptian State Railways, of Zeitoun, Cairo, Egypt, and Leebrae House, Selkirkshire; b. 6 Mar. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (KS); left July 1943; Coldstream Guards 1943-5 (Lieut. ); Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1948, MA 1953; Wells Theol. Coll. 1949-51; ord. deacon 1951, priest 1952 (St Albans); Curate Stevenage, Herts 1951-4; Precentor and Sacrist Ely Cathedral, perpetual Curate Chettisham, Cambs, 1954-68; Rector Gamlingay, Cambs 1968-90; hon. Canon, Ely 1979-90; Rural Dean St Neots 1982-90; m. 25 July 1951 Joan Mary Barnard, d. of Ven. Alexander Cory, Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight; d. 16 July 2010.

LONG, HENRY, son of Robert Long, Stanton Prior, Somerset; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1655, Westminster Student (still at Oct 1661 when given leave of absence to study the common law), but did not matr.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 May 1657, called to bar 16 Jun 1664, Bencher 27 Oct 1683, Treasurer 1691; m. 13 Jun 1682 Dionysia, dau. of John Harrington, Kelston, Somerset; d. 1693 (will proved PCC 11 Jul 1693).

LOE, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Loe DD, Prebendary of Gloucester and Chaplain to James I; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1621, adm. scholar 1622; BA 1625/6; MA 1629; BD 1636; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1627, Major Fellow 17 Mar 1628 – c. 1640; ordained; Vicar of Kirkby Masham, Yorks., 1639; compiled from his father’s papers The Merchants Manuell, 1628; d. 20 Jan 1678/9. DNB.

LODGE, ROBERT, son of Rev. Thomas Lodge, Rector of Drayton, Oxfordshire; b.; adm.; KS 1656; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1659, but never adm.

LOCKWOOD, HENRY BOILEAU, son of John William Lockwood (qv); b. 21 Mar 1840; adm. 26 May 1853 (G); QS 1855; left 1856; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1857; Cornet, 20 Feb 1858; Lieut., 4th European Bengal Cavalry 18 May 1858; Capt., 6 Oct 1864; retd. 12 Apr 1875; subsequently a General Inspector, Local Government Board; m. 1st, 15 Jun 1886 Mima, widow of James Perry; m. 2nd, 9 Nov 1912 Frances, eldest dau. of Giffard Rainsford MD, Gloucester Place, Hyde Park, London; d. 21 Feb 1919.

LOCKSMITH, GEORGE; b.; KS 1639.

LOCKEY, THOMAS, of London; b. 1602; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1618, matr. 16 Mar 1620/1, Westminster Student to Jan 1650/1, reinstated 1660 – 12 Jun 1665, Tutor; BA 1622; MA 1625; BD 1634; DD 1660; ordained; Vicar of East Garston, Berks., to 1633; Prebendary of Chichester 31 Jul 1639 – res by Dec 1642; submitted to Parliamentary Visitors 1648, but after preaching “a very scandalouse sermon before the Universitye” he was suspended on 16 Jan 1650/1 from preaching within the University precincts and dismissed from his tutorship at Christ Church (Burrows, 316); he then left Oxford but was reinstated at the Restoration; Prebendary of Salisbury 21 Jul 1660 – res by Jan 1672; Librarian, Bodleian Library, Oxford 28 Sep 1660 – 29 Nov 1665; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 12 Jun 1665; a good classical scholar and a collector of books, pictures and coins; organised the cataloguing of the books given to the Bodleian by the executors of the scholar John Selden; d. 29 Jun 1679, aged 78. Buried North Aisle, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.

LOCKEWOOD, NICHOLAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540 (Chapter Muniments 6478); left 1543.