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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.

LENNARD, THOMAS, son of Sir Stephen Lennard, Bart. , MP, and Elizabeth, widow of John Roy, Woodlands, Dorset, and dau. of Delalynd Hussey, Shapwick, Dorset; b. 7 Mar 1676/7 (check); adm. ; KS 1692.

LENNARD, STEPHEN, brother of Thomas Lennard (qv); bapt. 7 Dec 1677 (check); adm.; KS 1691; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1695, matr. 18 Jun 1695, Westminster Student from 30 Dec 1695; BA 1699; buried West Wickham, Kent 13 Apr 1702.

LENDON, RICHARD, son of William Lendon, London; b.; adm. 15 Sep 1777; KS (aged 14) 1782; Capt. of the School 1786; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1787, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1787, scholar 11 Apr 1788; BA 1791; MA 1794; Rector of St. John’s, Clerkenwell, Middlesex 27 Jan 1794-1812; Curate, Pentonville Chapel 1804; Rector of St. Edmund the King, with St. Nicholas Acons, London, from 27 May 1811; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 11 May 1812; m.; d. 15 Nov 1833.

LENDON, ABEL, brother of Richard Lendon (qv); b.; adm. 14 Jan 1782; KS (aged 15) 1787; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1791, matr. 21 Jun 1791, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1791 – void 2 Aug 1799 (marriage); BA 1795; MA 1798; ordained; kept a preparatory school for Westminster at Totteridge, Herts.; Perpetual Curate of Totteridge, Herts.; Rector of Friern Barnet, Middlesex, from 23 Dec 1815; FSA; m. 1st, 15 Jul 1799 ---, dau. of George Fletcher, Old Jewry, London, wine merchant; m. 2nd, 13 Jan 1806 Sibylla, dau. of Rev. Samuel Seyer, Rector of St. Michael’s, Bristol, and headmaster, The Royal Fort School, Bristol; d. 4 Aug 1846.

LEIGHTON, ROBERT, son of Thomas Leighton, Richmond, Surrey., and Susan, dau. of Sir Thomas Nott, Obden, Worcs., and Richmond, Surrey; b.; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1708, matr. 7 Jun 1708, aged 19, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1708; BA 1715; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 24 Apr 1709; Lieut. and Capt., 1715; killed in a duel with Maj. Thompson, “at a tavern in Westminster” 23 Sep 1719 (Hearne, Remarks and Collections, vii, 51).

LEIGH, WILLIAM, brother of Francis Leigh (qv); b.; adm.; in under school list 1715; KS (aged 13) 1717; left 1720.

LEIGH, PHILIP; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1620, adm. scholar 1621; BA 1624/5; ordained; Vicar of Redbourn, Herts., 1630-43, sequestered; Perpetual Curate of Nettleden, Bucks., 1647; m. 31 Jul 1634 Sarah Smith, Wheathampstead, Herts.; buried Redbourn, Herts. 2 Sep 1656.

LEIGH, EDWARD, son of Edward Leigh, Rushall, Staffs., and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Talbot, Worfield, Shropshire; b.; adm. in school lists 1656; KS; left (aged 18) 1659, having failed to obtain election to either University (Chapter Muniments 43061); Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 26 Oct 1660.

LEHEUP, HENRY, only son of Michael Leheup, London, Secretary to Lord Chancellor, and his second wife Anne Magdalen Piercy de Cambes, St. Marylebone, Middlesex; bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 25 Jun 1740 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 15) 1755; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 30 Jan 1759, retd. 23 Dec 1761; Trinity Hall, Cambridge; LLB 1769; ordained; Rector of Hersett and Pakenham, Suffolk, from 1776; d. unm. Feb 1778.