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LANGHORNE, JOHN, son of Rev. John Langhorne, Head Master, King’s School, Rochester, Kent, and his second wife Fanny Annesley, dau. of Capt. James Charles Yorke; b. 10 Aug 1862; adm. 24 Apr 1876 (G), exhibitioner; QS 1877; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1881, with Triplett, adm. sub-sizar 10 Oct 1881; BA 1885; MA 1893; Assistant Master, Loretto Sch. 1890-7; Head Master, John Watson’s Institution, Edinburgh, from Sep 1897; d. Aug 1925.

Langhorne, Herbert Yorke, brother of John Langhorne (q.v.); b. Jan. 27, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 16, 1890; left July 1895; Christ's Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 1, 1895); Tancred Divinity Student 1895; B.A. 1898; M.A. 1913; asst. master at Bradford Grammar School 1899-1903, British Grammar School 1903, King's School, Pontefract, Yorks, 1904-8; Head Master C.M. School, Punjab, India; master at Govt. Coll., Lahore; Head Master, Aldenham Park School, Salop, 1933-7; m. Aug. 15, 1908, Nelly Jackson.

LANGFORD, WILLIAM, son of Rev. Emmanuel Langford DD, Chaplain, Chelsea Hospital; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1711; QS 1712; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1716, matr. 8 Jun 1716, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1716 – void 1726; BA 1720; MA 1723; ordained deacon 24 Sep 1721, priest 26 Nov 1721 (both Oxford). [Mother probably Frances --- (IGI)]

LANGFORD, COCK, brother of Robert Langford (qv); bapt. St. Paul, Covent Garden 31 Oct 1748; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1761; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1765, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1765, scholar 2 May 1766, matr. 1768; BA 1769; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 31 Mar 1771, priest (Norwich) 28 Oct 1772; Rector of Great Massingham, Norfolk, from 1770 [sic : but 1772 ?]; for his eccentric behaviour at Great Massingham see S. C. Roberts, ed., A Frenchman in England, 1933, 222; m. 8 May 1768 Mary Gubbin, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, Westminster; d. 17 Feb 1789.

LANG, SAMUEL; b.; adm.; KS; left 1607, having failed to obtain election to either University (Buttery Book); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1607; BA 1611/2; MA 1615.

LANE-CLAYPON, WILLIAM WARD, brother of Charlton George Lane (qv); b. 1 Aug 1845; adm. 24 Sep 1857 (James'); QS 1860; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1864, matr. Mich. 1864; BA 1868; assumed additional surname of Claypon by royal licence 28 Feb 1877; a banker at Boston, Lincs., firm Garfit Claypon & Co.; Master, Mercers’ Co. 1900; JP Parts of Holland, Lincolnshire; JP Hertfordshire 1915; m. 14 Jun 1871 Edith Margaret, youngest dau. of William Fenwick Stow, Red Hall, near Leeds, Yorks.; d. 31 Mar 1939.

Lane-Claypon, Edward William, son of William Ward Claypon Lane-Claypon (q.v.); b. March 7, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1899; left July 1904; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michael­mas 1904; B.A. 1908; Ely Theol. Coll. 1909; ordained 1909; Curate of Wigan, Lancs. 1909-11, and of Welwyn, Herts, 1911-2; Rector of Ayot St. Lawrence, Herts, 1912-21; enlisted in R.A.S.C. in May 1918; 2nd Lieut. Nov. 23, 1918; m. Feb. 7, 1923, Eleanor Frances, youngest daughter of Tom Studdy, of Paignton, Devon; d. Oct. 9, 1955.

LANE, WILLIAM, son of Richard Lane, Hanslop, Bucks. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 16) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MS lxix, f. 224); Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 11 May 1632; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Thomas Tyrell, Kt, Castle Thorpe, Bucks.

LANE, THOMAS BRUCE, fifth son of Rev. Charles Lane, Rector of Wrotham, Kent, and Frances Catherine, second dau. of Right Rev. Daniel Sandford DD, Bishop of Edinburgh; b. 29 Apr 1831; adm. 20 Jan 1845 (Benthall's); QS 1845; left Midsummer 1847; at Haileybury Coll. 1850-1; Writer, EICS Bengal 1852; Assistant to Magistrate and Collector, Midnapur 1853; Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector, Jessore 1856; Junior Secretary, Board of Revenue, Lower Provinces 1864-70, Secretary 1870-7; Collector of Customs, Calcutta 1877, retd. 1877; m. 20 Jul 1853 Adelaide Fanny Spring, sister of Frederick Macquoid Samuel Belli (qv); d. 14 Jan 1917.

LANE, RICHARD, son of Thomas Lane, Bradley and Coffleet, Devon, and Penelope, dau. of Thomas Tothill, Baytor; b. 18 Feb 1772; adm. 22 Sep 1783; KS 1787; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1791, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1791, scholar 1792; BA 1795; MA 1800; ordained deacon (Chichester) 24 Apr 1796, priest 10 Jul 1796; Perpetual Curate of Brixton, Devon, from 5 Nov 1802; m. 18 Feb 1800 Lucy, dau. of Nicholas Dennys, Ashley, near Tiverton, Devon; d. 17 Mar 1858.