LANE, SIR RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Lane, Courteenhall, Northants, and Elizabeth, dau. of Clement Vincent, Harpole, Northants; bapt. 12 Nov 1584; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, but was never adm.; adm. Inner Temple 16 Feb 1604/5, called to bar 8 Feb 1612/3, Bencher 1630, Treasurer 1637; practised in Court of Exchequer; Attorney-Gen. to Prince of Wales 1634; Counsel to Cambridge Univ. 1635; appeared for Strafford when impeached by House of Commons 1641, for Mr. Justice Berkeley 1641 and for the twelve bishops Jan 1641/2; MA Oxford 1 Nov 1642; DCL 31 Jan 1643/4; joined Charles I at Oxford; knighted 4 Jan 1643/4; Serjeant-at-Law 23 Jan 1643/4; Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer 25 Jan 1643/4; Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 25 Oct 1645; one of King’s Commissioners at Uxbridge Jan 1645/6; acted on King’s behalf at surrender of Oxford Jun 1646; followed Charles II into exile; Privy Councillor 13 May 1649 (sworn in at The Hague); author, Reports in the Court of Exchequer from 1605 to 1612, 1657; m. Margaret, dau. of Thomas Walker, Westminster, and aunt of Thomas Randolph (elected to Cambridge 1623, qv); d. at Elizabeth Castle, Jersey 12 May 1650. DNB.
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.
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, 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-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-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.
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.
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.
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)]
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.