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LEGGE, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, eldest son of Hon. and Rev. Augustus George Legge FSA, Chancellor of Winchester, and Honora, eldest dau. of Walter Bagot (qv); grandson of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (qv); b. 8 Jul 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; KS 1816; left 1820; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Apr 1820, Canoneer Student 1821-5; BA 1824; ordained priest 10 Jul 1825 (York); Vicar of Bray, Berks., from 27 Jun 1825; m. 23 Aug 1825 Frances Augusta, eldest dau. of William Atkins-Bowyer, Braywick, Berks.; d. 16 Jun 1826.

LEGGE, WILLIAM, brother of George Augustus Legge (qv); b. 29 Jul 1802; adm. Mich. 1814; Min. Can. 1816; KS (Capt. ) 1817; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1821, matr. 2 Jun 1821, Westminster Student; BA 1825; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1825, priest (Hereford) 1826; Rector of Ashtead, Surrey, from 27 Sep 1826; d. 6 Nov 1872.

LEGH, PETER, brother of Fleetwood Legh (qv); b. 6 Jan 1707/8; adm. Oct 1721; KS 1724; left 1727; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 7 Oct 1727, matr. 1727; inherited estates of his uncle Peter Legh at Lyme, Cheshire, and Newton, Lancs., 1744; MP Newton 15 Dec 1743-74; m. 20 Dec 1737 Martha, dau. of Thomas Benett, Salthrop, Wilts.; d. 20 May 1792.

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.

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.

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

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).

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.

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.