LE MESURIER, HAVILLAND, son of Havilland Le Mesurier, Austin Friars, City of London, merchant, formerly Commissary-Gen., Southern District, England, and Eliza Dobree, Guernsey; b. 8 Apr 1783; at school 1793; in school list 1795; left 1800; went to Berlin to learn German, intending to enter his father’s business, but changed his mind; Ensign, Royal Staffs Corps 2 Jan 1801; 20th Foot 14 May 1801; Lieut., 18 Jun 1801; 83rd Foot 1 Oct 1802; Capt., 21st Foot 25 Aug 1804; Maj., 13 Apr 1809; served as D. A. Q. G. under Sir John Moore in Sweden and during Corunna campaign; Portuguese Military Secretary to Wellington Apr 1811; supernumerary Lieut. -Col., 14th Portuguese Infantry 3 Oct 1811; Commandant, Almeida Mar 1812; commanding 12th Portuguese Infantry from May 1813; translator of two French military textbooks; d. 31 Jul 1813, from wounds received while leading his troops in battle of the Pyrenees 28 Jul. DNB.
LE MESURIER, THOMAS, brother of Havilland Le Mesurier (qv); b. 14 Jul 1788; adm.; left 1805; d. at Palermo, Sicily.
Lea, Hugh Christopher, brother of George Francis Percivale Lea (q.v.); b. Feb. 7, 1904; adm. April 26, 1918 (H); left Dec. 1922; d. Oct. 1967.
LEA, RICHARD; b.; adm.; BB 1807-9 (Chapter Muniments).
LEARMONTH, FREDERICK VALIANT COTTON LIVINGSTONE, third son of Thomas Livingstone Learmonth, Polmont, Stirlingshire, and Victoria, Australia, landowner, and his first wife Louisa Maria Buera, youngest dau. of Maj. -Gen. Sir Thomas Valiant KCB KH, Portobello, Edinburgh; b. 6 Jun 1862; adm. 26 Jan 1877 (R); left Aug 1878; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1880; BA 1884; MA 1887; went out to Australia 1883; managed father’s station on Murrumbidgee River; served with New South Wales Mounted Rifles in South African War 1900-1; DSO 29 Nov 1900; employed with Australian Agricultural Co. 1902-12, General Superintendent 1906-12; returned to England 1912; of Newnham Manor, Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire; director, Bank of Australasia, and other companies; m. 31 Oct 1901 Rin Aillie Eidel Marie, only dau. of Rev. Joseph Carlisle, Canon of Melbourne, Victoria; d. 12 Jul 1945.
LECHMERE, SIR EDMUND HUNGERFORD, BART., eldest son of Sir Anthony Lechmere, Bart., and his first wife Mary, dau. of Joseph Berwick, Hallow Park, Worcs., woollen draper and banker; grandson of Edmund Lechmere (qv); b. 25 May 1792; adm.; left 1809; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1810; BA 1813; MA 1819; adm. Middle Temple 14 Jun 1810; a partner in the Worcester Old Bank from c. 1827; succ. father as 2nd baronet 25 Mar 1849; High Sheriff, Worcestershire 1852; m. 22 Jun 1819 Maria Clara, sister of David Rodney Murray (qv); d. 2 Apr 1856.
Lechmere, Nicholas George Berwick, fifth son of Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere, Bart, M. P., by Louisa Rosamond, only daughter of John Haigh, of Whitwell Hall, Yorks; b. Sept. 20, 1881; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left July 1897; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1900; 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards May 8, 1901; retired in 1906; Capt. 10th (Serv.) Batt. The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regt. Oct. 7, 1914; attached 2nd Batt.; went out to the western front in June 1915; m. June 23, 1904, Mary Katharine, only daughter of Major John Pegg, of Basingstoke, Hants; killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Loos, Oct. 17, 1915.
Lecky, Henry Collier, second son of John Lecky, of Barnes; b. Sept. 14, 1878; adm. April 27, 1893 (A); left July 1896; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1896; B.A. 1900; M.B., B. Ch., and M.A. 1903; D. P. H. 1906; St. Thomas's Hospital; practised at Putney; d. March 31, 1908.
Lee, Alfred Gordon, son of Philip Stirling Lee (q.v.); b. Oct. 17, 1888; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (G); left July 1905; resident manager of the Royal Exchange Assurance, Singapore; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. July 21, 1917; Lieut. Jan. 21, 1919; served in France, Italy, and Germany; M.C. Jan. 11, 1919; d. Oct. 1959.
LEE, ARTHUR GEORGE, third son of John Benjamin Lee (qv); b. 31 Aug 1849; adm. 8 Oct 1859; Min. Can. 1864; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1868; BA 1872; MA 1877; played cricket for Oxford Univ. 1868-71, also Berkshire, Worcestershire and Suffolk; ordained deacon 1873, priest 1874 (both Worcester); Curate, Great Malvern, Worcs. 1873-6; Vicar of Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk 1876; Vicar of Chippenham, Cambs., 1878-86; Rector of Langham, Suffolk 1886-1915; m. 15 Jan 1879 Clara Joanna, third dau. of Rev. Richard Compton Maul, Rector of Rickinghall, Suffolk; d. 11 Jul 1925.