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LEARMONTH, SOMERVILLE REID LIVINGSTONE, eldest son of Somerville Livingstone Learmonth, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire, and Victoria, Australia, and Maria Katherine, second dau. of Lestock Robert Reid, EICS Bombay; b. 26 Nov 1861; adm. 21 Jun 1877 (H); left Aug 1878; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1879; director, Union Bank of Australia 1915-; JP Hampshire 1922; m. 5 Jul 1886 Isabella, second dau. of Samuel Smith Travers, Hobart, Tasmania; d. 18 May 1934.

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.

LEADER, WILLIAM, son of William Leader MP, Putney Hill, Surrey, coach builder, distiller and glass manufacturer, and Mary ---; b. 1 Dec 1801; adm. 20 Sep 1815 (Smedley's); KS 1816; left 1820; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Apr 1820; BA 1824; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 May 1824; d. from effects of an accident at Oxford 28 Feb 1826.

Leach, Wilfrid John, son of Arthur Francis Leach, of Kensington, barrister-at-law, by Emily Archer, elder daughter of S. Kemball Cook, of Brighton; b. Jan. 19, 1887; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); K.S. (non-resident) 1901; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Triplett) 1905, matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1908; d. June 20, 1909; unm.

Leach, Hugh Beresford Herbert, son of H. W. Leach, of Westminster; b. June 3, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (A); left July 1908.

Leach, Edward Savory Wykeham, brother of Wilfrid John Leach (q.v.); b. May 12, 1891; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (A); left July 1908; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1909; 2nd Lieut. Ist Batt. E. Surrey Regt. Oct. 5, 1910; attached West African Regt. March 11, 1914; Lieut. April 14, 1914; temp. Capt. Sept. 1, 1915; Capt. March 18, 1916; served in the Cameroons Sept. 1914-Feb. 1916, when he was invalided home; went out to France March 1917; attached 7th Batt. E. Surrey Regt., and was made Company Commander; killed in action near Monchy-le-Preux May 3, 1917; unm.

Lea, John Geoffrey, son of William Joseph Lea of Market Drayton, Shropshire, and Janie Ethel, d. of John Edwin Danks, architect to GWR; b. 25 June 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (KS); left July 1931; Imp. Coll. Lond. 1931-2; a farmer in Shropshire 1933-79, retd; m. 1st 14 Oct. 1937 Marie Louise, d. of Charles Pimley Bailey of Donnington, Shropshire; 2nd 24 Oct. 1964 Pauline Ida, d. of Roy Cavarth of Bourne, Lincs; d. 25 Dec. 1991.

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, George Francis Percivale, son of the Rev. Percy Harris Lea, Vicar of St. Peter, Tottenham, by Katherine Ellen Margaret, daughter of the Rev. Robert Abraham Gent, Curate of Curridge, Berks; b. Aug. 8, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies and Triplett) July 1919, matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1922; a chartered accountant; author of A Detective Unawares (1927); m. Nov. 3, 1934, Maria, daughter of Wilhelm Schult, of Vienna; d. before June 1946.

Le Quesne, Colin, son of Claude Philip Le Quesne, M.R.C.S., of Southampton; b. Nov. 17, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (R); left March 1918.