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Macdonald, Marcus, son of the Rev. Frederick William Macdonald, of Streatham, by Mary, youngest daughter of Benjamin Cork, of Burslem, Staffs; b. Dec. 13, 1884; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (H); left July 1902; A. M. I. E. E. 1911; entered Engineering Dept., Great Western Railway, 1906; electrical asst. to chief mechanical engineer 1939-47; d. Dec. 1948.

Macdona, Cuthbert Laud, son of the Rev. Frederick Augustus Macdona, Rector of Cheadle, Cheshire, by Caroline Dorothea, daughter of Thomas Pemberton, of Handsworth, Staffs; b. March 13, 1887; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (H); left July 1903; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michael­ mas 1906; played golf against Oxford 1908; B.A. 1909; served in Great War I; Capt. April 19, 1916; deputy asst. dir. of railway traffic Dec. 1, 1916; Major Feb. 25, 1918; O.B.E. June 3, 1919.

Lyster, Ernest Algernon; b. Nov. 23, 1882; adm. May 6, 1897 (H); left Dec. 1897.

Lynch, Edward Herbert, son of Col. Edward John Lynch, of South Kensington; b. Oct. 6, 1880; adm. May 2, 1895 (H); left July 1897; 2nd Lieut. East Kent Regt. Feb. 21, 1900; Lieut. Oct. 23, 1900; Indian Army Sept. 16, 1903; Capt. Feb. 21, 1909; half-pay Aug. 19, 1915; Major Nov. 21, 1918; served in the South African War 1900-2 and Tibet 1903-4.

LYNCH, DREWRY NICHOLAS, brother of Edward Frederic Nicholas Lynch (qv); b. 19 Oct 1864; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (H); left Dec 1882.

Lynch, Cecil St. John, brother of Edward Herbert Lynch (q.v.); b. Jan. 26, 1882; adm. May 2, 1895 (H); left May 1898; R.M.A. Woolwich 1899; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Aug. 18, 1900; Lieut. Aug. 18, 1903; Capt. Aug. 18, 1910; Major Nov. 2, 1916; acting Lieut.-Col. Dec. 8, 1917 - Sept. 24, 1918; served in France in Great War I as D. A. D. G. of Transport and in the Afghan War 1919; D. A. D. of Works, India, July 28, 1919; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 14, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; m.; d. at Quetta, Baluchistan, Sept. 27, 1925.

Lygon, Hon. Richard Edward, son of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp PC KG, and Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor, d. of Victor Alexander, Earl Grosvenor; b. 25 Dec. 1916; adm. Sept. 1931 (H); left July 1935; 2nd Lieut. Green Howards Nov. 1940, resigned commission on grounds of ill-health Feb. 1941; m. 30 Aug. 1939 Patricia Janet, d. of Rev. Thomas Kensit Norman, Rector of Mistley, Essex; d. 24 Feb. 1970.

LUTYENS, FRANCIS AUGUSTUS, brother of Frederick Mansfield Lutyens (qv); b. 5 Jul 1863; adm. 31 May 1877 (H); left May 1880; m. 16 Jan 1912 Kathleen G., widow of Walter Charles Reid Watney, and dau. of Henry Gold, Hedsor, Taplow, Berks.

Luhn, Otto Gustav Ferdinand, son of Frederick Luhn, Ph. D., of Pimlico, b. Aug. 14, 1881; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); Q.S. (non-resident) 1896; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. with a Triplett gratuity July 1900, matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1904; M.A. 1907; B. Ch. 1907; D. P. H. Dublin 1910; Guy's Hospital; sometime West African Med. Staff, South Nigeria; Med. Officer to the Sarawak Govt; d. 1960.

Lugard, John Wykeham, son of Cecil Edward Hyde Travers and Florence Caroline Lugard, b. Sept. 3, 1899; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (H); left July 1915; enfoted in Public Schools Batt. Royal Fusiliers April 1915; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1917; 2nd Lieut. Royal Lancs Regt. Aug. 21, 1918; Lieut. Feb. 21, 1920; served in France Sept. 1918 - April 1919; Capt. King's Own Royal Regt. May 9, 1930; Major Aug. 1, 1938; temp. Lieut.-Col. June 15, 1941; Lieut.-Col. Aug. 29, 1945; temp. Col. Jan. 21, 1944; Colonel Sept. 5, 1947; Instructor, School of Small Arms, India, 1927-30 and Military Coll. of Science 1933-6; Staff Capt. War Office 1936-9; dep. asst. dir. War Office 1939-43; Member of the Ordnance Board 1943; sup. of experiments Inter­ Services Experimental Estab. Pendine; Oct. 1, 1947; retired pay Feb. 9, 1951; International Staff of N.A.T.O. Jan 7, 1952; councillor, Banbury Rural Dist. May 4, 1954; consultant in armaments, Reg. Brit. Arms Soc., Jan. 11, 1956; m. 1st. June 10, 1933, Adelaide Janet, daughter of Col. Edmond Ludlow Parry, D.S.O., Indian Medical Service, of Sidmouth, Devon; 2nd Nancy Martin John; d. 1969.