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LENNARD, STEPHEN, brother of Thomas Lennard (qv); bapt. 7 Dec 1677 (check); adm.; KS 1691; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1695, matr. 18 Jun 1695, Westminster Student from 30 Dec 1695; BA 1699; buried West Wickham, Kent 13 Apr 1702.

LENNARD, THOMAS, son of Sir Stephen Lennard, Bart. , MP, and Elizabeth, widow of John Roy, Woodlands, Dorset, and dau. of Delalynd Hussey, Shapwick, Dorset; b. 7 Mar 1676/7 (check); adm. ; KS 1692.

LENNOX, CHARLES, 3RD DUKE OF RICHMOND AND LENNOX, third son of Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox KG KB PC, Lieut. -Gen. in the Army, and Lady Sarah Cadogan, elder dau. of William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan (qv); b. 22 Feb 1735; styled Earl of March 1735-50; adm. Apr 1746 (Levett's); his schoolfellow William Cowper (qv) relates seeing him set fire to Vinny Bourne’s “greasy locks and box his ears to put it out again” (Southey, Cowper, iv, 98); left 1750; succeeded father as 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox 8 Aug 1750; Leyden Univ. 28 Oct 1753; Grand Tour (Italy) 1755; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 16 Dec 1751; Capt., 29th Foot 18 Jun 1753; Lieut. -Col., 33rd Foot 7 Jun 1756; Col., 72nd Foot 9 May 1758-63; distinguished himself at battle of Minden 1 Aug 1759; Maj. -Gen., 9 Mar 1761; Lieut. -Gen., 30 Apr 1770; Gen., 20 Nov 1782; Col., Royal Horse Guards, from 15 Jul 1795; Field Marshal 30 Jul 1796; a Lord of the Bedchamber 25 Nov – 8 Dec 1760; Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris Aug 1765 – May 1766; Privy Councillor 23 Oct 1765; Secretary of State, Southern Dept., 23 May 1766 – Aug 1767; an opponent of ministerial policy on American colonies; urged removal of Irish grievances; insisted upon reform of Civil List; his Reform Bill, proposing annual parliaments, manhood suffrage and electoral districts, was rejected by House of Lords without a division 3 Jun 1780; Master-Gen. of the Ordnance (with a seat in the Cabinet) 30 Mar 1782 – 3 Apr 1783, 27 Dec 1783 – Feb 1795; KG 19 Apr 1782; became a zealous courtier and opponent of reform; FRS 11 Dec 1755; FSA 6 Jun 1793; Society of Dilettanti 1765; Lord Lieut., Sussex, from 23 Nov 1763; DL Tower Hamlets 1784; a patron of the fine arts; engaged Cipriani and Wilson to teach at a school for the study of painting and sculpture founded by him in the garden of Richmond House, Whitehall; formed a collection of casts for this purpose; his Letter on the Subjecy of a Parliamentary Reform, 1783, passed through numerous editions; m. 1 Apr 1757 Lady Mary Bruce, only child of Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury and 4th Earl of Elgin; d. 29 Dec 1806. DNB.

LENNOX, LORD GEORGE HENRY, brother of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); b. 29 Nov 1737; adm. Jan 1748/9 (Levett's); left 1750; Leyden Univ., adm. 6 Feb 1754; Grand Tour (Italy) 1755; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 17 Dec 1751; Capt., 25th Foot 23 Mar 1756; Lieut. -Col., 33rd Foot 8 May 1758; Brevet Col. and ADC to George III 20 Feb 1762; Col., 25th Foot, from 29 Dec 1762; Maj. -Gen., 25 May 1772; Lieut. -Gen., 29 Aug 1777; Gen., 12 Oct 1793; served in Germany 1757, 1760-1, and on expedition to French coast 1758; Brig. with forces in Portugal 1763; his quarrel with Gen. John Mostyn (adm. 1722, qv), Governor of Minorca, gave rise to the celebrated case of Fabrigas v. Mostyn (Howell, State Trials, xx, 81-238); MP Chichester 1761 – Jan 1767, Sussex 3 Feb 1767-90; Secretary to Embassy, Paris Aug 1765 – Jul 1766, Minister Plenipotentiary there Jul – Oct 1766; Privy Councillor 9 Feb 1784; Constable, Tower of London (and Lord Lieut., Tower Hamlets) 10 Feb – Nov 1784; Governor of Plymouth from 30 Oct 1784; m. 25 Dec 1758 Lady Louisa Ker, eldest dau. of William Ker, 4th Marquis of Lothian (S) KT, Gen. in the Army; d. 22 Mar 1805. DNB.

LENON, EDMUND HENRY, second son of Thomas Bunbury Lenon, Clerk, Board of Control, and Francis, sister of John Edward Jeffreys (qv); b. 26 Aug 1838; adm. 19 Jun 1851 (G); Ensign, 67th Foot 15 Jun 1855; Lieut., 14 Nov 1856; Capt., 8 Nov 1861; retd. 2 Jan 1869, with rank Brevet Maj.; served in China 1860; wounded at taking of Taku Forts and present at surrender of Peking; VC 13 Aug 1861, for distinguished gallantry in swimming the ditches and entering the North Taku Fort; member, London Stock Exchange; a Military Knight of Windsor from Oct 1891 (but did not take up position, as “the authorities were satisfied that his character justified a refusal to grant his admission”, E. H. Fellowes, The Military Knights of Windsor 1352-1944, 109)); m. 22 Oct 1861 Mary Margaret, third dau. of Rev. Crosbie Morgell, Rector of Knoyle, Wilts.; d. 15 Apr 1893.

Lesley, John Mitchelson, son of James Lesley, of Ham, Surrey, by Jane, daughter of J. Mitchelson, of Pickering Hall, Yorks; b. Jan. 20, 1877; adm. May 2, 1889 (G); left March 1893.

Leslie, David Clement Maxwell, son of Samuel Clement Leslie CBE DPhil, head of Treasury Economic Information Unit, and Doris Frances, d. of Max Falk, co. chmn., of Hampstead; b. 18 Dec. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (A); left July 1940; Wadham Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942; RNVR 1944-7; BA MA 1949 (1st class hons Physics), DPhil 1951; missile development Armstrong Whitworth, Coventry, 1950-4; RAE Farnborough 1954-8; UK Atomic Energy Estab., Harwell 1958-68; Prof. of Nuclear Engineering, Queen Mary Coll. Lond. 1968-84, Prof. Emeritus 1984-, and dir. of Turbulence Unit 1975-90; Sci. and Tech. Committee of Euratom 1973-86, chmn. 1980-4; Electricity Supply Res. Council 1981-9, dep. chmn. 1984-9; m. 14 June 1952 Dorothea Ann, d. of Norman Wenborn of Tewin Wood, Welwyn, Herts; d. 1 Dec. 1993.

Leslie, Patrick Holt, son of Peter Wilson Leslie, of Blackheath, Kent, by Annie, daughter of Joshua Holt, of Leeds; b. April 24, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (R); left March 1918; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Trin. 1918; B.A. 1921; M.A. 1926; D.Sc. (Oxon.), 1956; Senior Research Officer, University of Oxford 1947; published a number of papers in scientific journals; retd. 1967; m. 1927, Evelyn, daughter of Major George John Lewes de Berry, R.A.; d. 1972.

Leslie-Wilson, William Andrew, son of William Leslie-Wilson, of South Kensington; b. Sept. 12, 1895; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (R); left Dec. 1912; enlisted in the H.A.C. in Great War I.

Lester, Edward Castellain, son of Edward Claude Lester of Eastbourne and Elise, d. of Charles Castellain of Cranleigh, Surrey; b. 2 Nov. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (KS); Capt. of the school 1924- 5; left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1930; Principal HM Treasury 1940, Asst Sec. 1948; chief admin. officer OECD 1951-62; retd 1972; m. 30 Aug. 1934 Olga Dolores, d. of Emanuel Maccioni of Sydney, NSW; d. 23 Sept. 1978.