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LYDIARD, CHARLES, second son of Capt. Charles Lydiard, Royal Navy; b. 3 Sep 1803; adm. 19 Sep 1817 (G); one of the leaders of the rebellion caused by Goodenough’s order that fags were no longer to be compelled to clean shoes, grates and candlesticks (Autobiography and Journals of Adm. Lord Clarence E. Paget, 1896, 6, 7); left Whitsun 1821. [Mother probably Elizabeth Hill (IGI)]. [Perhaps m. 31 Oct 1832 Sarah Gibbons]

LYDIARD, WILLIAM, brother of Charles Lydiard (qv); b. 27 Jan 1805; adm. 22 Oct 1819 ( (G); left 27 Mar 1823; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Nov 1823; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1825; Ensign, unattached 15 Mar 1826; 11th Bengal Native Infantry 3 May 1827; Lieut., 1 Dec 1836; Brevet Capt., 15 Mar 1841, 11th Native Infantry 27 Mar 1846; Brevet Maj., 20 Jun 1854, 11th Native Infantry 13 Apr 1860; ret., with rank Col., 31 Dec 1861; Assistant Adj. -Gen., Dinajpur Division 21 Jun 1843-59; served in Indian Mutiny; m. at Simla, India 26 Oct 1843 Victoria Hannah, dau. of Maj. Henry White, 74th Foot, Portsmouth; d. 28 Aug 1896.

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.

LYNCELL, MORYS; b. ; adm. ; KS Midsummer 1544 (Chapter Muniments 37044). [perhaps plaintiff in a fine relating to lands at Roding and Margaret Roding, Essex, 44 Elizabeth I]

LYNCELL, RICHARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540 (Chapter Muniments 6478).

LYNCH, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1554 (Chapter Muniments).

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.

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

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.

LYNDE (or LINDE), SIR HUMPHREY, son of Cuthbert Lynde, Westminster, citizen and grocer, and Margery Baylie; bapt. 27 Aug 1579; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1596, matr. 14 Jan 1596/7, Westminster Stufdent to 1601; BA 1600; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jun 1601; of Cobham, Surrey; knighted 29 Oct 1613; MP Breconshire Feb – Jun 1626; a puritan controversialist, being “a severe enemy to the ponteficians as well in his common discourse, as in his writings” (Wood, Ath. Oxon., ii, dci); author, Via Tuta, the safe way to the true, antient, and Catholic faith, now professed in the Church of England, 1628, and other works; d. 8 Jun 1636. DNB.