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LOCH, JAMES STUART, son of William Adam Loch, Great George Street, Westminster, parliamentary agent, and Sophia Brownrigg, youngest dau. of Maj. Henry Bates, Royal Artillery; b. 24 Jun 1852; adm. 26 Jan 1865 (G); left Dec 1869; adm. solicitor Jul 1878; practised in London; d. unm. 2 Sep 1896.

Lidwill, Mark Cowley, son of Robert Atkins Lidwill, of Kensington, by Mary Jane Cowan, daughter of William Florance, M. D., of Melbourne, Australia; b. April 7, 1878; adm. Sept. 25, 1890 (G); left Dec. 1893; went to the Church of England Grammar School at Melbourne 1894-5; Melbourne Univ. 1897; M.B. and B. S. 1902; M. D. 1905; M. D. Sydney 1911; Tutor in Anaesthetics, Sydney Univ., 1911; practises in Sydney, N.S.W.; author of The Open-air Treatment of Tuberculosis (1909); m. July 19, 1906, Constance Emily, daughter of Sir Philip Sydney Jones, Kt., M. D., F.R.C.S., Vice-Chancellor of Sydney Univ.; d. 1969.

Lewis, Oswald, brother of John Spedan Lewis (q.v.); b. April 5, 1887; adm. May 9, 1901 (G); left July 1905; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1916; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1912; a member of the London County Council 1913-9; Lieut. 2nd Co. of London Yeomanry April 18, 1913; retired on account of ill health April 20, 1916; served in Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula 1914-6; admitted to the Middle Temple April 19, 1909; M.P. for Colchester 1929-45; author of Because I've not been there before (1929), I'd Like to go Again (1954), and After Dinner (1955) m. June 28, 1928; Frances Merriman, daughter of Dr. Harold Merriman Cooper, O.B.E., of Hampton-on-Thames; d. 12 Feb. 1966.

Lewis, John Spedan, elder son of John Lewis, of Hampstead, by Eliza, daughter of Thomas Baker, of Bridgwater, Somerset; b. Sept. 22, 1885; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 28, 1899 (G); left July 1904; founder and chairman of the John Lewis Partnership; author of Partnership for All (1949); Fairer Shares (1954); retired 1955; president of the Classical Association 1957; m. Oct. 8, 1923, Sarah Beatrice Mary, younger daughter of Percy Hunter, of Teddington, Middlesex; d. Feb. 21, 1963.

Lewis, Frederic Isaac Harry, son of Harry Reginald Lewis, solicitor, and Louise Sarah, d. of Isaac Seligman; b. 2 May 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (G), (B) Sept. 1925; left July 1929; Trin. Hall. Camb., matric. 1929, BA MusB 1932; Roy. Coll. of Music 1932-5; RASC in WW2 (Capt.); a musician; composer of music for films 1945-60; overseas licensing man. Performing Rights Soc. 1960-77; co. secretary of a marketing firm 1977; m. 1 Apr. 1954 Joan Rosetta, d. of John Davis of Golders Green; d. Nov. 2005.

LEWERS, ARTHUR HAMILTON NICHOLSON, second son of William Lewers, Middle Temple, barrister, and Sarah Elizabeth, youngest dau. of William Nicholson, Bishopwearmouth, co. Durham; b. 27 Oct 1857; adm. 27 May 1869 (G); left Aug 1869; at Winchester Coll. Sep – Dec 1871; University Coll. Hospital; LSA 1882; MRCS 1883; MB 1884, Univ. scholar and Gold Medal in Obstetric Medicine; MD 1885; FRCP 1901; Consulting Obstetric Physician, London Hospital; m. 10 Oct 1878 Jane MacGregor, eldest dau. of Richard Hastings Frith, Dublin, civil engineer; d. 9 Feb 1934.

Levison, Victor Bernard, son of Abraham Levison, furrier, of Hampstead, and Ruby, d. of Bernard Leventhall, merchant, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; b. 24 May 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (G); left Dec. 1939; King's Coll. Lond. and Westminster Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP MB BS 1945; DMRT 1948, FFR 1954, FRCR 1975; sen. Registrar in Radiotherapy Addenbrooke's Hosp. Cambridge 1946-55; consult. radiotherapist Dudley Rd Hosp. Birmingham 1955- 7, later at North Middx Hosp., St Margaret's Hosp. Epping, and Highlands Hosp. London; m. 8 Feb. 1952 Barbara E. Schooling, med. practitioner, d. of Frank Schooling, co. man. director, of Farnham Common, Bucks.

Levison, John, son of Arthur Levison and Sarah Jane Marion, d. of John James Howitt of Cuddington, Cheshire; b. 1 Aug. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (G); left July 1929; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1929, BA 1932, MA 1960; RA in WW2 (Lieut.), wounded (Burma); dir. A. Oppenheimer & Co., merchants, London, 1940; dir. National Trading Co. Johannesburg 1950, chairman 1961; m. 3 Oct. 1957 Elizabeth Johanna, d. of Col. J. G. Meyer of Johannesburg; d. in Pretoria 10 Apr. 1988.

LEVETT, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1748 (Grant's). [Evidently William Levett, younger brother of Richard Levett (adm. 1740, qv), bapt. Blithfield, Staffs. 8 Nov 1735 (IGI)].

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.