LEIGH, WILLIAM, brother of Francis Leigh (qv); b.; adm.; in under school list 1715; KS (aged 13) 1717; left 1720.
Leighton, Albert Lewis, son of Albert Leighton, of Esher, Surrey, by Alice Esther Gillot, daughter of Charles Jeremiah Needham, of Sheffield, Yorks; b. Dec. 22, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); left July 1914; temp. 2nd Lieut. Sept. 22, 1914, 13th Service Batt. King's Royal Rifle Corps Oct. 22, 1914; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1915; acting Capt. Sept. 14, 1917; invalided; In structor Officer Cadet Batt. Feb. 1918 - Oct. 1921; served in France July 1915 - Oct. 1917; M.C. Aug. 16, 1917; local government publisher since Feb. 1919; Capt. R. A. S. C. June 17, 1940; d. Feb. 4, 1958.
LEIGHTON, ROBERT, son of Thomas Leighton, Richmond, Surrey., and Susan, dau. of Sir Thomas Nott, Obden, Worcs., and Richmond, Surrey; b.; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1708, matr. 7 Jun 1708, aged 19, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1708; BA 1715; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 24 Apr 1709; Lieut. and Capt., 1715; killed in a duel with Maj. Thompson, “at a tavern in Westminster” 23 Sep 1719 (Hearne, Remarks and Collections, vii, 51).
LEIGNES, CHARLES PETER, son of John Leignes, St. Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jul 1737; apprenticed to Wlliam King, citizen and clockmaker 9 Dec 1741; m. 23 Dec 1759 (IGI) Louisa Belliard, St. Ann’s, Westminster.
LEMAISTRE, STEPHEN CAESAR, son of Caesar Lemaistre, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London, wine merchant, and Laetitia de la Cruize, Bradenham, Bucks.; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields, London 21 Feb 1738 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Mar 1750 (Howe's); Min. Can. 1753; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Apr 1758; adm. Inner Temple year 1755/6, called to bar 18 Jun 1760; Recorder of Rochester; Puisne Judge, Bengal, from 22 Mar 1774; m. Apr 1760 Mary, dau. of James Roche, Dublin; buried Calcutta 4 Nov 1777.
LEMON, ---; b.; in school lists 1764; left Dec 1764. [Probably = Sir William Lemon, Bart. (1748-1824), who matr. from Christ Church, Oxford 11 Jan 1765, MP Penrhyn Jan 1770-4, Cornwall from 1774, d. 18 Dec 1824, father of next].
LENDON, CHARLES, son of Charles Lendon, London; b.; adm. 25 May 1812; left 6 Aug 1820; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Oct 1819, aged 18; BA 1824; MA 1827; ordained; Vicar of St. John’s, Lacy Green, Bucks., from 1844; d. 21 Nov 1847. [Presumably close kin to William Penry Lendon, adm. same day].
LENNOX, LORD (JOHN) GEORGE, brother of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond (qv); b. 3 Oct 1793; adm.; left 1811; Cornet, 13th Light Dragoons 24 Oct 1811; 9th Light Dragoons 13 Feb 1812; Lieut., 14 Jan 1813; Capt., 3rd Garrison Battn., 9 Nov 1815; 9th Light Dragoons (subsequently Lancers) 27 Jun 1816; Maj., 25 Oct 1817; Lieut. -Col., unattached, half-pay 12 Jun 1823; Lieut. -Col, 6th Dragoons 15 Jun 1830; retd. Jul 1832; served in Peninsular War; ADC to Duke of Wellington at battle of Waterloo; MP Chichester 22 Nov 1819-31, Sussex 1831-2, West Sussex 1832-41; entered parliament as a Tory, supported Whig government of 1830-4, thereafter again a Tory supporter; m. 29 Jun 1818 Louisa Frederica, fourth dau. of Hon. John Rodney MP; d. 10 Nov 1873.
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.
LESLIE, CHARLES ALBERT, son of Rev. Henry Leslie LLD, Prebendary of Armagh, and Catherine, dau. of Very Rev. Charles Meredyth, Dean of Ardfert; b. 23 May 1765; adm. 8 May 1775; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 22 Jul 1782, aged 17; BA 1786; of Ballybay, co. Monaghan; m. 1 Jul 1799 Ellen, youngest dau. of Richard Magenis MP (I), Waringstown, co. Down [and sister of Richard Magenis (qv), if he correctly identified]; d. 14 Jun 1838.