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Lechmere, Nicholas George Berwick, fifth son of Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere, Bart, M. P., by Louisa Rosamond, only daughter of John Haigh, of Whitwell Hall, Yorks; b. Sept. 20, 1881; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left July 1897; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1900; 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards May 8, 1901; retired in 1906; Capt. 10th (Serv.) Batt. The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regt. Oct. 7, 1914; attached 2nd Batt.; went out to the western front in June 1915; m. June 23, 1904, Mary Katharine, only daughter of Major John Pegg, of Basingstoke, Hants; killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Loos, Oct. 17, 1915.

LECHMERE, EDMUND, only son of Anthony Lechmere MP, Hanley Castle, Worcs., and Anne, dau. of Thomas Foley, Stoke Edith, Worcs.; b. 4 Apr 1710; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1720 (Christian name misread as Edward by Russell Barker & Stenning); in under school list 1724; left 1724; subsequently at school at Fulham, Middlesex (Mr. Lewis Vaslet); Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1728 [check]; of Hanley Castle, Worcs.; High Sheriff, Worcestershire 1732; MP Worcestershire 1734-47; m. 1st, 12 Oct 1732 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Blunden Charlton, Bart., Ludford, Herefs.; m. 2nd, 4 Jun 1765 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Whitmore, Vicar of Lechlade, Gloucs.; d. 29 Mar 1805.

LECHMERE, SIR EDMUND HUNGERFORD, BART., eldest son of Sir Anthony Lechmere, Bart., and his first wife Mary, dau. of Joseph Berwick, Hallow Park, Worcs., woollen draper and banker; grandson of Edmund Lechmere (qv); b. 25 May 1792; adm.; left 1809; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1810; BA 1813; MA 1819; adm. Middle Temple 14 Jun 1810; a partner in the Worcester Old Bank from c. 1827; succ. father as 2nd baronet 25 Mar 1849; High Sheriff, Worcestershire 1852; m. 22 Jun 1819 Maria Clara, sister of David Rodney Murray (qv); d. 2 Apr 1856.

LECHMERE, ANTHONY BERWICK, brother of Sir Edmund Hungerford Lechmere, Bart. (qv); b. 28 Sep 1802; adm. 7 Jun 1815 (Packharness'); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 May 1820; BA 1824; MA 1826; ordained deacon and priest 1826; Vicar of Welland, Worcs. 27 Feb 1828-76; Vicar of Eldersfield, Worcs., 30 Nov 1828-39; Vicar of Hanley Castle, Worcs., from 21 Sep 1839; Hon. Canon, Worcester, from 1849; m. 11 Oct 1842 Emily Mary, dau. of Sir Henry Verelst Darell, Bart., EICS [check Presidency]; d. 8 Oct 1878.

LEAVES, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner in 1568 (tutor, the Head Master) (Chapter Muniments 54016).

Leaver, Robert Henry Samuel, son of Henry Y. Leaver, of Notting Hill, by Esther Phoebe Hart, of Hull; b. Aug. 25, 1902; adm. Jan. 18, 1917 (R); left Dec. 1919; clinical asst. in the electrical dept. of St. Bartholomew's Hospital; physician, electro-therapeutic dept., Royal Dental Hospital; m. April 22, 1930, Audrey, daughter of Richard Atkinson Robinson, of Ealing, barrister-at-law; d. 1959.

LEARMONTH, SOMERVILLE REID LIVINGSTONE, eldest son of Somerville Livingstone Learmonth, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire, and Victoria, Australia, and Maria Katherine, second dau. of Lestock Robert Reid, EICS Bombay; b. 26 Nov 1861; adm. 21 Jun 1877 (H); left Aug 1878; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1879; director, Union Bank of Australia 1915-; JP Hampshire 1922; m. 5 Jul 1886 Isabella, second dau. of Samuel Smith Travers, Hobart, Tasmania; d. 18 May 1934.

LEARMONTH, FREDERICK VALIANT COTTON LIVINGSTONE, third son of Thomas Livingstone Learmonth, Polmont, Stirlingshire, and Victoria, Australia, landowner, and his first wife Louisa Maria Buera, youngest dau. of Maj. -Gen. Sir Thomas Valiant KCB KH, Portobello, Edinburgh; b. 6 Jun 1862; adm. 26 Jan 1877 (R); left Aug 1878; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1880; BA 1884; MA 1887; went out to Australia 1883; managed father’s station on Murrumbidgee River; served with New South Wales Mounted Rifles in South African War 1900-1; DSO 29 Nov 1900; employed with Australian Agricultural Co. 1902-12, General Superintendent 1906-12; returned to England 1912; of Newnham Manor, Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire; director, Bank of Australasia, and other companies; m. 31 Oct 1901 Rin Aillie Eidel Marie, only dau. of Rev. Joseph Carlisle, Canon of Melbourne, Victoria; d. 12 Jul 1945.