LEADBETER, ---; b.; in school lists 1656.
LEACROFT, HENRY, [probably the Henry Laycroft bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 21 Sep 1714, son of John Laycroft and Elina Meriah (sic, for Eliza Maria ?) --- (IGI)]; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1724; left 1728.
Leach, Wilfrid John, son of Arthur Francis Leach, of Kensington, barrister-at-law, by Emily Archer, elder daughter of S. Kemball Cook, of Brighton; b. Jan. 19, 1887; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); K.S. (non-resident) 1901; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Triplett) 1905, matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1908; d. June 20, 1909; unm.
Leach, Hugh Beresford Herbert, son of H. W. Leach, of Westminster; b. June 3, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (A); left July 1908.
Leach, Edward Savory Wykeham, brother of Wilfrid John Leach (q.v.); b. May 12, 1891; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (A); left July 1908; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1909; 2nd Lieut. Ist Batt. E. Surrey Regt. Oct. 5, 1910; attached West African Regt. March 11, 1914; Lieut. April 14, 1914; temp. Capt. Sept. 1, 1915; Capt. March 18, 1916; served in the Cameroons Sept. 1914-Feb. 1916, when he was invalided home; went out to France March 1917; attached 7th Batt. E. Surrey Regt., and was made Company Commander; killed in action near Monchy-le-Preux May 3, 1917; unm.
LEA, TOWNSHEND, son of Job Lea, Warwick, Warwickshire, and Bryan --- (IGI); bapt. St. Mary, Warwick 4 Apr 1711 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1723/4.
LEA, RICHARD; b.; adm.; BB 1807-9 (Chapter Muniments).
Lea, John Geoffrey, son of William Joseph Lea of Market Drayton, Shropshire, and Janie Ethel, d. of John Edwin Danks, architect to GWR; b. 25 June 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (KS); left July 1931; Imp. Coll. Lond. 1931-2; a farmer in Shropshire 1933-79, retd; m. 1st 14 Oct. 1937 Marie Louise, d. of Charles Pimley Bailey of Donnington, Shropshire; 2nd 24 Oct. 1964 Pauline Ida, d. of Roy Cavarth of Bourne, Lincs; d. 25 Dec. 1991.
Lea, Hugh Christopher, brother of George Francis Percivale Lea (q.v.); b. Feb. 7, 1904; adm. April 26, 1918 (H); left Dec. 1922; d. Oct. 1967.
Lea, George Francis Percivale, son of the Rev. Percy Harris Lea, Vicar of St. Peter, Tottenham, by Katherine Ellen Margaret, daughter of the Rev. Robert Abraham Gent, Curate of Curridge, Berks; b. Aug. 8, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies and Triplett) July 1919, matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1922; a chartered accountant; author of A Detective Unawares (1927); m. Nov. 3, 1934, Maria, daughter of Wilhelm Schult, of Vienna; d. before June 1946.