LOW, SIR FREDERICK, eldest son of Stephen Philpot Low, Sydenham, Kent, banker, and Hannah, dau. of Arthur Austin, Little Shelford, Cambs.; b. 21 Nov 1856; adm. 22 Sep 1870 (G); left Aug 1871; adm. solicitor Apr 1878; practised in King Street, Cheapside, City of London, firm Turner and Low; adm. Middle Temple 16 May 1889, called to bar 30 Apr 1890, Bencher 26 Jan 1911; South-Eastern Circuit; KC 1902; Recorder of Ipswich 1906-15; a Commissioner of Assize 1912-5; contested (Liberal) Salisbury 1900 Clapham 1906; MP (Liberal) Norwich Jan 1910 – Jan 1915; knighted 1909; a Judge of the High Court, King’s Bench Division, from Jan 1915; m. 28 Jun 1882 Katherine, fourth dau. of Charles Thompson, Park Square, Regent’s Park, London; d. 4 Sep 1917.

Low, John Philpot, son of Sir Stephen Philpot Low Kt, Solicitor to the Board of Trade, and Faith, d. of Rudolph Crosse; grandson of Sir Frederick Low (qv); b. 16 July 1910; adm. May 1924 (G); left July 1927; ordained priest in the Roman Catholic Church 1939; RC Chaplain to the Forces 1944; parish priest Brewood, Staffs; d. 6 May 1966.

Lowe, Lawrence Edward, brother of John Christopher Burpee Lowe (qv); b. Toronto, Canada, 29 Mar. 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (G), (KS) 1947; left July 1951; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1951, BA 1954, MA 1958; returned to Canada for post-grad. studies at Macdonald Coll., PQ; McGill Univ., Canada, 1957-63, MSc 1960, PhD 1963; a soil chemist, Alberta, Canada 1963-6; asst. Prof. of Soils, Univ. of British Columbia, Canada 1966, assoc. Prof. 1970, Prof. 1975-94, Prof. Emeritus 1994-; m. 25 Aug. 1956 Rosemary Powell-Evans, laboratory technician, d. of John Powell-Evans MRCS LRCP, of Wimbledon; d. 17 June 2016.

Lowenstein, John Gerald, son of Julius Lowenstein, metal merchant, and Ellen Doris, d. of Myrtil Hanan of New York, USA; b. 8 Aug. 1938; adm. Sept. 1952 (G); left July 1956; a metal merchant and co. dir.; m. 18 Dec. 1962 Vivien, d. of Heinz Lissauer, co. dir.; d. 1 Aug. 2002.

LUMLEY, EDMUND, only son of William Golden Lumley QC, Sussex Place, Regent’s Park, London, Counsel to Local Govt. Board and to Education Dept., barrister; b. 13 Jun 1839; adm. 28 Sep 1854 (G); in school list 1855; King’s Coll. London, 1856-8; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1858; BA 1862; adm. Middle Temple 17 Jan 1862, called to bar 26 Jan 1865; Midland Circuit; joined reporting staff of law Times in Court of Exchequer; became in 1870 one of reporters of Incorporated Council of Law Reporting in Court of Common Pleas, subsequently reporter in Court of King’s Bench and Court of Appeal; Assistant Counsel to Education Dept. 1874-7; Master of Queen’s Bench Division for a few days in May 1878, but found the work uncongenial and returned to law reporting; Recorder of Grantham 1889-97; Revising Barrister for Nottingham; joint author with his father of The Public Health Act 1875, 1876; d. unm. 7 May 1913.

LUSH, SIR CHARLES MONTAGUE, brother of Sir Herbert William Lush-Wilson (qv); b. 7 Dec 1853; adm. 27 Sep 1866 (G); left May 1872 (with Triplett); Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1872, scholar 1873-6, hon. Fellow from 1911; bracketed 19th Classic 1876; BA 1876; adm. Gray’s Inn 19 Oct 1874, called to bar 7 May 1879, Bencher Nov 1893, Treasurer 25 Jan 1901; adm. Middle Temple 23 Jan 1900; North-Eastern Circuit; KC 1902; a Judge of the King’s Bench Division Sep 1910 – res 20 May 1925; knighted 12 Oct 1910; Privy Councillor 25 Jun 1925; Busby Trustee May 1920; author, The Law of Husband and Wife, 1884, and other works; m. 27 Dec 1893 Margaret Abbie, dau. of Sir Charles Brodie Locock, Bart., barrister; d. 22 Jun 1930. DNB.

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.

MACDONALD, DOUGLAS, son of Ven. William Macdonald, Vicar of Great Hinton, Wilts., Archdeacon of Wiltshire and Canon Residentiary of Salisbury, and Frances, dau. of Maurice Goodman, Oare House, Wilts., and Colney House, Herts.; b. 28 May 1811; adm. 3 Jun 1822 (G); KS 1824; Capt. of the School 1828; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1829, adm. pens. 6 Jul 1829, scholar 1830; BA 1833; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1834, priest 7 Jun 1835 (both Salisbury); Vicar of West Alvington and South Milton, Devon, from 5 Jul 1835; m. 30 Nov 1837 Flora Georgiana, dau. of Patrick Hadow, Upper Harley Street, London; d. 11 Feb 1865.

Macfarlane, Pascoe, brother of James Aidan Macfarlane (qv); b. 11 Nov. 1945; adm. Sept. 1959 (G); left July 1963; d. 4 Apr. 1984.