LOFTUS, WILLIAM FRANCIS BENTINCK, brother of Henry Loftus (qv); b. 17 Aug 1784; adm. 24 Sep 1794 (Clapham); in school list 1795; left Midsummer 1796; Cornet, 15th Light Dragoons 30 Aug 1799; Lieut., 16 Jul 1800; Capt., 20 Apr 1804; Maj., 28th Foot 9 Apr 1807; Lieut. -Col., 4 Jun 1813; half-pay 25 Dec 1814; Brevet Col., 22 Jul 1830; Maj. -Gen., 23 Nov 1841; Col., 50th Foot, from 11 Apr 1851; Lieut. -Gen., 11 Nov 1851; served in Peninsular War; m. 9 Oct 1819 Margaret Harriet, dau. of Very Rev. James Langrishe, Dean of Achonry; d. 13 Sep 1852.

LOFTUS, HENRY, eldest son of Gen. William Loftus MP, and his first wife Margaret, dau. of Mackerell King, Lissen Hall, co. Dublin; b.; adm. 24 Sep 1794 (Clapham); in school lists 1795, 1797; Ensign, 106th Foot 28 Feb 1795; Cornet, 24th Light Dragoons 11 Oct 1796; Lieut., 1 Jun 1798; Capt., 21 Dec 1799; Maj., 28 Aug 1802; Lieut. -Col., 17th Light Dragoons 19 Dec 1805; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2nd Foot Guards 23 Jul 1812; Brevet Col., 12 Aug 1819; d. 11 Jul 1823.

Lofting, Patrick John Deane, son of Eric Edward Lofting, asst surveyor Westminster Abbey, and Olive Mary, d. of John Deane LRCP, of Ealing; b. 16 Aug. 1921; adm. May 1935 (A); left July 1938; RAFVR 1940-6 (Flt Lieut.); Maj. Bhopal State Forces and personal pilot to Nawab of Bhopal 1946-9; rejoined RAF, FO Dec. 1949, perm. commission 1951, retd Nov. 1955; later simulated flight instructor BEA; d. 1995.

Lofthouse, Hubert Thornton, son of Charles Thornton Lofthouse MusD, sometime dir. of music at the Sch., and Irene Margaret, d. of James Riley Slater of Southport, Lancs; b. 23 Oct. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; Sub-Lieut. (A) RNVR Feb. 1945; Imp. Coll. Lond., BSc 1951; City & Guilds Inst., CEng MIEE; Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd., later man. dir. BFI Electronics Ltd., retd. 1976; m. 22 Dec. 1951 Ailsa Kennedy, d. of Thomas Rowan of Plymouth, Devon; d. May 1989.

Loeffler, Carl Ludwig Henrik, son of J.C. Ludwig Loeffler, of Kensington, civil engineer; b. Sept. 4, 1876; adm. April 24, 1890 (H); left July 1895; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 29, 1895); B.A. 1898; M.A. 1902; owner of the steam yacht Albion which he fitted out as a hospital ship in Great War I; m. Nov. 23, 1904, Sigrid, daughter of Col. Victor G. Balek, of Stockholm; d. 1963.

LOE, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Loe DD, Prebendary of Gloucester and Chaplain to James I; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1621, adm. scholar 1622; BA 1625/6; MA 1629; BD 1636; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1627, Major Fellow 17 Mar 1628 – c. 1640; ordained; Vicar of Kirkby Masham, Yorks., 1639; compiled from his father’s papers The Merchants Manuell, 1628; d. 20 Jan 1678/9. DNB.

LODGE, ROBERT, son of Rev. Thomas Lodge, Rector of Drayton, Oxfordshire; b.; adm.; KS 1656; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1659, but never adm.

LODGE, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 8) Feb 1748/9 (Burges'); in school list 1754 (“exempt payments”).

Loder, Francis Andrew James, son of Sidney James Loder, of Bromley, Kent, by Charlotte, daughter of Thomas Bikker, of Liverpool; b. Oct. 2, 1904; adm. April 26, 1918 (G); left Dec. 1919; an oil refiner; asst. manager of Loders and Nucolini, Silvertown, London; d. Jan. 30, 1938; unm.

LOCKWOOD, SAMUEL DAVIS, fourth son of John William Lockwood (qv); b. 3 May 1842; adm. 12 Jun 1857 (G); left Dec 1857; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1859; Cornet, unposted, Cavalry 4 Nov 1859; Lieut., 13th Cavalry 25 Sep 1861; on furlough 1865; res. 20 Mar 1867; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1866; BA 1868; ordained deacon (Salisbury for Oxford) 1869, priest (Oxford) 1870; Curate, Kingham, Oxfordshire 1870-1; Rector of Wood Eaton, Oxfordshire 1871-80; Rector of Kingham, Oxfordshire, from 1880; m. 30 May 1871 Sophia Theresa, dau. of Rev. Philip Wynter DD, President of St. John’s Coll., Oxford; d. 28 Nov 1911.