Lang, Wolfram lveagh, son of Walter Lang, of Bombay, by Mabel Constance, daughter of John Cecil Guinness; b. March 31, 1893; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (H); left Dec. 1912; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. York and Lancs. Regt. Aug. 14, 1914; Lieut. Nov. 28, 1915; Capt. Sept. 16, 1918; attached 130th Baluch. Regt.; Indian Staff Corps; Capt. 10th Baluch. Regt. June 16, 1919; served in the Dardanelles 1915, Salonika 1915-7, East Persia 1918-21, and on the N.W. Frontier 1922-4; British Vice-Consul Birjand, East Persia, 1920; Major June 16, 1933; transferred to Special Unemployed List Nov. 1, 1935; ceased to be liable to recall March 31, 1943; temp. Lieut.-Col. 5th Batt. 10th Baluch. Regt.; O.B.E. Burma June 28, 1945; mentioned in despatches (Burma) L.G. Jan. 10, 1946; resident in Kenya Colony; m. Jan. 15, 1927, Daphne, only daughter of Anthony Faull; d. 13 Apr. 1979

Lang, William Geoffrey, son of William Dickson Lang DSc FRS, Keeper of Geology Brit. Museum of Natural Historv, and Georgiana Catherine, d. of Capt. Manley Charles Matthew Dixon, The King's Regt, of Broadwater, Sussex; b. 10 May 1910; adm. May 1924 (H); left Dec. 1927; an engineer; m. Aug. 1935 Gladys Florence Louise, d. of Leopold Dintsl of Mitcham, Surrey; d. Sept. 1987.

LANG, SAMUEL; b.; adm.; KS; left 1607, having failed to obtain election to either University (Buttery Book); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1607; BA 1611/2; MA 1615.

LANE-CLAYPON, WILLIAM WARD, brother of Charlton George Lane (qv); b. 1 Aug 1845; adm. 24 Sep 1857 (James'); QS 1860; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1864, matr. Mich. 1864; BA 1868; assumed additional surname of Claypon by royal licence 28 Feb 1877; a banker at Boston, Lincs., firm Garfit Claypon & Co.; Master, Mercers’ Co. 1900; JP Parts of Holland, Lincolnshire; JP Hertfordshire 1915; m. 14 Jun 1871 Edith Margaret, youngest dau. of William Fenwick Stow, Red Hall, near Leeds, Yorks.; d. 31 Mar 1939.

Lane-Claypon, Edward William, son of William Ward Claypon Lane-Claypon (q.v.); b. March 7, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1899; left July 1904; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michael­mas 1904; B.A. 1908; Ely Theol. Coll. 1909; ordained 1909; Curate of Wigan, Lancs. 1909-11, and of Welwyn, Herts, 1911-2; Rector of Ayot St. Lawrence, Herts, 1912-21; enlisted in R.A.S.C. in May 1918; 2nd Lieut. Nov. 23, 1918; m. Feb. 7, 1923, Eleanor Frances, youngest daughter of Tom Studdy, of Paignton, Devon; d. Oct. 9, 1955.

LANE, WILLIAM, son of Richard Lane, Hanslop, Bucks. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 16) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MS lxix, f. 224); Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 11 May 1632; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Thomas Tyrell, Kt, Castle Thorpe, Bucks.

LANE, THOMAS, son of Thomas Lane, Master in Chancery; b.; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1743 (Ludford's); left 1744; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Sep 1748, matr. 1748/9; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Jul 1749, called to bar 20 Nov 1753; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1758 to death); m. 24 Mar 1763 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Raymond Barker, Gloucester; d. 1779. [perhaps Thomas Lane, Hampstead, Middlesex, will proved PCC 16 Jun 1779]

LANE, THOMAS BRUCE, fifth son of Rev. Charles Lane, Rector of Wrotham, Kent, and Frances Catherine, second dau. of Right Rev. Daniel Sandford DD, Bishop of Edinburgh; b. 29 Apr 1831; adm. 20 Jan 1845 (Benthall's); QS 1845; left Midsummer 1847; at Haileybury Coll. 1850-1; Writer, EICS Bengal 1852; Assistant to Magistrate and Collector, Midnapur 1853; Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector, Jessore 1856; Junior Secretary, Board of Revenue, Lower Provinces 1864-70, Secretary 1870-7; Collector of Customs, Calcutta 1877, retd. 1877; m. 20 Jul 1853 Adelaide Fanny Spring, sister of Frederick Macquoid Samuel Belli (qv); d. 14 Jan 1917.

LANE, RICHARD, son of Thomas Lane, Bradley and Coffleet, Devon, and Penelope, dau. of Thomas Tothill, Baytor; b. 18 Feb 1772; adm. 22 Sep 1783; KS 1787; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1791, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1791, scholar 1792; BA 1795; MA 1800; ordained deacon (Chichester) 24 Apr 1796, priest 10 Jul 1796; Perpetual Curate of Brixton, Devon, from 5 Nov 1802; m. 18 Feb 1800 Lucy, dau. of Nicholas Dennys, Ashley, near Tiverton, Devon; d. 17 Mar 1858.

LANE, SIR RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Lane, Courteenhall, Northants, and Elizabeth, dau. of Clement Vincent, Harpole, Northants; bapt. 12 Nov 1584; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, but was never adm.; adm. Inner Temple 16 Feb 1604/5, called to bar 8 Feb 1612/3, Bencher 1630, Treasurer 1637; practised in Court of Exchequer; Attorney-Gen. to Prince of Wales 1634; Counsel to Cambridge Univ. 1635; appeared for Strafford when impeached by House of Commons 1641, for Mr. Justice Berkeley 1641 and for the twelve bishops Jan 1641/2; MA Oxford 1 Nov 1642; DCL 31 Jan 1643/4; joined Charles I at Oxford; knighted 4 Jan 1643/4; Serjeant-at-Law 23 Jan 1643/4; Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer 25 Jan 1643/4; Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 25 Oct 1645; one of King’s Commissioners at Uxbridge Jan 1645/6; acted on King’s behalf at surrender of Oxford Jun 1646; followed Charles II into exile; Privy Councillor 13 May 1649 (sworn in at The Hague); author, Reports in the Court of Exchequer from 1605 to 1612, 1657; m. Margaret, dau. of Thomas Walker, Westminster, and aunt of Thomas Randolph (elected to Cambridge 1623, qv); d. at Elizabeth Castle, Jersey 12 May 1650. DNB.