Laing, Thomas Elliot, son of James Laing, of Sunderland, Durham, by Emily Cecilia, daughter of Thomas Elliot Harrison, of Sunderland; b. Aug. 28, 1889; adm. Sept. 22, 1904, from Wellington Coll. (H); left Easter 1905; Brasenose Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1908; 2nd Lieut. R. F. C. Nov. 11, 1914; Lieut. (Hon. Capt.) April 1, 1918; served in France; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1 1916.

Ladell, Richard Palgrave Simpson, son of Harry Simpson Ladell (q.v.); b. April 2, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (G); left Dec. 1920; has assumed the additional Christian name of Simpson; an electrical engineer; m. April 30, 1938, Marjorie Evelyn, daughter of Henry Farmer, of Beckenham, Kent.

Ladell, Harry Simpson, only son of Henry Richard Ladell, Head Master of the International Coll., Isleworth, Middlesex, by Catherine Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. William Cross, of Wakefield, Yorks; b. May 8, 1874; adm. Sept. 26, 1889 (G); left July 1893; Sidney Sussex Coll. Camb., matric. Oct. 1893; B.A. 1896; an asst. master at Streete Court, Westgate-on-Sea, and later a film producer under the name of Harold Simpson; m. April 22, 1902, Ethel Maud Florence, widow of Howard C. Jobson, and daughter of the Rev. William Reyner Cosens, D.D.; d. Nov. 18, 1955.

LACY, NATHANIEL, son of Rev. Nathaniel Lacy, Rector of Greensted, Essex; b.; adm.; KS 1670; did not secure election to either University 1672, but elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1673, matr. 31 May 1673, aged 16, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1673 – void 1677; adm. Inner Temple 1676; Padua Univ.; became physician to Queen of Spain; see a letter about him written from Düsseldorf by George Stepney (qv) to Sir William Trumbull, 10 Jan 1696 (HMC Downshire, ii, 607, and Elizabethan xviii, 240-1).

LACY, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS 1656 (Christmas quarter) (school lists 1656).

Lace, George Oswald, son of Oswald Herbert Lace, HM Tewkesbury GS, and Alice Mary, d. of Frank H. Field of Oxford; b. 22 Sept. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (KS); left July 1928; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1932, MA 1933; asst master Highgate Sch. 1933; RAFVR 1942-5 (Sqdn Ldr), DFC July 1943; Asst Sec. Min. of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food; m. 1941 Ruth, d. of Charles Evors of Letchworth, Herts; d. 27 Jan. 1986.

Labia, Prince Joseph Benjamin Robinson, son of Prince Natale Labia, Italian Minister to the Union of South Africa, and Ida Louise, d. of Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, Bart., gold mine proprietor, of Wynberg, South Africa; b. 15 Mar. 1923; adm. Sept. 1938 (R); left Dec. 1938; Univ. of Cape Town, South Africa BA LLB 1945; MB ChB 1955; DPM (Lond. ) 1969; in med. practice Cape Town, South Africa; living in Jersey, Channel Islands 1982; m. 1st, 19 May 1947 Vera Evelyn, d. of Cdr. Viotti of Florence, Italy; 2nd, Oct. 1969 Anne Heuston of Limerick, Ireland; d. 2011.

Labia, Count Natale, brother of Prince Joseph Benjamin Robinson Labia (qv); b. 30 Sept. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (R); left Dec. 1938; Univ. of Cape Town, South Africa, BSc 1943, BA 1945; Christ’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1946, BA 1949; South African Dept of Foreign Affairs 1951-3; res. Fellow Univ. of Natal, South Africa 1958; lecturer Univ. of Cape Town, South Africa, later sen. lecturer Univ. of Witwatersrand, South Africa; m. 21 Mar. 1980 Sylvia Mclan, d. of Robert Henderson, engineer; d. 13 Nov. 2016.

Labertouche, Peter Neil, son of Guy Neale Landale Labertouche (qv); b. 14 Mar. 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left July 1931; Munich Univ. 1932-4; an actor 1932-40 and 1946-66; RAFVR 1940-6 (Sqdn Ldr), Polit. lntell. Dept Foreign Office 1945-6, invalided out Feb. 1946; a hotel owner 1966-9, retd; m. 1st 1941 Mavis Philips; 2nd 12 Feb. 1946 June Laetitia, d. of James Robertson Campbell Canney MD, of Cambridge; d. 7 Mar. 1994.