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.

Leach, Hugh Beresford Herbert, son of H. W. Leach, of Westminster; b. June 3, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (A); left July 1908.

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.

LEADER, WILLIAM, son of William Leader MP, Putney Hill, Surrey, coach builder, distiller and glass manufacturer, and Mary ---; b. 1 Dec 1801; adm. 20 Sep 1815 (Smedley's); KS 1816; left 1820; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Apr 1820; BA 1824; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 May 1824; d. from effects of an accident at Oxford 28 Feb 1826.

Leake, Arthur Martin, brother of William Martin-Leake (q.v.); b. April 4, 1874; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (G); left July 1891; Univ. Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1898; F.R.C.S. 1903; Surg.-Capt. South African Constabulary 1901-2; served with the Imperial Yeomanry in the South African War 1900-1, and was severely wounded; Chief Medical Officer, Bengal Nagpur Railway, 1903-37; temp. Lieut. R.A.M.C. Sept. 3, 1914; Lieut. Feb. 18, 1915; Capt. March 5, 1915; Major Nov. 27, 1915; Lieut.-Col. April 30, 1917; mentioned in des­ patches L. G. April 25, 1902, Feb. 17 and 18, 1915, and May 15 and 25, 1918; V. C. May 13, 1902, for tending the wounded at Vlakfontein under heavy fire, and Clasp Feb. 18, 1915, for rescuing a number of wounded at Zonnebeke while exposed to constant fire; m. Oct. 1, 1930, Winifred Frances, daughter of William Alfred Nedham, of the Central Provinces Commission, India, and widow of C. W. A. Carroll; d. June 22, 1953

LEARMONTH, FREDERICK VALIANT COTTON LIVINGSTONE, third son of Thomas Livingstone Learmonth, Polmont, Stirlingshire, and Victoria, Australia, landowner, and his first wife Louisa Maria Buera, youngest dau. of Maj. -Gen. Sir Thomas Valiant KCB KH, Portobello, Edinburgh; b. 6 Jun 1862; adm. 26 Jan 1877 (R); left Aug 1878; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1880; BA 1884; MA 1887; went out to Australia 1883; managed father’s station on Murrumbidgee River; served with New South Wales Mounted Rifles in South African War 1900-1; DSO 29 Nov 1900; employed with Australian Agricultural Co. 1902-12, General Superintendent 1906-12; returned to England 1912; of Newnham Manor, Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire; director, Bank of Australasia, and other companies; m. 31 Oct 1901 Rin Aillie Eidel Marie, only dau. of Rev. Joseph Carlisle, Canon of Melbourne, Victoria; d. 12 Jul 1945.

LEARMONTH, SOMERVILLE REID LIVINGSTONE, eldest son of Somerville Livingstone Learmonth, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire, and Victoria, Australia, and Maria Katherine, second dau. of Lestock Robert Reid, EICS Bombay; b. 26 Nov 1861; adm. 21 Jun 1877 (H); left Aug 1878; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1879; director, Union Bank of Australia 1915-; JP Hampshire 1922; m. 5 Jul 1886 Isabella, second dau. of Samuel Smith Travers, Hobart, Tasmania; d. 18 May 1934.

Leaver, Robert Henry Samuel, son of Henry Y. Leaver, of Notting Hill, by Esther Phoebe Hart, of Hull; b. Aug. 25, 1902; adm. Jan. 18, 1917 (R); left Dec. 1919; clinical asst. in the electrical dept. of St. Bartholomew's Hospital; physician, electro-therapeutic dept., Royal Dental Hospital; m. April 22, 1930, Audrey, daughter of Richard Atkinson Robinson, of Ealing, barrister-at-law; d. 1959.

LECHMERE, ANTHONY BERWICK, brother of Sir Edmund Hungerford Lechmere, Bart. (qv); b. 28 Sep 1802; adm. 7 Jun 1815 (Packharness'); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 May 1820; BA 1824; MA 1826; ordained deacon and priest 1826; Vicar of Welland, Worcs. 27 Feb 1828-76; Vicar of Eldersfield, Worcs., 30 Nov 1828-39; Vicar of Hanley Castle, Worcs., from 21 Sep 1839; Hon. Canon, Worcester, from 1849; m. 11 Oct 1842 Emily Mary, dau. of Sir Henry Verelst Darell, Bart., EICS [check Presidency]; d. 8 Oct 1878.

Lechmere, Nicholas George Berwick, fifth son of Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere, Bart, M. P., by Louisa Rosamond, only daughter of John Haigh, of Whitwell Hall, Yorks; b. Sept. 20, 1881; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left July 1897; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1900; 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards May 8, 1901; retired in 1906; Capt. 10th (Serv.) Batt. The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regt. Oct. 7, 1914; attached 2nd Batt.; went out to the western front in June 1915; m. June 23, 1904, Mary Katharine, only daughter of Major John Pegg, of Basingstoke, Hants; killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Loos, Oct. 17, 1915.