LEY, JACOB, son of Rev. Jacob Ley, Rector of Ashprington, Devon, and Caroline, dau. of Rev. John Hill; b. 18 Jun 1803; adm. 11 Oct 1816 (Packharness'); KS 1818; St. Alban Hall, Oxford, matr. 18 May 1822; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1822, Westminster Student (still 1847), Tutor, Censor, Catechist, Librarian; BA 1826; MA 1828; BD 1840; Proctor 1839; ordained deacon 1827, priest 1828 (both Oxford); Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford 1845-58; Vicar of Staverton, Northants, from 24 May 1858; d. unm. 10 Apr 1881.

LEY, JOHN HENRY, eldest son of Henry Ley, Trehill, Devon, Town Clerk of Exeter, and Mary, dau. of Capt. Charles Smith RN, Lieut. -Gov. Greenwich Hospital; b. 28 Jan 1777; adm.; Min. Can. 1790; KS 1791; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1795, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 May 1795, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1796 – void 25 Jun 1807; BA 1799; MA 1801; adm. Middle Temple 27 Jun 1797, called to bar 10 Jun 1803, Bencher 31 Jan 1843; Second Clerk Assistant, House of Commons Jul 1801-14, Clerk Assistant 1814-20, Chief Clerk from 31 Oct 1820; of Trehill, Devon; m. 23 Oct 1809 Lady Dorothy Frances Hay, second dau. of George Hay, 7th Marquess of Tweeddale (S); d. 21 Aug 1850.

LEYBORNE, ROBERT, son of Anthony Leyborne, London, and Anne, sister of William Shippen (qv); b. London; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1708; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Mar 1710/1, but did not go into residence; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1712, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1712 – void Oct 1715 (on election as Fellow, Brasenose); BA 19 Jan 1714/5; MA 1717; BD and DD 1731; Fellow, Brasenose Coll. Oxford 10 Oct 1715 – 5 Dec 1730, Junior Bursar 1727-8; Proctor 1723; ordained; Rector of St. Dunstan’s, Stepney, Middlesex, from 21 Jul 1730, and of St. Anne’s, Limehouse, from 25 Sep 1730; Principal of St. Alban Hall, Oxford, from 1736; m. 1st, ---; lic. to m. 2nd, 20 Jan 1732/3 Rebeccah Towne, St. Mary’s, Stratford at Bow, Essex; d. 13 May 1759.

LIBERTY, JOHN BARNES, son of John Edwards Liberty, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, and Harriet ---; b. 3 Nov 1854; adm. 13 Jul 1868 (James'); left Aug 1872; wine merchant, firm Liberty & Co., Parliament Street, Westminster; m. 9 Sep 1885 Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Edward Percy Ince, Shepherds Bush, Hammersmith, Middlesex; d. 21 Dec 1907.

Liberty, John Ince, only son of John Barnes Liberty (q.v.); b. Jan. 26, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (A); left July 1905; a cattle farmer in Argentina; being at home on a holiday, enlisted in the H. A. C. Aug. 8, 1914; served in Egypt with B Battery and was invalided; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Oct. 22, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; went out to the western front in April 1916; killed in action near Ypres, Flanders, Nov. 28, 1917; unm.

Lichfield, Stuart Leslie, son of Siegmund Lichfield, of Ealham; b. Feb. 3, 1899; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); assumed the surname of Lichfield in lieu of Lichtenfeld 1914; left April 1916.

LIDDELL, HON. CHARLES JOHN, brother of Arthur Thomas Liddell, 5th Baron Ravensworth (qv); b. 9 Dec 1843; adm. 24 Jan 1853 (James'); went to Eton Coll., KS; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 May 1861; BA 1866; adm. Inner Temple 1868; Assistant Librarian, British Museum 1872-88; d. 19 Jun 1931.

LIDDELL, HENRY GEORGE, younger son of Sir Henry George Liddell, Bart., and Elizabeth, sister of Thomas Steele (KS 1766, qv); b. 25 Jul 1787; adm. 21 Feb 1802 (Clapham); in school list 1803; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1805; BA 1809; MA 1812; ordained deacon 23 Oct 1810, priest 22 Sep 1811 (both Durham); Rector of Redmarshall, co. Durham 13 Dec 1811-24; Rector of Romaldkirk, Yorks., 22 May 1824-32 (disp. to hold with R. Bolton, Durham 1824); Rector of Whickham, co. Durham 27 Jan 1829; Rector of Easington, co. Durham 14 Aug 1832-62; JP co. Durham; father of Henry George Liddell, Head Master; m. 11 Nov 1809 Charlotte, dau. of Hon. Thomas Lyon MP, Hetton House, co. Durham; d. 9 Mar 1872.

The house was named after Henry Liddell, Head Master from 1846 to 1855, who rescued the school from its early nineteenth-century decline, when prospective parents preferred boarding schools in the country to the unwholesome airs of London and pupil numbers dipped beneath 80. Liddell later became Dean of Christ Church and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. His daughter, Alice Liddell, was the inspiration for 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Alice through the Looking Glass'.

Liddiard, Alexander Rockley, son of Edgar Stratton Liddiard MBE JCS, of Long Ditton, Surrey, and Mabel Audrey, d. of Herbert Richard Brooke, sometime asst master Tonbridge Sch., of Parkstone, Dorset; b. 26 Nov. 1915; adm. Sept. 1929 (KS); left Apr. 1934; St Cath. Coll. Camb., matric. 1934, BA 1937; RA 1940-1 (Lieut.), RE 1942-6 (Maj.); Gordon Woodroffe & Co. Madras 1946-66, dir. 1952, man. dir. 1964, retd 1966; farming in Lanarkshire; m. 30 Mar. 1946 Agnes Thomson, d. of George Hazell Milln of Airdrie, Lanarkshire; d. 16 Aug. 1991.