LENNOX, LORD GEORGE HENRY, brother of Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); b. 29 Nov 1737; adm. Jan 1748/9 (Levett's); left 1750; Leyden Univ., adm. 6 Feb 1754; Grand Tour (Italy) 1755; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 17 Dec 1751; Capt., 25th Foot 23 Mar 1756; Lieut. -Col., 33rd Foot 8 May 1758; Brevet Col. and ADC to George III 20 Feb 1762; Col., 25th Foot, from 29 Dec 1762; Maj. -Gen., 25 May 1772; Lieut. -Gen., 29 Aug 1777; Gen., 12 Oct 1793; served in Germany 1757, 1760-1, and on expedition to French coast 1758; Brig. with forces in Portugal 1763; his quarrel with Gen. John Mostyn (adm. 1722, qv), Governor of Minorca, gave rise to the celebrated case of Fabrigas v. Mostyn (Howell, State Trials, xx, 81-238); MP Chichester 1761 – Jan 1767, Sussex 3 Feb 1767-90; Secretary to Embassy, Paris Aug 1765 – Jul 1766, Minister Plenipotentiary there Jul – Oct 1766; Privy Councillor 9 Feb 1784; Constable, Tower of London (and Lord Lieut., Tower Hamlets) 10 Feb – Nov 1784; Governor of Plymouth from 30 Oct 1784; m. 25 Dec 1758 Lady Louisa Ker, eldest dau. of William Ker, 4th Marquis of Lothian (S) KT, Gen. in the Army; d. 22 Mar 1805. DNB.
LEVETT, JOHN, son of Theophilus Levett, Lichfield, Staffs., and his first wife Mary, second dau. of John Babington, Packington, Warwicks.; bapt. 17 Jul 1721; adm. (aged 14) Jul 1736 (Taylor's); left 1738; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Feb 1738/9; adm. Middle Temple 21 Feb 1737/8; migrated to Inner Temple 29 Jan1741/2, called to bar 18 Jun 1743; chambers there 5 Feb 1741/2 – 8 May 1753, withdrew from membership Nov 1781; MP Lichfield 1761 – 1 Feb 1762; of Wychnor, Staffs.; d. unm. 22 Nov 1799.
LEWIS, ERASMUS, son of Rev. George Lewis, Vicar of Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, and Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas Stepney, Kt; bap 29 Apr 1671; adm.; KS 1686; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1690, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1690, aged 18, scholar 24 May 1691; BA 1693/4; Master of Free School, Sevenoaks, Kent 1696/7; travelled on Continent; Secretary to Earl of Manchester, Ambassador at Paris 1701; Chief Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office Jan – May 1702, Under-Secretary May 1704 – Sep 1714; Secretary to Embassy, Brussels, in 1708; MP Lostwithiel 1713-5; lost his official post when Whigs came into power 1714; subsequently employed as Steward to his former political patron Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford; friend of Swift, Pope, Gay, Arbuthnot and Matthew Prior (qv); m. 1 Oct 1724 Anne, widow of Thomas Bateman, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London (and stepmother of Edmund Bateman (qv)), and dau. of --- Jennings; d. 10 Jan 1754. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
Lewis, Oswald, brother of John Spedan Lewis (q.v.); b. April 5, 1887; adm. May 9, 1901 (G); left July 1905; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1916; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1912; a member of the London County Council 1913-9; Lieut. 2nd Co. of London Yeomanry April 18, 1913; retired on account of ill health April 20, 1916; served in Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula 1914-6; admitted to the Middle Temple April 19, 1909; M.P. for Colchester 1929-45; author of Because I've not been there before (1929), I'd Like to go Again (1954), and After Dinner (1955) m. June 28, 1928; Frances Merriman, daughter of Dr. Harold Merriman Cooper, O.B.E., of Hampton-on-Thames; d. 12 Feb. 1966.
LISTER, NATHANIEL, brother of Thomas Lister (adm. 1736, qv); b. 8 Jan 1725; adm. May 1736 (Armfeild's); carved his name on the Coronation chair in Westminster Abbey; left 1742; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1743/4; MP Clitheroe 18 Dec 1761 – Mar 1773; of Armitage Park, near Lichfield, Staffs.; m. Aug 1761 (IGI) Martha, dau. of John Fletcher, Recorder of Lichfield; d. 23 Sep 1793.
LISTER, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Lister MP, Gisburn Park, Yorks., and Katherine, second dau. of Sir Ralph Assheton, Bart., MP; b. 19 Jan 1723/4; adm. May 1736 (Armfeild's); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 2 Nov 1742, matr. 1742; MP Clitheroe from 21 Oct 1745; m. 3 Sep 1748 Beatrix, third dau. of Jessop Hulton, Hulton Park, Lancs.; d. 28 Nov 1761.
LONG, SIR JAMES TYLNEY, BART., eldest son of Sir Robert Long, Bart. (qv); b. 1736; adm. Sep 1749 (Hutton's); in school list 1754; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Nov 1756; MP Marlborough 11 May 1762-80, Devizes 1780 – Dec 1788, Wiltshire from 14 Dec 1788; travelled in Italy 1764, 1769 and 1777; succ. father as 7th baronet 10 Feb 1767; assumed additional name of Tylney 9 Jun 1775; inherited estates of his uncle John Child Tylney, 2nd Earl Tylney (qv), in 1784; m. 1st, 11 Jul 1775 Hon. Harriett Bouverie, fourth dau. of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone; m. 2nd, 26 Jul 1785 Lady Catherine Sidney Windsor, dau. of Other Lewis Windsor, 4th Earl of Plymouth; d. 28 Nov 1794 (M. I. Draycot, Wilts. ).
LOW, SIR FREDERICK, eldest son of Stephen Philpot Low, Sydenham, Kent, banker, and Hannah, dau. of Arthur Austin, Little Shelford, Cambs.; b. 21 Nov 1856; adm. 22 Sep 1870 (G); left Aug 1871; adm. solicitor Apr 1878; practised in King Street, Cheapside, City of London, firm Turner and Low; adm. Middle Temple 16 May 1889, called to bar 30 Apr 1890, Bencher 26 Jan 1911; South-Eastern Circuit; KC 1902; Recorder of Ipswich 1906-15; a Commissioner of Assize 1912-5; contested (Liberal) Salisbury 1900 Clapham 1906; MP (Liberal) Norwich Jan 1910 – Jan 1915; knighted 1909; a Judge of the High Court, King’s Bench Division, from Jan 1915; m. 28 Jun 1882 Katherine, fourth dau. of Charles Thompson, Park Square, Regent’s Park, London; d. 4 Sep 1917.
LOWTHER, HENRY, 3RD EARL OF LONSDALE, eldest son of Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther (qv); b. 27 Mar 1818; adm. 26 Apr 1830 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Jul 1834, fellow commoner 20 Oct 1835; MA 1838; Cornet, 1st Life Guards 24 Sep 1841; Lieut., 5 Sep 1843; Capt., 9 Mar 1849; sold out 1 Dec 1854; MP (Conservative) West Cumberland 1847 – 4 Mar 1872; DL Cumberland 1867, Lord Lieut. Cumberland and Westmorland from 14 Dec 1868; succ. uncle as 3rd Earl of Lonsdale 4 Mar 1872; member Jockey Club, Steward 1844-5; m. 31 Jul 1852 Emily Susan, eldest dau. of St. George Francis Caulfield, Donamon Castle, co. Roscommon; d. 15 Aug 1876.
LOWTHER, JAMES, son of Sir Charles Hugh Lowther, Bart., and Isabella, dau. of Rev. Robert Morehead DD, Rector of Easington, Yorks.; nephew of Sir John Henry Lowther, Bart. (qv); b. 1 Dec 1840; adm. Jun 1854 (James'); left Whitsun 1859; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Oct 1858, matr. Mich. 1859; BA 1863; MA 1866; adm. Inner Temple 1 Nov 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1864; MP (Conservative) York 1865-80, North Lincolnshire 1881-5, Isle of Thanet from 1888; Parliamentary Secretary, Poor Law Board 1867-8; Under-Secretary, Colonial Office 1874-8; Chief Secretary for Ireland 1878-80; Privy Councillor 2 Feb 1878; JP Yorkshire North Riding 1869, also DL; Alderman, Yorkshire North Riding County Council; racehorse owner 1873-1903; member Jockey Club 1877, Steward 1880; President, Elizabethan Club 1864-7, 1890-5, Vice-Pres. 1885-90 and from 1896; Busby Trustee 19 Jun 1877-90; d. unm. 12 Sep 1904. DNB.