HALL, BENJAMIN, 1ST BARON LLANOVER, eldest son of Benjamin Hall (qv); b. 8 Nov 1802; adm. Jan. 1814; in school list Feb 1816; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 May 1820; MP (Whig/Liberal) Monmouth May – Jul 1831, 1832-7, Marylebone 1837 – 27 Jul 1859; created baronet 16 Aug 1838; President, Board of Health 14 Oct 1854 – Jul 1855; Privy Councillor 14 Nov 1854; First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings 21 Jul 1855 – Feb 1858; created Baron Llanover 27 Jul 1859; Lord Lieut. Monmouthshire from 9 Nov 1861; carried the bill for creating the Metropolitan Board of Works through the House of Commons in 1855; the great bell in the clock tower of the new Houses of Parliament was named “Big Ben” after him 1856; m. 4 Dec 1823 Augusta, dau. of Benjamin Waddington, Llanover Court, Monmouthshire; d. 27 Apr 1867. DNB.
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER, eldest son of George Hamilton MP (I), Baron of the Exchequer (I), Hampton Hall, co. Dublin, and Elizabeth, dau. of George Hamilton, Tyrella, co. Down; b.; adm. 11 Mar 1778; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 12 Nov 1778, aged 14; BA 1783; LLD 1789; adm. Middle Temple 11 Oct 1780; called to Irish bar 1786; Cursitor of the Exchequer (I) 1791; MP Belfast (Carrickfergus ?) 1798; resigned seat and office rather than vote for Act of Union; of Hampton Hall, co. Dublin; m. 13 Feb 1796 Catherine, dau. of Robert Burgh, Comptroller-General Inland Revenue (I); d. 1808.
HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE EDWARD, eldest son of Granville Harcourt-Vernon (qv), and his first wife; b. 23 Nov 1816; adm. 16 Sep 1829 (Stikeman's); KS 1830; Capt. of the School 1834; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1835, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Westminster Student; BA 1839; MA 1842; Private Secretary to Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (qv), when Chief Secretary for Ireland, and to Earl of Lincoln MP, when Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests and Chief Secretary for Ireland; MP (Peelite) Newark 1852-7; m. 23 Nov 1854 Lady Selina Catherine Meade, only dau. of Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam PC GCH, Ambassador at Berlin; d. 1 Feb 1861.
HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE, seventh son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 26 Jul 1792; adm. Bartholomewtide 1804; KS (Capt. ) 1805; Capt. of the School 1809; spoke the Prologue to the Phormio in 1809, when the new scenes given by William Carey (qv) were first used; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1810, matr. 8 Jun 1810, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1813; BA 1814; MA 1816; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Dec 1811, called to bar 12 May 1817; Chancellor, Diocese of York 1818-68; MP Aldborough 4 May 1815-20, East Retford 1831-47; assumed surname of Harcourt-Vernon in lieu of Venables-Vernon; of Grove Park, Notts.; m. 1st, 22 Feb 1814 Frances Julia, dau. of Anthony Hardolph Eyre MP, Grove Park, Notts.; m. 2nd, 22 Nov 1845 Hon. Pyne Jesse Brand, widow of John Henry Cotterell, and dau. of Henry Otway Brand, 22nd Baron Dacre CB, Lieut. -Gen. in Army, Col. 31st Foot; d. 8 Dec 1879.
LECHMERE, EDMUND, only son of Anthony Lechmere MP, Hanley Castle, Worcs., and Anne, dau. of Thomas Foley, Stoke Edith, Worcs.; b. 4 Apr 1710; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1720 (Christian name misread as Edward by Russell Barker & Stenning); in under school list 1724; left 1724; subsequently at school at Fulham, Middlesex (Mr. Lewis Vaslet); Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1728 [check]; of Hanley Castle, Worcs.; High Sheriff, Worcestershire 1732; MP Worcestershire 1734-47; m. 1st, 12 Oct 1732 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Blunden Charlton, Bart., Ludford, Herefs.; m. 2nd, 4 Jun 1765 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Whitmore, Vicar of Lechlade, Gloucs.; d. 29 Mar 1805.
LEE, GEORGE HENRY, 3rd EARL OF LICHFIELD, eldest son of George Henry Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield, and Frances, dau. of Sir John Hales, Bart., and half-sister of James Hales (qv); b. 21 May 1718; adm. Feb 1727/8; spoke his verses in College Hall at the Westminster Feast of 1734/5 “extremely well” (HMC Report ix, appendix ii, 465); left 1735; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Jan 1735/6; MA 14 Feb 1737/8; DCL 25 Aug 1743 and by diploma 27 Sep 1762; Grand Tour (Italy) 1739-40; MP Oxfordshire Feb 1739/40 – 13 Feb 1742/3; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Lichfield 13 Feb 1742/3; a Lord of the Bedchamber 11 Dec 1760 – Jul 1762, Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners from 17 Jul 1762; Privy Councillor 14 Jul 1762; High Steward, Oxford Univ. 1760-2, Chancellor from 1762; founded by bequest the Lichfield Clinical Professorship, Oxford Univ.; member, Society of Dilettanti 1740/1; DL Oxfordshire 1763; FSA 26 Nov 1767; m. 16 Jan 1744/5 Dinah, dau. of Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. MP; d. 19 Sep 1772. DNB.
LEE, JOHN LEE, eldest surviving son of William Hanning (qv); b. 11 Dec 1802; adm. 20 Jan 1813; Min. Can. 1817; left 12 Dec 1817; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Feb 1821; adm. Middle Temple 20 Jun 1823; assumed surname of Lee in lieu of Hanning 21 Mar 1825; MP (Whig) Wells 1830-7; DL JP Sopmerset, High Sheriff1845; m. 1st, 18 Feb 1834 Jessy Edwards, third dau. of John Edwards Vaughan MP, Rheola, Glamorgan; m. 2nd, 17 Aug 1841 Hon. Maria Sophia Hood, eldest dau. of Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (I); d. 16 Aug 1874.
LEGH, PETER, brother of Fleetwood Legh (qv); b. 6 Jan 1707/8; adm. Oct 1721; KS 1724; left 1727; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 7 Oct 1727, matr. 1727; inherited estates of his uncle Peter Legh at Lyme, Cheshire, and Newton, Lancs., 1744; MP Newton 15 Dec 1743-74; m. 20 Dec 1737 Martha, dau. of Thomas Benett, Salthrop, Wilts.; d. 20 May 1792.
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.
HARLEY, EDWARD, second son of Sir Edward Harley KB MP, Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire, and his second wife Abigail, dau. of Nathaniel Stephens, Eastington, Gloucs.; b. 7 Jun 1664; at school under Busby (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1728/9); adm. Middle Temple 18 Mar 1681/2, called to bar 25 May 1688; took active part in revolution of 1688; Recorder of Leominster 1692-1732; MP Droitwich 1695-8, Leominster 1698-1700, 8 Apr 1701-22; Auditor of the Imprest from 1702; author, The Harmony of the Four Gospels, 1733, and other works; m. Sarah, third dau. of Thomas Foley MP, Witley Court, Worcs.; d. 30 Aug 1735. DNB. ] [Thus Russell Barker & Stenning, but he was at school in Oxfordshire to c. 1681, and it seems more likely that the Steward of the Anniversary Dinner in 1728/9 was his son, Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford (at school under Freind, qv), although the 3rd Earl was also Steward in 1754]