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LIARDET, JOHN JAMES ROBERT GUILLAUME TELL, brother of Lionel Francis Charles Liardet (qv); b. 16 Jan 1775; adm. 14 Jan 1788; 2nd Lieut., Royal Marines 7 Jul 1797, half-pay 21 May 1802; m. 1794 Perpetué Félicité de Paul de Lamanon d’Albe, Provence, France; d. 1804.

LEYBORNE, SHIPPEN, second son of William Leyborne Leyborne (formerly Taylor), Westwell, Oxfordshire, Governor of Grenada, West Indies, and Anne, sister of Edward Popham (qv); b.; adm. 22 Jul 1779; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1780; entered Royal Navy; joined HMS Duke 18 Nov 1781; Midshipman; present at Sir George Rodney’s two actions against the French fleet off Dominica, West Indies 9 and 12 Apr 1782; d. on board HMS Duke in Port Royal Harbour, Jamaica 25 Jun 1782.

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.

LEY, WILLIAM, brother of John Henry Ley (KS 1791, qv); b. 29 Jan 1784; at school under Vincent (information from J. H. Ley); Clerk of Privileges and Elections, House of Commons 1814-20, Second Clerk Assistant 1820-40, Clerk Assistant 1840-56; m. 1st, 2 Jul 1812 Frances, sister of Henry Hatsell (qv); m. 2nd, 20 Aug 1853 Rebecca Maria, dau. of Lewis George Dive, Tavistock Street, Bloomsbury; d. 1 Apr 1864.

LEY, JOHN HENRY, eldest son of John Henry Ley (qv); b. 28 Aug 1812; adm. 3 Feb 1825; left Aug 1829; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Dec 1829; of Trehill, Devon; m. 6 Nov 1845 Henrietta, second dau. of Henry Porter, Winslade House, Devon; d. 28 Mar 1865.

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.

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, HENRY, brother of John Henry Ley (KS 1791, qv); b. 14 Aug 1781; adm.; KS 1795; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1799, matr. 22 May 1799, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1799 – void 20 Sep 1806 (expiry year of grace as R. Kenn from 28 Sep 1805); BA 1803; MA 1806; ordained priest 25 Aug 1805; Rector of Kenn, Devon, from 28 Aug 1805; d. 8 Jan 1856.