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LEITCH, ---; b.; at school 1789.

LEISTER, WILLIAM; b.; in school list Dec 1736. [an error for Thomas Lister]

LEISTER, EDWARD; b.; in school list Dec 1736. [an error for Nathaniel Lister]

LEISLEY, JACOB; b.; adm.; BB 1669-72 (Chapter Muniments 33702-5).

LEISHMAN, SIR WILLIAM BOOG, third son of William Leishman MD LRCS, Regius Professor of Midwifery, Glasgow Univ., and Augusta Selina, eldest dau. of George Drevar, Dublin; b. 6 Nov 1865; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (G); left May 1880; Glasgow Univ.; MB and CM 1886; Hon. LLD 1913; Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps 27 Jul 1887; Maj., 27 Jul 1899; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 15 Apr 1905; Lieut. -Col., 11 Dec 1911; Brevet Col., 15 Oct 1912; Col., 1 Mar 1915; Maj. -Gen., 24 Oct 1918; Lieut. -Gen., 29 Jul 1923; Assistant Prof. of Pathology, Army Medical Coll., Netley 1900-3; Professor, Medical Staff Coll. and Royal Army Medical Coll., 1 Feb 1903 – 31 Jan 1914; Director of Pathology, War Office 1 Jun 1919 – 28 Jul 1923; Director Gen., Army Medical Service, War Office, from 29 Jul 1923; served in Waziristan expedition 1894-5, and in 1914-18 war as Adviser on Pathology, Western Front; mentioned in despatches LG 17 Feb 1915, 29 May 1917, 25 May 1918; made significant contributions to medical bacteriology; FRS 5 May 1910; Harben Lecturer 1910; President, Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1911-2; Hon. Physician to George V 15 Oct 1912; FRCP 1913; Linacre Lecturer, Cambridge 1925; knighted 16 Jun 1909; CB 18 Feb 1915; KCMG 3 Jun 1918; KCB 1 Jan 1924; Commander, Legion of Honour 1915, Grand Officer 1925; DCM (USA) 1919; Hon. LLD McGill Univ. Montreal 1914; Busby Trustee 1920; a Governor of the School from 1921; m. 17 Jun 1902 Maud, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Col. Edward Gunter, Reading, Berks., East Lancashire Regt.; d. 2 Jun 1926. DNB.

Leishman, Austin William Drevar, son of Sir William Boog Leishman (qv); b. 17 June 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (G); left July 1925; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1929, MA 1947; St Barth. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP BM 1932; MRCP 1935, DM 1937, FRCP 1950; RAMC 1939-45 (Maj. and hon. Lieut.-Col.); successively physician Ruthin Castle, consult. physician Roy. Shef­field Infirmary and Doncaster Gate Hosp., Rotherham; m. 1 June 1938 Elizabeth, d. of Carlton Oldfield FRCS FRCP, of Harewood, Yorks; d. 17 Mar. 1978.

LEIGNES, CHARLES PETER, son of John Leignes, St. Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jul 1737; apprenticed to Wlliam King, citizen and clockmaker 9 Dec 1741; m. 23 Dec 1759 (IGI) Louisa Belliard, St. Ann’s, Westminster.

LEIGHTON, ROBERT, son of Thomas Leighton, Richmond, Surrey., and Susan, dau. of Sir Thomas Nott, Obden, Worcs., and Richmond, Surrey; b.; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1708, matr. 7 Jun 1708, aged 19, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1708; BA 1715; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 24 Apr 1709; Lieut. and Capt., 1715; killed in a duel with Maj. Thompson, “at a tavern in Westminster” 23 Sep 1719 (Hearne, Remarks and Collections, vii, 51).

Leighton, Percy Lewis, brother of Albert Lewis Leighton (q.v.); b. April 16, 1898; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); K.S. 1913; left July 1915; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1915; 2nd Lieut. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt. April 7, 1916; Lieut. Oct. 7, 1917; served in France in Great War I (wounded) and on the N. W. Frontier 1920; retired from the Army 1921 and became a local government publisher; Lieut. Pioneer Corps retaining seniority as Capt. R. O. The Queen's Regt., Aug. 13, 1940; Major; served in Egypt; m. Feb. 6, 1947, Nancy Potter, daughter of T. E. Limener, of Thames Ditton, Surrey; d. April 5, 1955.