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LEARMONTH, SOMERVILLE REID LIVINGSTONE, eldest son of Somerville Livingstone Learmonth, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire, and Victoria, Australia, and Maria Katherine, second dau. of Lestock Robert Reid, EICS Bombay; b. 26 Nov 1861; adm. 21 Jun 1877 (H); left Aug 1878; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1879; director, Union Bank of Australia 1915-; JP Hampshire 1922; m. 5 Jul 1886 Isabella, second dau. of Samuel Smith Travers, Hobart, Tasmania; d. 18 May 1934.

LEARMONTH, FREDERICK VALIANT COTTON LIVINGSTONE, third son of Thomas Livingstone Learmonth, Polmont, Stirlingshire, and Victoria, Australia, landowner, and his first wife Louisa Maria Buera, youngest dau. of Maj. -Gen. Sir Thomas Valiant KCB KH, Portobello, Edinburgh; b. 6 Jun 1862; adm. 26 Jan 1877 (R); left Aug 1878; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1880; BA 1884; MA 1887; went out to Australia 1883; managed father’s station on Murrumbidgee River; served with New South Wales Mounted Rifles in South African War 1900-1; DSO 29 Nov 1900; employed with Australian Agricultural Co. 1902-12, General Superintendent 1906-12; returned to England 1912; of Newnham Manor, Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire; director, Bank of Australasia, and other companies; m. 31 Oct 1901 Rin Aillie Eidel Marie, only dau. of Rev. Joseph Carlisle, Canon of Melbourne, Victoria; d. 12 Jul 1945.

Leake, Arthur Martin, brother of William Martin-Leake (q.v.); b. April 4, 1874; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (G); left July 1891; Univ. Coll. Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1898; F.R.C.S. 1903; Surg.-Capt. South African Constabulary 1901-2; served with the Imperial Yeomanry in the South African War 1900-1, and was severely wounded; Chief Medical Officer, Bengal Nagpur Railway, 1903-37; temp. Lieut. R.A.M.C. Sept. 3, 1914; Lieut. Feb. 18, 1915; Capt. March 5, 1915; Major Nov. 27, 1915; Lieut.-Col. April 30, 1917; mentioned in des­ patches L. G. April 25, 1902, Feb. 17 and 18, 1915, and May 15 and 25, 1918; V. C. May 13, 1902, for tending the wounded at Vlakfontein under heavy fire, and Clasp Feb. 18, 1915, for rescuing a number of wounded at Zonnebeke while exposed to constant fire; m. Oct. 1, 1930, Winifred Frances, daughter of William Alfred Nedham, of the Central Provinces Commission, India, and widow of C. W. A. Carroll; d. June 22, 1953

LEAHY, EDWARD, son of Edward Leahy, London; b.; adm. 15 Oct 1781; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1786; left Whitsun 1786.

LEADER, WILLIAM, son of William Leader MP, Putney Hill, Surrey, coach builder, distiller and glass manufacturer, and Mary ---; b. 1 Dec 1801; adm. 20 Sep 1815 (Smedley's); KS 1816; left 1820; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Apr 1820; BA 1824; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 May 1824; d. from effects of an accident at Oxford 28 Feb 1826.

LEADBETER, ---; b.; in school lists 1656.

LEACROFT, HENRY, [probably the Henry Laycroft bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 21 Sep 1714, son of John Laycroft and Elina Meriah (sic, for Eliza Maria ?) --- (IGI)]; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1724; left 1728.

Leach, Wilfrid John, son of Arthur Francis Leach, of Kensington, barrister-at-law, by Emily Archer, elder daughter of S. Kemball Cook, of Brighton; b. Jan. 19, 1887; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); K.S. (non-resident) 1901; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Triplett) 1905, matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1908; d. June 20, 1909; unm.

Leach, Hugh Beresford Herbert, son of H. W. Leach, of Westminster; b. June 3, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (A); left July 1908.