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Last, Walter Arthur William, eldest son of William Harrison Last, of Clapham, Surrey; b. Aug. 12, 1870; adm. as exhibitioner June 12, 1884 (H); left Feb. 1888; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1889; I. C. S. 1889; arrived in India Nov. 19, 1891; asst. magistrate and collector, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, 1891; asst. settlement officer Sept. 1894; joint magistrate Dec. 1896; deputy commissioner Jan. 1905; d. May 4, 1908.

Last, Louis Raymond, son of William Last, of Chiswick, by Louisa, daughter of Albert John Randall, of Hove, Sussex; b. June 18, 1902; adm. as K.S. Sept. 21, 1916; left July 1920; chairman of Dernier & Hamlyn Ltd., manufacturers of electrical fittings; Pilot Officer (Balloon) A.A.F. Aug. 31, 1939; Flying Officer Sept. 11, 1940; Flight Lieut. March 1, 1942; Sqdn. Ldr. April 9, 1946; Wing Cdr. on demobilisation, 1947; m. May 16, 1947, Clare Daphne, widow of Sqdn. Ldr. Philip Edmund Davies, and daughter of Ralph Edgar Southwood, of Colombo; d. 3 Mar. 1981.

Last, Leslie Sydney, youngest son of Arthur William Last, of Sutton, Surrey, by Elizabeth Anne Balaam, of Sutton; b. Feb. 12, 1895; adm. April 29, 1909 (A); left Dec. 1911; Driver H. A. C. 1912; went out to Egypt with the B Battery in 1916; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. (S. R.) Oct. 1, 1916; went to Salonika; attached R. F. C. Oct. 1917, obtained his wings Dec. 7, 1917, and was appointed instructor; killed accidentally while instructing a pupil near Cairo Feb. 21, 1918; unm.

Last, Cecil Edward, brother of Walter Arthur William Last (q.v.); b. Feb. 13, 1877; adm. May 2, 1889 (H); left Dec. 1894; St. George's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1900; practised at Littlehampton, Sussex; m. 1st, Grace Bevington, daughter of John Stephen Jarvis, of Kensington; 2nd, July 3, 1915, Ethel Mary, eldest daughter of Henry H. Hiscocks, of Bombay.

Lassetter, Frederic Macquarie, only son of Col. Harry Beauchamp Lassetter, C. B., of Westminster, by Elizabeth Anne, daughter of J. M. Anthill, of Jarvisfield; b. July 30, 1892; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (R); left July 1911; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1911; B.A. and M.A. 1919; enlisted in the London Scottish 1914; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. K.O.Y.L.I. April 27, 1915; served in France 1914, 1917, and 1918; invalided April 1918; Capt. London Scottish Aug. 25, 1923; m. April 30, 1921, Nancy, elder daughter of Col. Henry Kilgour, Northumber­land Fusiliers; d. Feb. 24, 1940.

Laski, Philip Michael, son of Neville Jonas Laski QC, Judge of Appeal, Isle of Man, and Phina Emily, d. of Haham Moses Gaster DPhil, Chief Rabbi to the Sephardim, lecturer in Graeco­-Slavonic Literature, Univ. of Oxford; b. 5 Aug. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (H); left Dec. 1933; an art historian; Commander Legion d'Honneur 1945; author of Magritte 1961; m. July 1939 Madelaine von Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduchess of Austria-Hungary; d. 3 Dec. 1998.

Lashmore, Donald Evans, son of Engineer Rear-Admiral Harry Lashmore CB DSO RN of Horndean, Hants, and Beatrice, d. of John Evans of Cardiff; b. 31 May 1905; adm. Apr. 1920 (G); left July 1923; 2nd Lieut. Hampshire Regt Sept. 1925, Lieut. Sept. 1927; Roy. W. African Frontier Force 1928-35; Brevet Maj. RARO Mar. 1945; m.; d. 11 Oct. 1947.