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MACKINNON, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, eldest son of William Alexander Mackinnon FRS FSA MP (The Mackinnon of Mackinnon), and Emma Mary, only dau. of Joseph Budworth Palmer (formerly Budworth) FSA, Palmerstown, co. Mayo, Ireland; b. 4 Oct 1813; adm. 16 May 1827 (Stelfox's); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge; BA 1836; MA 1845; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 15 Oct 1836; MP Rye 1852-7, Lymington 1857-68; of Acryse Park, Kent; High Sheriff, Kent 1885; DL Radnorshire, JP Hampshire, Middlesex and Radnorshire; m. 27 Apr 1846 Margaret Sophia, dau. of Francis Willes; d. 14 Sep 1903.

MACKINNON, LAUGHLAN BELLINGHAM, brother of William Alexander Mackinnon (qv); b. 21 Apr 1815; adm. 2 Jul 1828 (Stelfox's); entered Royal Navy 1 Oct 1829; Lieut., 10 Feb 1842; Cdr., 1 Nov 1847; retd. 1 Jul 1864; MP Rye 1865-8; m. 9 Aug 1842 Augusta, younger dau. of John Entwistle MP, Foxholes, Rochdale, Lancs.; d. 10 Jul 1877.

MACDONALD, SIR JAMES, BART., eldest son of Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bart. (qv); b. 14 Feb 1784; at school 1796; KS 1797; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1801, matr. 15 May 1801, Westminster Student; BA 1805; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Aug 1804; MP Kirkwall 26 Jun 1805-6, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1806-12, Sutherland 1812 – Feb 1816, Calne 23 Feb 1816-31, Hampshire 1831 – Jun 1832; a prominent member of Whig party in House of Commons; succ. father as 2nd baronet 18 May 1826; Commissioner, Board of Control 1827-8, 1830-2; High Commissioner, Ionian Islands, from 2 Jun 1832; m. 1st, 5 Sep 1805 Elizabeth, dau. of John Sparrow, Bishton, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 10 Aug 1819 Lady Sophia Keppel, sister of George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle (qv); m. 3rd, 20 Apr 1826 Anne Charlotte, dau. of Rev. John Savile Ogle, Kirkley Hall, Northumberland; d. 29 Jun 1832.

MACDONALD, SIR ARCHIBALD, BART., son of Sir Alexander Macdonald, Bart., and his second wife Lady Margaret Montgomerie, dau. of Alexander Montgomerie, 9th Earl of Eglinton (S); b. 13 Jul 1747; adm.; KS 1760; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1764, matr. 30 Jun 1764, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1764 – Dec 1776, Faculty Student 7 Dec 1776 – res 23 Dec 1777; BA 1768; MA 1772; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Nov 1765, called to bar 24 Nov 1770, Bencher 12 Feb 1778, Treasurer 1789; patent of precedence at Bar 22 Jan 1778; Second Justice of Carmarthen 1780-4; Solicitor-Gen., 7 Apr 1784 – Jun 1788; knighted 27 Jun 1788; Attorney-Gen., 28 Jun 1788 – Feb 1793; MP Hindon 9 Feb 1777-80, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1780 – Feb 1793; Serjeant-at-law 12 Feb 1793; Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer 12 Feb 1793 – Nov 1813; Privy Councillor 15 Feb 1793; created baronet 27 Nov 1813; FSA 19 Dec 1788; Busby Trustee 21 May 1808; noted for his agreeable manners and conversational talents; m. 26 Dec 1777 Lady Louisa Leveson Gower, eldest dau. of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Marquis of Stafford (qv), and his second wife; d. 18 May 1826. DNB.

LYTTON, SIR WILLIAM, only son of Sir Rowland Lytton, Kt, MP, Knebworth, Herts., and Hon. Anne St. John, widow of Robert Corbet, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, and fourth dau. of Oliver St. John, 1st Baron St. John of Bletsho; b.; at school 1601-2 (Letters written by John Chamberlain during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Camden Soc. Pub., 1st series, lxxix, 121, 124); Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 17 Oct 1603; MP Hertfordshire Feb 1623/4 – Apr 1653; knighted 25 Jul 1624; one of Commissioners sent by parliament to treat with Charles I; m. 1st, Anne, dau. of Stephen Slaney, Norton, Shropshire; m. 2nd, Ruth, dau. of Francis Barrington, Barrington Hall, Essex; d. 14 Aug 1660, aged 71.

Lyttelton, Oliver, Viscount Chandos of Aldershot, only son of the Right Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, M. P., sometime Secretary of State for the Colonies, by his second wife, Edith Sophy, daughter of Archibald Balfour (q.v.); b. March 15, 1893; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (R); left Easter 1906 and went to Eton; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1912; Lieut. Grenadier Guards July 15, 1915; temp. Capt. Oct. 18, 1915; served in Great War I; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 4 and Dec. 11, 1917; D.S.O., Oct. 20, 1916; M.C. July 26, 1918; played golf for Cambridge 1913; M. P. Aldershot 1940-54; Controller of Non-Ferrous Metals 1939-40; P. C. 1940; President of the Board of Trade 1940-1 and May-July 1945; Minister of State and Member of War Cabinet 1941-2; Minister of Production and Member of War Cabinet 1942-5; Secretary of State for the Colonies 1951-4; created Viscount Chandos of Aldershot Sept. 10, 1954; chairman of Associated Electrical Insudtries Ltd. 1945-51 and since 1954; m. Jan. 30, 1920, Lady Moira Godolphin Osborne, fourth daughter of George, 10th Duke of Leeds; d. 21 Jan. 1972.

LYNDE (or LINDE), SIR HUMPHREY, son of Cuthbert Lynde, Westminster, citizen and grocer, and Margery Baylie; bapt. 27 Aug 1579; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1596, matr. 14 Jan 1596/7, Westminster Stufdent to 1601; BA 1600; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jun 1601; of Cobham, Surrey; knighted 29 Oct 1613; MP Breconshire Feb – Jun 1626; a puritan controversialist, being “a severe enemy to the ponteficians as well in his common discourse, as in his writings” (Wood, Ath. Oxon., ii, dci); author, Via Tuta, the safe way to the true, antient, and Catholic faith, now professed in the Church of England, 1628, and other works; d. 8 Jun 1636. DNB.

LYGON, WILLIAM BEAUCHAMP, 2ND EARL BEAUCHAMP, eldest son of William Lygon, 1st Earl Beauchamp, and Catherine, only dau. of James Denn; bapt. Madresfield, Worcs. 4 Nov 1782 (IGI); at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1808, 1818); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1801; BA 1804; MA 1808; MP Worcestershire 3 Mar 1806 – 21 Oct 1816; a Commissioner for the issue of Exchequer Bills 1815; succ. father as 2nd Earl Beauchamp 21 Oct 1816; FRS 6 Dec 1810; DL Worcestershire 1803; d. unm. 12 May 1823.

LYGON, HENRY BEAUCHAMP, 4TH EARL BEAUCHAMP, brother of William Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp (qv); b. 5 Jun 1784; in school lists 1795, 1797; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Jan 1803; Cornet, 13th Light Dragoons 12 Jul 1803; Lieut., 24 May 1804; Capt., 50th Foot 20 Jan 1807; 16th Light Dragoons 14 Feb 1807; Maj., 19 May 1812; Lieut. -Col., 1st Life Guards 16 Sep 1815; Col., 24 Mar 1822; Maj. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; Lieut. -Gen., 9 Nov 1846; Gen., 20 Jun 1854; served in Peninsular War and wounded at battle of Busaco 27 Sep 1810; MP (Tory/Conservative) Worcestershire 5 Dec 1816-31, West Worcestershire 1832 – 22 Jan 1853; succ. brother as 4th Earl Beauchamp 22 Jan 1853; DL Worcestershire 1832; m. 8 Jul 1824 Lady Susan Caroline Eliot, sister of Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St. Germans (qv); d. 8 Sep 1863.

LYGON, HON. EDWARD PYNDAR, brother of William Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp (qv); bapt. Madresfield, Worcs. 3 Apr 1786 (IGI); at school 1799, 1800; Sub-Lieut., 2nd Life Guards 11 Jun 1803; Lieut., 7 Nov 1805; Capt., 15 Feb 1808; Lieut. -Col., 27 Apr 1815; Col., 27 Apr 1822; Maj. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; Lieut. -Gen., 9 Nov 1846; Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Col., 13th Light Dragoons, from 29 Jan 1845; served in Peninsular War and at battle of Waterloo; CB 22 Jun 1815; MP Callington 1818 – 12 Jun 1820; d. unm. 11 Nov 1860.