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LITTLEDALE, ARTHUR, son of Charles Littledale (qv); b. 12 Dec 1815; adm. 12 Jun 1828 (Stikeman's); KS 1829; left 1833; at Haileybury Coll. 1834; Writer, EICS Bengal 1834; arrived in India 26 Sep 1835; Assistant to Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit, Bauleah 30 Aug 1836, Dacca 1838; Magistrate at Faridpur, Dacca, Murshidabad and Mymensingh 1843, Tipperah 1849, Sylhet 1850, Rajeshahye 1851, Purnea 1854; Collector, Sarun 1857; Civil and Sessions Judge, Nudda 1859; retd. 1 Aug 1861; m. 1st, 28 Oct 1835 Henrietta Catherine, only dau. of George Ewan Law (qv); m. 2nd, 20 Jan 1853 Emily, dau. of Richard Barnes; d. 2 Sep 1888.

LEGGE, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, eldest son of Hon. and Rev. Augustus George Legge FSA, Chancellor of Winchester, and Honora, eldest dau. of Walter Bagot (qv); grandson of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (qv); b. 8 Jul 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; KS 1816; left 1820; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Apr 1820, Canoneer Student 1821-5; BA 1824; ordained priest 10 Jul 1825 (York); Vicar of Bray, Berks., from 27 Jun 1825; m. 23 Aug 1825 Frances Augusta, eldest dau. of William Atkins-Bowyer, Braywick, Berks.; d. 16 Jun 1826.

LAVIE, TUDOR, eldest son of Col. Tudor Lavie, EICS Madras, Madras Artillery, and Emma Maria, dau. of Rev. Nicholas Wade, Senior Chaplain, EICS Bombay; b. 4 Apr 1832; adm. 27 Jan 1843 (G); QS 1846; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1850, matr. 23 May 1850, Westminster Student; Cadet, EICS Madras 1855; Ensign, 24th Native Infantry 26 Feb 1856; Lieut., 11 Jul 1860; Capt., Staff Corps 8 Dec 1867; retd. 20 Sep 1873; served in Indian Mutiny 1857; m. 19 Nov 1863 Emily Susan, only dau. of Rev. John Nelson, Rector of Peterstow, Herefs.; d. 5 Sep 1877.

LAVIE, GERMAIN, brother of Tudor Lavie (qv); b. 17 Mar 1836; adm. 18 Jan 1849; QS 1850; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1854, matr. 8 Jun 1854, Westminster Student 1854-61; 1st. Cl. Mods 1856; 4th cl. Lit. Hum. and 4th cl. Law and History 1857; BA 1858; MA 1861; Clements Inn Prize; adm. solicitor Trinity 1861; one of the Chancery Registrars from 1882; Busby Trustee 27 Jun 1897; author, The Westminster Play, its Actors and its Visitors, 1855; m. 3 Sep 1861 Myra Isabella, sister of Wilson Ashurst Hetherington (qv); d. 16 Jul 1901.

KING, WILLIAM MANSFIELD, brother of Charles Lewis King (qv); b. 9 May 1814; adm. 13 Oct 1823 (Singleton's); in Civil Service for forty years [in General Post Office ?]; Assistant Surveyor, Eastern District Gas (1881 Census); m. 1841 Emily Rose, second dau. of Dr Henry Percy, Upper Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London; d. 13 Jul 1890.

KING, CHARLES LEWIS, son of Charles Benjamin King, Bolton Street, Piccadilly, London, banker, and Maria Spong, St. James’s, Westminster; b. 9 Aug 1813; adm. 13 Oct 1823 (Singleton's); officer, Austrian Cavalry; subsequently resident in Ireland; m. 1853 Jane Stawell Bernard, dau. of Capt. --- Sealy, Richmount, Bandon, co. Cork; d. 1867.

KEPPEL, AUGUSTUS, 1ST VISCOUNT KEPPEL, brother of George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (qv); b. 25 Apr 1725; adm. May 1733; left 1735; entered Royal Navy 1735, joining HMS Oxford; served under Anson in HMS Centurion during his voyage round the world; Lieut., 25 Jul 1744; Cdr., 7 Nov 1744; Post Capt., 11 Dec 1744; on special mission to Dey of Algiers 1748-51; Commander-in-Chief, North American station 1754-5; commaned squadron sent to Goree 1758; took part in battle of Quiberon Bay 1759; commanded squadron off Belleisle 1761; Rear-Adm., 21 Oct 1762; second-in-command of expedition against Havana 1762; Vice-Adm., 24 Oct 1770; Adm., 29 Apr 1778; Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet 22 Mar 1778; court-martialled for his conduct of operations off Brest 1779, but the charge was found “malicious and ill-founded” and Keppel became the hero of the day; received freedom, City of London 11 Dec 1779; MP Chichester 15 Jan 1755-61, Windsor 1761-80, Surrey 1780 – 27 Apr 1782; a Colonel of Marines 1760-2; Groom of the Bedchamber 17 Feb 1761 – Dec 1766; a Lord of the Admiralty 21 Dec 1765 – Dec 1766; First Lord of the Admiralty 30 Mar 1782 – Jan 1783, 8 Apr – Dec 1783; Privy Councillor 30 Mar 1782; created Viscount Keppel 27 Apr 1782; d. unm. 3 Oct 1786. DNB.

KEMBLE, HENRY JAMES VINCENT, younger son of Charles Kemble, St. James’s Street, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, actor, and Maria Theresa De Camp, actress, dau. of George De Camp; b. Dec 1812; adm. 18 Jul 1827 (Singleton's); left 1830; Ensign, 67th Foot (from 41st) 16 Mar 1832; Lieut., 5 Aug 1837; Capt., 10 Mar 1843; retd., half-pay 8 Jan 1847; signed Play Protest 1847; m. [presumably : son Henry b. 1 Jun 1848]; d. 1857 [check].

JONSON, BENJAMIN (better known as JONSON, BEN); b. probably in Westminster 1573; at school under Grant, his school expenses being paid by William Camden, then Second Master; escaped from his trade as a bricklayer to join English army in Flanders; on return to England began to work for the stage, and in 1597 was both “player” and “playwright” in the Admiral’s Company; briefly imprisoned in 1598 for killing a fellow actor in a brawl or duel; his first extant comedy, Every Man in his Humour, was performed in 1598 at the Globe Theatre by the Lord Chamberlain’s Company, with Shakespeare in the cast; his first extant tragedy, Sejanus, was performed in 1603 at the Globe Theatre by Shakespeare’s company; The Masque of Blackness, the first of his long series of Court Masques, was performed at Whitehall on Twelfth Night 1605; MA Oxford 19 Jul 1619, receiving degree when on a visit to his friend Richard Corbet (qv); although he states himself that he was MA of both Universities, no record of a Cambridge degree has been found; Chronologer to the City of London, 1628; his works have been edited by W. Gifford, 1816, and Lieut. -Col. Cunningham, 1875; d. 6 Aug 1637. Buried North Aisle of Nave, Westminster Abbey, memorial in Poets’ Corner. DNB.

JEFFREYS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON JEFFREYS OF WEM, sixth son of John Jeffreys, Acton, near Wrexham, Denbighshire, and Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas Ireland, Kt, Beausay, near Warrington, Lancs.; b. 1648; at Shrewsbury Sch., adm. 1654, aged 10 (sic), and then at St. Paul’s Sch.; adm. 1661 (Howell, State Trials, x, 299); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Mar 1662/3; adm. Inner Temple 19 May 1663, called to bar 22 Nov 1668, Bencher Jan 1678; Common Serjeant, City of London 17 Mar 1671; knighted 14 Sep 1677; Recorder of London 22 Oct 1678 – 2 Dec 1680, when he resigned after being reprimanded at bar of House of Commons for obstructing petitions for the assembly of Parliament; Solicitor-Gen. to Duke of York Jan 1679; Chief Justice of Chester 27 Apr 1680-3; Serjeant-at-Law 12 May 1680; created baronet 17 Nov 1681; active in obtaining the “quo warranto” against the City and in the prosecution of Lord Russell; Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench 29 Sep 1683 – Sep 1685; Privy Councillor 4 Oct 1683; presided at trials of Algernon Sidney and Titus Oates; created Baron Jeffreys of Wem 15 May 1685; held the “bloody assize” in the West of England after the suppression of Monmouth’s rebellion; Lord Chancellor 28 Sep 1685 – 8 Dec 1688; chief of the commission for inspecting ecclesiastical affairs 1686; one of the seven Privy Councillors who regulated the municipal corporations 1687; Lord Lieut., Shropshire, from 11 Aug 1687; Lord Lieut., Buckinghamshire 12 Nov 1687 – 4 Apr 1689; a member of the council of five lords in the absence of James II from London; arrested in disguise at Wapping Dec 1688 and conveyed to Tower of London; in Jan 1687 he gave £12 to the Dean and Chapter “for the education of two poore schollers at the Schoole in Westminster”; m. 1st, 23 May 1667 Sarah, dau. of Rev. Thomas Neesham, Rector of Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey; m. 2nd, Jun 1679 Ann, widow of Sir John Jones, Kt, Fonmon, Glamorgan, and dau. of Sir Thomas Bludworth, Kt, Lord Mayor of London; d. while a prisoner in Tower of London, 18 Apr 1689. DNB.