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LEVETT, RICHARD, son of Rev. Richard Levett, Rector of Blithfield, Staffs., and Catherine, dau. of Charles Walcot, Walcot, Shropshire; bapt. Blithfield, Staffs. 19 Sep 1730 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jun 1740 (Ludford's); KS 1745; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1749, matr. 26 May 1749, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1749 – void by marriage 18 Jun 1763, Tutor 1763; BA 1753; MA 1756; ordained deacon 13 Jun 1756, priest 5 Jun 1757 (both Oxford); Vicar of West Wycombe, Bucks., from 15 Nov 1765; Vicar of Halton, Bucks., from 18 Dec 1765; m. 1st, 9 Jun 1763 Anne, sister of John Levett (qv); m. 2nd, 19 Sep 1771 Lucy, dau. of Edward Byrd, Field and Brocton, Staffs.; d. Jan 1805.

LEVETT, EDWARD, son of Richard Levett (adm. 1740, qv), and his second wife; bapt. West Wycombe, Bucks. 26 May 1775 (IGI); adm. 21 Jan 1785; KS (aged 13) 1788; elected head to Christ Church 1792, matr. 6 Jun 1792, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1792 – void 4 May 1810 (expiry year of grace as R. Ingestre from 20 Apr 1809); BA 1796; MA 1799; adm. Middle Temple 3 Jun 1788; ordained; Curate, West Wycombe, Bucks.; Rector of Ingestre, Staffs., 12 Apr 1809-11; Rector of Deene, Northants 17 May 1811-20; Rector of Ingestre, Staffs., (again) 8 Apr 1825-9; Rector of Church Eaton, Staffs., 31 May 1825 – Feb 1829; d. 18 Nov 1845, aged 71.

Lethbridge, Montagu Henry Bowater, son of Henry Bridgman Henderson Lethbridge, of Worcester, by Ada Catherine, daughter of Admiral John Montagu Hayes, C. B.; b. March 22, 1889; adm. as K.S. Sept. 25, 1902; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; 2nd class Classics (Mods.); 2nd class Lit. Hum.; B.A. 1911; Boden Scholar 1912; passed examination for l. C. S. 1911; arrived in India Nov. 30, 1912; asst. magis. and coll. Bengal; asst. settlement officer Oct. 1915; I. A. R. O. Aug. 1916-Feb. 1919; joint magis. and deputy coll. April 1918; dist. and sessions judge Nov. 1924; legal remembrancer to Government of Assam 1933-5; dist. and sessions judge 1937-43; President First Calcutta Special Tribunal 1943-7; retired 1947; legal adviser (Nationality) to U. K. High Comnr. in New Delhi 1948-50; m. July 26, 1924, Ann, elder daughter of Lieut.-Col. John Beresford Christian, l. M. S., Calcutta; d. 1963.

Lester, Edward Castellain, son of Edward Claude Lester of Eastbourne and Elise, d. of Charles Castellain of Cranleigh, Surrey; b. 2 Nov. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (KS); Capt. of the school 1924- 5; left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1930; Principal HM Treasury 1940, Asst Sec. 1948; chief admin. officer OECD 1951-62; retd 1972; m. 30 Aug. 1934 Olga Dolores, d. of Emanuel Maccioni of Sydney, NSW; d. 23 Sept. 1978.

LENNARD, THOMAS, son of Sir Stephen Lennard, Bart. , MP, and Elizabeth, widow of John Roy, Woodlands, Dorset, and dau. of Delalynd Hussey, Shapwick, Dorset; b. 7 Mar 1676/7 (check); adm. ; KS 1692.

LENNARD, STEPHEN, brother of Thomas Lennard (qv); bapt. 7 Dec 1677 (check); adm.; KS 1691; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1695, matr. 18 Jun 1695, Westminster Student from 30 Dec 1695; BA 1699; buried West Wickham, Kent 13 Apr 1702.

LENDON, RICHARD, son of William Lendon, London; b.; adm. 15 Sep 1777; KS (aged 14) 1782; Capt. of the School 1786; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1787, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1787, scholar 11 Apr 1788; BA 1791; MA 1794; Rector of St. John’s, Clerkenwell, Middlesex 27 Jan 1794-1812; Curate, Pentonville Chapel 1804; Rector of St. Edmund the King, with St. Nicholas Acons, London, from 27 May 1811; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 11 May 1812; m.; d. 15 Nov 1833.

LENDON, ABEL, brother of Richard Lendon (qv); b.; adm. 14 Jan 1782; KS (aged 15) 1787; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1791, matr. 21 Jun 1791, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1791 – void 2 Aug 1799 (marriage); BA 1795; MA 1798; ordained; kept a preparatory school for Westminster at Totteridge, Herts.; Perpetual Curate of Totteridge, Herts.; Rector of Friern Barnet, Middlesex, from 23 Dec 1815; FSA; m. 1st, 15 Jul 1799 ---, dau. of George Fletcher, Old Jewry, London, wine merchant; m. 2nd, 13 Jan 1806 Sibylla, dau. of Rev. Samuel Seyer, Rector of St. Michael’s, Bristol, and headmaster, The Royal Fort School, Bristol; d. 4 Aug 1846.

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).

LEIGH, WILLIAM, brother of Francis Leigh (qv); b.; adm.; in under school list 1715; KS (aged 13) 1717; left 1720.