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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.

LATIMER, STURMAN, brother of Digby Latimer (qv); b. 4 Jan 1812; adm. 15 Jun 1824 (Stelfox's); KS 1826; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1830, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1830, scholar 1831; BA 1834; adm. solicitor Mich. 1837; practised at Headington, Oxfordshire; m. 8 Aug 1850 Emma Jarrett, youngest dau. of Rev. Charles Lyne DD, Rector of Mevagissey, Cornwall; d. 24 Jun 1892.

LATIMER, GEORGE BURTON POTTS, brother of Digby Latimer (qv); b. 28 Jun 1809; adm. 24 Sep 1822 (Stelfox's); KS 1824; left 1827; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Jul 1828; BA 1833; MA 1852; ordained deacon (Lichfield) 6 Aug 1834, priest 30 Oct 1836; Perpetual Curate of St. Paul’s, Birmingham 1848-67; bankrupt 1871; m. 22 Feb 1866 Elizabeth Sarah, third dau. of William Clark, Belford Hall, Northumberland.

LATIMER, CHARLES, brother of Digby Latimer (qv); b. 28 Aug 1810; adm. 27 May 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1824; left 1826; living 1832.

Latham, Christopher Miles Wilkinson, brother of Ian Michael Wilkinson Latham (qv); b. 24 Feb. 1947; adm. Sept. 1960 (QS); left July 1964; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1965, BA 1968, MA 1973; market res. Wilkinson Sword Co.; free-lance market researcher; m. 1st, 31 Mar. 1970 Ellie Cleo Helen Yolanda, d. of Nikolaos Polydorou Nikolaiou, civil servant, of Athens, Greece; 2nd, Penelope d’Aguillar; 3rd, Tessa Leng; d. 23 Dec. 2014.

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.

LASCELLES, HERBERT, brother of Edward Robert Lascelles (qv); b. 20 May 1812; adm. 18 Sep 1820; KS 1827; St. Catharine’s Hall, Cambridge; BA 1835; ordained priest (Chester) 24 Feb 1839; Assistant Chaplain, EICS Bengal 1843 - 8 Dec 1856, ret.; living Brighton, Sussex, in 1881 (1881 Census); m. 20 Jun 1870 Emma Marsh (IGI); d. 7 Dec 1885.

LARPENT, JOHN, second son of John Larpent, Chief Clerk, Northern Department, Foreign Office, and Mary Ann, elder dau. of James Payzant, Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office; b. 14 Nov 1741; adm. Apr 1751 (Howe's); KS 1755; Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office Mar 1761 – Sep 1762; Secretary to Duke of Bedford at Peace of Paris 1763, and to Marquis of Hertford when Lord Lieut. Ireland 1765-6; reappointed to Secretary of State’s Office as Senior Clerk, Colonial Dept., Feb 1768 – Mar 1782; Deputy Clerk, Privy Seal Office (occurs 1760-83); a Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to George III 21 May 1767 (still 1774); Groom of the Privy Chamber, Royal Household 5 Jul 1774; Examiner of Plays from 6 Oct 1778; m. 1st, 14 Aug 1773 Frances, eldest dau. of Maximilian Western, Cokethorpe Park, Oxfordshire; m. 2nd, 25 Apr 1782 Anna Margaretta, elder dau. of Sir James Porter, Kt, HBM Ambassador at Constantinople; d. 18 Jan 1824. DNB.

LARKHAM, WILLIAM, only son of William Larkham, Richmond, Surrey, surgeon; bapt. 19 Mar 1717/8; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1727; KS (Capt. ) 1731; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1735, matr. 6 Jun 1735, but did not matr.; migrated to Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Nov 1735, scholar 1735; BA 1739; MA 1742; Probationer Fellow, Corpus Christi Coll., 1742; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 Apr 1735; buried Richmond, Surrey 11 Nov 1768.

LANT, JOHN; b.; a chorister at Christ Church, Oxford c. 1564; adm.; QS in 1570; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1572, Westminster Student to 1580; BA 27 Feb 1575/6; MA 1579; licensed to practice medicine 7 Mar 1594/5.