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Macfarlane, Marcus Keith, brother of William Angus Madarlane (qv); b. 19 Jan. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (R); left Dec. 1931; a wine merchant; RA in WW2; m. 16 Aug. 1941 Nora Margaret, d. of Sidney Edwin Ireland of Houghton, Hunts; d. 29 Sept. 1994.

Macdonald, Robert Lacey, son of R. Macdonald, of Wimbledon; b. March 10, 1904; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (R); left July 1921.

Macdonald, Donald Malcolm Thomas, son of Donald Percival Macdonald, HM Tormore School, Kent, and Alice Caroline Constance, d. of Thomas Whittenbury Wheeler (qv); b. 15 Aug. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (R); left Apr. 1927; PO RAF Mar. 1930, FO Sept. 1931, Flt Lieut Sept. 1935, Sqdn Ldr Oct. 1938, temp. Wing Cdr Dec. 1940; despatches Jan. 1941 and Jan. 1943; temp. Group Capt. Jan. 1944; Wing Cdr Oct. 1946, Group Capt. July 1948, Air Cdre Jan. 1955, acting Air Vice-Marshal Jan. 1957; Dir.-Gen. Personal Services Air Ministry 1957-8, Dir.-Gen. Manning 1958-61; retd Aug. 1961; CB June 1952; Crofters Commissioner 1962-5; chairman Roy. British Legion (Scotland) 1977-81; m. 10 Dec. 1938 Kathleen Mary de Vere, d. of John Theodore Hunt of Oxford; d. 26 Oct. 1988.

MacCallum Scott, John Hutchison, son of Alexander MacCallum Scott MP, barrister-at-law, and Jessie, d. of John Hutchison, Rector Glasgow HS; b. 25 July 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (R); left Dec. 1928; Wadham Coll. Oxf., matric. 1929, BA 1932, MA 1970; called to tbe Bar (Middle Temple) May 1933; practised on western circuit; 2nd Lieut. RASC 1941, transf. ERE List June 1942, despatches (NW Europe) May 1945; founder and hon. sec. Liberal International; con­tested (Lib) Leeds North 1945, Southend West 1950; man. dir. The Pall Mall Press Ltd; sec. Independent Univ. Planning Board 1970-3; management council Univ. Coll. of Buckingham 1974; author of Beaten Tracks 1938, Eastern Journey 1939, and books on higher education 1967- 74; m. 4 Jan. 1933 Nora, d. of Andrew Birrel of Glasgow; d. 26 June 1985.

MacBride, Geoffrey Ernest Derek, son of Ernest William MacBride DSc FRS, Prof. of Zoology Imp. Coll. of Science, and Constance, d. of Francis Henry Chrysler KC of Ottawa; b. 16 Apr. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (R); left July 1935; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1942, MA 1943; Intell. Corps 1943-5 (Capt.); HM Foreign Service 1946-75, seconded Control Commn for Germany 1947, Consul Dusseldorf 1960, Foreign Office 1966; MBE 1950; CMG 1971; retd June 1975; m. 1st 1940 Shirley Margaret, d. of Arthur Huish Evans of Hoylake, Cheshire; 2nd 30 Sept. 1972 June Doreen, d. of Rev. Canon Dudley Moore of Barbados; d. in Vienna 24 Dec. 1975.

Macauley, William George Ridgeway, son of William Robert Macauley, M.R.C.P. (I), of Hyde Park, by Harriet Elizabeth, daughter of William Charles Argent, of Mauritius; b. Aug. 29, 1870; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (R); left April 1887; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1896; practised at Harlesden, Middlesex; Capt. R.A.M.C.; served on ambu­lance trains, and in France in Great War I; m. Jan. 14, 1897, Helen Augusta, daughter of Johnson Walter, of Norwich.

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.

LOWE, HENRY PARKER, second son of Henry William Lowe, Norwood, Surrey, and Bolton Gardens, Kensington, shipowner; b. 21 Oct 1866; adm. 18 Jun 1879 (R); QS Jan 1882; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1885, matr. 16 Oct 1885; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1887, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1889; BA 1889; MA and BCL 1892; adm. Middle Temple 27 Jan 1888, called to bar 17 Nov 1890; Northern Circuit; m. 6 Feb 1894 Mabel Alicia, second dau. of Right Hon. Sir John Tomlinson Brunner, Bart. PC MP, chemical manufacturer.

Loudon, Peter James, son of John Alexander Loudon, of Thorpe Bay, Essex, and Janet Alice, d. of George McEwen, of Thorpe Bay, Essex; b. 26 Nov. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1940; Irish Guards and Roy. Inniskilling Fusiliers 1943-7: a salesman; m. 12 Sept. 1949 Jean Winifred, d. of Charles William Millest of Gorefield, Cambs; d. 29 Dec. 1993.

Lorimer-Thomas, Francis David, son of David Rice Lorimer-Thomas (qv); b. 30 July 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (R); left July 1952; d. 20 Feb. 2004.