LUDFORD, EDWARD TAYLOR, son of Thomas Ludford (formerly Bracebridge), London, and Ann (who kept a boarding house at the School to her death in 1748), widow of Thomas Bold, London, distiller, and only dau. of Rev. Edward Taylor, Rector of Finningley, Notts.; bapt. St. James, Garlickhythe, London 9 Sep 1737 (IGI); in school list 1744; KS (aged 13) 1751; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1756, matr. 15 Jun 1756, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1757 – res 5 Jan 1760, having been suspended for taking a degree for a year from 22 Dec 1759 owing to his idleness; migrated to Trinity Coll. Oxford; BA 1760; ordained; Rector of Berkswell, Warwicks., from 1762; m. 12 Jun 1766 Ann Craven, “niece of Lord Craven”; d. Sep 1769.
LUDDINGTON, THOMAS, of London; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1581, matr. 12 Jun 1584, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1592; BA 1585; MA 1588; d. 1593.
LUDDINGTON, STEPHEN, son of Ven. Stephen Luddington DD, Archdeacon of Stow, and Rector of Potter Hanworth, Lincs., and Dorothy, dau. of William Dolben (qv); b.; adm. 20 Apr 1661; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1664, matr. 22 Jul 1664, aged 18, Westminster Student 17 Apr 1665 – void 1678; BA 1668; MA 1671; ordained; Prebendary of Lincoln from 12 Jun 1674; Rector of Potter Hanworth, Lincs., from 4 Apr 1677; d. unm. before 26 Oct 1689.
LUCY, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1653, matr. 28 Mar 1655, Westminster Student.
LUCY, EDWARD; b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1633, adm. scholar 1634.
LUCK (or LUCKE), ROBERT, son of Thomas Luck, Newport, Isle of Wight; b. 10 Jun 1674; adm.; KS 1689; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1692, matr. 2 Jul 1692, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1692 – void 1706; BA 23 Mar 1696/7; MA 1700; Master of Barnstaple Sch., Devon 1698-1740; among his pupils was John Gay; ordained; Vicar of West Down, Devon, from 1713; Vicar of Buckland Brewer, Devon, from 2 Jul 1744; author, A Miscellany of new Poems, 1736, which includes an English version of one of Martial’s epigrams, dated “Westminster School, 3d Form, 1686”; m. 19 Jan 1700 [check] Mary, dau. of William Medford, Barnstaple, Devon; buried Barnstaple, Devon 17 Jan 1747/8.
LUCE, GEORGE, son of George Luce, Westminster; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1715; KS 1716; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1720, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1720, scholar 21 Apr 1721, matr. 1723; BA 1723/4; MA 1727. [Mother possibly Sarah Tilson (IGI)] [note will George Luce, St. Margaret, Westminster, proved PCC 15 Feb 1750]
LUCAS, ROBERT, son of Robert Lucas, Sussex; b.; at school (aged 16) 1655 (Chapter Muniments 43112); KS Easter 1656; in school lists 1656. [Perhaps Robert Lucas, son of Robert Lucas, bapt. Chiddingly, Sussex 9 Apr 1637 (sic) (IGI)].
Lucas, Nigel Oliver, son of Francis Herman Lucas CB CVO, Financial Sec. India Office, and Helen Mary Morris, d. of Capt. Morris Smith; b. 18 Mar. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (KS); left July 1928; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1932; LMSSA 1935; lived in Denmark 1936-40, interned during WW2; ship's surgeon Clan Line 1946, later in med. practice in New Zealand; m. 4 Jan. 1949 Joan Nina, d. of Leo Joseph Ciceri of Newport, Mon.; d. 20 May 1983.
LUCAS, BERNARD JOHN, brother of Joseph Lucas (qv); b. 9 Dec 1853; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (James'); left May 1870; a painter; exhibited at Grosvenor Gallery 1885-91; d. 12 Nov 1910.