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Langton, Stephen Wickham Bartlett, brother of John Montague Ellis Langton (q.v.); b. May 17, 1884; adm. May 4, 1899 (R); left July 1902; King's Coll. London 1903-5; A. M.I. Mech.E.; chief technical asst. to John J. Thorneycroft & Co. 1924-9; naval architect and marine engineer; consulting engineer, 1929-43; m. June 10, 1920, Dorothy, daughter of H. Hunt, of Bayswater; d. Oct. 18, 1943

Lassetter, Frederic Macquarie, only son of Col. Harry Beauchamp Lassetter, C. B., of Westminster, by Elizabeth Anne, daughter of J. M. Anthill, of Jarvisfield; b. July 30, 1892; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (R); left July 1911; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1911; B.A. and M.A. 1919; enlisted in the London Scottish 1914; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. K.O.Y.L.I. April 27, 1915; served in France 1914, 1917, and 1918; invalided April 1918; Capt. London Scottish Aug. 25, 1923; m. April 30, 1921, Nancy, elder daughter of Col. Henry Kilgour, Northumber­land Fusiliers; d. Feb. 24, 1940.

Lawson, Hubert Antony Millar, son of James Lawson of Surbiton, Surrey; b. 22 Sept. 1919; adm. May 1933 (R); left Dec. 1936; East Yorks Regt 1940-4, Roy. Scots 1944-6; Hawker Aircraft Co.; m. 9 Sept. 1946 Marion Aroha, d. of Athol Graham Price of Auckland, NZ; d. Feb. 2003.

LAWSON, RICHARD, sixth son of Andrew Lawson, Aldborough Lodge, Yorks., and Marianne Anna Maria, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Bart. (qv); b. 11 Apr 1835; adm. 29 Jan 1849 (Rigaud's); Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Dec 1853; d. May 1863.

Lazarus, Sir Peter Esmond, son of Kenneth Michaelis Lazarus, metal merchant, and Mary Rebecca, d. of Arthur Washington Halsted, co. dir.; b. 2 Apr. 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1944; RA 1945-8 (Lieut. ); Wadham Coll. Oxf., matric. 1948 but did not graduate; Min. of Transport 1949, Private Sec. to Minister 1961-2; asst. Sec. 1962-8, Under Sec. 1968-70; Under Sec. Treasury 1970-2; Dep. Sec. DOE (Housing) 1973-6, (Transport) 1976-82; Perm. Sec. Dept. of Transport 1982-5; CB 1975, KCB 1985; member Civil Aviation Authority 1986-92; dir. Manchester Ship Canal Co. 1986-93; m. 26 Apr. 1950 Elizabeth Anne Marjorie, d. of Leslie Henry Atwell OBE, chocolate manufacturer; d. 19 Oct. 1995.

LE BROCQ, PHILIP GEORGE; b. 29 Sep. 1833; adm. 1 Oct 1846 (Rigaud's).

Le Quesne, Colin, son of Claude Philip Le Quesne, M.R.C.S., of Southampton; b. Nov. 17, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (R); left March 1918.

LEARMONTH, FREDERICK VALIANT COTTON LIVINGSTONE, third son of Thomas Livingstone Learmonth, Polmont, Stirlingshire, and Victoria, Australia, landowner, and his first wife Louisa Maria Buera, youngest dau. of Maj. -Gen. Sir Thomas Valiant KCB KH, Portobello, Edinburgh; b. 6 Jun 1862; adm. 26 Jan 1877 (R); left Aug 1878; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1880; BA 1884; MA 1887; went out to Australia 1883; managed father’s station on Murrumbidgee River; served with New South Wales Mounted Rifles in South African War 1900-1; DSO 29 Nov 1900; employed with Australian Agricultural Co. 1902-12, General Superintendent 1906-12; returned to England 1912; of Newnham Manor, Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire; director, Bank of Australasia, and other companies; m. 31 Oct 1901 Rin Aillie Eidel Marie, only dau. of Rev. Joseph Carlisle, Canon of Melbourne, Victoria; d. 12 Jul 1945.

Leaver, Robert Henry Samuel, son of Henry Y. Leaver, of Notting Hill, by Esther Phoebe Hart, of Hull; b. Aug. 25, 1902; adm. Jan. 18, 1917 (R); left Dec. 1919; clinical asst. in the electrical dept. of St. Bartholomew's Hospital; physician, electro-therapeutic dept., Royal Dental Hospital; m. April 22, 1930, Audrey, daughter of Richard Atkinson Robinson, of Ealing, barrister-at-law; d. 1959.

Leck, Alexander George, son of David Calder Leck, K.C., of Sutton, Surrey; b. April 29, 1892; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (R); left Dec. 1909; served in Great War I; Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. Oct. 18, 1914, Collingwood Batt. 1st Naval Brigade.