Lefroy, Anthony Langlois Massy, only son of the Rev. Anthony William Hamon Lefroy, Vicar of Appleshaw, Rants, by Sarah Jane, daughter of John Flower; b. Feb. 15, 1880; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 28, 1893 (H); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1898; matric. Michaelmas 1898; adm. a solicitor July 1906; practises in London; served in Great War I; Lieut. 4th Batt. Devon Regt. July 1, 1917; d. Jan. 2, 1945; unm.
LEFROY, WILLIAM CHAMBERS, only son of Thomas Edward Preston Lefroy, County Court Judge, and Anna Jemima, eldest dau. of Rev. Benjamin Lefroy, Rector of Ashe, Hampshire; b. 2 Feb 1849; adm. 20 Jan 1860 (G); QS 1864; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1868, matr. 30 May 1868; BA 1873; MA 1878; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jan 1873, called to bar 26 Jan 1876; Assistant Commissioner, Endowed Schools Dept., Charity Commission 1883-98, Assistant Secretary 1899-1901; Chief Administrative Inspector, Secondary Schools, Board of Education 1901; Assistant Secretary 1903; retd. 1906; author, The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire, 1882; m. 9 Apr 1896 Clara Frances, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Charles Henry Peirse; d. 4 Dec 1915.
LEGARD, SIR DIGBY, BART., only son of Sir Thomas Legard, Bart., and Frances, dau. of John Digby MP, Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts.; b. 27 Jan 1728/9; succ. father as 5th baronet 1735; adm. Feb 1742/3 (Burges'); left 1746; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 20 Oct 1746; Grand Tour (Italy) 1754; m. Aug 1755 Jane, third dau. of Gorge Cartwright, Ossington, Notts.; d. 4 Feb 1773.
LEGGATT, CHARLES ASHLEY SCOTT, brother of Philip Henry Walter Leggatt (qv); b. 12 Apr 1861; adm. 30 May 1872 (G); left Dec 1875; went to Rugby Sch.; Edinburgh Univ.; CM and MB 1885; MD 1888; a medical practitioner in London 1886-1926; author, Stalking Reminiscences, 1923; m. 17 Apr 1882 Helen Henrietta, youngest dau. of James William Anderson, Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington; d. 6 Mar 1935.
LEGGATT, PHILIP HENRY WALTER, son of Alfred Leggatt MRCS LSA, William Street, Lowndes Square, London, surgeon, and Mary Anne Eleanor Holroyd, Chapel Street, Belgrave Square, London; b. 29 Mar 1854; adm. 22 Jan 1869 (G); left Dec 1870; adm. solicitor Dec 1883; Roman Catholic convert 1905; m. 1884 Lily, authoress, dau. of Alfred Phillips, Charing Cross, London, Crown Jeweller; d. 24 Jul 1928.
LEGGE, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, eldest son of Hon. and Rev. Augustus George Legge FSA, Chancellor of Winchester, and Honora, eldest dau. of Walter Bagot (qv); grandson of William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (qv); b. 8 Jul 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; KS 1816; left 1820; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Apr 1820, Canoneer Student 1821-5; BA 1824; ordained priest 10 Jul 1825 (York); Vicar of Bray, Berks., from 27 Jun 1825; m. 23 Aug 1825 Frances Augusta, eldest dau. of William Atkins-Bowyer, Braywick, Berks.; d. 16 Jun 1826.
LEGGE, WILLIAM. 2ND EARL OF DARTMOUTH, younger son of George Legge, Viscount Lewisham MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Arthur Kaye, Bart., MP; grandson of William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth (qv); b. 20 Jun 1731; adm. Mar 1741/2 (Morel's); left 1748; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jun 1749; MA 21 Mar 1750/1; DCL 28 Apr 1756; succ. grandfather as 2nd Earl of Dartmouth 15 Dec 1750; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1752-4; took seat, House of Lords 31 May 1754; President, Board of Trade and Foreign Plantations 19 Jul 1765 – Jul 1766, 31 Aug 1772 – Nov 1775; Privy Councillor 26 Jul 1775; Secretary of State for the Colonies 27 Aug 1772 – Nov 1775; Lord Privy Seal 4 Nov 1775 – Mar 1782; Lord Steward of the Household 11 Apr – Dec 1783; High Steward, Oxford Univ., from 1786; FRS 7 Nov 1754; FSA 1754; DL Yorkshire West Riding 1757; Busby Trustee 10 Apr 1766; an amiable and pious man, but without any obvious administrative capacity; known as the “Psalm-singer”, and referred to by his schoolfellow William Cowper (qv) as “one who wears a coronet and prays”; m. 11 Jul 1755 Frances Catherine, only dau. of Sir Charles Gounter Nicoll (qv); d. 15 Jul 1801. DNB.
LEGGE, WILLIAM, brother of George Augustus Legge (qv); b. 29 Jul 1802; adm. Mich. 1814; Min. Can. 1816; KS (Capt. ) 1817; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1821, matr. 2 Jun 1821, Westminster Student; BA 1825; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1825, priest (Hereford) 1826; Rector of Ashtead, Surrey, from 27 Sep 1826; d. 6 Nov 1872.
LEGH, PETER, brother of Fleetwood Legh (qv); b. 6 Jan 1707/8; adm. Oct 1721; KS 1724; left 1727; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 7 Oct 1727, matr. 1727; inherited estates of his uncle Peter Legh at Lyme, Cheshire, and Newton, Lancs., 1744; MP Newton 15 Dec 1743-74; m. 20 Dec 1737 Martha, dau. of Thomas Benett, Salthrop, Wilts.; d. 20 May 1792.
LEHEUP, HENRY, only son of Michael Leheup, London, Secretary to Lord Chancellor, and his second wife Anne Magdalen Piercy de Cambes, St. Marylebone, Middlesex; bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 25 Jun 1740 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 15) 1755; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 30 Jan 1759, retd. 23 Dec 1761; Trinity Hall, Cambridge; LLB 1769; ordained; Rector of Hersett and Pakenham, Suffolk, from 1776; d. unm. Feb 1778.