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LAWSON, BERNARD SLOANE, eldest son of George Lawson FRCS, Harley Street, London, Surgeon Oculist to Queen Victoria, and Mary Louisa, dau. of William Thomson, Surgeon, EICS Bengal; b. 27 Dec 1863; adm. 15 Jun 1876 (H); left Dec 1879; Middlesex Hospital, Broderip scholar 1885; MRCS LRCP 1886; practised in Harley Street, London; emigrated to New Zealand; m. 16 Jul 1891 Annie Madeleine, sister of Sir Havilland Walter De Sausmarez, Bart. (qv); d. at Timaru, New Zealand 5 Jan 1893.

Lawrence, John Henry, son of Laurie Asher Lawrence, F.R.C.S., of St. Marylebone, by Elizabeth Rachel, daughter of Isaac Solomon Joseph, of Kensington; b. May 23, 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (H); left July 1905; enlisted in 28th Batt. London Regt. Sept. 3, 1914; Lieut. A. S. C. Dec. 1, 1915; temp. Capt. April 1, 1917; served in France July 1915 - March 1919; mentioned twice in despatches; O.B.E. June 7, 1918; m. Sept. 5, 1917, Violet Louise, daughter of Charles Marcus, of Hampstead; d. Nov. 14, 1949.

LAWRANCE, HENRY, eldest son of Edward Lawrance, Barbados, West Indies, and Rebecca Skeete Briggs (IGI); b. (West Indies) 23 Sep 1863; adm. 24 Jun 1879 (H); left May 1882; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1882; BA 1888; MA 1889.

Law, Michael Evelyn Murray, son of John Christopher Scrimgeour Law, asst master KCS Wimbledon, and Anne Evelyn Charlotte de la Tremouille, sister of Kenneth Andrew Silver Murray (qv); b. 11 Oct. 1917; adm. Sept. 1931 (H); left Dec. 1934; RNVR in WW2 (Lieut.); d. Jan. 2002.

Last, Walter Arthur William, eldest son of William Harrison Last, of Clapham, Surrey; b. Aug. 12, 1870; adm. as exhibitioner June 12, 1884 (H); left Feb. 1888; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1889; I. C. S. 1889; arrived in India Nov. 19, 1891; asst. magistrate and collector, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, 1891; asst. settlement officer Sept. 1894; joint magistrate Dec. 1896; deputy commissioner Jan. 1905; d. May 4, 1908.

Last, Cecil Edward, brother of Walter Arthur William Last (q.v.); b. Feb. 13, 1877; adm. May 2, 1889 (H); left Dec. 1894; St. George's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1900; practised at Littlehampton, Sussex; m. 1st, Grace Bevington, daughter of John Stephen Jarvis, of Kensington; 2nd, July 3, 1915, Ethel Mary, eldest daughter of Henry H. Hiscocks, of Bombay.

Laski, Philip Michael, son of Neville Jonas Laski QC, Judge of Appeal, Isle of Man, and Phina Emily, d. of Haham Moses Gaster DPhil, Chief Rabbi to the Sephardim, lecturer in Graeco­-Slavonic Literature, Univ. of Oxford; b. 5 Aug. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (H); left Dec. 1933; an art historian; Commander Legion d'Honneur 1945; author of Magritte 1961; m. July 1939 Madelaine von Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduchess of Austria-Hungary; d. 3 Dec. 1998.

Lasbrey, James Arthur, son of Arthur Oakley Lasbrey, of South Kensington, by Edith Maria, daughter of Guy Abbotts, of Derby; b. Aug. 13, 1898; adm. May 2, 1913 (H); left Dec. 1915; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1916; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. East Surrey Regt. May 1, 1917; served in France and Italy Oct. 1917-Aug. 1918, when he was wounded, on the Ancre: invalided April 16, 1919; an actor, producer and lecturer on drama under the name of Jack Carlton; entertainments manager of the Festival Gardens, Battersea Park, for the Festival of Britain 1950; 2nd Lieut. General List May 6, 1940; Lieut.-Col.; D. A. P. M. 2nd Armoured Division; Senior Welfare Officer 9th Army in the Middle East; Commandant, Central Pool of Artistes, War Office 1945-6; M.B.E. June 1, 1952; m. 1950, Enid Maye Bennett (née Chapman); d. 15 Oct. 1986.

Lasbrey, Geoffrey Arthur, son of the Rev. Percy Urwick Lasbrey, Rector of Brinkley. Cambs.; b. March 22, 1902; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (H); left July 1919; a director of Bosanquet & Skrine Ltd., Colombo, Ceylon; m. 1st Jan. 13, 1934, Doreen, elder daughter of Gordon Dabell, of South Kensington; 2nd Dec. 30, 1948, Margaret, daughter of Capt. O. E. Hallifax, D.S.O., R. N., of Rowledge, Hants.; d. 1 Dec. 1979.

LARYMORE, HENRY DOUGLAS, eldest son of Alexander Douglas Larymore, Deputy Inspector of Jails, Bengal, and Margaret Amelia, dau. of Henry Scott; b. 16 Sep 1867; adm. 27 Sep 1880 (H); left Mar 1881; joined Army 1886; Capt. Royal Artillery (from Militia) 1 Sep 1897; Maj., 14 Feb 1906; retd. 5 Jun 1907; employed West Africa 1891-7, attached Gold Coast Constabulary; served as staff officer in expedition against the Jebus, Lagos, Nigeria 1892; despatches LG 1 Jul 1892; ADC on Ashanti expedition 1895-6, despatches; CMG 10 Apr 1896; acted as British Resident at Kumassi; served in India 1897-1901; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Apr 1903, on scholarship to study Hausa; served West Africa (Northern Nigeria) 1904; Resident, Northern Nigeria 1907; rejoined Royal Artillery on Inspection Staff 15 Jan 1915; went to USA in charge of Explosives Section of Munitions Commission; m. 1897 Constance, youngest dau. of Rev. Andrew Holmes Belcher, Rector of St. Andrew’s, Fasque, Kincardineshire; d. 30 Jan 1946.