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Lawson, Ralph, son of Gustave and Fannie Lawson, of Stamford Hill, Middlesex; b. May 22, 1904; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (H); left July 1921; a tea-merchant; m. Feb. 13, 1930, Joan Elizabeth, daughter of Bernard David Davis, of St. Johns Wood; d. 22 June 1982.

Le Hardy, William Henry Clement, son of William John Hardy, of St. Albans, Herts, by Margaret, daughter of Henry Page, and grandson of Sir William Hardy, Kt., deputy keeper of the Public Record Office; b. Aug. 5, 1889; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (H); left July 1908; Exeter Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1908; B.A. 1913; Capt. 3rd Batt. Royal Sussex Regt. Sept. 20, 1915; served on the western front and was wounded at Loos Dec. 23, 1914, and Sept. 25, 1915; M.C. Feb. 18, 1918; assumed the surname of Le Hardy in lieu of Hardy in 1920; Lieut.-Col. 23rd London Regt. (T. A.) Nov. 1, 1932; brevet Col. Nov. 5, 1936; reverted to rank of Major T. A. R. O. and was employed at the War Office Sept. 12, 1940; restored to Lieut.-Col. Oct. 11, 1942; D. A. A. G. 10th Corps in England and Middle East 1942; A. Q. M. G., G. H. Q. Middle East, 1942-3; O. C. Troops, Winchester Castle, 1943-4; G. S. O. 1, S. H. A. E. F., 1945; O. C. Troops, El Kantara, Egypt, 1945-6; F. S. A. 1923; part-time county archivist for Middlesex and also for Herts 1946-56 and was instrumental in recovering some early Middle­sex records which include the coroner's inquest on the boy killed in Westminster Hall by John Elles (q.v.); full-time county archivist for Herts Jan. 1957; edited Notes and Extracts from the Sessions Records of the liberty of St. Alban' s div., forming vol. iv of the Herts County Records (1923), and the Calendar to the Records belonging to the County of Middlesex; m. 1st April 30, 1922, Doris Margaret, daughter of George Johnston, of Christleton, Cheshire; 2nd Sept. 24, 1932, Lucy Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Percival Fox Tuckett, of Porchester Terrace, London; d. Dec. 28, 1961.

Lea, George Francis Percivale, son of the Rev. Percy Harris Lea, Vicar of St. Peter, Tottenham, by Katherine Ellen Margaret, daughter of the Rev. Robert Abraham Gent, Curate of Curridge, Berks; b. Aug. 8, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies and Triplett) July 1919, matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1922; a chartered accountant; author of A Detective Unawares (1927); m. Nov. 3, 1934, Maria, daughter of Wilhelm Schult, of Vienna; d. before June 1946.

Lea, Hugh Christopher, brother of George Francis Percivale Lea (q.v.); b. Feb. 7, 1904; adm. April 26, 1918 (H); left Dec. 1922; d. Oct. 1967.

LEARMONTH, SOMERVILLE REID LIVINGSTONE, eldest son of Somerville Livingstone Learmonth, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire, and Victoria, Australia, and Maria Katherine, second dau. of Lestock Robert Reid, EICS Bombay; b. 26 Nov 1861; adm. 21 Jun 1877 (H); left Aug 1878; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1879; director, Union Bank of Australia 1915-; JP Hampshire 1922; m. 5 Jul 1886 Isabella, second dau. of Samuel Smith Travers, Hobart, Tasmania; d. 18 May 1934.

Lee, Percy Erskine, son of John Lee, of Clapham Common; b. Feb. 19, 1882; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (H); left July 1899; Queen's Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. 1908; asst. master Dover Coll. 1906-15; ordained deacon 1912, priest 1914 (Canterbury); Chaplain of Dover Coll. 1912-5; Chaplain to the Forces July 30, 1915, 8th Infantry Brigade 1915-17, Sen. Chaplain 14th Div. 1917-8, D. A. C. G., 4th Corps, 1918-9; mentioned in despatches; Chaplain Ind. Eccles Estab. 1919; Hon. Canon of Calcutta 1934-7; Rector of Weston-in-Gordano, Somerset, 1936; m. Jan. 31, 1921, Mary Hilda, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Robert White Stevens, of Plymouth, Devon; d. Oct. 22, 1945.

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.

Levey, Maurice Emanuel, brother of Sydney Henry Wilfred Levey (qv); b. 1 May 1910; adm. May 1924 (H); left July 1928; attaché Lond. Stock Exchange; Roy. Sussex Regt in WW2 (Capt.); Chev­alier Order of Crown of Belgium 1948; m. 21 Jan. 1944 Edith Ellen Hughes; d. 15 Oct. 1979.

Levey, Sydney Henry Wilfred, son of Lieut.-Col. Joseph Henry Levey DSO OBE, and Evelyn, d. of Joseph Henry Askew; b. 8 June 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (H); left July 1926; an insurance consul­tant Port Elizabeth, S. Africa; Warrant Officer SAAF 1939-45; a writer and broadcaster on cricket; m. 1 st 28 Apr. 1929 Louie Margaret, d. of William Lancelot Rudd of Burnley, Lancs; 2nd 28 Oct. 1944 Margaret Crystal Lowther, d. of Leonard Erasmus Ellis MD, of Kloof, Natal; d. 5 Nov. 1986 at the 13th hole of the Svdney NSW golf course.

LEWIN, HENRY ELLERKER, brother of Francis Ellerker Lewin (qv); b. 22 May 1868; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (H); Min. Can. 1883; left May 1883; emigrated to Australia; ordained 1901; Curate, Warrarambool, Victoria 1902-4, Colac 1906-7; Vicar of Yass 1907-9; Rector of Adelong, New South Wales 1909-12; Rector of Bungendore 1912-4; Rector of Cootamundra 1915-6; Rector of Bodalla 1916-23; returned to England; Curate, Branksome, Dorset 1924-9, St. Peter’s, Bournemouth, Hampshire 1929-; m. 27 Jun 1905 Mary Jessie, third dau. of Rev. Charles Stephenson, Rector of Wood Dalling, Norfolk; d. 12 Feb 1946.