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Longhurst, Edward Becher, brother of Arthur Lyster Longhurst (q.v.); b. Feb. 24, 1874; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (H); left Dec. 1890; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1893; 2nd Lieut. King's Own Yorks Light Infantry Oct. 10, 1894; d. at Nas-i-rabad, India, May 28, 1897.

Longhurst, Frederick William, brother of Arthur Lyster Longhurst (q.v.); b. Dec. 17, 1875; adm. Sept. 27, 1888 (H); left July 1893; Univ. Coll. London 1893; St. George's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1900; practised in London and at Shalford, Surrey; m. Aug. 3, 1907, Cornelia Chisholm, daughter of the Rev. William Edward Dalton, Vicar of Glynde, Sussex; d. April 18, 1955.

Longhurst, Harold George Fairfax, brother of Arthur Lyster Longhurst (q.v.); b. Sept. 7, 1888; adm. Jan. 18, 1900 (H); exhibitioner 1902; left Easter 1907; temp. 2nd Lieut. 6th (Serv.) Batt. Berks Regt. Sept. 12, 1914; Lieut. Nov. 9, 1914; Capt. Nov. 17, 1914; Major May 5, 1917; acting Lieut.-Col.; went out to the western front July 1915, and was wounded in 1916; killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge Oct. 12, 1917; unm.

Longhurst, Henry Birt, son of Henry Bollen Longhurst, of St. Marylebone, barrister-at-law; b. Feb. 7, 1891; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); left Dec. 1908; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C.; 2nd Lieut. 12th Batt. London Regt. Sept. 16, 1914; resigned on account of ill health; admitted to the Middle Temple Nov. 19, 1910; an actor, Perfect Strangers (1945), The Captain's Paradise (1953) and The Crooked Lady (1932); m. July 3, 1928, Margery Lisle, elder daughter of Arthur E. Leslie; d. 11 Apr. 1970.

Lonnon, McAlister Pender, son of Arthur Ernest Lonnon, metallurgist, of Selukwe, Rhodesia, and Margaret Christy, d. ofJohn Pender, farmer, of Humbie, E. Lothian; b. 20 Apr. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (H); left July 1934; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1934; rowed against Oxford 1935-7, and for Leander at the Berlin Games 1936; pres. CUBC 1936-7; BA 193 7, MA 1961; Cadburv & Sons, chocolate manufacturers, 1937-9; RE 1940-6 (Bde Maj. I Assault Bde), wounded (Hol­land); Lieut. RE (perm. commn) Jan. 1945, Capt. July 1946; attd Kaimakam Sudan Defence Force 1949-53; Maj. Apr. 1952, Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1955; psc; technical staff Australian Armv 1955-7; retd from Armv Nov. 1965; tech. sec. BSI 1965-81; MICE; craft member Guild of Glass Engravers; m. 1st 16 May 1944 Winifred Ida, d. of Ronald Richardson, corn merchant, of Fulford, Yorks; 2nd 18 Jan. 1964 Rosemary Niven MCSP, d. of Alexander Niven, farmer, of East Linton, E. Lothian; d. 28 Jan. 1999.

Louden, James Arnold Hamilton, son of James Louden of Ealing and Annie, d. of Arnold George Cox of New Barnet, Herts; b. 5 June 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (H); left July 1925; RAF Cranwell 1925, PO July 1927, FO Jan. 1930, Flt Lieut. RCAF Mar. 1935, Sqdn Ldr RAF Feb. 1938, Wing Cdr June 1944, despatches Jan. 1945; Grp Capt. July 1947; OC RAF Uxbridge 1954, retd June 1956; a housemaster Millfield Sch.; m. 23 Dec. 1949 Denise, d. of Francis Turberville of Berwick St John, Dorset; killed in a motoring accident 13 Dec. 1958.

Low, Harold Philpot, brother of John Philpot Low (qv); b. 1 Feb. 1913; adm. Jan. 1927 (H); left July 1931; The Loyal Regt (TARO) 1939, attd Military Police 1939-45 (Lieut. Col., APM); TD; USA Legion of Merit; dir. Warne Wright & Rowland, screwmakers, Birmingham 1945, later Evers & Wall, Berks; m. 10 Oct. 1936 Audrey Cynthia, d. of William Ernest Falconer MB, med. practitioner, of Twyford, Berks.; d. 3 Dec. 1998.

Lowden, John, son of John Selby Lowden and Laura Ethel, d. of Henry Wakefield of East Sheen; b. 30 Nov. 1912; adm. Jan. 1927 (H); left July 1930; Tabor Acad. Mass:, USA, 1930-1; 2nd Lieut. Roy. Signals 1941; a radio and TV retailer; m. 11 Mar. 1938 Gladys Violet, d. of George Savage of Middleton-on-Sea, Sussex; d. 4 May 1968.

Lowe, Herbert Ross, son of Henry William Lowe, of Kensington; b. Aug. 29, 1874; adm. April 27, 1887 (H); left Dec. 1890; abroad, Valparaiso, Chile.

Lowe, Sir Lionel Harold Harvey, elder son of Lionel Harvey Lowe, of Bromley, Kent, by Florence Edith, daughter of Thomas Watts, of Thurnby, Leics; b. Dec. 28, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); elected to Trin. Goll. Gamb. (with Samwaies) July 1916, matric. Easter 1919; 1st class Mathematical Tripos, pt. i, 1920; 2nd class Economics Tripos, div. 2, pt. ii, 1921; B.A. 1921; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. April 1, 1917, Lieut. Oct. 1, 1918; served in France and Belgium with 156th Heavy Battery July 1917 - Aug. 5, 1918, when he was wounded at Boe­ schepe; chartered accountant; A. C. A. 1929; F. GA. 1940; partner in Thomson McLintock & Co. 1935-46; director of finance, Cereals Divn., Ministry of Food, 1939-42; director of finance, Ministry of Fuel, 1942-5; member of the National Coal Board 1946; member of the Hops Marketing Board; director of Milford Docks Co. 1954; knighted 1951; m. Sept. 19, 1925, Marjorie, only daughter of Arthur Forward, of Bickley, Kent; d. Aug. 30, 1960.