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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.

LEFROY, JOHN HENRY GEORGE, eldest son of Isaac Peter George Lefroy (qv); b. 12 Jan 1782; in school lists 1795-7; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1800, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1800 – void 18 Apr 1807 (expiry year of grace as R. Basingstoke from 22 May 1806); BA 1804; MA Lambeth 6 Mar 1806; ordained deacon (Lichfield, lit. dim. from Winchester) Feb 1805, priest (Winchester) 2 Mar 1806; Rector of Ashe, Hampshire, from 3 Mar 1806; Rector of Basingstoke, Hampshire 1806; Rector of Compton, Surrey, from 15 May 1806; m. 22 Jul 1806 Sophia, youngest dau. of Rev. Charles Jeffreys Cottrell, Rector of North Waltham, Hampshire; d. 5 Sep 1823.

LEFROY, ISAAC PETER GEORGE, second son of Anthony Lefroy, Livorno, Italy, merchant, and Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Langlois, Livorno, Italy, merchant; b. 12 Nov 1745; in school list Jun 1764; left 9 Nov 1764; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Apr 1764; BA 1767; MA 1771; Fellow of All Souls Coll., Oxford 1768; ordained deacon 21 May 1769, priest 14 Jun 1772 (both Oxford); Rector of Compton, Surrey, from 11 Sep 1777; Rector of Ashe, Hampshire, from 3 May 1783; m. 28 Dec 1778 Anne, elder dau. of Edward Brydges, Wootton Court, Kent; d. 13 Jan 1806.

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, ALFRED HENRY, fifth son of Thomas Paul Lefroy QC, County Court Judge (I), Bray, co. Wicklow, and Hon. Elizabeth Jane Sarah Anne Massy, fourth dau. of Hugh Massy, 3rd Baron Massy (I); b. 23 Feb 1856; adm. 24 Sep 1868 (G); left Dec 1873; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1876; LLB 1880; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 18 Jan 1878, called to bar 29 Jun 1881; South-Eastern Circuit; Deputy Clerk of the Peace, South London 1889-1904; m. 3 Jun 1891 Geraldine Mary, only dau. of Patrick Panton, Rodmersham Court, Kent; d. 10 Mar 1947.

Lee-Warner, Theodore John, son of Rev. Alfred Lee-Warner, hon. Canon of Ely, and his first wife Dorothy Cresswell, d. of Vice-Admiral Cresswell John Eyres OBE DSO; b. 9 Dec. 1922; adm. Sept. 1936 (B); left July 1941; RAFVR in WW2 (Flt Lieut.); Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1947, BA 1950, MA 1954; ora. deacon 1951, priest 1952 (Durham); Curate Westoe, South Shields, 1951-5; priest-in-charge Cassop and Vicar of Quarrington, Co. Durham, 1955; Vicar of Peterlee 1959-63, Holy Trinity Darlington 1973-4, Norton-on-Tees 1974-80; Vicar of Gainford, Rector of Winston and Rural Dean of Barnard Castle 1980-8; hon. Canon of Dur­ham 1983; retd 1988; m. 1 Sept. 1963 Nance Storey, d. of John Wright OBE KPM, dep. Chief Constable of Durham; d. 29 April 2010.

Lees-Smith, Patrick Hastings, son of Rt Hon. Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith DSc PC MP, Pres. of the Board of Education, and Joyce, d. of Sidney Herbert Holman of Highgate; b. 4 Nov. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1935; RA 1940-5 (Capt.); Nat. Coal Board 1947-52; a carna­tion grower 1952-60; retd because of ill health; m. 6 June 1949 Elizabeth Isobel May, d. of John Wishart Kerr, med. practitioner, of Cambuslang, Glasgow; d. 18 June 1997.

Lees-Smith, (Edward) Christopher John, brother of Patrick Hastings Lees-Smith (qv); b. 5 Mar. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (A); left Mar. 1938; RA 1939-45 (Maj., DAQMG Middle East); Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1964; ord. deacon 1950, priest 1951 (Durham); Curate St Luke's, Pallion, Co. Durham, 1950-3; a Brother of the Society of St Francis, Hilfield, Dorset (known as Brother Edward), 1954-; Guardian of the Friary, Alnmouth, Northumberland, 1963-74; Chaplain of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis 1974-1991; d. 25 Feb. 2010.

Lees, Roger Arthur Graham, son of Rev. William Edward Lees, Minor Canon of Westminster, and Myra Dorothy, d. of Henry Slack, of Gullane, East Lothian; b. 2 June 1923; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1940; RAFVR in WW2 (Flt Lieut. ); adm. solicitor July 1948; sen. legal asst. Office of the Church Commissioners; m. 19 Aug. 1948 Mollie Georgina, d. of George Read, of Clacton­on-Sea, Essex; d. 12 Mar. 1998.

Lees, Patrick William Quintin, son of Lieut.-Col. Charles Archibald Lees, R.A.M.C. of Ealing; b. Oct. 10, 1906; adm. Jan 16. 1919 (R); left April 1922; lived in Tanganyika; d. 17 Dec. 1994.