LANT, JOHN; b.; a chorister at Christ Church, Oxford c. 1564; adm.; QS in 1570; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1572, Westminster Student to 1580; BA 27 Feb 1575/6; MA 1579; licensed to practice medicine 7 Mar 1594/5.
LARKHAM, WILLIAM, only son of William Larkham, Richmond, Surrey, surgeon; bapt. 19 Mar 1717/8; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1727; KS (Capt. ) 1731; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1735, matr. 6 Jun 1735, but did not matr.; migrated to Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Nov 1735, scholar 1735; BA 1739; MA 1742; Probationer Fellow, Corpus Christi Coll., 1742; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 Apr 1735; buried Richmond, Surrey 11 Nov 1768.
LARPENT, JOHN, second son of John Larpent, Chief Clerk, Northern Department, Foreign Office, and Mary Ann, elder dau. of James Payzant, Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office; b. 14 Nov 1741; adm. Apr 1751 (Howe's); KS 1755; Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office Mar 1761 – Sep 1762; Secretary to Duke of Bedford at Peace of Paris 1763, and to Marquis of Hertford when Lord Lieut. Ireland 1765-6; reappointed to Secretary of State’s Office as Senior Clerk, Colonial Dept., Feb 1768 – Mar 1782; Deputy Clerk, Privy Seal Office (occurs 1760-83); a Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to George III 21 May 1767 (still 1774); Groom of the Privy Chamber, Royal Household 5 Jul 1774; Examiner of Plays from 6 Oct 1778; m. 1st, 14 Aug 1773 Frances, eldest dau. of Maximilian Western, Cokethorpe Park, Oxfordshire; m. 2nd, 25 Apr 1782 Anna Margaretta, elder dau. of Sir James Porter, Kt, HBM Ambassador at Constantinople; d. 18 Jan 1824. DNB.
LASCELLES, HERBERT, brother of Edward Robert Lascelles (qv); b. 20 May 1812; adm. 18 Sep 1820; KS 1827; St. Catharine’s Hall, Cambridge; BA 1835; ordained priest (Chester) 24 Feb 1839; Assistant Chaplain, EICS Bengal 1843 - 8 Dec 1856, ret.; living Brighton, Sussex, in 1881 (1881 Census); m. 20 Jun 1870 Emma Marsh (IGI); d. 7 Dec 1885.
LATIMER, GEORGE BURTON POTTS, brother of Digby Latimer (qv); b. 28 Jun 1809; adm. 24 Sep 1822 (Stelfox's); KS 1824; left 1827; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Jul 1828; BA 1833; MA 1852; ordained deacon (Lichfield) 6 Aug 1834, priest 30 Oct 1836; Perpetual Curate of St. Paul’s, Birmingham 1848-67; bankrupt 1871; m. 22 Feb 1866 Elizabeth Sarah, third dau. of William Clark, Belford Hall, Northumberland.
Law, Richard William Evan, son of George Edward Law MC FIPA, of Ewell, Surrey, and Margaret Dorothy Evans OBE, encyclopaedist, d. of Thomas Robert Evans, grain broker, of Shrewsbury, Shropshire; b. 17 May 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (KS); Capt. of the Sch. 1943; left July 1944; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA, MA 1951; RNVR 1944-7 (Sub-Lieut. ); a merchant banker; Seligman Bros 1951-3; Gillett Bros Discount Co. 1953-83, man. dir. 1968-83; dir. Kirkland-Whittaker Ltd. (Foreign Exchange and Currency Deposits) and chmn. Kirkland-Whittaker (Italia) 1974-8; dir. BCI Ltd. 1983-7; chmn. Euromed Investments Plc 1986-97; MBE Jun 1996, for services to UK/Italian cultural relations; music critic for Opera and other periodicals 1950-; author (as Evan Hughes), Banking 1974; m. 11 Feb 1955 Joy Patricia Spira, art historian, d. of Jean-Jacques Spira MRCS LRCP, med. practitioner; d. 20 June 2007.
Lawrence, Edward Feurtado, brother of John Henry Lawrence (q.v.); b. Nov. 28, 1892; adm. as (non-resident) K.S. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left July 1911; d. Feb. 14, 1913.
LAWSON, R.; b.; adm.; QS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses written by QSS to Queen Elizabeth 1597 (British Library, Royal MSS). [Possibly = Richard Lawson, Peterhouse, Cambridge, matr. Mich 1598, BA 1601/2, MA 1605 and ordained deacon (Peterborough) 22 Sep 1622 (sic, correctly ?)].
LAWTON, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS 16 Jan 1608/9 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 219b); failed to obtain his election to either University 1610; Christ Church, Oxford, adm. Jan 1610/1, Canoneer Student to 1615; BA 1614.
LAYE, HENRY THOMAS, son of Francis Laye, Doncaster, Yorks.; bapt. Doncaster, Yorks. 19 Mar 1778 (IGI); adm. 10 Feb 1793 (Clapham); KS (aged 15) 1795; played cricket v. Eton on Hounslow Heath 25 Jul 1796; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1797, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 May 1797; ordained deacon 19 Oct 1800, priest 18 Jul 1802 (both York); Vicar of Rampton, Notts., 1802; Vicar of Pickering, Yorks., 1804; m. 23 Feb 1807 Nancy, dau. of Josiah Maynard, Pickering, Yorks.; d. 29 Jun 1809.