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.

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.

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.

Lawson, Nigel, Baron Lawson of Blaby, son of Ralph Lawson (qv, Vol. III); b. 11 Mar. 1932; adm. Sept. 1945 (H), later (W); left Dec. 1950; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1951, BA 1954 (1st class hons PPE), MA 1958, hon. student 1996; editorial staff The Financial Times 1956-60; city editor, The Sunday Telegraph 1961-3; special asst. to the Prime Minister 1963-4; The Financial Times columnist and BBC broadcaster 1965; ed., The Spectator 1966-70; Fellow Nuffield Coll. Oxf. 1972-3; special adviser, Conservative Party HQ 1973-4; contested (Cons. ) Eton & Slough 1970; MP (Cons. ) Blaby 1974-92; Opposition Whip 1976-7, Treasury spokesman 1977-9; Financial Sec. to the Treasury 1979-81; Sec. of State for Energy 1981-3; PC 1981; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1983-9, resigned Oct. 1989 after a disagreement with the Prime Minister; created Baron Lawson of Blaby (Life Peer) 1992; dir. Barclays Bank 1990-8; chmn. Central Europe Trust Co. Ltd. 1990-2012, Oxford Investment Partners 2006-13; founder chmn., Global Warming Policy Foundn. 2009-; pres., Conservatives for Britain 2016; interim chmn, Vote Leave 2016; Governor of the Sch. 1999-2005; hon. Fellow of the Sch. 2005; Hon. DSc Buckingham 2011; m. 1st. 12 Oct. 1955 (div. 1980) Vanessa Mary Salmon, d. of Felix Salmon Addison, caterer; 2nd. 31 Oct. 1980 (div. 2012) Thérèse Mary Maclear, d. of Henry Adolphus Maclear Bate, journalist; d. 3 Apr. 2023.

LAWSON, GEORGE MERVYN, brother of Bernard Sloane Lawson (qv); b. 7 May 1865; adm. 31 May 1877 (H); left Aug 1881; King’s Coll. London; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Jan 1885; BA 1889; ordained 1890; Curate, St. Peter’s, Wolverhampton, Staffs. 1890-2; with Universities Mission to Central Africa at Msaraka, Zanzibar 1893-5; Curate, St. Cyprian’s, Kimberley, South Africa 1895-1903; Director, Griqualand West Mission, South Africa, 1903 -; Archdeacon of Kuruman 1912 -; served as temp. Chaplain to the Forces during 1914-18 war; d. 1945.

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.