Last, Cecil Edward, brother of Walter Arthur William Last (q.v.); b. Feb. 13, 1877; adm. May 2, 1889 (H); left Dec. 1894; St. George's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1900; practised at Littlehampton, Sussex; m. 1st, Grace Bevington, daughter of John Stephen Jarvis, of Kensington; 2nd, July 3, 1915, Ethel Mary, eldest daughter of Henry H. Hiscocks, of Bombay.

Laski, Philip Michael, son of Neville Jonas Laski QC, Judge of Appeal, Isle of Man, and Phina Emily, d. of Haham Moses Gaster DPhil, Chief Rabbi to the Sephardim, lecturer in Graeco­-Slavonic Literature, Univ. of Oxford; b. 5 Aug. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (H); left Dec. 1933; an art historian; Commander Legion d'Honneur 1945; author of Magritte 1961; m. July 1939 Madelaine von Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduchess of Austria-Hungary; d. 3 Dec. 1998.

Lasbrey, James Arthur, son of Arthur Oakley Lasbrey, of South Kensington, by Edith Maria, daughter of Guy Abbotts, of Derby; b. Aug. 13, 1898; adm. May 2, 1913 (H); left Dec. 1915; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1916; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. East Surrey Regt. May 1, 1917; served in France and Italy Oct. 1917-Aug. 1918, when he was wounded, on the Ancre: invalided April 16, 1919; an actor, producer and lecturer on drama under the name of Jack Carlton; entertainments manager of the Festival Gardens, Battersea Park, for the Festival of Britain 1950; 2nd Lieut. General List May 6, 1940; Lieut.-Col.; D. A. P. M. 2nd Armoured Division; Senior Welfare Officer 9th Army in the Middle East; Commandant, Central Pool of Artistes, War Office 1945-6; M.B.E. June 1, 1952; m. 1950, Enid Maye Bennett (née Chapman); d. 15 Oct. 1986.

Lasbrey, Geoffrey Arthur, son of the Rev. Percy Urwick Lasbrey, Rector of Brinkley. Cambs.; b. March 22, 1902; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (H); left July 1919; a director of Bosanquet & Skrine Ltd., Colombo, Ceylon; m. 1st Jan. 13, 1934, Doreen, elder daughter of Gordon Dabell, of South Kensington; 2nd Dec. 30, 1948, Margaret, daughter of Capt. O. E. Hallifax, D.S.O., R. N., of Rowledge, Hants.; d. 1 Dec. 1979.

LARYMORE, HENRY DOUGLAS, eldest son of Alexander Douglas Larymore, Deputy Inspector of Jails, Bengal, and Margaret Amelia, dau. of Henry Scott; b. 16 Sep 1867; adm. 27 Sep 1880 (H); left Mar 1881; joined Army 1886; Capt. Royal Artillery (from Militia) 1 Sep 1897; Maj., 14 Feb 1906; retd. 5 Jun 1907; employed West Africa 1891-7, attached Gold Coast Constabulary; served as staff officer in expedition against the Jebus, Lagos, Nigeria 1892; despatches LG 1 Jul 1892; ADC on Ashanti expedition 1895-6, despatches; CMG 10 Apr 1896; acted as British Resident at Kumassi; served in India 1897-1901; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Apr 1903, on scholarship to study Hausa; served West Africa (Northern Nigeria) 1904; Resident, Northern Nigeria 1907; rejoined Royal Artillery on Inspection Staff 15 Jan 1915; went to USA in charge of Explosives Section of Munitions Commission; m. 1897 Constance, youngest dau. of Rev. Andrew Holmes Belcher, Rector of St. Andrew’s, Fasque, Kincardineshire; d. 30 Jan 1946.

LART, CHARLES EDMUND, son of Capt. Edmund Lart, War Office, and his first wife Christiania, third dau. of David Dewar, Dunfermline, Fifeshire; b. 17 Mar 1867; adm. 26 Jan 1882 (H); left Mar 1886; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1886; BA 1889; author, The Church Invisible, 1920, and other works; publications editor, Huguenot Society of London; served 1914-18 war; Capt., 4th battn. Devon Regt., 1 Jun 1916, invalided; officer instructor attached New Zealand Forces 1916-7; TD; m. 12 Jan 1897 Amy Vincent, dau. of Rev. Edward Collis Watson, Vicar of Meltham, Yorks.; d. 29 Jun 1947.

LANGSTON, THOMAS ALFRED OLLIVANT, eldest son of Thomas Langston MD LRCP MRCS LSA, Warwick Square, London, and Ellen Sophia, dau. of John Shaw; b. 1 Sep 1868; adm. 20 Apr 1881 (H); left Dec 1882; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCS LRCP 1891; Surgeon-Lieut., Indian Medical Service, Bengal 30 Jan 1893; Capt., 30 Jan 1896; retd. as Maj., 30 Jan 1905; served on Waziristan expedition 1894-5, North-West Frontier 1897-8, mentioned in despatches 1897; re-employed 6 Nov 1914; Lieut. -Col. 1917.

Langrish, Roger Silvester, son of Vivian Langrish FRAM, Prof. Roy. Academy of Music, and Gwendolen Helen Mary, d. of Arthur Silvester Cavell, chartered accountant, of Bristol; b. 21 Aug. 1924; adm. Jan. 1938 (H); left Nov. 1942; RNVR (Sp) 1943-5 (Lieut. ); Univ. of St Andrews 1948-50; asst. master Arnold House Sch., Lond., 1946-8 and 1950-64; IAPS Dip. Ed. 1953; asst. master Gayhurst Sch., Gerards Cross, 1964-78, Glengorse Sch., Battle, Sussex, 1978-84; retd.; m. 1 Aug. 1951 Helen Mabel, sister of John Alexander Gow (qv).

Lang, Wolfram lveagh, son of Walter Lang, of Bombay, by Mabel Constance, daughter of John Cecil Guinness; b. March 31, 1893; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (H); left Dec. 1912; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. York and Lancs. Regt. Aug. 14, 1914; Lieut. Nov. 28, 1915; Capt. Sept. 16, 1918; attached 130th Baluch. Regt.; Indian Staff Corps; Capt. 10th Baluch. Regt. June 16, 1919; served in the Dardanelles 1915, Salonika 1915-7, East Persia 1918-21, and on the N.W. Frontier 1922-4; British Vice-Consul Birjand, East Persia, 1920; Major June 16, 1933; transferred to Special Unemployed List Nov. 1, 1935; ceased to be liable to recall March 31, 1943; temp. Lieut.-Col. 5th Batt. 10th Baluch. Regt.; O.B.E. Burma June 28, 1945; mentioned in despatches (Burma) L.G. Jan. 10, 1946; resident in Kenya Colony; m. Jan. 15, 1927, Daphne, only daughter of Anthony Faull; d. 13 Apr. 1979

Lang, William Geoffrey, son of William Dickson Lang DSc FRS, Keeper of Geology Brit. Museum of Natural Historv, and Georgiana Catherine, d. of Capt. Manley Charles Matthew Dixon, The King's Regt, of Broadwater, Sussex; b. 10 May 1910; adm. May 1924 (H); left Dec. 1927; an engineer; m. Aug. 1935 Gladys Florence Louise, d. of Leopold Dintsl of Mitcham, Surrey; d. Sept. 1987.