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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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.