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Modern English biography, volume 2 (of 6), I-Q

VOLUME II. (continued 12)

Reading edition

LINWOOD, William (only son of Wm. Linwood of Birmingham). b. 1817; ed. at Birmingham gr. sch. and Ch. Ch. Oxf., student 1837–51; B.A. 1839, M.A. 1842; Hertford, Ireland and Craven scholar 1836, Boden Sanskrit scholar 1839; ordained deacon; assistant master at Shrewsbury; public examiner at Oxford 1850–1; published A lexicon to Æschylus 1843, 2 ed. 1847; Sophoclis Tragœdiæ superstites, with Latin notes 1846, 4 ed. 1877; A treatise on Greek tragic metres with the choric parts of Sophocles metrically arranged 1855. d. Birchfield, Handsworth, Staffs. 7 Sep. 1878. Academy 28 Sep. 1878 p. 315.

LIPTRAP, John. Entered Bengal army 1817; lieut. 21 Bengal N.I. 4 Nov. 1818; captain 42 N.I. 19 June 1831, major 17 Feb. 1850 to 7 May 1855; lieut.-col. of 8 N.I. 7 May 1855 to 1856, of 45 N.I. 1856 to 1864; general 1 Oct. 1877. d. London 21 Sep. 1878.

LIPTROTT, John. b. 29 Jany. 1813; ensign 31 Bengal N.I. 14 Sep. 1829; commandant 16 Irregular cavalry 24 Jany. 1846, commandant 17 Irregular cavalry 1847 to 7 Jany. 1860; lieut.-col. 14 Bengal N.I. 28 Nov. 1859 to 1862, placed on unemployed supernumerary list 1 July 1881; general 1 Dec. 1888. d. 7 Clarendon road, Southsea 25 Feb. 1890. I.L.N. 15 March 1890 p. 325, portrait.

LISBURNE, Ernest Augustus Vaughan, 4 Earl of (eld. son of 3 Earl of Lisburne 1769–1831). b. 30 Oct. 1800; sheriff of Cardiganshire 1851; M.P. for Cardiganshire 1854–9. d. Crosswood, Aberystwith, Cardiganshire 9 Nov. 1873.

LISGAR, Sir John Young, 1 Baron (eld. son of sir William Young, 1 baronet, d. 1848). b. Bombay 31 Aug. 1807; ed. at Eton and C.C. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1829; barrister L.I. 1824; M.P. Cavan 1831–55; a lord of the treasury 16 Sep. 1841 to 21 May 1844; one of the secretaries to the treasury 21 May 1844 to 7 July 1846; succeeded as 2 baronet 10 March 1848; chief sec. to lord lieut. of Ireland 1852–55; P.C. 28 Dec. 1852; lord high commissioner of Ionian islands 1855–9; governor general and com. in chief of New South Wales 22 March 1861 to 24 Dec. 1867; governor general of dominion of Canada 2 Jany. 1869–1872; cr. Baron Lisgar 26 Oct. 1870; lord lieut. of Cavan 9 March 1871 to death; G.C.M.G. 20 March 1855; K.C.B. 4 Feb. 1859, G.C.B. 13 Nov. 1868. d. Lisgar house, Ballieborough, co. Cavan 6 Oct. 1876. Eclectic Mag. lxxviii 129, 244 (1872), portrait.

LISTER, Frederick George. Entered Bengal army 1805; ensign 26 Bengal N.I. 14 Aug. 1806, lieut. 9 Oct. 1808; captain 52 N.I. 16 March 1824, major 8 Oct. 1839 to 30 Sep. 1845; commandant of Sylhet light infantry battalion 14 March 1828 to 18 July 1854; lieut-col. 8 N.I. 30 Sep. 1845 to 1849, of 70 N.I. 1849–50, of 53 N.I. 1850 to 13 April 1855; political agent Cossiah Hills 11 Feb. 1841 to 1854; col. of 31 N.I. 13 April 1855 to 1861, of 2 N.I. 1861 to 1869; L.G. 23 Aug. 1869. d. St. Helier’s, Jersey 28 Feb. 1870.

LISTER, Joseph Jackson (son of John Lister of Stoke Newington, wine merchant). b. Lothbury, London 11 Jany. 1786; ed. at Hitchin and at Compton in Dorset; wine merchant in partnership with his father and then sole proprietor; a founder of the London Institution in King’s Arms yard 1805; discovered principle upon which the modern microscope is constructed, and made an improved lens; a founder of Microscopical Soc. 1839; invented the tripod for supporting the camera now used by photographers; the first to ascertain the true form of the red corpuscle of mammalian blood; aided the opticians in construction of the microscope; Lister’s law of the aplanatic foci, remains the guiding principle as the source of all the microscopy of the age; F.R.S. 2 Feb. 1832. d. Upton house, Upton, Essex 24 Oct. 1869. bur. Stoke Newington. Biographical Catalogue of Friends (1888) 433–8.

LISTER, Thomas (14 child of Joseph Lister a quaker gardener). b. Old Mill wharf, Barnsley 11 Feb. 1810; ed. at Ackworth school 1821–4; worked with his father as a gardener to 1832, then in a linen warehouse at Barnsley; postmaster at Barnsley 1839–70 when he was presented with a testimonial; a constant attendant and contributor of papers at annual meetings of British Association; president of Barnsley Naturalists’ Society; is referred to by name in Mrs. G. L. Banks’s Yorkshire story entitled Wooers and winners 1880; author of The rustic wreath poems, moral, descriptive and miscellaneous 1834; Temperance Rhymes 1837; Rhymes of progress 1862, and of many poems and translations in Tait’s Magazine 1838–9. d. Barnsley 25 March 1888. W. Andrews’s Modern Yorkshire Poets (1885) 146–53; W. C. Newsam’s Poets of Yorkshire (1845) 163–5; W. Grainge’s Poets of Yorkshire, ii 444–6 (1868); J. H. Nodal’s Bibliography of Ackworth school (1889) 22.

LISTON, Maria (dau. of Mr. Simpson a tradesman in the Strand, London). b. about 1834; first appeared Drury Lane boxing night 1858 as Sylvia in Robin Hood; played in the burlesques at the Strand theatre 1865 etc.; (m. Wm. Henry Liston, lessee of Olympic theatre, London 1869–72, he d. 9 April 1876 aged 46); played chief roles at the Olympic 1869–72; acted at the Criterion and the Royalty theatres. d. Carlton house, 4 Bridge avenue, Hammersmith 25 Feb. 1879. bur. Kensal green cemetery 1 March. The Era 2 March 1879 p. 6.

LISTON, Sarah (dau. of Mr. Tyrer). b. London 1780; pupil of M. Kelly and Mrs. Crouch; sang at concerts in the Rotunda, Dublin; first appeared in London at Haymarket theatre 21 Aug. 1801 as Winifred in Morton’s Zorinski; played at Drury Lane 1801–2; acted Queen Dollalolla in O’Hara’s burlesque Tom Thumb at Haymarket 27 July 1805; the original Minna in Dimond’s Adrian and Orilla at Covent Garden 15 Nov. 1806 and the original Anna in Reynold’s Exile 10 Nov. 1808; made her last appearance on the stage at Covent Garden 31 May 1822 when she spoke a farewell address; (m. 23 March 1807 John Liston the comedian, who d. George’s ter. Hyde park corner 22 March 1846 aged 70). She d. 15 Alexander sq. Brompton 19 Sep. 1854. Biography of the British stage (1824) 177; Theatrical Inquisitor, June 1813, portrait; The British Stage, i 121 (1817), portrait; G.M. 1846 pt. i, pp. 547, 660.

LISTOWEL, William Hare, 2 Earl of (eld. son of hon. Richard Hare 1773–1827). b. Bally Ellis near Mallow 22 Sep. 1801; M.P. co. Kerry 1826–30; succeeded his grandfather 13 July 1837; vice admiral of Munster 1838 to death; M.P. St. Alban’s 1841–7; a lord in waiting to the queen 1840 to Sep. 1841 and Oct. 1853 to death; K.P. 1839. d. Morrison’s hotel, 1 Dawson st. Dublin 4 Feb. 1856.

LITCHFIELD, George Augustus. b. 1784; entered Bombay army 1799; lieut.-col. of 3 Bombay light cavalry 1829 or 1830 to 1832 and 1833–5, of 2 light cavalry 1832–3, of 1 light cavalry 1835 to 1838; commandant at Deesa 1831–3, at Hursole 1833–5 and at Sholapore 1835–8; M.G. on retired list 28 Feb. 1838. d. Marine hotel, Exmouth 18 June 1857.

LITCHFIELD, Harriet (dau. of John Silvester Hay, head surgeon of royal hospital, Calcutta). b. 4 May 1777; first appeared at Richmond 1792 as Julia in The Surrender of Calais; acted in Scotland and at Liverpool 1793; (m. 1794 John Litchfield, editor of The monthly mirror, who d. Mountfield house, Harrow road, London 30 May 1858 aged 84); played at Covent Garden 1797–9 and 1800–5; acted Lady Macbeth 5 Dec. 1800; the original Ottalia in Monk Lewis’s Alfonso, king of Castile 15 Jany. 1802, and Mrs. Ferment in Morton’s School of reform 15 Jany. 1803; played at the Haymarket 1805–6, retired 1806; last appeared on stage at Haymarket 8 Oct. 1812 as Emilia in Othello, her best part. d. 11 Jany. 1854, portraits of her by De Wilde and Samuel Drummond are in Garrick club.

LITCHFIELD, Henry. b. Great Torrington, Devon 7 Oct. 1786; entered navy 1 May 1800; commander of the Moselle 1813 and of the Mohawk 1813–4; commander of the Orontes 1824–6 on the Halifax station; captain 20 Nov. 1826; retired admiral 15 June 1864. d. London 26 Aug. 1864.

LITCHFIELD, William Edmund. b. 1803; entered Madras army 1819; cornet 7 Madras light cavalry 1820; captain 6 light cavalry 6 Oct. 1828, major 30 Sep. 1840 to 11 Sep. 1848; lieut.-col. of 8 Madras light cavalry 1849–50, of 5 Madras light cavalry 1850 to 8 Dec. 1852, of 2 Madras light cavalry 1853–6 and 1857–9, and of 7 Madras light cavalry 1856–7; M.G. 31 Aug. 1856. d. 3 Vicarage gardens, Church st. Kensington 30 April 1873.

LITOLFF, Henri Charles (son of Louis Litolff, musical composer). b. London 6 Feb. 1818; pianist Covent Garden theatre 24 July 1832; music publisher at Brunswick 1851–60; resided in Paris from 1861; published much music in Brunswick, London, Magdeburg and Paris 1846–86; composed and produced the following operas in Paris and Brussels, La boite de Pandore, opera-bouffe 1872; Héloise et Abelard, opera comique 1872; La fiancée du roi de Garbe, opera comique 1874; La belle au bois dormant 1874; La mandragore 1876; Les Templiers, opera 1886; L’escadron volant de la reine, opera comique 1888. d. Colombe near Paris, Aug. 1891.

LITTLE, Sir Archibald (2 son of Archibald Little of Shabden park, Surrey). b. 7 Sep. 1810; ed. Charterhouse 1822 etc.; cornet 9 dragoons 4 Oct. 1831, lieut.-col. 20 June 1854 to 24 May 1861 when placed on h.p.; col. of 11 hussars 23 May 1873, of 9 lancers 8 March 1875 to death; general 21 Jany. 1880, placed on retired list 7 Sep. 1880; C.B. 24 March 1858, K.C.B. 2 June 1869, G.C.B. 25 May 1889; served in Sutlej campaign including Sobraon; commanded 1 brigade of cavalry at siege of Lucknow; commanded the post of Dilkousha 16–24 Nov. 1857; commanded the cavalry brigade in Ireland, Jany. 1868 to July 1869. d. Upton house, Tetbury 10 June 1891.

LITTLE, George (3 son of George Little of Blackburn, Lancs.) b. 1815; articled to Slater and Heelis of Manchester, solicitors; barrister M.T. 8 May 1840, bencher 30 Jany. 1867 to death; Q.C. 15 Dec. 1866; judge of chancery court of county palatine of Lancaster 22 April 1871 to death. d. 11 New sq. Lincoln’s inn, London 27 Jany. 1881. bur. Salford cemetery.

LITTLE, Herbert John (son of John Little of Eldernell, Cambs.) b. 1835; member of R. Agricultural Society 1870, on the council 1881 to death, steward of implements 1884, senior steward at Newcastle exhibition 1887, when he wrote a report on the implements; judge of farms in Warwickshire competition 1870 and judge in Cumberland and Westmoreland competition 1880, his 2 reports printed in vol. xii and xvi of Journal of the society; wrote articles on The agricultural labourer 1887, on Working dairies, and on Technical instruction; alderman of Isle of Ely county council; published Farm labour account book 1886. d. Coldham hall, Wisbech 30 Jany. 1890. The Times 3 Feb. 1890 p. 6.

LITTLE, Robert Wentworth. b. Dublin 1838 or 1839; in business in London 1855; clerk in the masonic grand secretary’s office 1862, second clerk and cashier 1866–72; secretary of the masons’ girls’ school 1872; initiated in the royal union lodge, Uxbridge 1861; honorary member of 80 lodges and chapters; the first P.G. secretary of Middlesex on the provincial grand lodge being established; P.G.S.W. 1875; provincial G.H. in chapter, the highest possible position 1875; consecrated all the lodges in the province of Middlesex; edited The Rosicrucian, a record of the Society’s Transactions 1868–78; General statutes of the order of knights of the Red Cross 1868. d. 7 St. Martin’s road, Stockwell, London 12 April 1878. bur. Camberwell cemetery, Honor Oak 17 April. Masonic portraits. By J.G. (1876) 100–5.

LITTLE, Thomas. b. Feb. 1802; pupil of Robert Abraham; practised in London as an architect and surveyor, then as an architect only; built church of St. Mark, Regent’s park 1848, presented parish of St. Pancras with the ground upon which it stands; built All Saints’ church, St. John’s Wood 1850; St. Saviour’s, Warwick road, Paddington 1856; church of Fairlight near Hastings, chapels at Nunhead cemetery, and Paddington cemetery near Wilsdon, Marylebone girls and infant schools. d. 36 Northumberland st. Marylebone road, London 20 Dec. 1859. G.M. viii 406 (1860).

LITTLEDALE, Richard Frederick (4 son of John Littledale of Dublin, auctioneer). b. Dublin 14 Sep. 1833; foundation scholar Trin. coll. Dublin 1850; B.A. 1855, M.A. 1858, LL.B. and LL.D. 1862, D.C.L. Oxford 1862; C. of St. Matthew in Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk 1856–7; C. of St. Mary the Virgin, Crown st. Soho, London 1857–61; heard more confessions than any priest of the Church of England except Dr. Pusey; a great speaker and controversialist; author of Catholic ritual in the Church of England, scriptural, reasonable, lawful 1865, 13 editions; The mixed chalice 1867, 4 editions; Plain reasons for not joining the church of Rome 1880; author with rev. James Edward Vaux of The priest’s prayer book 1864, 7 ed. 1890; The people’s hymnal 1867, 8 editions; The Christian Passover 1873, 4 ed., and The altar manual. d. 9 Red Lion sq. Holborn, London 11 Jany. 1890, memorial reredos erected in chapel at St. Katharine’s 32 Queen sq. London, March 1891. Church Portrait Journal, iii 85–8 (1882), portrait; London Figaro 1 Feb. 1890 p. 9, portrait.

LITTLER, John. Ed. Peter house, Camb., B.A. 1817, M.A. 1822; dean and vicar of Battle, Sussex 1836 to death, the deanery being a peculiar with power of granting marriage licences and a court for proving wills; author of Two sermons preached at Battle 1847, 1848. d. the deanery, Battle, Sussex 17 Feb. 1863.

LITTLER, Sir John Hunter (eld. son of Thomas Littler of Tarvin, Cheshire). b. Tarvin 6 Jany. 1783; entered Bengal army 1799; lieut. 10 Bengal N.I. 29 Nov. 1800, captain 16 Dec. 1814; lieut.-col. 14 N.I. 23 May 1828 to 1832; lieut.-col. 54 N.I. 1832 to 1835 or 1836; lieut.-col. 40 N.I. 1835 or 1836 to 30 July 1839; col. 36 N.I. 30 July 1839 to death; commander at Barrackpore 15 July 1840 to 3 Feb. 1843; commanded Rajpootana field force 7 April 1843 to 30 May 1845; commanded Lahore field force 30 May 1845 to 7 Jany. 1847; commanded Punjaub division 7 Jany. 1847 to 17 Jany. 1848; provisional member of council 12 May 1847 (took his seat 21 Feb. 1848) to 10 May 1853; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851; K.C.B. 2 May 1844, G.C.B. 31 Jany. 1848. d. Bigadon, Buckfastleigh near Totnes, Devonshire 18 Feb. 1856. bur. in family vault at Tarvin. I.L.N. viii 157 (1846), portrait.

LITTLETON, Henry (son of James Littleton). b. London 7 Jany. 1823; entered music publishing house of Alfred Novello 1841, manager 1846, sole manager 1856, a partner 1861, sole proprietor 1866; had a branch establishment in New York; created the development of English taste for choral music; published the Messiah in 12 monthly numbers at sixpence 1846 and other standard music at cheap prices; retired 1887 leaving largest music publishing business in the world; gave daily concerts at the Albert hall and revived the oratorio concerts under Dr. Mackenzie at the St. James’ hall. d. Westwood house, Sydenham 11 May 1888. bur. at Lee, Kent. A short history of cheap music (1887), portrait; London Figaro 19 May 1888 p. 6, portrait.

LITTLEWOOD, William Edensor (only son of George Littlewood, printer). b. London 2 Aug. 1831; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ sch. and Pemb. coll. Camb., 35th wrangler 1854; B.A. 1854, M.A. 1860; C. of St. John’s, Wakefield 1857–61; head master of Hipperholme gr. sch. Yorkshire 1861–8; C. of Southall, Middlesex 1868–70; P.C. of Ironville, Derbyshire 1870–2; V. of St. James’s, Bath 1872–81; London Diocesan home missionary in charge of St. Thomas’s, Finsbury park, London 1881 to death; author of A garland from the parables 1858, religious verse; Essentials of English history 1862, 2 ed. 1865; Essentials of New Testament study 1872; Down in Dingyshire 1872; The story of the wanderer 1874; Bible bibliographies 1878. d. Bush End vicarage, Essex 3 Sep. 1886.

LITTON, Edward (3 son of Edward Litton of Ballyfarmoth, co. Dublin 1754–1808). b. Glasnevin, co. Dublin 1 Dec. 1787; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1808, M.A. 1832; gained five medals from historical soc. of univ. of Dublin; called to Irish bar Easter term 1811; leader of North-West circuit some years, retired 1833; made very large income at the Chancery bar; K.C. 13 July 1830; M.P. Coleraine 1837–42; a master of Irish court of chancery Jany. or Feb. 1843 to death; P.C. Ireland 1868; wrote three letters in T. Martin’s A plan for the settlement of the question of the sale and transfer of land 1862. d. 32 Merrion square, Dublin 22 Jany. 1870. Irish Law Times, iv 72–4, 554 (1870).

LITTON, Edward Falconer (only son of Daniel Litton of Waterloo road, Dublin, wine merchant). b. 18 Dec. 1828; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1849, M.A. 1864; called to Irish bar 1849, went Munster circuit; Q.C. 17 Feb. 1874; M.P. co. Tyrone 13 April 1880 to Aug. 1881, being the first Liberal who ever represented it; second comr. under Land Law (Ireland) act 1881, Aug. 1881 to Jany. 1890; judicial comr. and judge of supreme court of judicature Jany. 1890 to death, with 73 land commissioners under him; married four times; author of Life or death, the destiny of the soul in the future state 1860. d. Ardavilling house, Cloyne 27 Nov. 1890. Our Judges. By Rhadamanthus (1890) pp. 119–22, portrait; Irish Law Times, xxiv 620, 625, 633, 662 (1890); London Figaro 11 Jany. 1890 p. 8, portrait.

LITTON, Marie, stage name of Maria Lowe. b. Derbyshire 1847; first appeared on the stage at Princess’s theatre, London as Effie Deans in Boucicault’s Trial of Effie Deans 23 March 1868; played Mrs. Cureton in Alfred Thompson’s On the cards, at opening of Gaiety theatre 21 Dec. 1868, and Alice Renshaw in Byron’s Uncle Dick’s Darling 13 Dec. 1869; lessee of Court theatre 25 Jany. 1871 to 13 March 1874; produced pieces by W. S. Gilbert, W. Marston, W. G. Wills, H. C. Merivale and P. Simpson, in which she acted secondary parts; played Zayda in W. S. Gilbert’s comedy The Wicked World, at Haymarket 4 Jany. 1873; the original Caroline Effingham in W. S. Gilbert’s Tom Cobb, at St. James’s 24 April 1875; played Mrs. Montressor in Tom Taylor’s Unequal Match, at Prince of Wales’s 29 Sep. 1877; lessee of theatre attached to Royal Aquarium, Westminster, Oct. 1878, opened the house again under name of The Imperial, Feb. 1879, played Lady Teazle, Lydia Languish and Olivia, acted Miss Hardcastle in She stoops to conquer, 137 nights from Easter 1879, played Rosalind in As you like it, 100 nights; manager of the new T.R. Glasgow, Oct. 1880; played Eva de Malvoisie in Youth, at Drury Lane 6 Aug. 1881, and Daisy Brent in The Cynic, at Globe 14 Jany. 1882; the original Vere Herbert in Moths, at Globe 25 March 1882; (m. 1879 Wm. Wybrow Robertson, manager of Westminster Aquarium 1875–8). d. 6 Alfred place west, Thurloe sq. London 1 April 1884. Biograph, vi 242–3 (1881); Theatre i 189 (1878) portrait, i 255 (1880), portrait; Touchstone 8 June 1878 p. 3, portrait; Illust. sp. and dr. news, v 537, 543 (1876), portrait, xii 265 (1879), portrait, xiii 108 (1880), portrait; Dramatic Notes (1883) 15, portrait.

LIVERPOOL, Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3 Earl of (half-brother of Robert 2 earl of Liverpool 1770–1829). b. 29 May 1784; styled hon. Cecil Jenkinson 1786–1820; served in the navy 1794–7; page of honor to George iii 1794; matric. at Ch. Ch. Oxf. 23 April 1801; cornet Surrey regt. of yeomanry 20 Aug. 1803; sec. of legation at Vienna 13 July 1804; M.P. Sandwich 1807–12; under sec. of state home department 10 Oct. 1807; under sec. of state, war and colonial department 1809–10; lieut.-col. Cinque ports regt. of militia 28 July 1811; M.P. Bridgenorth 1812–18; M.P. East Grinstead 1818–28; succeeded as 3 earl 4 Dec. 1829; high steward of Kingston-on-Thames 1829; prothonotary of county palatine of Lancaster; D.C.L. Oxf. 15 June 1841; lord steward of the household 3 Sep. 1841 to 6 July 1846; P.C. 3 Sep. 1841; G.C.B. 11 Dec. 1845. d. Buxted park near Uckfield, Sussex 3 Oct. 1851. G.M. xxxvi 538 (1851); I.L.N. xix 450, 618 (1851).

LIVESEY, Howard. A correspondent of The Times on social questions; attacked the scheme for the Manchester ship canal under the heading of What is a port?; an enthusiastic fisherman, well known in the Lake district for 30 years; instituted the Lunesdale fish hatchery near Lancaster. d. West road, Lancaster 4 Feb. 1892.

LIVESEY, John. b. 17 May 1803; ed. Manchester sch. 1819–23 and St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830; C. of Trinity ch. Camb. 1827–31; incumb. of St. Philip’s, Sheffield, July 1831 to death; conveyed 5 acres of ground at Stacey Springwood to the ecclesiastical comrs. for a new parochial burial ground 1857 on which he erected a lodge and mortuary chapel, consecrated 5 July 1859; military chaplain Sheffield 1836 to death; author of Mechanics’ churches. A letter to sir R. Peel on church extension in populous towns 1840. d. Sheffield 11 Aug. 1870. Manchester School Register, iii 142 (1874).

LIVESEY, Joseph. b. Walton near Preston 5 March 1794; brought up as a weaver; a cheese-factor at Preston 1815 to death; drafted the first teetotal pledge 1 Sep. 1832; brought out Livesey’s Moral Reformer, 23 numbers Jany. 1831 to Dec. 1833 and Jany. 1838 to Feb. 1839; issued in Jany. 1834 The Preston temperance advocate, which he edited 4 years, this was the first English teetotal publication; agitated against the corn laws 1841, issuing The Struggle a weekly paper, 235 numbers Dec. 1841 till the repeal of the laws 1846; published the Teetotal Progressionist, Aug. 1851 to May 1852, and the Staunch Teetotaller 24 numbers Jany. 1867 to Dec. 1868 with a portrait of himself; he and his sons managed The Preston Guardian, weekly paper 1844–59; author of Reminiscences of early teetotalism 1868; The autobiography of Joseph Livesey. Preston 1881, 2 ed. London 1885. d. Bank parade, Preston 2 Sep. 1884. J. Weston’s Joseph Livesey, the story of his life (1884); J. Pearce’s Life and teachings of Joseph Livesey (1885); Cassell’s Mag. March 1882 pp. 243–5, portrait.

LIVESEY, Thomas. b. 1807; manager of South Metropolitan gas company 1839, secretary 1842 to death; resided at Dulwich Common. d. in the surgery of his physician’s house 10 Oct. 1871. Times 14 Oct. 1871 p. 5; W. H. Blanch’s Ye parish of Camerwell (1877) 347.

LIVESEY, Thomas J. Lecturer on method and school management, St. Mary’s R.C. training college, Brook Green, Hammersmith 1865 to death; author of How to teach arithmetic 1877; The primer of English history 1877; How to teach grammar 1881; Moffatt’s How to prepare notes of lessons 1882; The Granville illustrated history of England 1885; translated F. S. Hattler’s Flowers from the catholic kindergarten 1890. d. 19 July 1890. bur. St. Mary Magdalen, Mortlake 23 July. The Tablet 26 July 1890 p. 147.

LIVINGSTONE, Charles (son of Neill Livingstone of Blantyre near Glasgow, tea-dealer). b. Blantyre 28 Feb. 1821; in a lace manufacturing warehouse in Hamilton; emigrated to Western states of America 1840; entered Union theological college, New York city 1847 where he took his degree 1850; had a pastoral charge in Massachusetts; came to England, April 1857 and went with his brother David Livingstone as secretary to the expedition for exploring Eastern and Central Africa, March 1858, invalided home 1863; British consul at Fernando Po 17 Oct. 1864, the Bight of Benin and Biafra were added to his consular district 24 June 1867, the seat of the consulate was removed to Old Calabar 1 April 1872. d. of African fever near Lagos 28 Oct. 1873. Proc. of Royal Geographical Soc. xviii 512–14 (1874).

LIVINGSTONE, David (brother of preceding). b. Blantyre 19 March 1813; a piecer at a cotton factory 1823, a cotton spinner 1832; studied medicine in Anderson college and Greek and divinity in Glasgow univ. 1836–8; studied medicine in London 1839; licentiate of faculty of phys. and surgeons Glasgow 1840; ordained a missionary of London Missionary Soc. in Albion chapel, London 20 Nov. 1840; landed at Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, May 1841; crossed the Kalahari desert in search of Lake Ngami, which he found 1 Aug. 1849; discovered the Zambesi, June 1851; discovered the Victoria falls Nov. 1855; arrived in London 12 Dec. 1856, presented with gold medal of Royal Geog. Soc. 15 Dec.; received freedom of city of London 21 May 1857 and of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee 1857; LL.D. Glasgow, Dec. 1854; D.C.L. Oxford 1857; F.R.S. 1857; severed his connection with London missionary soc. 1857; British consul at Quilimane 15 Jany. 1858; commanded expedition to explore Eastern and Central Africa, March 1858, explored the Zambesi, Shira and Rovuma, discovered Lake Nyassa 16 Sep. 1859, received a despatch recalling the expedition 2 July 1863, arrived in England 23 July 1864; author of Missionary travels and researches in South Africa 1857; with C. Livingstone Narrative of an expedition to the Zambesi and of the discovery of lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1865; consul in the territories of all African kings and chiefs in the interior of Africa not subject to the authority of the kings of Portugal or Abyssinia or of the viceroy of Egypt 15 March 1865 to death; discovered lakes Meoro and Bangweolo 1869; returned to Ujiji where he found H. M. Stanley who had been sent to look for him 28 Oct. 1871, returned to lake Bangweolo where he became very ill; found dead on his knees at Chitambo’s village in Ilala 1 May 1873, body embalmed, brought to England and bur. in nave of Westminster abbey 18 April 1874. The last journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa from 1865 to his death, continued by H. Waller 2 vols. (1874), portrait; Life and finding of Dr. Livingstone. Containing the original letters written by H. M. Stanley. With an account of Dr. Livingstone’s death and latest discoveries (1874), portraits; H. M. Stanley’s How I found Livingstone (1872); Proc. R. Geogr. Soc. xviii 6 et seq. 497–512 (1874); Illustrated Review, i 519–23 (1870), portrait; The weaver boy who became a missionary. By H. G. Adams (1867); Illustrated news of the world, i (1858), portrait; The personal life of David Livingstone. By W. G. Blaikie (1880), portrait; J. Waddington’s Congregational history, v 78–106 (1880).

Note.—A civil list pension was granted him 19 June 1873, 7 weeks after his death. His surviving son Wm. Oswell Livingstone b. South Africa 1850 took part in the expedition sent out in 1872 to find his father, he practised as a physician at St. Albans and d. at Maida villa, Lattimore road, St. Albans 30 Dec. 1889.

LIVINGSTONE, Sir Thomas, 10 Baronet (son of sir Alexander Livingstone, 9 baronet, d. 1795). Entered navy 17 Sep. 1782; captain 13 June 1800, R.A. 22 July 1830, admiral 1 June 1848. d. Westquarter, Falkirk 1 April 1853.

LIVIUS, Charles Barham. Author of Maid or wife or the deceiver deceived, a musical comedy. The music by the author. Drury Lane 5 Nov. 1821; The Freyschütz or the wild huntsman of Bohemia, romantic opera, Covent Garden 14 Oct. 1824; composer of Where shall the lover rest, song 1810; Variations sur un air favori pour le pianoforte 1835. d. Worthing 14 Jany. 1865.

LIZARS, Alexander Jardine. L.R.C.S. Edin. 1830, F.R.C.S. 1831; professor of anatomy Marischall coll. and univ. of Aberdeen 1841 to 15 Sep. 1860; professor of anatomy Aberdeen univ. 15 Sep. 1860 to 1863; author of Elements of anatomy intended as a text-book for students 3 parts. Edinb. 1844. d. Ambleside 12 June 1866.

LIZARS, John (son of Daniel Lizars, publisher and engraver, d. 1812). b. Edinburgh about 1787; ed. at Edinb. high sch. and univ.; surgeon in the navy during Peninsular war; F.R.C.S. Edinb. 1815; partner with John Bell and Robert Allan as surgeons in Edinb. 1815; professor of surgery in royal college of surgeons Edinb. 1831 to death; senior operating surgeon of royal infirmary 1831, introduced operation for removal of the upper jaw, the well-known ‘Lizars’ lines’ are called after him; author of A system of anatomical plates of the human body, accompanied with descriptions and observations. 12 parts Edinburgh 1822–6; Observations on extraction of diseased ovaria 1825; A system of practical surgery with plates 2 parts 1838, 1840; Practical observations on the use and abuse of tobacco 1854, 8 ed. 1859. d. 15 South Charlotte st. Edinburgh 21 May 1860.

LIZARS, William Home (brother of preceding). b. Edinburgh 1788; ed. at high sch. Edinb.; apprenticed to his father; studied at Trustees’ academy, Edinb.; his two pictures Reading the will and A Scotch wedding, exhibited at the R.A. in 1812 are in the National gallery of Scotland at Edinb.; an engraver and copper-plate printer in Edinb. 1812; engraved the plates for his brother’s A system of anatomical plates 1822; a founder of Royal Scottish academy 1826; perfected a method of etching for illustrating books; engraved views for N. G. Philips’ Views in Lancashire and Cheshire of halls, castles, etc. 1822; J. Browne’s Picturesque views of Edinburgh 1825; Lizars’ Views of principal cities in Scotland; and for Guides to several Scotch railways 1842–50. d. Edinburgh 30 March 1859.

LLANOS, Frances Mary (only dau. of Thomas Keats, livery stable keeper d. 1804 and sister of John Keats the poet). b. Craven st. City road, London 3 June 1803; resided with her guardian Richard Abbey at Walthamstow 1814–20; her brother corresponded with her 1817–20; when of age she brought an action against Abbey to recover the inheritance due to her; (m. 1826 Valentin Llanos Gutierrez a Spaniard, author of Don Esteban or memoirs of a Spaniard written by himself 3 vols. 1825, and Sandoval or the freemason. A Spanish tale 3 vols. 1826 anon.; he lost greater part of his money at Madrid, and d. Spain 14 Aug. 1885 aged 90); a civil list pension of £80 was granted her 23 Nov. 1880; many important letters from her brother are addressed to her. She d. Madrid 16 Dec. 1889. Athenæum 4 Jany. 1890 p. 16; H. B. Forman’s Poetical works of John Keats 4 vols. (1883), contains the letters addressed to his sister, in vols. i, iii and iv.

LLANOVER, Benjamin Hall, 1 Baron (eld. son of Benjamin Hall of Hensol castle, Glamorganshire 1778–1817). b. Upper Gower st. London 8 Nov. 1802; ed. at Westminster sch. 1814–20 and Ch. Ch. Oxf.; M.P. Monmouth 3 May 1831 but unseated 18 July 1831; M.P. Monmouth 1832–7; M.P. Marylebone 1837–59; carried through House of Commons the act which created Metropolitan board of works 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120, 14 Aug. 1855; cr. baronet 16 Aug. 1838; president of board of health 14 Oct. 1854 to Aug. 1855; P.C. 14 Nov. 1854; first comr. of works and public buildings 21 July 1855 to Feb. 1858; created baron Llanover of Llanover and Abercarn, co. Monmouth 29 June 1859; lord lieut. of Monmouth 20 Nov. 1861 to death; author of A letter to the archbishop of Canterbury on the state of the church 1850; Church abuses, a letter to the rev. E. Phillips 1852. d. 9 Great Stanhope st. London 27 April 1867. bur. Llanover churchyard, memorial monument in Llandaff cathedral. Men of the time (1865) 528; I.L.N. xxxiv 429 (1859), portrait.

Note.—The great bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament was called ‘Big Ben’ after him 1856.

LLEWELLYN, David Herbert (son of rev. David Llewellyn, P.C. of Easton near Pewsey, Wilts. d. 1869). b. Easton 1838; ed. at Marlborough 1848–53; studied at Charing Cross hospital 1856–9; M.R.C.S. 1859; surgeon of the Confederate steam vessel Alabama which left the Mersey 28 July 1862; after the engagement between the Alabama and the federal ironclad Kearsage off Cherbourg 19 June 1864 he refused to escape by overloading the boat containing the wounded, and went down with the ship, being the only man lost; memorial tablets erected in Charing Cross hospital and in Easton church. Medical Times, ii 24, 25, 81, 374 (1864); The Times 21 June 1864 p. 11; I.L.N. 9 July 1864 p. 41, portrait.

LLOYD, Arthur. b. 1774; lieut. 53 foot 15 Sep. 1795; captain 20 foot 25 May 1803; major 98 foot 22 May 1804; major 97 foot 1816, placed on h.p. 25 Dec. 1818; L.G. 9 Nov. 1846. d. Lytham, Lancashire 31 Oct. 1851.

LLOYD, Bartholomew Clifford (2 son of rev. Bartholomew Lloyd 1772–1837, provost of Trinity college, Dublin 1831–7). b. 1808; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1828, M.A. 1832, LL.B. and LL.D. 1843; called to Irish bar 1830; chairman of quarter sessions for county of Waterford to death; Q.C. 9 Nov. 1852; author with F. Goold of Reports of cases in court of chancery in Ireland during the time of lord chancellor Sugden 1836; A selection of cases in court of chancery during the time of lord chancellor Plunket 1839. d. Crewe, Cheshire 28 April 1872.

LLOYD, Charles Dalton Clifford (eld. son of Robert Clifford Lloyd 1809–63). b. Portsmouth 13 Jany. 1844; ed. at Sandhurst; served in British Burmah police force 1865–72; barrister L.I. 7 June 1875; resident magistrate for co. Down 16 Feb. 1874 to May 1881; restored order in co. Longford, Jany. to May 1881; special resident magistrate at Kilmallock, co. Limerick, May 1881 to Sep. 1883, arrested Father Eugene Sheehy and other leaders of the land league, thus restoring order in co. Limerick 1881; inspector general of reforms in Egypt 1883 and under secretary of state 1884; formulated proposals for reform of prison management Jany. 1884, resigned office May 1884; resident magistrate in co. Londonderry 12 March 1885; lieutenant governor and colonial secretary Mauritius 23 Nov. 1885, transferred to the Seychelles, Aug. 1886, resigned 1887; British consul for Kurdistan 15 Sep. 1889 to death. d. of pleuro-pneumonia at Erzeroum 7 Jany. 1891. C. D. C. Lloyd’s Ireland under the land league: a narrative of personal experience (1892); Graphic xxv 417 (1882), portrait; I.L.N. lxxxiii 333 (1883), portrait.

LLOYD, Edward. Midshipman R.N. Sep. 1798; captain 19 July 1821, R.A. on h.p. 8 March 1852; awarded good service pension 19 March 1849; K.H. 1 Jany. 1834; F.R.S. 12 March 1818; (m. Aug. 1816 Colin Campbell youngest dau. of James Baillie of Ealing grove, Middlesex, M.P. for Horsham, she d. 8 Nov. 1830). He d. Priory cottage, Cheltenham 29 April 1855.

Note.—His wife was the lady on whose death the medical robber John St. John Long was prosecuted for manslaughter at the Old Bailey 19 Feb. 1831. Long d. 41 Harley st. London 2 July 1834 aged 35.

LLOYD, Edward. b. 30 Jany. 1780; partner in Jones, Lloyds & Co. bankers, Manchester and London, retired 25 Dec. 1848; a member of the Broughton Archers and present when they formed a body guard to the Queen at Holland house, Kensington. d. on anniversary of his birth, Coombe Wood, Croydon 30 Jany. 1863, personalty sworn under £600,000, 4 April. L. H. Grindon’s Manchester banks (1877) 150–9.

LLOYD, Edward (eld. son of Edward John Lloyd 1799–1879). Barrister L.I. 7 June 1858; reported for the Law Times in court of sir W. Page Wood; sec. to commissioners on the patent laws 1 Sep. 1862, the report is dated 29 July 1864; special correspondent of the Standard at Athens; author of The law of trade marks, with account of its history in the decisions of courts of law 1862; with his wife, children and other persons left Athens on 11 April 1870 to visit the plains of Marathon, and on same day was taken prisoner by brigands, who being pursued by troops, murdered him and other prisoners near Dhilissi 21 April 1870. bur. at Athens. I.L.N. lvi 557 (1870), portrait; Law Times, xlix 38 (1870); A.R. (1870) 39–42.

LLOYD, Edward. b. Thornton Heath near Croydon 16 Feb. 1815; bookseller and newsvendor at Curtain road, Shoreditch, London; compiled and published Lloyd’s Stenography 1833; published a monthly budget of news 1836; Lloyd’s Pickwickian songster 1840; Lloyd’s Reciter 1846; Lloyd’s Song book 1846, 3 ed. 1847; issued Lloyd’s Penny weekly miscellany 1842, which became Lloyd’s Entertaining Journal 1844 and lasted till 1847; issued Lloyd’s Penny Atlas 1842–5; brought out Lloyd’s Illustrated London Newspaper 27 Nov. 1842, 7 numbers only, but continued without illustrations as Lloyd’s Weekly London Newspaper, which now circulates half a million weekly; introduced the fast rotary printing machine 1870; established a large paper manufactory at Sittingbourne, Kent, producing 300 tons of paper a day about 1864; leased 100,000 acres of land in Algeria, grew Esparto grass there and imported it for papermaking. d. 17 Delahay st. Westminster 8 April 1890. bur. Highgate cemet., net value of his estate sworn at £563,022 May 1890. Hatton’s Journalistic London (1882) 188–94, portrait; Sell’s Dictionary of the world’s press (1891) 79–80, portrait; Graphic 19 April 1890 p. 444, portrait.

Note.—In Jany. 1855 he issued The business and agency gazette which became The Clerkenwell News, May 1856, the first district newspaper in London, the name was altered to The Clerkenwell News and London Times, Feb. 1866 when it was issued 5 times a week, it became a daily paper April 1866 and its name was altered to The London Daily Chronicle and Clerkenwell News 1869, the name Daily Chronicle was adopted 25 Nov. 1872, Lloyd bought the paper for £30,000 in 1876 and established it as a London daily paper after spending £150,000.

LLOYD, Edward John (2 son of Thomas Gore Lloyd, accountant general of H.E.I.C.) b. London 25 Feb. 1799; ed. at Blackheath and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825; barrister L.I. 1 Feb. 1825, bencher 23 April 1849 to death; Q.C. 23 Feb. 1849; judge of county courts, circuit 54, Bristol, Chipping Sodbury and Thornbury 18 Feb. 1863 to Sep. 1874 when he retired on a pension. d. Hillside, Upper Maize hill, St. Leonard’s on Sea 1 June 1879. bur. Ore cemetery, Hastings.

LLOYD, Edward Thomas. b. Sep. 1803; 2 lieut. R.E. 22 Sep. 1826, col. 20 April 1861, retired with hon. rank of M.G. 15 Feb. 1864; commanded R.E. at Constantinople 1855 and in the Crimea when docks at Sebastopol were destroyed under his directions April 1856. d. Maitland St. Clements, Jersey 12 June 1892.

LLOYD, Eusebius Arthur. b. 1794; ed. St. Bartholomew’s hospital, favourite pupil of Abernethy; assist. surgeon 1824 and surgeon 1847–61; M.R.C.S. 1817, F.R.C.S. 1843; often attended to Abernethy’s private practice for him; fellow of Med. and Chir. Soc. 1824, sec. 1827–8, V.P. 1838; took Abernethy’s house 14 Bedford row, London, where he had a large practice 1831–61; surgeon Christ’s hospital; introduced the cure of hydrocele by injecting red precipitate into the tunica vaginalis; the injection of nævi with liquor ammoniæ and the medium operation for lithotomy; author of A treatise on the nature and treatment of scrophula 1821. d. Ventnor, Isle of Wight 4 March 1862.

LLOYD, George William Aylmer. Entered Bengal army 1804; lieut. 2 Bengal N.I. 17 Sep. 1806; captain 71 N.I. 13 May 1825, major 3 June 1830 to 7 Jany. 1836; lieut.-col. of 52 N.I. 7 Jany. 1836, of 43 N.I. 1837, of 17 N.I. 1838 to 1840, of 25 N.I. 1840–41, of 28 N.I. 1841 to 27 Aug. 1847; col. of 28 N.I. 27 Aug. 1847 to death; commander of Rajpootana field force 21 Jany. 1848 to 1850, of Mooltan field force 1850 to 1851, of Agra field force 1851 to 1853; commanded Dinapore division 10 Nov. 1854 to 29 Oct. 1857; L.G. 2 June 1860; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842. d. Darjeeling 4 June 1865.

LLOYD, Horace (eld. son of John Horatio Lloyd 1798–1884). b. 1828; ed. at Caius coll. Camb., B.A. 1850; barrister M.T. 7 June 1852, bencher 1868 to death; Q.C. 21 Feb. 1868; a good whist, billiard and chessplayer, played at the Whitehall club and at Simpson’s divan; spent many of his vacations at Homburg and Baden Baden. d. 42 Sussex gardens, Hyde park, London 30 March 1874. Law Times, lvi 406 (1874); The Westminster Papers, vii 9, 15 (1874).

LLOYD, Horatio Frederick (son of Mr. Lloyd, hatter). b. Strand, London 9 Nov. 1808; first appeared theatre royal, Newcastle 1829; played in Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow 1829–32; commenced an engagement at the theatre royal, Edinburgh 1 Oct. 1832 and remained there 16 years; played in Glasgow 1848–51; manager theatre royal, Edinburgh 22 Nov. 1851 to 10 July 1852 when he was ruined; principal low comedian Dunlop st. theatre, Glasgow 1853–64; took his farewell of the stage at theatre royal, Glasgow, May 1889. d. Glasgow 28 Nov. 1889. bur. South necropolis, Glasgow 3 Dec.

Note.—He was educated at a school kept by a Mr. Shaw in Yorkshire, who was the Mr. Squeers of Nicholas Nickleby. Shaw is said really to have been a kind and considerate schoolmaster who was entirely ruined by Dickens’ description, he was buried in Greta Bridge churchyard.

LLOYD, Humphrey (brother of Bartholomew Clifford Lloyd 1808–72). b. Dublin 16 April 1800; entered Trin. coll. Dublin 1815, scholar 1818, B.A. 1819, M.A. 1827, D.D. 1840; junior fellow 1824, senior fellow 18 Sep. 1843 to March 1867; Erasmus Smith’s professor of natural and experimental philosophy 19 Dec. 1831 to 1843; established the existence of conical refraction in biaxial crystals 1833, also the law by which the polarisation of the rays composing the luminous cone is governed; manager of magnetic observatory of Trin. coll. Dublin for which he devised the instruments; vice provost of Trin. coll. Aug. 1862, provost Feb. 1867 to death; pres. of Royal Irish academy 1846–51, Cunningham gold medallist 1862; pres. of British Association at Dublin 1857; F.R.S. 21 Jany. 1836; F.R.S. Edinb. 27 Feb. 1832; D.C.L. Oxford 1855; granted German order ‘Pour le Merite’ 1874; author of A treatise on light and vision 1831; Account of the induction inclinometer 1842; Lectures on the wave theory of light 1841, 3 ed. 1873; Observations made at the magnetical observatory, Trinity college, Dublin 1865; Of the power of the keys or of the authority to bind and to loose 1873; A treatise on magnetism 1874; Miscellaneous papers 1877. d. the provost’s house, Trinity college, Dublin 17 Jany. 1881, bust by A. B. Joy placed in library of Trin. coll. 1892. Proc. of Royal soc. xxxi 21–6 (1881); Proc. of R.I. Academy, v 165–6 (1883); I.L.N. lxxviii 125 (1881), portrait.

LLOYD, Jacob Youde William (eld. son of Jacob Wm. Hinde of Ulverstone, Lancs.) b. 1816; ed. at Wadham coll. Oxf., B.A. 1839, M.A. 1874; C. of Banhaglog, Montgomeryshire 1841–8; joined Church of Rome; served in the Pontifical Zouaves; knight of order of St. Gregory, knight of the Saviour of Greece; assumed name of Lloyd in lieu of Hinde on inheriting property of Youde of Plasmadog, Denbighshire; restored parish church of Llangurig at cost of £10,000; author of The history of the princes, the lords marcher and the ancient nobility of Powys Fadog ... 6 vols. 1881–7 and several other genealogical works; resided Clochfaen, Montgomeryshire. d. Ventnor, Isle of Wight 14 Oct. 1887.

LLOYD, John Augustus (youngest son of John Lloyd of Lynn, Norfolk). b. London 1 May 1800; ed. at Tooting and Winchester; went to Tortola, aide de camp to the governor; a captain of engineers on staff of Simon Bolivar the liberator of Colombia, South America, became lieut.-col.; surveyed Isthmus of Panama for Bolivar and reported on best means of inter-oceanic communication 1827–9, the report appeared in Philos. Trans. 1830 pp. 59–68; F.R.S. 11 March 1830; scientifically employed by the admiralty and royal society; colonial civil engineer and surveyor general of Mauritius 31 Aug. 1831 to 4 April 1849; ascended the Peter Botte mountain, previously regarded as inaccessible 1832; special comr. for Exhibition of 1851, 9 July 1850; A.I.C.E. 1849, member of council; British chargé d’affaires in Bolivia 4 Dec. 1851; started on a mission to stir up the Circassians against Russia 13 May 1854; author of numerous scientific papers; his widow Fanny Drummond Lloyd was granted civil list pension of £100, 4 March 1856 and d. 28 Sep. 1856. He d. of cholera at Therapia 10 Oct. 1854. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xiv 161–5 (1855); I.L.N. xviii 623, 624 (1851), portrait.

LLOYD, John Frederick (brother of Humphry Lloyd 1800–81). b. 1810; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1832, M.A. 1835; C. of Kilmore 1840–8; fellow of St. John’s coll. Auckland, New Zealand 1849–53; Inc. of St. Paul, Auckland 1853–65; archdeacon of Waitemata, Auckland 1865–70; R. of Kirk-Ireton, Derbyshire 1870–4; R. of Newton Wold, Lincs. 1874 to death. d. 8 Sep. 1875.

LLOYD, John Horatio (son of John Lloyd, attorney and prothonotary of the counties of Chester and Flint). b. Stockport 1 Sep. 1798; ed. Stockport gram. sch. and Queen’s coll. Oxf., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1824; fellow of Brasenose coll. 1823–6; barrister I.T. 6 May 1826; M.P. Stockport 1832–4; chief authority on legal matters connected with railways, devised the securities known as Lloyd’s Bonds before 1864, without which many railways could not have been constructed; by his advice the new company for laying the Atlantic cable was formed 1860; retired from practice 1876; A.I.C.E. 1860, member of council 1867–8; author with F. M. Danson of Reports of cases relating to commerce, manufactures, &c. in courts of common law 1828–29. 1830; author with W. N. Welsby of Reports of cases relating to commerce, manufacture, &c. determined in the courts of common law 1829 and 1830. 1829–30; edited third ed. of W. Paley’s A treatise on the law of principal and agent 1833. d. 100 Lancaster gate, London 18 July 1884. bur. Hendon 23 July. Min. of proc. of I.C.E. lxxviii 450–4 (1884); Law Times, xxxix 538, 551 (1864).

LLOYD, Joseph Skipp. Adjutant of corps of Gentlemen at Arms 5 May 1852 to 10 April 1856. d. Brighton 25 March 1891.

LLOYD, Julius (son of Francis Lloyd, manufacturer, London). b. 10 Sep. 1830; ed. at Blackheath and Trin. coll. Camb., scholar 3 May 1851; 22 wrangler 1852, B.A. 1852, M.A. 1855; C. of Brentwood, Essex 1855–7; C. of St. Peter, Wolverhampton 1858–62; C. of Trysull, Staffs. 1862–6; C. of St. Peter, Pimlico, London 1866–8; V. of High Cross, Herts. 1868–71; Inc. of St. John, Greenock 1871–80; R. of St. Ann, Manchester 1880–6; V. of Leesfield, Lancs. 1886–91; hon. canon of Manchester 1886–91; canon residentiary of Manchester 1891 to death; R. of St. Philip, Salford 1891 to death; exam. chaplain to bishop of Manchester 1881 to death; author of The life of sir Philip Sydney 1862; An analysis of the first eleven chapters of the book of Genesis with reference to the Hebrew grammar of Gesenius 1869; Christian politics, a study of the principles of politics according to the New Testament 1877; History of the English church 1879; Sermons on the prophets of the Old Testament 1889 and 15 other books. d. just as he had finished addressing a meeting of the Church Day schools association in Manchester town hall 27 May 1892.

LLOYD, Llewelyn. b. 1792; resided over 20 years in the north of Europe; author of Field sports of the north of Europe 2 vols. 1830; Scandinavian adventures, with account of northern fauna 2 vols. 1854; The game birds and wild fowl of Sweden and Norway, with an account of the seals and salt water fishes 1867; Peasant life in Sweden 1870. d. near Gothenbergh, Sweden 17 Feb. 1876.

LLOYD, Ridgway Robert Syers Christian Codner (son of Francis Brown Lloyd, surgeon). b. Devonport 20 Dec. 1842; studied at Guy’s hospital, M.R.C.S. and L.S.A. 1866; house surgeon in Peterborough infirmary 1867–70; practised at St. Albans 1870 to death; author of An account of the altars, monuments and tombs existing 1428 in St. Albans’ abbey. By J. Amundesham, translated from the Latin. St. Albans 1873 and of many papers on archæological subjects. d. from typhoid fever at Bricket road, St. Albans 1 June 1884.

LLOYD, Robert Clifford (brother of John Frederick Lloyd 1810–75). b. 1809; ensign 76 foot 30 Dec. 1826, lieut.-col. 17 July 1857; lieut.-col. 68 foot 8 July 1859, sold out 2 Dec. 1862; brevet colonel 9 Sep. 1859. d. Avignon, France, Jany.-March 1863.

LLOYD, Sampson (7 son of Samuel Lloyd of Birmingham, banker). b. Birmingham 7 June 1808; held quarter share in firm of Lloyds, Fosters & Co. colliers 1835 to Jany. 1867 when business was transferred to Patent shaft and axletree company limited, vice chairman and manager of it 1867–73; A.I.C.E. 7 April 1857; one of founders of Institution of mechanical engineers at Birmingham 1847. d. Areley house near Stourport 26 Sep. 1874. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxxix 292 (1875).

LLOYD, Thomas. b. Portsea 29 Oct. 1803; ed. at school of naval architecture 1819–26; inspector of steam machinery at Woolwich 19 Jany. 1833; chief engineer at Woolwich 16 Nov. 1842 to 6 April 1847; a chief engineer of the navy 6 April 1847 to 1869; C.B. 25 Aug. 1868; M.I.C.E. 18 May 1841. d. 84 Finchley road, Hampstead 23 March 1875. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xli 217–20 (1875).

LLOYD, Sir Thomas Davies, 1 Baronet (eld. son of Thomas Lloyd of Bronwydd, co. Cardigan, d. 18 June 1845). b. Swansea 23 May 1820; ed. at Sunbury, Harrow and Ch. Ch. Oxf.; cornet 13 light dragoons 2 Oct. 1840; ensign 82 foot 14 July 1843, sold out 1846; sheriff of co. Cardigan 1850; created a baronet 21 Jany. 1863; M.P. Cardiganshire 1865–8; M.P. district of Cardigan 1864–74. d. Bronwydd, co. Cardigan 21 July 1877.

LLOYD, T. G. B. (1 son of Dr. Lloyd of Birmingham). b. 15 Aug. 1829; civil engineer; employed surveying in Spain, the United States, Canada and Newfoundland; investigated the documents and traditions of the extinct Beothucs or Red Indians of Newfoundland and sent three papers to the Proceedings of the Anthropological Institute; made investigations on recent and fossil beavers; F.G.S. 1864. d. 3 Feb. 1876. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. xxxii 87–8 (1876).

LLOYD, Sir William (eld. son of Richard Middleton Massie Lloyd of Brynestyn near Wrexham, Denbighshire). b. Wrexham 1782; sheriff of Denbighshire 1829; knighted at St. James’s palace 18 July 1838. d. Llandudno near Conway 16 May 1857.

LLOYD, William Forster (only son of rev. Wm. Lloyd of Bradenham, Bucks.) b. Bradenham 1794; ed. at Westminster 1806–12, captain 1811–2, student of Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1812–37; B.A. 1815, M.A. 1818; Greek reader 1823; Drummond professor of political economy 1832–7; F.R.S. 10 April 1834; was in holy orders; author of Prices of corn in Oxford in the beginning of the fourteenth century, also from 1583 to present time. Oxford 1830; Two lectures on the checks to population. Oxford 1833; Four lectures on poor laws 1835; Two lectures on the justice of poor laws and one lecture on rent 1837. d. Prestwood, Missenden, Bucks. 2 June 1852.

LLOYD, William Freeman. b. Uley, Gloucs. 22 Dec. 1791; engaged in commercial pursuits in London to 1825; sec. of Sunday school union 1810; on committee of Religious tract society 1816; with others edited The Youths’ magazine 1805; author of The Bible catechism, all the answers being in the exact words of scripture 1822, 4 ed. 1830; Sketch of the life of R. Raikes and of the history of Sunday schools 1826; Catechisms for the young 1850; Scripture selections for the young 1850. d. King’s Stanley, Gloucs. 22 April 1853. G.M. xxxix 668 (1853).

LLOYD, William Henry Cynric (4 son of Bell Lloyd of Woodstock, d. July 1845). b. 1802; ed. at Jesus coll. Oxf., scholar 1819–29; B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825; V. of Ronton, Staffs. 1826–49; R. of Norbury, Staffs. 1826–49; archdeacon of Durban 1869 to death. d. The Glebe, Port Natal 3 Jany. 1881.

LLUELLYN, Sir Richard (son of Richard Lluellyn of South Witham, co. Lincoln). b. 1783; entered army as captain with temporary rank 1799, served as such in 52 foot in Spain and the Mediterranean 1800–1801, placed on h.p. 1802; purchased an ensigncy dated July 1802; captain 28 foot 28 Feb. 1805 to 25 Feb. 1817 when placed on half pay; served in Peninsula and Netherlands; colonel of 39 foot 17 Jany. 1853 to death; general 18 Jany. 1861; C.B. 22 June 1815, K.C.B. 10 Nov. 1862. d. 20 Montagu sq. London 7 Dec. 1867.

LOBB, Harry William. b. 1829; L.S.A. and M.R.C.S. 1850; surgeon London Galvanic hospital; surgeon St. Andrew’s hospital, Well st. London 1884 to death; author of Hygiene or the book of health 1855; On some of the more obscure forms of nervous affections 1858; A popular treatise on curative electricity 1867, 3 ed. 1873; Hypogastria of the male 1871, 3 ed. 1880; Nervous exhaustion, dyspepsia and diabetes 1872. d. 66 Russell sq. London 20 Jany. 1889.

LOCCO, Signor. b. Palermo 1798; painter to the court of Naples; resided at intervals in England 1849 to death; painted miniatures on ivory of the Queen and prince and princess of Wales; painted on ivory the head of Christ and ‘The End of the world.’ d. Cardiff 14 Feb. 1889.

LOCH, Francis Adam Ellis. b. 3 May 1827; cornet 1 Bombay cavalry 9 Oct. 1844, captain 29 May 1857; lieut.-col. Bombay staff corps 7 April 1870; commandant of Sind frontier force 1873–6; brigadier general Bombay 10 May 1877; placed on unemployed supernumerary list 4 March 1887; general 22 Jany. 1889; C.B. 29 May 1875. d. 2 Albany gardens, King’s road, Richmond, Surrey 27 July 1891.

LOCH, Francis Erskine. b. April 1788; entered navy 1 Sep. 1799, captain 29 Sep. 1814; naval aide de camp to the queen 4 May 1847 to 2 Sep. 1850; R.A. 2 Sep. 1850, V.A. 14 May 1857, admiral on h.p. 16 June 1862, pensioned 25 June 1863. d. 2 Lansdown crescent, Cheltenham 13 Feb. 1868.

LOCH, George (brother of the succeeding). b. London 6 July 1811; ed. at the Charterhouse; barrister M.T. 28 May 1847, bencher 17 Nov. 1863 to death, treasurer 1875; Q.C. 20 June 1863; attorney general to prince of Wales 18 April 1873 to death; contested Falkirk 14 Feb. 1851 and Manchester 9 July 1852; M.P. Wick burghs 1868–72. d. The Cottage, Bishopsgate, Staines 18 Aug. 1877.

LOCH, Granville Gower (2 son of James Loch of Drylaw 1780–1855). b. 28 Feb. 1813; entered navy 23 Feb. 1826; captain 26 Aug. 1841; extra aide de camp to sir Hugh Gough in China 1842; visited India 1843; commanded the Alarm frigate in West Indies 1846–9; sent to coast of Nicaragua, Feb. 1848 to enforce redress for certain outrages, carried and dismantled a fort at Serapaqui, the demands were conceded and a treaty arranged; C.B. 30 May 1848; captain of the Winchester 50 guns the flagship on China and East Indian station 16 March 1852 to death; author of The closing events of the campaign in China, the operations in the Yang-tze-Kiang and the treaty of Nanking 1843; led a joint naval and military expedition against Nya-Myat-Toon a Burmese robber chief at Donablew; shot through the body 4 Feb. and d. 6 Feb. 1853. bur. at Rangoon, memorial monu. in St. Paul’s cath. London.

LOCH, James (eld. son of George Loch of Drylaw, Mid-Lothian). b. 7 May 1780; admitted advocate 1801; barrister L.I. 15 Nov. 1806; auditor to marquess of Stafford, to lord Francis Egerton, to earl of Carlisle and others; carried out the Sutherlandshire clearings 1811–20, by which 15,000 crofters were removed from inland to the sea-coast; M.P. St. Germans 1827–30, M.P. Wick burghs 1830–52, contested the seat 26 July 1852; F.G.S., F.S.S. and F.Z.S.; author of An account of the improvements on the estate of Sutherland 1815, another ed. 1820; Memoir of George Granville late duke of Sutherland 1834. d. 12 Albemarle st. London 5 July 1855.

LOCH, John (brother of preceding). b. 8 Sep. 1781; served in naval service of H.E.I.Co. to 1821 when he retired; in command of H.E.I. Co.’s ship Scaleby castle beat off the Piedmontese a French frigate of 44 guns 1808; a director of H.E.I.Co. 1821–54, deputy chairman 1828 and 1836, chairman 1829 and 1833; M.P. for Hythe 26 March 1830 to 3 Dec. 1832. d. at the res. of his son in law, the Hall, Bushey, Herts. 19 Feb. 1868. G.M. v 679 (1868); I.L.N. xvi 184 (1850), portrait.

Note.—On the 15 March 1837 he was dangerously wounded with a knife in a murderous attack made upon him at the India house, Leadenhall st. London by a man called Kearney who had been employed as a conductor of ordnance in India. Kearney destroyed himself by poison in Giltspur street compter in March 1837. Annual Register 1837 p. 26.

LOCHORE, Robert. b. Strathaven, Lanarkshire 7 July 1762; a shoemaker 1775, a master shoemaker at Glasgow; founded Glasgow annuity society 4 Jany. 1808; edited the Kilmarnock Mirror about 1817; an intimate acquaintance of Robert Burns; published two poetical tracts Willie’s Vision 1795 and The Foppish Taylor 1796; author of Tales in rhyme and minor pieces about 1815, anon.; his song ‘Now, Jenny, lass, my bonnie bird,’ has been attributed to Burns. d. Glasgow 27 April 1852. J. Grant Wilson’s Poets of Scotland, i 382–6 (1876); C. Rogers’s Modern Scottish Minstrel, iv 91–7 (1857).

LOCHRANE, Osborne Augustus. b. Middleton, Armagh, Ireland 22 Aug. 1829; arrived in New York 21 Dec. 1846; studied law at Athens, Georgia, admitted to the bar 1849; in practice in Savannah, March 1850, removed to Macon, Oct. 1850; judge of the Macon circuit Sep. 1861 to 1865; judge of Atlanta circuit Aug. 1870; chief judge of the supreme court of Georgia, Jany. 1871, resigned Dec. 1871; attorney for Pullman palace car co.; many of his speeches and orations were published. d. Atlanta, Georgia 17 June 1887.

LOCK, George. b. Dorchester, Feb. 1832; articled to an agricultural chemist at Salisbury to 1853; partner with E. Ward as booksellers at 158 Fleet st. London 1854–66, removed to 1 Amen Corner and 107 Dorset st. 1866, then to newly erected premises called Warwick house in Salisbury sq. 1878, Charles Tyler became a partner in 1865 when the firm was Ward, Lock and Tyler for a few years; published Webster’s Speller, Milner and Downer’s Atlases, an edition of Webster’s Dictionary 1856, educational works and books for children; purchased S. O. Beeton’s stock and copyrights for £1900 Sep. 1866, Edward Moxon & Co.’s publications 1877 and William Tegg’s publications about 1882, the firm of Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co. was converted into a limited liability co. April 1893. d. 7 Warltersville road, Hornsey Rise, London 8 Aug. 1891. The Bookseller 5 Sep. 1891 pp. 836–7; Athenæum 15 Aug. 1891 p. 224.

LOCKE, John (only son of John Locke of Herne Hill, Surrey, surveyor). b. London 1805; ed. at Dulwich coll. and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832; barrister I.T. 3 May 1833, bencher 24 Nov. 1857 to death, reader 1870, treasurer 1871; one of common pleaders of City of London 13 March 1845 to June 1857; Q.C. 23 June 1857; recorder of Brighton 19 April 1861 to June 1879; contested Hastings 9 July 1852; M.P. for Southwark 31 March 1857 to death; author of The game laws, comprising all the acts now in force 1840, 5 ed. 1866; The law and practice of foreign attachment in the lord mayor’s court 1853. d. 63 Eaton place, London 28 Jany. 1880. I.L.N. xxx 479 (1857), portrait, lxxvi 157 (1880), portrait.

LOCKE, Joseph (youngest son of Wm. Locke, colliery manager). b. Attercliffe near Sheffield 9 Aug. 1805; articled to George Stephenson, civil engineer, Newcastle 1823, aided him in construction of Manchester and Liverpool railway opened 14 Sep. 1830; constructed the following lines, Grand Junction 1835–7, London and Southampton 1836–40, Sheffield and Manchester 1836–40, Paris to Rouen 1841–3, Rouen to Havre 1843; partner with John Edward Errington 1840, they constructed the Caledonian railway 1848 and a line from Mantes to Caen and Cherbourg 1852 for which Locke was created an officer of Legion of Honour; originated the double-headed rail, first used on the Grand Junction railway; designed the Crewe engine in which all the parts were capable of fitting any engine; F.R.S. 22 Feb. 1838; pres. of Instit. of C.E. 1858–60; M.P. Honiton, Devon 28 July 1847 to death; purchased manor of Honiton including all the borough for £80,000 Aug. 1846; his widow presented to town of Barnsley, Yorkshire, the Locke park about 1869, where is statue of him by Marochetti. d. Moffat, Dumfries 18 Sep. 1860. bur. Kensal Green cemet., memorial window in Westminster abbey. J. Devey’s Life of Joseph Locke (1862), portrait; Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xx 141–8 (1861).

LOCKER, Arthur (youngest son of Edward Hawke Locker, F.R.S.) b. Greenwich hospital, Kent 2 July 1828; ed. at Charterhouse and Pemb. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1851; resided in Australia and in India; contributed reviews to The Times 1865–70; edited The Graphic from May or June 1870 till December 1891 when he went to Madeira for his health; translated V. M. Hugo’s The history of a crime 1877; printed Mrs. Ralph Greening’s First lodger in A. Halliday’s Savage Club papers 1868 pp. 100–17; author of Sir Goodwin’s folly 3 vols. 1864; Sweet seventeen 3 vols. 2 ed. 1866; On a coral reef 1869; Stephen Scudamore 1871; The village surgeon 1874. d. 19 West-hill, Highgate, London 23 June 1893. I.L.N. 19 Dec. 1891 p. 791, portrait.

LOCKHART, Allan Eliott (2 son of William Eliott Lockhart, M.P. Selkirkshire, d. 1832). b. 1803; ed. at univ. of Edinb.; advocate 1824; M.P. Selkirkshire 1846–61; lord lieut. of Selkirkshire 19 Nov. 1867 to death. d. Borthwickbrae, Hawick 15 March 1878.

LOCKHART, Archibald Inglis. b. 1810; ensign 92 foot 31 Dec. 1828; commanded a field force in Central India 2 Aug. to 17 Sep. 1858, including the action near Rajhghar; commanded a brigade in Central India field force 18 Sep. to 6 Dec. 1858; lieut.-col. 26 Dec. 1857 to 14 March 1865 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877; C.B. 21 March 1859. d. Edinburgh 17 Sep. 1879.

LOCKHART, John Gibson (2 son of rev. John Lockhart 1761–1842, minister of Cambusnethan). b. in the manse of Cambusnethan 14 July 1794; ed. at high sch. and univ. of Glasgow 1805–9; Snell exhibitioner at Balliol coll. Oxf. 1809, B.C.L. 1817, D.C.L. 1834; an advocate 1816; contributed to Blackwood’s Mag. from Oct. 1817; edited The Quarterly Review, Oct. 1825 to April 1853, wrote more than 100 articles; lived at 24 Sussex place, Regent’s park 1826 to 1853; superintended Murray’s ‘Family Library’ from 1829, for which he wrote the first work History of Napoleon Buonaparte 2 vols. 1829, anon.; barrister L.I. 22 Nov. 1831; auditor of the duchy of Lancaster 1843 to death; edited Motteux’s translation of Don Quixote 5 vols. 1822; author of Peter’s Letters to his kinsfolk. By Peter Morris the Odontist. 3 vols. 1819; Valerius, a Roman story 1821; Some passages in the life of Mr. Adam Blair 1822, anon.; Reginald Dalton, a story of English university life 1823; Ancient Spanish ballads translated 1823, several editions; The history of Matthew Wald 1824, a novel, anon.; Life of Robert Burns 1828, 8 ed. 1888; History of the late war 1832; Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott 7 vols. 1837–8, 4 ed. 1850; The Ballantyne humbug handled 1839. d. Abbotsford, Roxburghshire 25 Nov. 1854. bur. next Sir Walter Scott in Dryburgh abbey. Law Review, xxi 354–6 (1855); Quarterly Review, Oct. 1864 pp. 439–82; J. G. Lockhart’s Ancient Spanish ballads (1856) memoir 7 leaves, portrait; H. Martineau’s Biographical Sketches 4 ed. (1876) 344–52; Bookseller, Aug. 1860 pp. 505–8; National Review, iii 745–62 (1884); Maclise Portrait Gallery (1883) 7–13, portrait; I.L.N. xxv 559, 564 (1854), portrait.

LOCKHART, Laurence (brother of the preceding). b. 1796; presbyterian minister Inchinnan 13 Jany. 1822; D.D. of Glasgow univ. 1 May 1849; succeeded to Milton-Lockhart estate 1857; author of Address to the people of Inchinnan 1843; Facts for the times. Paisley 1843; Facts not fiction, address to the people of Inchinnan 1843; Facts not falsehood. By a Parish Minister 1845; Answer to the protest of the Free church 1846. d. 1876. H. Scott’s Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, vol. 2 part 1 p. 221 (1868).

LOCKHART, Laurence William Maxwell (2 son of the preceding). b. 1831; entered Glasgow univ. 1845 and Caius coll. Camb. 1850, B.A. 1855, M.A. 1861; ensign 92 foot 9 Feb. 1855, captain 19 Jany. 1864, sold out 12 Sep. 1865, served in Crimean war 1855–6; major 2nd royal Lanark militia 7 June 1870, lieut.-col. 8 April 1877 to death; Times correspondent for Franco-German war July 1870; with the French army at battle of Forbach, then with the German army; author of Doubles and Quits 2 vols. 1869; Fair to see 3 vols. 1871; and Mine is thine 3 vols. 1878, novels reprinted from Blackwood’s Mag. d. Mentone, France 23 March 1882. Blackwood’s Mag. April 1882 pp. 675–80.

LOCKHART, William (brother of Laurence Lockhart 1796–1876). b. 1787; M.P. co. Lanark 1841 to death; dean of faculties of univ. of Glasgow 1853 to death; lieut.-col. commandant Lanarkshire yeomanry cavalry. d. Milton-Lockhart 25 Nov. 1856.

LOCKHART, William (only son of rev. Alexander Lockhart d. 1831, V. of Stone, Bucks. 1821–30). b. at Warlingham, Surrey 22 Aug. 1819; ed. at Exeter coll. Oxf., B.A. 1842; joined John Henry Newman at Littlemore 1842; received into church of Rome, Aug. 1843, being the first of the tractarians who went over; studied under the Rosminians in Rome 1843–5; entered the Order of Charity 1845, procurator general; R. of St. Etheldreda’s, Ely place, Holborn, London 1876 to death, which he purchased for £5,300 and restored at cost of £6,000; edited The Lamp when renamed The Illust. Catholic mag. 5 vols. 1871–3; author of The communion of saints, or our relation to the Virgin, the angels and the saints 3 ed. 1869; Non possumus or the temporal sovereignty of the Pope 1870, 2 ed. 1870; Life of Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, vol. 2, 1886; Cardinal Newman, a reminiscence of 50 years 1891; found dead in his bed at the Presbytery, St. Etheldreda’s, Holborn, London 15 May 1892. The Biograph, iv 432–3 (1880).

LOCKWOOD, Adolphus Raven. b. 1841; ed. by Frederick Chatterton; patronised by duke of Cambridge; with his brother and sister Ernest and Fanny Lockwood first appeared as harpists at Hanover sq. rooms, London, May 1847, music written for them and taught them by Gerhard Taylor; harpist to king of Bavaria. d. Munich 22 Jany. 1885. I.L.N. xii 106 (1848), portrait.

LOCKWOOD, Frederick Vernon (2 son of Thomas Lockwood of Dan-y-Craig, Glamorganshire). b. 1803; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1824, M.A. 1828; C. of Sturry, Kent 1826; R. of Musham, Kent 7 March 1827 to 21 Jany. 1840; preb. of Lincoln 24 Jany. 1828 to March 1845; chaplain to House of Commons 1830–2; canon of Canterbury 16 Nov. 1838 to death; V. of Minster in Thanet 21 Jany. 1840 to death. d. the Precincts, Canterbury 1 July 1851. bur. in the cathedral 5 July.

LOCKWOOD, Sir George Henry (brother of the preceding). b. 25 March 1804; ed. at Eton; cornet 3 light dragoons 10 March 1825, lieut.-col. 9 Nov. 1846, placed on h.p. 12 May 1853; served in Afghanistan 1842 and the Punjaub 1848–9; commanded a brigade at battle of Goojerat; A.D.C. to the Queen 2 Aug. 1850 to 27 Nov. 1874; col. 12 lancers 12 March 1861 to 1 Jany. 1872; col. 3 hussars 1 Jany. 1872 to death; general 22 Oct. 1870; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842, K.C.B. 13 March 1867. d. 18 Wilton st. Belgrave sq. London 15 April 1884.

LOCKWOOD, Henry Francis. b. Doncaster 1811; articled to Peter Robinson, London; superintended rebuilding of York castle 1832; commenced practice at Hull 1834; removed to Bradford 1849, in partnership with William and Richard Mawsom, built Bradford town hall, the Exchange and Airedale coll.; erected rifle factory at Enfield Lock 1856; removed to London 1874, competed for the law courts, built the City Temple 1874 and Inns of court hotel 1866; architect to sir Titus Salt at Saltaire; author with A. H. Cates of The history and antiquities of the fortifications to the city of York 1834. d. Heron court, Richmond, Surrey 20 July 1878. The Builder 27 July 1878 p. 788.

LOCKWOOD, Mark (son of Mr. Lockwood a farmer near Leeds). b. 25 April 1798; employed by his uncle Benjamin Crosby of Stationers’ hall court, London, bookseller 1812–14 and by his successors Simpkin and Marshall 1814–35, admitted a partner with them 1835, superintended the buying department and country trade 1839 to death; became the greatest book buyer in the world. d. 16 Highbury place, Islington 23 Nov. 1857. bur. Highgate cemetery 28 Nov. G.M. iv 106 (1858).

LOCKYER, Henry Frederick. b. 1797; ensign 71 foot 25 March 1813; lieut. 3 foot 1820, captain 1822; major 97 foot 26 June 1835, lieut.-col. 26 Oct. 1841 to 26 Oct. 1858; commanded forces in Ceylon 1855–60; M.G. 26 Oct. 1858; K.H. 1837; C.B. 4 Feb. 1856; granted distinguished service reward 9 Feb. 1855. d. on board steamship Ripon on his way home from Ceylon 30 Aug. 1860.

LOCKYER, Thomas. b. Old Town, Croydon, Surrey 1 Nov. 1826; a bricklayer; the best wicket keeper of his day, a hard hitter with a wonderful eye, a round-arm fast bowler; first played at Lord’s in Middlesex v. Surrey 20 May 1850; manager of the Surrey county eleven and United England eleven matches; landlord of Prince Albert inn, Mitcham road, Croydon 8 Feb. 1860 to 1863; landlord of Sheldon Arms inn, Croydon 17 Nov. 1865 to death. d. Sheldon Arms inn, Whitgift st. Croydon 22 Dec. 1869. bur. Ch. Ch. Broad Green, Croydon. F. Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores, iv 114 (1863); Sporting Review, lxiii 11 (1870); Illust. sporting news, iii 329 (1864), portrait; Illust. Times 10 Aug. 1861 p. 93, portrait; R. Daft’s Kings of cricket (1893) 36, portrait.

LOCOCK, Sir Charles, 1 Baronet (3 son of Henry Locock, M.D. 1763–1843). b. Northampton 21 April 1799; resident private pupil of sir Benjamin Brodie in London; M.D. Edinb. 1821; L.R.C.P. Lond. 1823, F.R.C.P. 1836, member of council 1840–2; had the best practice in London as an obstetric physician; physician to Westminster Lying-in hospital many years; fellow of university of London 1836 to death; first physician accoucheur to the Queen 1840–75, attended at birth of all her children; created a baronet 5 May 1857; F.R.S.; pres. of Royal Med. and Chir. Soc. 1857; discovered the efficacy of bromide of potassium in epilepsy 1857; contested Isle of Wight 22 July 1865; D.C.L. Oxf. 1868; resided 26 Hertford st. Mayfair, London. d. Binstead, Isle of Wight 23 July 1875. bur. Kensal Green cemet. 28 July. Munk’s College of Physicians, iii 270 (1878); I.L.N. lxvii 119, 124, 239 (1875), portrait; Graphic, xii 123 (1875), portrait.

LOCOCK, Sidney (3 son of the preceding). b. 9 Hanover sq. London 14 May 1834; unpaid attaché at Athens 7 May 1853; secretary of legation in Japan 1865, at the Hague 1868; secretary of embassy at Constantinople 1872; minister resident and consul general to republics of Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Salvador 23 May 1874 to 12 Feb. 1881; minister resident in Servia 16 April 1881; appointed envoy extraord. and min. plenipo. to emperor of Brazil 11 Feb. 1885 but did not proceed. d. 22 Southwick st. Hyde park, London 30 Aug. 1885. Foreign Office List (1886) 213.

LODER, Edward James (eld. son of John David Loder, violinist 1788–1846). b. Bath 1813; pupil of Ferdinand Ries at Frankfort 1826–34; composed music for J. S. Arnold’s drama Nourjahad produced at English opera house, London, July 1834; musical director at Princess’s theatre about 1846–50, then conductor at Manchester; composed the operas of The Dice of Death 1835, The Foresters 1845, The Deerstalkers 1845, The Night Dancers produced at Princess’s Oct. 1846, revived there 1850, and at Covent Garden 1860; Raymond and Agnes produced at Manchester 1855 and at St. James’s theatre London 1859 and other operas; published three sets of Songs 1837–8; his name is attached to 150 pieces of music; author of First principles of singing 1838; The modern pianoforte tutor 18—, new ed. 1870. d. London 5 April 1865. I.L.N. xxxiii 491 (1858), portrait.

Note.—He m. a dau. of the choral conductor at Covent Garden, she was b. London 1813, ed. at R. Academy of music, went to U.S. of America in 1840 and made her debut with Braham at a concert in the Tabernacle, New York, Nov. 1840, sang for 8 seasons at the Old Philharmonic and Assembly concert rooms taking soprano parts; a teacher of music and singing 1870–80. d. New York 28 Feb. 1880.

LODER, George (son of George Loder of Bath, flute-player). b. Bath about 1816; resided at Baltimore, U.S. of America, some years; musical director of Olympic theatre, New York 1839; principal of New York vocal institute 1844; conductor for Anna Bishop at Adelaide 1856; conductor with Lyster’s opera troupe; organist, vocalist, conductor and composer in London 1860; published in 1861 his comic operetta Pets of the Parterre, which had been produced at Lyceum theatre; published his musical entertainment The old house at home 1862; The New York glee book 1844 contains several part-songs by him; published The middle voice 1860, 12 solfeggi, and various separate songs. d. the hospital, Adelaide, S. Australia 15 July 1868.

LODER, Giles. b. 9 Oct. 1786; Russia merchant at 5 Adam’s court, Old Broad st. City of London 1839; purchased estate of Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, from Lord Southampton’s trustees for £335,000. d. 1 Clarendon place, Hyde park gardens, London 19 Aug. 1871, personalty sworn under £3,000,000, 31 Aug. I.L.N. 9 Sep. 1871 p. 235.

LODER, John Fawcett (brother of Edward James Loder 1813–65). b. 1812; orchestral leader and manager of concerts at Bath; violinist in London, and leader of concerts and festivals; played the viola in Dando’s quartet at Crosby hall, London 1842–53. d. Hawley crescent, London 16 April 1853. Grove’s Dict. of Music, i 429, ii 159 (1879–80).

LODER, Sir Robert, 1 Baronet (son of Giles Loder 1786–1871). b. 7 Aug. 1823; ed. Emmanuel coll. Camb.; inherited from his father the income of nearly two and a half millions of money, with power of appointment among his children, besides estates 1871; sheriff of Northampton 1877; M.P. Shoreham 1880–5; cr. baronet 27 July 1887; had estates in England, Russia and Sweden; a scientific farmer. d. Beach house, Worthing 27 May 1888, leaving more than £2,500,000 personalty.

LODGE, Robert John. b. April 1810; manager of Marine Insurance Co. 1839–88; salved from wreck of Royal Charter in 1859 £322,103 at a cost of 5⅓ per cent., and from the wreck of the Alfonso XII. in 1885 £90,000 from a depth of 26⅔ fathoms, these and other successes revolutionized the premium rate on specie; presented with a farewell address signed by 20 marine insurance companies and 60 members of Lloyd’s 1888; treasurer of Highgate literary and scientific institution. d. 7 The Grove, Highgate 1 April 1893.

LODWICK, Peter. Entered Bombay army 1799; lieut. marine battalion 26 May 1800, captain 23 May 1811; captain 11 N.I. 1818; lieut.-col. 6 N.I. 182- to 1829 or 1830; lieut.-col. 3 N.I. 1829 or 1830 to 1831; lieut.-col. 4 N.I. 1831 to 18 April 1833; lieut.-col. 11 N.I. 18 April 1833 to 1835 or 1836; lieut.-col. 20 N.I. 1835 or 1836 to 28 June 1838; col. 16 N.I. 9 Nov. 1840 to 1869; general 25 Jany. 1861. d. Bagnéres de Bigorre, France 28 Aug. 1873. Report of proceedings in case of The King, on the prosecution of J. Asplin v. Lodwick for a libel 1810.

LOEWE, Louis. b. of Jewish parents at Zülz Prussian Silesia 1809; ed. at univ. of Berlin, Ph. D.; travelled in the East 1836–9; lecturer on oriental languages to Duke of Sussex 1839; went to the East 13 times as secretary with sir Moses Montefiore 1839–74; principal of Jews’ College, Finsbury sq. London 1856; opened a Jewish boarding school at Brighton 1858; naturalised in England 12 July 1862; principal of the Judith theological college at Ramsgate 1868–88; member of Numismatic Soc. 27 Feb. 1845 and a contributor to the Chronicle 1856 etc.; translated J. B. Levinsohn’s Efés Dammim Conversations at Jerusalem 1841; author of A dictionary of the Circassian language 1854; edited Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore 2 vols. 1890. d. 53 Warwick road, Maida hill, London 5 Nov. 1888. Morais’s Eminent Israelites (1880) 208–11; Numismatic Chronicle 3 Series vol. ix Proceedings 22–3 (1889).

LOFFT, Capel (4 son of Capel Lofft, miscellaneous writer 1751–1824). b. Troston hall, Suffolk 19 Feb. 1806; ed. at Eton 1814–25, and King’s coll. Camb., fellow to 1837, Craven univ. scholar 1827, B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832; barrister M.T. 6 June 1834; author of Self-Formation, or the history of an individual mind. By A fellow of a college 2 vols. 1837; Ernest 1839, anon., a poem, 2 ed. with title of Ernest the rule of right 1868; New Testament, suggestions for reformation of Greek text. By R. E. Storer (i.e. Restorer) 1868; published at New York in 1861 an edition of the Self-Communion of Marcus Antoninus, with notes. d. at his estate Millmead in Virginia, U.S. of A. 1 Oct. 1873.

LOFTHOUSE, Mary (dau. of Thomas B. W. Forster of Holt Manor, Wiltshire, landscape painter). b. 1853; water-colour painter; her pictures were exhibited at the exhibition of lady artists, Great Marlborough st. London; exhibited 4 landscapes at R.A. 1876–80; an associate of Royal Soc. of painters in water-colours 1884; (m. 3 June 1884 Samuel Hill Smith Lofthouse, barrister L.I. 7 June 1869). d. Elmbank, Lower Halliford-on-Thames 2 May 1885.

LOFTUS, Arthur John (only son of Arthur Loftus, captain R.N.) b. 1817; ensign 97 foot 15 Dec. 1840; lieut. 10 royal hussars 1 May 1846; captain 18 hussars 26 Feb. 1858, sold out 21 Sep. 1860; Lucknow medal and clasp 1857; gentleman usher to the queen 1878–83; keeper of the crown jewels 23 April 1883 to death. d. Brighton 3 Sep. 1891.

LOFTUS, Ferrars (4 son of general Wm. Loftus, lieut. of Tower of London). b. 24 June 1798; ensign grenadier guards 1815, captain 27 Dec. 1833, sold out 1840; colonel 3 West York militia 25 April 1870 to death. d. Tyringham, Bucks. 9 Oct. 1877.

LOFTUS, George William (2 son of 2 marquess of Ely 1770–1845). b. 11 May 1815; ed. at Harrow; 2 lieut. rifle corps 22 June 1833; ensign grenadier guards 12 Sep. 1834, sold out 1839; fought a duel with lord Harley, afterwards Earl of Oxford, at Boulogne 10 Dec. 1839, they exchanged shots without effect; bankrupt 2 May 1862 and 9 April 1867. d. Nice, France 19 Jany. 1877. Montagu Williams’s Leaves of a life (1891) 2–4.

LOFTUS, William Francis Bentinck (brother of Ferrars Loftus 1798–1877). b. 17 Aug. 1784; cornet 15 dragoons 30 Aug. 1799, captain 20 April 1804; major 38 foot 9 April 1807 to 25 Dec. 1814 when placed on h.p.; colonel 50 foot 11 April 1851 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. d. Chacombe priory, Northamptonshire 13 Sep. 1852. G.M. xxxviii 635 (1852).

LOFTUS, William James (eld. son of the preceding). b. 7 Jany. 1822; ensign 38 foot 9 Nov. 1838, lieut.-col. 16 Jany. 1863, placed on h.p. 22 Dec. 1863; served in North America and the West Indies 1840–51; present at the Alma, at Inkerman, and in siege of Sebastopol, Crimean medal with 3 clasps; served in Indian mutiny, in siege and capture of Lucknow, Indian medal with clasps 1857; C.B. 24 May 1873; general on the retired list July 1881. d. Birtley Bramley, Guildford 29 March 1887.

LOFTUS, William Kennett. b. Rye, Sussex about 1821; ed. at Newcastle gr. sch., at Twickenham, and Caius coll. Camb. 1840; secretary to Newcastle Natural history soc.; geologist on staff of sir W. F. Williams on Turco-Persian frontier commission 1849–52; sent out to Babylon and Nineveh by Assyrian excavation fund 1853, returned 1855 with collections of tablets, &c. now in British Museum; issued a volume of Lithograph facsimilies of cuneiform inscriptions from 1852; author of Travels and researches in Chaldea and Susiana, with account of excavations at Nimrod and Shúsh 1857. d. on board the Tyburnia on his way to England from Rangoon, Nov. 1858.

LOGAN, Alexander Stuart (son of minister of Relief church, St. Ninians, Stirlingshire). b. St. Ninians 1810; ed. Glasgow and Edinb. universities; advocate at Scottish bar 1835; senior advocate depute Dec. 1853; sheriff of Forfarshire 4 Feb. 1854 to death; held many briefs at bar of General Assembly; author of On Robert Burns, an address, and Judas the Betrayer, a poetical fragment 1871. d. 12 York place, Edinburgh 2 Feb. 1862, marble bust in Court buildings, Dundee. Norrie’s Dundee celebrities (1873) 207–8.

LOGAN, Archibald Spiers. b. 1802; entered Madras army 1819; lieut. 47 Madras N.I. 182-, captain 11 Sep. 1832; captain 33 N.I. 1835, lieut.-col. 7 Aug. 1846 to 1855; lieut.-col. of 15 N.I. 1855 to 24 Oct. 1858; commandant at Vellore 14 March 1856 to 1858; col. of 45 N.I. 9 Oct. 1860 to 1869; L.G. 25 June 1870. d. Elm bank, Malvern 10 May 1873.

LOGAN, George. Entered Madras army 1819; captain 41 Madras N.I. 27 Jany. 1831, major 19 Sep. 1843 to 6 Oct. 1851; lieut.-col. of 2 European regiment 6 Oct. 1851 to 1853 and 1854–5; lieut.-col. of 41 N.I. 1855–60, of 6 N.I. 1860 to 31 Dec. 1861; retired M.G. 31 Dec. 1861. d. Eastbourne terrace, Hyde park, London 4 Nov. 1870.

LOGAN, James (son of a merchant). b. Aberdeen about 1794; ed. at gr. sch. and Marischal college, Aberdeen; his reading ticket at British museum dated from 1821; a journalist in London, afterwards clerk in an architect’s office; made a pedestrian tour in Scotland 1826; a transcriber on catalogue of British museum Dec. 1838 to July 1840; secretary of Highland society of London several years; wrote much in Transactions of the Gaelic society of London, of which he was the Father; a brother of the Charterhouse, London, expelled 1866; F.S.A.; author of The Scottish Gael or Celtic manners as preserved among the Highlanders 2 vols. 1831, 2 ed. 1876; Gaelic gatherings or the highlanders at home 1848; and of the letterpress to R. R. Mac Ian’s The clans of the Scottish Highlands 2 vols. 1843–9, new ed. 1857. d. London, April 1872. James Logan’s Scottish Gael, new ed. (1876) memoir pp. ix–xx; R. Cowtan’s Memories of the British Museum (1872) 310–11.

LOGAN, James Richardson. Went to the Straits Settlements about 1835; settled at Penang, Prince of Wales’s Island; started at Singapore in 1847 the Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, which he edited for about 10 years; started and edited the Penang Gazette; notary public of supreme court of Prince of Wales’s Island; a member of Asiatic Society. d. Penang 20 Oct. 1869.

LOGAN, Robert Abraham (son of Patrick Logan, captain 57 foot). b. 26 July 1824; ensign 41 foot 26 Oct. 1841; ensign 57 foot 19 Nov. 1841, lieut.-col. 24 April 1872, placed on h.p. 26 July 1876; commanded 57 foot in New Zealand war 1861, took the Maori Pah 1863; commanded brigade depots 49 and 50 at Hounslow 1877; M.G. 1 July 1881; placed on retired list with hon. rank of L.G. 6 May 1882; C.B. 5 July 1865. d. 28 Glen Eldon road, Streatham near London 27 Jany. 1890.

LOGAN, William (son of a customer weaver). b. Damhead near Hamilton, Lanarkshire 1813; a loom weaver; a district missionary in St. Giles’, London, then in Leeds, Rochdale 1840, Glasgow, again at Rochdale and at Bradford; established a temperance dining room, the profits of which he distributed to the poor; attended persons stricken with fever; great friend of David Gray of Luggie the poet, and the soother of his dying hours 1861; the friend of Janet Hamilton the poet of Coatbridge, who d. 1873; author of An exposure of female prostitution in London, Leeds and Rochdale 1843; The moral statistics of Glasgow 1849; Words of comfort for parents bereaved of little children 1861, 8 ed. 1874; The great social evil 1871; The early heroes of the temperance reformation 1873. d. Glasgow 16 Sep. 1879. W. C. Maclehouse’s Memoirs of one hundred Glasgow men, ii 177–8 (1886), portrait.

LOGAN, Sir William Edmond (2 son of Wm. Logan, baker, d. 1841). b. Montreal 20 April 1798; ed. at high sch. and univ. of Edinb.; in counting-house of his uncle Hart Logan in London 1818–29; manager of copper-smelting works at Swansea 1831–8; demonstrated the important fact that the stratum of clay underlying coal-beds was the soil in which the coal vegetation grew; director of the geological survey of Canada 1842–70; discovered the Eozoon Canadense, the earliest known life, in Laurentian strata 1858; Canadian comr. at Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862, and at Paris exhibition 1855; F.R.S. 5 June 1851, royal medallist 1867; received cross of Legion of Honour 1855; Wollaston medallist of Geological Soc. 1856; knighted at Buckingham palace 30 Jany. 1856; founded at cost of 20,000 dollars the Logan chair of geology in McGill university, Montreal 1872; D.C.L. of Lennoxville univ. 1855; LL.D. of McGill univ. 1856; F.G.S. 1837; F.R.S. Edinb. 1861; author with T. S. Hunt of A sketch of the geology of Canada 1856. d. Castle Malgwin, Pembrokeshire 22 June 1875. bur. Llechryd church, Cardiganshire. B. J. Harrington’s Life of W. E. Logan. Montreal (1883), portrait; Morgan’s Bibliotheca Canadensis (1867) 228–34; Quarterly journal of geol. soc. xxxii 76–80 (1876); Wallich’s Eminent men of the day (1870), portrait ix; I.L.N. xviii 487–8 (1851), portrait.

LOGAN, William Hugh (son of a writer to the signet). Apprentice to a bank in Edinb.; manager of a bank at Berwick-on-Tweed; banker at Berwick; twice mayor of Berwick; sheriff; supplied Mr. R. H. Wyndham with all his occasional addresses, dramas and burlesques for theatre royal, Edinb.; edited Edinburgh theatrical and musical review, numbers 5 to 34 the last 1835; writer of Le Bas Bleu, farce, T.R. Edinb. 30 March 1836; Rummio and Judy, burlesque 183-; Absent without leave, farce, Strand theatre, London 1837; Babes in the wood, pantomime, Queen’s theatre, Edinb. 19 Dec. 1859; Shadows, farce, Queen’s theatre, Edinb. 1862 and many other pieces; author of Memoir of Archibald Maclaren, dramatist. Edinb. 1835, anon.; The Scottish banker 1839, 3 ed. 1847; On the law and practice of bills of exchange; and of a short-lived serial called The dramatic spectator. By Poz, Quiz and Co. Edinb. 1837; edited Fragmenta Scoto-Dramatica 1715–1758. Edinb. 1835, anon.; A Pedlar’s pack of ballads and songs. Edinb. 1869. d. Jany. 1883. R. Inglis’s Dramatic writers of Scotland (1868) 66–8; J. C. Dibdin’s Edinburgh stage (1888) 34, 474, 478.

LOGIE, William. b. Kirkwall 23 Feb. 1786; presbyterian minister Ladykirk 1811–24; minister of Kirkwall 1824 to death; D.D. of Edinb. univ. March 1854; author of God sending and withdrawing the pestilence 1832; Sermons on the services of the church, with memoir and portrait. Lond. 1857. d. Kirkwall 5 Sep. 1856.

LOGIN, Sir John Spencer (eld. son of John Login of Stromness, Orkney). b. Stromness 9 Nov. 1809; ed. at univ. of Edinb., M.D. 1831; surgeon to Bengal horse artillery 1832, to the Nizam’s army 1834, in Afghan campaign 1838 and in mission to Herat 1839; surgeon British residency, Lucknow; postmaster in Oude, superintendent of hospitals to king of Oude 1841; in Punjaub army 1848–9, in charge of treasuries of Sikh government, the citadel of Lahore, the post office in the Punjaub; guardian of maharajah Duleep Singh 1849 to 1858; surgeon 17 April 1848, retired 18 April 1858; knighted at Windsor castle 14 Nov. 1854; resided 5 Lancaster gate, Hyde park, London. d. Felixstowe, Suffolk 18 Oct. 1863. Sir John Login and Duleep Singh (1890), portrait.

LOGIN, Thomas. b. Stromness, Orkney 1823; in public works department India 1844, engaged in construction of Ganges canal 1847–54; executive engineer of the Darjeeling roads 1857; superintending engineer at Umballa 1870; author of papers on Benefit of irrigation in India and on construction of irrigating canals, for which he received Telford premium from Instit. of Civil engineers; F.R.S. Edinb. 1857; M.I.C.E. 19 May 1868. d. while inspecting the Thibet road in the Punjaub 5 June 1874. Proc. of Royal Soc. of Edinb. ix 205 (1878).

LOLA MONTEZ, stage name of Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert (dau. of Edward Gilbert, ensign 44 foot, d. Dinapore, India 1825). b. Limerick 1818; ed. at Montrose and in Paris; resided at Bath with her mother; ran away to Ireland with Thomas James, captain 21 Bengal N.I., whom she married at Meath 23 July 1837; she returned from India to England early in 1842; he obtained an order for a divorce in consistory court, London 15 Dec. 1842, retired from the army 28 Feb. 1856 and d. 17 May 1871; made her début at Her Majesty’s theatre 3 June 1843 as ‘Lola Montez Spanish dancer,’ but being badly received did not appear again; danced at Dresden, Berlin, Warsaw and St. Petersburg; appeared as a dancer at Munich 1847 when she captivated the king of Bavaria, Ludwig Carl Augustus, naturalised by a royal ordinance 7 March 1847, created baronne de Rosenthal and comtesse de Lansfeld, the king built a splendid mansion for her and gave her a pension of 20,000 florins; ruled the kingdom of Bavaria with great ability, banished March 1848 and the king was forced to abdicate 21 March; m. at St. George’s, Hanover sq. 19 July 1849 George Trafford Heald, cornet 2nd life guards, she fled with him to Spain Aug. 1849 to avoid punishment for bigamy, he sold out 1849 and was drowned at Lisbon 1853 or 1856; danced in ballet of Betley the Tyrolean, at Broadway theatre, New York 29 Dec. 1851, and played Lola Montez in Ware’s drama ‘Lola Montez in Bavaria’ 18 May 1852; m. in California 2 Aug. 1853 P. P. Hull, proprietor of the ‘San Francisco Whig’ but soon left him; played at Victoria theatre, Sydney, N.S.W. 23 Aug. 1855; played at Melbourne 1856 where she horsewhipped Mr. Seekamp, editor of the Ballarat Times, for reflecting on her character; appeared at Green st. theatre, New York 1857 in The Eton Boy, The follies of a night, and Lola in Bavaria; a public lecturer in the United States 1858, lectured at St. James’s hall, London 7 April 1859; spent her time visiting the female outcasts at the Magdalen hospital near New York 1859–60. d. in a sanitary asylum at Asteria, New York 17 Jany. 1861. bur. Greenwood cemet. 19 Jany. Autobiography and lectures of Lola Montez (1858), portrait; Les Contemporains, Lola Montes. Par Eugène de Mirecourt. Paris (1870), portrait; F. L. Hawks’s Story of a penitent, Lola Montez. New York (1867); C. H. Ross’s Painted Faces (1891) 78–88; H. H. Phelps’s Players of a century (1880) 265–7, 297; Temple Bar, July 1880 pp. 362–7; Mortemar’s Folly’s Queens (1882) 10–14, portrait; You have heard of them. By Q. (1854) 98–106; I.L.N. x 180 (1847), portrait.

LOMAS, John (son of rev. Robert Lomas d. 1810). b. Hull 13 Dec. 1798; master Kingswood sch. 1820–23; Wesleyan methodist minister at Manchester 1827–33, 1842–5, 1851–4, at Bristol 1833–6, 1855–8, at Birmingham 1836–9, in London 1845–51, 1858–61; theological tutor Richmond coll. 1861–8 and at Headingley coll. 1868–73; president of the Conference 1853; author of Jesus Christ the propitiation for our sins. The third Fernley lecture 1872. d. Redland, Bristol 20 Aug. 1877. Wesleyan Methodist Mag. ci 9, 134, 207, 283 (1878).

LOMAX, James (3 son of Richard Grimshaw Lomax d. 1837). b. Clayton hall, Accrington, Lancs. 1803; ed. at Stonyhurst; succeeded to family estates on death of his brother John Lomax 1849; a prominent Roman Catholic in the north of England, and a munificent donor to R.C. organizations in Lancashire, erected at his own cost church of Our Lady and St. Hubert, Great Harwood; created knight commander of order of St. Gregory by Pius IX. d. Clayton hall 26 March 1886.

LOMAX, Thomas George (eld. son of rev. James Lomax of Druid Heath house, Staffs.) b. 1783; bookseller at the Johnson’s head, Lichfield 1 Jany. 1810 to death; purchased relics of Dr. Johnson from his black servant Francis Barber; senior bailiff of Lichfield 1833, mayor 1843. d. the Johnson’s head, Lichfield 3 Jany. 1873. bur. St. Chad’s cemetery. Bookseller, Feb. 1873 p. 79.

LONDESBOROUGH, Albert Denison Denison, 1 Baron (3 son of Henry Conyngham, 1 marquis Conyngham 1766–1832). b. 8 Stanhope st. Piccadilly, London 21 Oct. 1805; ed. Eton; cornet in the army 21 Sep. 1820; cornet royal horse guards 24 July 1823, sold out 1824; attaché at Berlin 1824, at Vienna 1825, sec. of legation, Florence 1826 and at Berlin 1829–31; K.C.H. 1829; M.P. Canterbury 1835–41 and 1847–50; assumed name of Denison in lieu of Conyngham 4 Sep. 1849; cr. baron Londesborough of Londesborough, Yorkshire 4 March 1850; pres. of British Archæological association at its first meeting at Canterbury 1843; V.P. of Archæological Instit. 1849; pres. of London and Middlesex Archæological society 1855; purchased the Selby estate, Yorkshire, Aug. 1853 for £270,000; held 60,000 acres of land, producing income of £100,000; F.S.A. 1840; F.R.S. 13 June 1850; most unlucky as a breeder and runner of horses; printed Wanderings in search of health 1849; Miscellanea Graphica 1857; An illustrative catalogue of antique silver 1860. d. 8 Carlton house terrace, London 15 Jany. 1860. bur. Grimston 24 Jany. Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xvii 171–5 (1861); I.L.N. xxiii 225 (1853) portrait, xxxvi 108 (1860); Taylor’s Biographia Leodiensis (1865) 228–32, 482–3; W. W. Morrell’s History of Selby (1867) 275–7; Sporting Review, xliii 80–81 (1860); C. R. Smith’s Retrospections, i 262–8 (1883) and Collectanea Antigua, v 261–69 (1861).

LONDONDERRY, Charles William Vane, 3 Marquess of (2 son of Robert Stewart, 1 marquess of Londonderry 1739–1821). b. Mary st. Dublin 18 May 1778; ed. at Eton; ensign 108 foot 11 Oct. 1794; major 106 foot 31 July 1795; lieut.-colonel 5 dragoons 1 Jany. 1797 to 6 April 1799 when the regiment was disbanded for insubordination; lieut.-col. 18 hussars 12 April 1799 to 20 Nov. 1813; M.P. Thomastown in Irish parliament 1798–1800, M.P. co. Londonderry 1801 to June 1814; under sec. of state for war and colonies 1807 to 1808; commanded a brigade of hussars in Portugal 1808; adjutant general to army under sir Arthur Wellesley 1809–12; K.B. 1 Feb. 1813; G.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815; G.C.H. 1816; envoy extraord. and min. plenipo. to Berlin 7 April 1813; colonel 25 light dragoons 20 Nov. 1813; created a peer of the realm by title of baron Stewart of Stewart’s court and Ballilawn 1 July 1814; a lord of the bedchamber 25 June 1814 to Aug. 1827; P.C. 27 July 1814; ambassador to Vienna 27 Aug. 1814; assumed surname of Vane 1819; colonel 10 hussars 3 Feb. 1820 to 23 June 1843; succeeded his half-brother as 3 marquess 12 Aug. 1822; cr. earl Vane and viscount Seaham 28 March 1823; general 10 Jany. 1837; lord lieut. of Durham 27 April 1842; col. 2 life guards 23 June 1843 to death; K.G. 19 Jany. 1853; made a harbour at Seaham, opened 29 July 1835, which cost £250,000; published Suggestions for the improvement of the force of the British empire 1805; A narrative of the Peninsular war 1808–13, 2 vols. 1828–9; Memoirs and correspondence of Lord Castlereagh 8 vols. 1848–51. d. Holderness house, Park lane, London 6 March 1854. bur. Long Newton 16 March. J. E. Doyle’s Official baronage, iii 552–4 (1886), portrait; Portraits of eminent conservatives and statesmen. First series 5 pages (1836), portrait 10; Royal military calendar 3 ed. ii 411–20 (1820); St. Stephen’s. By Mask (1839) 78–88; H. Martineau’s Biographical sketches 4 ed. (1876) 188–92; H. Heaviside’s Annals of Stockton on Tees (1865) 111–14.

Note.—He left personal property of value of £335,000 exclusive of vast estates in England and Ireland, his widow’s personalty was sworn under £400,000, 24 June 1865. He was the lord high marshal at the Eglinton tournament 28–30 Aug. 1839. He is drawn in Vivian Grey as Col. Von Trumpetson. In 1824 he was challenged to a duel by Wm. Battier, who was gazetted cornet 10 hussars 27 Feb. 1823 and d. Paris 27 April 1839. On 13 June 1839 Lord Londonderry met Henry Grattan, M.P., on Wimbledon common, Grattan fired and missed and his lordship discharged his pistol in the air.

LONDONDERRY, Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4 Marquess of (1 son of preceding). b. South st. Grosvenor sq. London 7 July 1805; M.P. for co. Down 1826–52; a lord of the admiralty 1829–30; vice chamberlain of the household 27 Dec. 1834 to June 1835; P.C. 23 Feb. 1835; colonel North Down militia 1837; lord lieut. of Down 1845–64; M.P. co. Down 1826–52; succeeded as 4 marquess 6 March 1854; K.P. 1855. d. Hastings 25 Nov. 1872. I.L.N. lxi 550 (1872).

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