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69 KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE [LAMB iR Umed Singh Bahadur. B. 15 Sept. 1873 ; ic. 11 June, 1889 ; entitled to a salute of 17 guns. Residence — Kota, Rajputana. KRISHNA MURTI, K.C.I.E. Great. 1903.— [R PURNA NaRASINGHABAO KRISHNA MURTI. KYNSEY, Lady (Knt.'s widow).— Isobel Keith au. of Capt. John Keith Jolly, of Farieland

andy, Ceylon, H.E.I.C.S. M. 1866, Sir William

laymond ' Kjmsey, C.M.G., M.L.C., Ceylon, ite inspector-gen. of hospitals, Ceylon, who d. 11 m. 1904. Residence — Stoke Lodge, Bridport, orset. LACOSTE, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1892.— Hon.

r Alexandre Lacoste, s. of the Hon. Louis

Eicoste, menib. of an old Languedoc family hich settled in Canada, and Marie Antoinette hais Proulx. B. in Canada 1842 ; m. 1866, amo Marie Louise Globensky ; ed. at St. yaeinthe Coll., and Laval Univ. Quebec ; D.C.L., L.D., Barr.-at-law 1863 ; Q.C. 1880 ; batonnier the Bar, Montreal, 1879-81 ; is professor of law Laval Univ. ; memb. of the Legislative Counc. Quebec 1882-4, memb. of the Senate 1884; leaker 1891 ; Chief Justice of Quebec 1891- 107 ; Privy Counsellor for Canada 1892. Resi- mce — 191, Hubert Street, Montreal, Canada, ub — Mount Royal. LAGDEN, K.C.M.G. Great. 1897 ; C.M.G. 194. — Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagden, s. of sv. Richard Dowse Lagden, of Balsham House, imbridgeshire, and Sherborne, Dorset. B. 151 : m. 1887, Frances Rebekah, dau. of Right 3v. Henry Brougham Bousfield, Bishop of Pre- ria ; ed. at Sherborne Sch. ; was in G.P.O. 169-77 ; chief clerk to State Sec, Transvaal, ider Brit. Administration, 1878 ; priv. sec. to Iministj-ator (Sir Owen Lanyon) 1878-81 ; sec. Executive Council 1880-1 ; and was in Pre- ria during the siege ; afterwards priv. sec. to Iniinistrators, Sir Evelyn Wood and Sir William sllairs ; sec. to Roy. Gommn. on Transvaal )mpensation Claims 1881-2 ; special war rrespondent during Egyptian campaign 1882—3, esent at Tel-el-Kebir, Cairo, etc. ; assist. ilonial Sec, Sierra Leone, 1883 ; on special finan- il mission to Gold Coast 1883 ; sec. and accoun- nt, Basutoland, 1884r-6, assist, commnr. 1885-93; 'itish commnr., Swaziland, 1892-3 ; Resident mmnr., Basutoland, 1893-1901 ; commnr. for itive Affairs and memb. of Executive and igislative Councils, Transvaal, 1901-7 ; chrmn. ^. Native Affairs Commission 1903-4 ; served S. African war 1899-1902 (despatches several nes) ; raised and commd. Transvaal Light Inf. ?gt. ; vice-chrmn. of Coimcil of R. Colonial btitute ; vice-pres. African Society ; author i many publications. Residence — Selwyn, itlands Chase, Weybridge. Clubs— M.C.C. ; ithors'. Issue — llonald Owen Lagden, b. 21 Nov. 1889. Hesi- Wncr — Harrow School, Harrow-on-thc-Hill. Kcginald Bousfield Lagden, b. 15 April, 1893. .Residence — Pembroke College, Cambridge. 1. Liom 1 Atherton Lagden, b. 9 March, 1895. Frances Aiidley, m. 8 Aug. 1909, Frank S. ?reston. Headmaster of Malvern College, Worcester- hire. !. Hilda Mcrvyne. LAKE J, Sultau of, K.C.S.I. Great. 1901.— I Ahmad bin Fadthl, is entitled to a salute 9 guns. LAIDLAW, Knt. Bach. Great. 1909.— Sir •BERT L.udlaw, s. of William Laidlaw, of nchester, Hawick, Roxburghshire, and Agnes rdon. B. at Bonchester, Hawick, 15 Jan. 56 : m. 1879, Mary Eliza, dau. of Capt. W. B. llins, of Calcutta ; ed. at Kirkton and Denholm rish Schools ; is a merchant ; chrmn. of White- D.P. away, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd., of London, India, and China ; M.P. for East Renfrewshire 1906-10 ; British delegate to International Opium Gommn. at Shanghai 1909 ; F.R G.S. ; J.P., cos. Kent and Roxburgh. Residences — Warren House, Hayes, Kent ; Wolfelee, Roxurghshire. Clubs — Reform ; National Liberal. Issue — 1. Ethel. 2. aiildred. m. 1909, W. Xash Vinson. Hall Place, Barming, Madstone. 3. Dorothy. Residence — LAKE, K.C.M.G. Creat. 1908 ; G.B. (civ.) 1902; C.M.G. 1905. — Lt.-Gen. Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake, s. of Lt.-Col. Percy G. B. Lake, late 54th and 100th Regts., of Grenfell, Saskatchewan, and Margaret, dau. of W. Phillips, of Quebec. B. at Tenby, Wales, 29 June, 1855 '; m. 18 Aug. 1891, Hester F., dau. of H. Woodyer, of Grafham, Surrey, church architect ; ed. at Ujjpingham, passed staff coll. (honours), 1884 ; joined 59th Regt. 1873, capt. 1883, major 1891, It.-col. 1899, col. 1902, maj.-gen. 1905, It. -gen. 1911; D.A.A.G. Expedy. Force, Egypt, 1885, D.A.A.G. Headquarters of Army 1888, of Dublin district 1892 ; Q.M.G. Canadian Militia 1893, A.Q.M.G. Headquarters of Army 1899 ; chief staff officer 2nd Army Corps 1904 ; chief of general staff , Canadian Militia, 1904; Insp.-Gen. Canadian Militia 1908-10 ; commdg. 7th (Meerut) division Northern Army, India, 1911-12; chief of genl. staff, India, from 1912. Address — Army Head- quarters, Simla, India. Club — United Service. LAMB, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1914; C.M.G. 1907. — Sir Ernest Henry Lamb, eld. s. of Benjamin Lamb, of Elim Lodge, Cromer, and Eliza, dau. of Charles Lowry, of Blackheath. B. at Hornsea, Yorks, 4 Sept. 1870 ; m. 31 Dec. 1913, Rosa Dorothea, dau. of W. J. Hurst, of Drumaness, Ballynahinch, co. Down ; ed. at Dulwich and Wycliffe Coll, Stonehouse, Glos ; chrmn. and mng. director of Foster's Parcels and Goods Express Co., Ltd. ; dir. of Seept e Life Assocn.. Ltd. ; M.P. (L.) for Rochester 190ii- Jan. 1910, and since Dec. 1910 ; J. P., Surrey: memb. of City of London Corporn. since 1903, and has been chrmn. of a number of its com- mittees ; sometime chrmn. of City of London Schools Committee ; vice-pres. of Home Counties Lib. Federation and of the Land Law Reform Assocn. Residence — Kingswood Chase, Burgh Heath, Surrey. Clubs — National Liberal ; Eiglity : Guildhall. LAMB, Knt. Bach. Great. 1905 ; G.B. (civ.) 1895 ; C.M.G. 1890. — Sir John Cameron Lamb, s. of late John Walker Lamb, of South Shields. B. 3 June, 1845 ; m. 1871, Bella, dau. of late John Farquharson, of Banchory ; ent. Post Office 1864 : assist, sec. 1889, third sec. 1896, second sec. 1897, ret. 1905 ; British delegate to International Conferences for Protection of Submarine Gables, held in Paris in May and Dec 1886 (and memb. of commn. of five apptd. liy Conference to examine the laws of the various countries concerned) ; first British delegate and delegate of Cape and Natal at International Tele- graph Conference in Paris, 1890 ; roy. commnr. on Electrical Communication with Lightships, etc., 1892-7 ; first British delegate and delegate of Cape, Natal, and New Zealand (also pros, de la commission des tarifs) at International Tele- graph Conference of Budapest in 1896 ; pros, of International Telegraph Conference of London 1903 ; senior British delegate to Conference on Wireless Telegraphy at Berlin, 1903 ; chrmn. of several departmental and inter-departmental com- mittees ; was a commissioner of income tax for the Post Office ; vice-pres and dep. -chrmn. Roy. Nat. Lifeboat Instn. ; vice-pres. and chrmn. 1910-11, of Council of Roy. Soc. of Ai-ts ; past pres. Brit. Advis. Council Hungarian Soc. ; has Jubilee Medal, hon. diploma and medal of Roy. CC