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TEE KN I GET AGE. 725 LAYARD, Rt. Hon. Sir Austen Henby, p.c. G.c.B. 1878, ambassador at Constantinople since 1877, attache there 1849/52. foreiarn under-sec. 1852, 1861/6, lord rector Aberdeen Univ. 185.5/6, commissioner of works 1868/9, M.P. Aylesbury 1852/7, Southwark 1860/70, envoy to Spain 1869/77 (son of Hem-y Peter J Layard, and grandson of Very Rev. Charles Peter Layard, dean of Bristol) ; b. ; m. 9 Mar. 1869, Mary Enid Evelyn, dau. of Sir Josiah John Guest, Bart, and sister of Ivor Bertie, Lord Wimborne. Constantinople. LAYARD, Sir Charles Peter, k.c.m.g. 1876, C.M.G. 1871, government agent western district Ceylon 1851/79, district judge at Galle 1839 and 1850, at Trincomalee 1840/51, kc. &c. entered Ceylon c.s. 1830 (son of C. E. Layard, Ceylon c.s. and cousin of Sir Austen Henry Layard); b. 1806; m. Louisa Anne, dau. of Lieut.- Col. Edwards, assist, mil. sec. to h.r.h. Duke of York, and had with other issue a dau. (1) , m. to Robert Vetch Dunlop, incumbent H.T. Scarborough, who d. 16 May, 1881. 14, Collingham Place, S.w. LEAKE. Sir Luke Sa^iuel, knighted 1876, speaker legislative council Western Australia and first capt. Western Australian R.v. (son of Luke Leake, of London); b. 1828; m. 11 Sept. 1855, Louisa, dau. of late Rev, Thomas Henry Walpole. vicar of Winslow, Bucks. Perth, Western Australia. LEE, Sir Edward, knighted 1872, a director of Dublin exhibition 1872, managing director of Alexandra Palace 1875/6, &c. (brother of Rev. F. G. Lee, D.C.L. Lambeth, sons of Rev. Frederick Lee, of Stantonbury, Bucks.); b. 16 Oct. 1833; m. 12 Sept. 1870, Emily Jane, dau. of late Thomas Davis, Gent. 10, Chalcott Crescent, Regent "s Park, X.W. IEESON, Sib William Edward, knighted J 1838, chamberlain Dublin Castle 1835, genea- logist ot the order of St. Patrick since 1841, usher of the black rod 1838/41, grandson of 1st Earl Mill- toun. (See Peerage). LEFROY, Lieut.-Gen. Sib John Henby, b.a. K.C.M.G. 1877, C.B. col. comdt. R.A. 1881. temporary adm. of gov. of Tasmania, Aug. 1880, director magnetic and meteorological observatory at St. Helena 1840/2, Toronto 1842/53, inspector- gen, army schools 1857/9, sec. ordnance select com- mittee 1859/63, president 1864/8, director-gen. ord- nance 1868/70, gov. of Bermuda 1871/7 (son of Rev. John Henry George Lefroy, of Ewshott House, Hants, rector of Ashe. Hants, and Compton. Surrey): b. 28 Jan. 1817: m. 1st— 16 April, 1846, Emily Mary, dau. of Sir John Beverley Robinson, Bart.; she d. 25 Jan. 1859. He m. 2ndly— 12 May, 1860, Charlotte Anne, widow of Col. Armine Mountain, c.b. and dau. of Col. Thomas Dundas, of Carron Hall, co. Stirling (E. Zetland); by his 1st wife he had 2 sons and 2 daus. (1) Henry George, capt. 44th regt.; b. 21 Feb. 1847; m. 26 July, 1881, Blanche, dau. of late R. W. Wynne, ifeq. of Brony- wendon, co. Denbigh, (2) Augustus Heury Frazer, bar.-at-law I.T. 1877 ; b. 27 June, 1852. (3) Emily Mary, m. 14 Feb. 1874, to Major Charles Chenevix Trench, R.A. (B. Ashtowx). (4) Augusta Maude. 82, Queen Gate, s.w. LEIGHTON, Sir Frederick, knighted 1878, LL.D. Camb. D.C.L. Oxon. lieut,-col. 38th Middx. B.v. (artists), correspondent of the Institut of France, elected president b.a. 1879, an ex-officio ti-ustee of the national portrait gallery 1880 (sou of Frederick Septimus Leighton); b. at Scarborough 3 Dec. 1830. 2, Holland Park Road, W. LENTAIGNE, Sir John O'Neill (1880), c.b. (1873), of Tallaght, co. DubUn, j.p. also j.p. CO. Monaghan, sheriff 1844, knighted by the Duke of Marlborough, L.L. Ireland, 1880, m.a. Trin. CoU. DubUn, 1828, late inspector-gen. of prisons, hon. member of the general prison board Ireland, inspector-gen. of reformatory and industrial schools, a commissioner of national education Ii-eland since 1861, president zoological society, and late president statistical society, Ireland, unsuccessfully contested the county of Dublin at the election of 1852 (eldest son of late Benjamin Lentaigne, of a royalist family in Normandy, two of his brothers were guillotined in the French revolution of 1793 ; he escaped to England, entered the British service as assist. - surgeon 5th di-agoon guards, and married Maria Theresa, dau. and eventual heir of John. O'Neill, Esq.); b. 20 June, 1803; m. 13 Sept. 1841, Mary. dau. and coheir of Francis Magan, Esq. J.P. of Emoe, CO. Westmeath, and has 5 sons and 2 daus. surviving. (1) Joseph Hussey Nugent, B.A. Trin. Coll. Dublin, J.P. co. DubUii, a member of the Irish bar ; b. 30 May, 1847. (2) Victor Walter, in H.O.: b. 27 Oct. 1848. (3) John Vincent O'Neill, Trin. CoU. Dublin; b. 19 July, 1855. (4) Henry ^ngusWestenra, Trin. Coll. Dublin; b.l9 Aug. 1857. (5) Benjamin Pluuket, b. 28 Mar. 1865. (6) Mary Theresa, a sister of charity. (7) Margaret Mary, a nun. TaUaght House, co. Dublin; 1, Great Denmark Street, DubUn. LIDDELL, Hon. Sir Adolphus Frederick OCTAVIUS, K.C.B. 1880, permanent under- sec, home department (E. Ravensworth). LILLEY, Sir Charles, knighted by patent 24 Dec. 1881, C.J. Queensland, LINDLEY, Rt. Hon. Sir Nathaniel, knighted 1875, P.C. 1881, lord justice of appeal 1881, judge H.M. high court of justice (common pleas division) 1875, bar.-at-law m.t. 1850, Q.C. 1872, bencher M.T. 1874, (son of late John Lindley, F.R.s. prof, of botany, London university, 1829/60) : b. 29 Nov. 1828 ; m. 5 Aug. 1858, Sarah Katherine, dau. of late Edward John Teale, of Leeds, and has i sons and 4 daus. (1) John E'l-n-ard, b. 15 Sept. 1860. (2) Walter Barry, b. 31 Dec. 1861. (3) Lennox Hannay, b. 14 May, 1868. (4) Francis Oswald, b. 12 June, 1872. (5) Jessie Louisa. (6) Annie Clayton. (7) Mary Beatrice. (8) Constance Marj". 19, Craven HiU Gardens, W. and East Carleton, Norfolk. LINGEN, Sir Ralph Robert Wheeler, k.c.b. May, 1879, D.C.L. Oxon. 1881, permanent sec. to Treasury since 1870, sec. to committee of the privy council on education 1849/70, bar.-at-law L.i. 1847, fellow Balliol Coll. (only son of Thomas Lin- gen, of Birmingham); b. 19*Feb. 1819; m. 4 Dec. 1852, Emma, 2nd dau. of Robert Hutton, of Putney Park, Surrey. 6, Westboume Crescent, Hyde Park, w. ~r ITTLE, Gen. Sir Archibald, k.c.b. 1869 I J (retd. list 1880), col. 11th hussars 1873,5, 9th lancers since 1875, with which regt. he served in Sutlej and at Sobraon, commanded 1st cav. brigade at Lucknow, and brigade of cav. in Ireland 1868,9 (son of Archibald Little, of Shabden Park, Surrey); b. ; m. 1st — 7 June, 1854, Jane, only dau. of ^lalcolm Ormc. of London ; she d. d B2