Chapter XV: Part 15

LATTER, HENRY JOSEPH. Engaged in bank of England till 1863;
general manager of East London bank afterwards called Central
bank of London 1863 to death. _d._ Goddendene, Farnborough, Kent
9 Jany. 1891.

LATTER, ROBERT JAMES (3 son of Mr. Latter _d._ 30 June 1829).
_b._ London 1783; midshipman 1794; entered Bengal army 1795;
lieut. 8 Bengal N.I. 30 Oct. 1797, captain 21 Sep. 1804;
major 30 Bengal N.I. 16 Dec. 1814, lieut.-col. 21 March 1819;
lieut.-col. 66 Bengal N.I. 1 May 1824, col. 1829 to death;
general 20 June 1854. _d._ London 24 Feb. 1855. _Memoir of
general Latter. By Mrs. Baillie_ (1870), _portrait_.

LATTER, THOMAS (son of Barré R. W. Latter, major 13 Bengal
N.I.). _b._ India 1816; ensign 48 Bengal N.I. 12 Sep. 1836;
lieut. 67 Bengal N.I. 3 Oct. 1840 to death; chief interpreter
to sir Henry Thomas Godwin in the second Burmese war; captain
in the army 6 Feb. 1851; led the storming party against eastern
entrance of the Shwé Dagon pagoda 14 April 1852; resident deputy
comr. at Prome 30 Dec. 1852; author of A note on Boodhism and
the cave temples of India 1844; A grammar of the language of
Burmah 1845; murdered in his bed at Prome by the Burmese at 2
a.m. 8 Dec. 1853.

LAUDER, JAMES ECKFORD (son of a tanner). _b._ Silvermills,
Edinburgh 15 Aug. 1811; studied painting at the Trustees’
academy 1830–3; lived in Italy 1834–8; painter in Edinburgh 1838
to death; A.R.S.A. 1839, R.S.A. 1846, a regular contributor
to its exhibitions from 1832; exhibited 6 pictures at R.A., 7
at B.I. and 1 at Suffolk st. gallery 1841–53; his picture The
Parable of Forgiveness gained a prize of £200 at Westminster
Hall competition 1847; his picture Hagar is in the National
Gallery of Scotland. _d._ Edinburgh 29 March 1869. _Reg. and
Mag. of Biog. May 1869 p._ 413.

LAUDER, ROBERT SCOTT (brother of the preceding). _b._
Silvermills, Edinburgh 25 June 1803; subject painter in Edinb.
1826–33; associate of Royal Institution, Edinb. 1828; member of
Scottish academy 18 July 1829; exhibited 25 pictures at R.A.
and 11 at B.I. 1827–49; studied in Italy 1833–8; resided in
London 1838–52; the first pres. of National Institution of the
fine arts, Portland gallery, Regent st.; principal teacher in
drawing, academy of Board of Trustees, Edinb. Feb. 1852 to 1861;
his greatest picture is the ‘Trial of Effie Deans’ 1840, now at
Hospitalfields, Arbroath; several of his pictures with his bust
in marble by John Hutcheson, R.S.A. are in National gallery of
Scotland. _d._ 3 Wardie avenue, Ferry road, Edinburgh 21 April
1869, marble monument with medallion portrait erected over his
grave at Edinb. Jany. 1872. _Reg. and Mag. of Biog. June 1869
pp._ 477–8; _I.L.N. lx_ 52 (1872), _portrait_.

LAUDERDALE, ANTHONY MAITLAND, 10 Earl of (brother of the 9th
Earl). _b._ 10 June 1785; entered navy 2 Oct. 1795; captain 25
Sep. 1806; C.B. 19 Sep. 1816, K.C.B. 6 April 1852, G.C.B. 10
Nov. 1862; K.C.M.G. 20 Feb. 1820; admiral 18 June 1857; M.P.
Haddington burghs 1813–18, M.P. Berwickshire 1826–32; succeeded
22 Aug. 1860. _d._ Thirlestane castle 22 March 1863.

LAUDERDALE, CHARLES BARCLAY MAITLAND, 12 Earl of (only son of
rev. Charles Maitland, R. of Little Lingford, Wilts., _d._
1844). _b._ 29 Sep. 1822; in the army but name not in army list;
a railway porter, a station master; succeeded his cousin 1
Sep. 1878; struck by lightning while shooting on his moor near
Lauder, Berwickshire, removed to Braidshawrigg, Westruther,
where he _d._ the same day 12 Aug. 1884. _Annual Register_
(1885) 149–50.

LAUDERDALE, JAMES MAITLAND, 9 Earl of (eld. son of 8 earl of
Lauderdale 1759–1839). _b._ Wimpole st. London 12 May 1784;
M.P. Camelford 1806–7, M.P. Richmond 1818–20, M.P. Appleby
1820–31; succeeded 15 Sep. 1839; lieutenant sheriff principal
of Berwickshire 3 Nov. 1841 to death. _d._ Thirlestane castle,
Berwickshire 22 Aug. 1860.

LAUDERDALE, THOMAS MAITLAND, 11 Earl of (only son of hon. Wm.
Mordaunt Maitland general in army, who _d._ 24 June 1841). _b._
Frankfort, co. Cork 3 Feb. 1803; entered navy 22 Sep. 1816;
captain 10 Jany. 1837; C.B. 1841, K.C.B. 1865, G.C.B. 24 May
1873; knighted by patent 3 April 1843; naval A.D.C. to the Queen
2 Feb. 1855 to 18 June 1857; commander in chief on Pacific
station 5 May 1860 to 31 Oct. 1862; succeeded his cousin as 11
Earl 22 March 1863; first and principal naval A.D.C. to the
Queen 22 Nov. 1866 to 8 Feb. 1873, assigned his pay of £300 a
year as A.D.C. to Royal benevolent society Dec. 1866; admiral
8 April 1868; admiral of the fleet 27 Dec. 1877; lectured on
The defence of the protected territories on the Gold Coast,
at R. United Service Instit. 1873. _d._ Thirlestane castle,
Berwickshire 1 Sep. 1878, personalty sworn under £466,000, 8
Feb. 1879.

LAUGHLIN, FREDERICK HAMILTON. _b._ Dublin; ed. at Trin. coll.
Dublin, B.A. 1866; C. of St. Peter, Saffron Hill, London
1867–72; a reader and preacher at the College of pensioners,
Chelsea; an assistant librarian in British museum 1857–76. _d._
in an asylum, London 23 Aug. 1877.

LAURENCE, JOHN. _b._ Crieff 1839; taught himself Latin and
German; a superior shorthand writer; chief editor of the
Bulletin, Glasgow; edited the Scottish Banner, a newspaper
1861; reporter for The Kilmarnock Standard 1865 to death. _d._
Langlands st. Kilmarnock 13 May 1866. _bur._ Crieff 18 May.

LAURENCE, JOHN ZACHARIAH. _b._ 1828 or 1829; studied at univ.
coll. London; M.B. London 1857; F.R.C.S. 1855; surgeon of
hospital for epilepsy and paralysis; ophthalmic surgeon St.
Bartholomew’s hospital; in practice at 30 Devonshire st.
Portland place, London; edited Ophthalmic Review 3 vols.
1864–67; author of The diagnosis of surgical cancer (Liston
gold medal) 1855, 2 ed. 1858; Illustrations of the pathology
of cancer 1856; The progress of ophthalmic surgery from the
invention of the ophthalmoscope 1863; The optical defects of the
eye and their consequences, asthenopia and strabismus 1865. _d._
3 St. Peter’s sq. Hammersmith, Middlesex 18 July 1870.

LAURENCE, ROBERT FRENCH (5 son of John Laurence of Eltham,
Kent). _b._ 2 April 1807; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ and Ch. Ch.
Oxf., student 1824–33; B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831; P.C. of Great
and Little Hampton, Worcs. 17 April to 28 July 1832; V. of
Chalgrave with chapel of Berwick, Oxon. 28 July 1832 to 1885;
author of An order for the visitation of the sick 1851; An essay
on confession, penance and absolution 1852; The churchman’s
assistant at holy communion 1860. _d._ 1886.

LAURENCE, SAMUEL. _b._ Guildford, Surrey 1812; portrait painter;
exhibited 90 pictures at R.A. and 14 at Suffolk st. 1834–79;
great friend of James Spedding, G. H. Lewes and T. Leigh
Hunt; visited U.S. of America 1854, stayed with Longfellow in
Massachusetts. _d._ 6 Wells st. Oxford st. London 28 Feb. 1884.

LAURENT, CHARLES EMILE. _b._ 1819; musician in London; member
of Royal Soc. of musicians; converted the Royal Adelaide
gallery of practical science, 7 Adelaide st. Strand, which had
been opened in 1832, into Laurent’s Casino Royal 5 Oct. 1846
and was conductor there to May 1849; conductor at the Argyll
Subscription rooms, Great Windmill st. Oct. 1849. _d._ 23 May
1857.

LAURENT, HENRI (brother of preceding). _b._ 1827; operatic and
vocal composer; published The Argyll galop 1857; H. Laurent’s
Album of dance music 1858; A maiden’s blush waltz 1862 and
upwards of 70 other pieces of dance music 1849–72. _d._ London
20 March 1861.

LAURI, CHARLES, stage name of Charles Lowe (eld. child of
John Francis Lowe or Lauri _d._ 22 Jany. 1887 aged 77). _b._
1833; at Sadler’s Wells with his brothers John and Frederick
1840; pantomimist and clown, one of the first to introduce the
trap business being shot up from beneath the stage into the
air; engaged at Drury Lane 1851; clown in E. L. Blanchard’s
pantomime Harlequin and the golden goose, at Sadler’s Wells 26
Dec. 1860; appeared before the Queen at Her Majesty’s 14 Feb.
1861 as clown in E. L. Blanchard’s pantomime Harlequin and Tom
Thumb; played clown at Sadler’s Wells 1861–2, Drury Lane 1863–8
and 1878; played clown at Wallack’s theatre, New York 7 June
1869, afterwards at Niblo’s Garden and the Tammany, New York;
played in all the principal theatres in Great Britain and on the
Continent; last appearance was at Grand theatre, Glasgow, Jany.
1888. _d._ of consumption, 128 Kennington park road, London 16
May 1889. _Illust. Sporting News_, _ii_ 445 (1864), _portrait_,
_v_ 808 (1866), _portrait_; _Illust. Sport and Dram. News_, _ii_
268 (1874), _portrait_.

LAURI, JOHN, stage name of John George Lowe (brother of the
preceding). _b._ 1829; played harlequin at Her Majesty’s, Dec.
1860, at Princess’s, Dec. 1861 to 21 Feb. 1862, at Adelphi, Dec.
1862; played harlequin in New York with his brother 1869; a
ballet master in London; his 2 daughters were dancers known as
Stella and Luna. _d._ 14 Baker st. Clerkenwell, London 27 Sep.
1881.

LAURIE, JAMES. Wine merchant 9 Billiter st. city of London 1833
to death; author of Tables of simple interest at 5, 4½ etc. per
cent. 1831, 21 ed. 1861; Tables of simple interest at 5, 6 etc.
per cent., also tables of commission 1842, 4 ed. 1854; Tables
of exchange between Madeira and London 1844; Tables of exchange
between Paris, Bourdeaux, &c. 1845; British and foreign share
tables 1847; Manual of foreign exchange 1851, 5th thousand 1867;
Universal exchange tables 1852; Decimal coinage 1854. _d._ 28
Aug. 1854.

LAURIE, John. _b._ 1792; entered Madras army 1809; ensign 9
Madras N.I. 29 July 1810, major 31 Oct. 1835 to 5 Aug. 1840;
lieut.-col. 45 Madras N.I. 5 Aug. 1840 to 1845; lieut.-col. of
35 N.I. 1845–6, of 9 N.I. 1846–50, of 36 N.I. 1850 to 6 June
1851; col. of 1st European regiment 6 June 1851 to death; M.G.
28 Nov. 1854. _d._ Llandulas, North Wales 20 July 1861.

LAURIE, JOHN (son of Benjamin Snaddon of Barrowstown, co.
Linlithgow, who _m._ Agnes dau. of John Laurie and took the
name of Laurie 1824). _b._ Scotland 1797; merchant in London
and government contractor; partner in Laurie and Marner, coach
builders, Oxford st. London; sheriff of London and Middlesex
1845–6; M.P. Barnstaple 25 Aug. 1854 but unseated on petition;
M.P. Barnstaple 1857–59; author of Voice of humanity a voice of
mercy 1852. _d._ 2 Aug. 1864. _I.L.N. xxxii_ 561, 562 (1858),
_portrait_.

LAURIE, SIR PETER (son of John Laurie of Stichell,
Roxburghshire, farmer). _b._ Stichell 1778 or 1779; a saddler at
296 Oxford st. London 1806; became a contractor for the Indian
army, made his fortune, retired 1827; governor of the Union bank
of London 1839 to death; sheriff of London 1823–4, alderman for
Aldersgate ward 6 July 1826 to death, contested the mayoralty
1831, lord mayor 1832–3; knighted at Carlton house 7 April
1824; master of the Saddlers’ company 1833, in whose hall there
is a portrait presented to him by the company 24 Feb. 1853;
pres. of Bridewell and Bethlehem hospitals; author of Maxims
1833; Killing no murder, or the effects of separate confinement
in prisons and gaols 1846; A letter on the disadvantages and
extravagance of the separate system of prison discipline 1848.
_d._ 7 Park square, Regent’s Park, London 3 Dec. 1861 aged 83.
_bur._ Highgate cemetery 10 Dec. _J. Grant’s Portraits of public
characters_ (1841) 120–53; _I.L.N. ii_ 40 (1843), _portrait_.

NOTE.--He is ridiculed by Dickens in one of his Christmas books under an opprobrious pseudonym.

LAURIE, RICHARD HOLMES (son of Robert Laurie of Fleet st.
London, publisher, _d._ May 1836 aged 81). _b._ Fleet st. London
2 Dec. 1777; map, chart and print seller with James Whittle at
53 Fleet st. 1813 to Dec. 1818 when Whittle died and Laurie
then carried on the business till his death; published Laurie’s
Sailing directions for the Southern Atlantic 1855; Sailing
directions for the North Sea 1855; Sailing directions for the
straits of Gibraltar 1856. _d._ 53 Fleet st. London 19 Jany.
1858. _Curwen’s Booksellers_ (1873) 346.

LAURIE, ROBERT. _b._ 1806; rouge croix pursuivant at Heralds’
college, London 11 Aug. 1823 to 1 Feb. 1839, Windsor herald 1
Feb. 1839 to 5 July 1849, Norroy king of arms 5 July 1849 to 19
Nov. 1859, Clarencieux king of arms 19 Nov. 1859 to death. _d._
Wentworth house, Richmond, Surrey 13 Jany. 1882.

LAURIE, WILLIAM FERGUSON BEATSON. 2 lieut. Madras artillery 8
Jany. 1842, lieut.-col. 15 Aug. 1867, retired 26 Jany. 1870 with
hon. rank of colonel; served in the second Burmese war 1852;
author of Orissa, the garden of superstition and idolatry 1850;
The second Burmese war 1853; Northern Europe, local, social and
political in 1861, 1862 and 8 other books. _d._ Tynwald, Grove
Park, Chiswick, Middlesex 13 Nov. 1891 aged 72.

LAUTOUR, PETER AUGUSTUS (2 son of Louis Francis Joseph Lautour).
_b._ 1785; cornet 11 dragoons 31 March 1804; major 23 dragoons
6 Jany. 1814 to Jany. 1818 when he retired on h.p.; bankrupt
15 June 1830, imprisoned at Boulogne for debt 1832–3; col. 3
hussars 26 May 1855 to death; general 9 March 1861; C.B. 22 June
1815; K.H. 1816. _d._ Bromley 11 Jany. 1866. _C. Clark’s House
of Lords Cases_, _x_ 685–704 (1865).

LAVENU, LOUIS HENRY. _b._ London 1818; studied at R.A. of
music; violoncellist at the opera, London; music seller with
Nicolas Mori at 28 Bond st. 1843–4; his opera Loretta, a tale of
Seville, produced 9 Nov. 1846; professor of the pianoforte at
48 Greek st. Soho 1844–7; musical director of theatre, Sydney,
N.S.W.; composed numerous songs and pianoforte pieces. _d._
Sydney 1 Aug. 1859.

LAVERTON, ABRAHAM (son of Abraham Laverton). _b._ 1819; carpet
manufacturer at Westbury, Wilts.; a director of Manchester and
Sheffield railway many years; contested Westbury 18 Nov. 1868,
27 Feb. 1869 and 1 April 1880; M.P. Westbury 1874 to 1880. _d._
Farleigh castle near Bath 31 Oct. 1886, will proved 8 Dec.
personalty amounted to upwards of £647,000.

LAVIE, GERMAIN (1 son of German Lavie of St. John’s, Hampstead).
_b._ 1800; ed. at Eton 1811–17 and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1823,
M.A. 1831; auditor of Christ Church, Oxford 1849–57; clerk to
Oliverson of firm of Crowdie, Lavie & Co. attorneys; a student
of Lincoln’s inn 1823; admitted a solicitor 1827; eminent
commercial lawyer in London; member of council of Incorporated
law society 1846 to death; member of royal commission for
inquiry into law study in inns of court 1854; author of Letter
to baron Rothschild on the proposed alteration of the law
relative to sales and pledges 1857. _d._ St. George’s hospital,
Hyde park corner, London 13 July 1857.

LAVIES, JOHN. _b._ 1799; M.R.C.S. 1819, L.S.A. 1820; surgeon
with Mr. Hanbury, King st. Westminster, moved to Great George
st.; surgeon to House of Correction; an early member of British
Medical Assoc.; president of Medical Registration Assoc.; a
medical reformer of his day. _d._ 34 Bessborough gardens,
Pimlico, London 26 Oct. 1867. _The Lancet 9 Nov. 1867 p._ 597.

LAVIES, JOSEPH SAMUEL (only son of John Lavies of 5 Great George
st. Westminster, surgeon). _b._ 1824; L.S.A. 1846; M.R.C.S.
1846; M.D. Edinb. 1847; F.R.C.S. Edinb. 1884; surgeon Invalid
artillery, St. James’s park; staff surgeon households of war
office and horse guards; surgeon Westminster female refuge;
surgeon Palmer’s hospital, Westminster; surgeon Westminster
house of correction; matric. from St. Mary hall, Oxf. 19 Jany.
1872; member of Wanderers’ club; author of Our august assembly.
_d._ 96 St. George’s road, Belgravia, London 2 Nov. 1888.

LAW, AUGUSTUS HENRY (eld. son of Wm. Towry Law 1809–86). _b._
Trumpington near Cambridge 21 Oct. 1833; served in the navy
Feb. 1846 to Dec. 1853; joined the Church of Rome under the
bishop of Southwark at Mortlake 16 May 1852; entered Society of
Jesus 1 Jany. 1854; taught in coll. of St. Aloysius at Glasgow
1860–3; missionary priest in Demerara, British Guiana 1866–71;
joined the first missionary staff to the Zambesi, March 1879.
_d._ at King Umzila’s Kraal 25 Nov. 1880. _A memoir of the life
and death of A. H. Law 3 Parts_ (1882–83), 2 _portraits_; _A.
Law, S.J. Notes in remembrance_ (1886).

LAW, DAVID. _b._ 1845; ed. Edinb. univ.; editor of a Bombay
newspaper to 1873; barrister M.T. 26 Jany. 1875; on editorial
staff of The Times 1878–79. _d._ of paralysis, Edinburgh 9 April
1880.

LAW, HENRY (3 son of George Henry Law 1761–1845, bishop of
Chester and of Bath and Wells). _b._ Kelshall rectory, Herts. 28
Sep. 1797; ed. at Greenwich, Eton and St. John’s coll. Camb.,
fellow 1821, tutor, fourth wrangler 1820; B.A. 1820, M.A.
1823; V. of St. Anne, Manchester 1822–3; V. of Childwall near
Liverpool 1823; archdeacon of Richmond 5 Oct. 1824, resigned
Oct. 1826; V. of West Camel, Somerset 1825; archdeacon of Wells
4 Oct. 1826 to 1862; preb. of Wells cath. 1826; resident canon
of Wells 1828–62; largely contributed to restoration of Wells
cathedral; V. of East Brent 1839; R. of Weston-super-Mare 1834–8
and 1840–62 where he thrice enlarged the parish church and built
and endowed three other churches; presented a town-hall to
Weston-super-Mare at cost of £4000; dean of Gloucester 1 Dec.
1862 to death; one of the last of the evangelical school; author
of Christ is all, the gospel of the Pentateuch 5 vols. 1866–77,
new ed. 4 vols. 1866, more than 12,000 copies of this were sold;
Jesus set for an example in the tabernacle service 1864; The
beacons of the bible, a series of 12 tracts 1861, another series
24 tracts 1868; Awakening and inviting calls 1871; Christian
cordials 1873; Forgiveness of sins 1876; Gleanings from the book
of life 1877; Family devotion 4 vols. 1878–84; The reformation
1883; He being dead yet speaketh, sermons 1886. _d._ the
deanery, Gloucester 25 Nov. 1884. _The Record 28 Nov. and 5 Dec.
1884._

LAW, HUGH (only son of John Law of Woodlawn, co. Down). _b._
Woodlawn 19 June 1818; ed. at Royal school Dungannon and Trin.
coll. Dublin, scholar 1837, B.A. 1839; called to Irish bar
1840, Q.C. 4 July 1860; legal adviser to lord lieutenant 1868;
drafted the Irish Church act and the Irish land act 1870;
bencher of King’s inns, Dublin 1870; solicitor general for
Ireland 18 Nov. 1872 to Jany. 1874, attorney general Jany. to
March 1874 and 10 May 1880 to 11 Nov. 1881; P.C. Ireland 1874;
M.P. for Londonderry county 1874–81; conducted prosecution of C.
S. Parnell, M.P. and others for conspiracy in establishing the
Land League, Dec. 1880; lord chancellor for Ireland 11 Nov. 1881
to death. _d._ Rathmullen House, Lough Swilly, co. Donegal 10
Sep. 1883. _Law Times_, _lxxv_ 349 (1883).

LAW, JAMES. _b._ 1796; a working man; presbyterian minister
and chaplain of the Mariners’ congregation, Dundee, Dec. 1839,
chaplain there under the Free church 6 July 1843, suspended
from his ministry but soon restored; his case discussed in the
house of commons; sought admission into the Church of England;
readmitted into the established presbyterian church, minister at
South Kirriemuir, Sep. 1844 and at Inverbrothock, Nov. 1845 to
death, ordained Jany. 1846. _d._ Arbroath 4 Oct. 1860. _Norrie’s
Dundee celebrities_ (1873) 185–90.

LAW, JAMES THOMAS (brother of Henry Law 1797–1884). _b._ 8 Dec.
1790; ed. at Christ’s coll. Camb., fellow, B.A. 1812, M.A. 1815;
V. of Bowden, Cheshire 1815; R. of Tattenhall, Cheshire 1816;
V. of Childwall, Lancs. 1818; preb. of Chester 9 April 1818,
resigned Dec. 1828; preb. of Lichfield 18 July 1818; chancellor
of diocese of Lichfield 1821–73; commissary of archdeaconry
of Richmond 1824–46; V. of Harborne, Staffs. 1825–45; special
commissary of diocese of Bath and Wells 1840; hon. warden of
Queen’s coll. Birmingham 1846; author of The poor man’s garden,
or rules for regulating allotments for potatoe gardens 1830; The
acts for building additional churches in populous parishes 1841,
3 ed. 1853; The ecclesiastical statutes at large 5 vols. 1847;
Materials for a history of Queen’s college, Birmingham 1869;
Lectures on the ecclesiastical law of England 1861; Lectures on
the office and duties of churchwardens 1861. _d._ Lichfield 22
Feb. 1876.

LAW, ROBERT. _b._ 1789; ensign 71 foot 8 June 1809; captain
Ceylon rifle regt. 1824; major royal Newfoundland companies 29
Aug. 1834, lieut.-col. 3 Feb. 1844 to 17 July 1859; col. 2 West
India regiment 12 Jany. 1864 to 1 April 1870; L.G. 13 March
1868; col. 71 foot 1 April 1870 to death; K.H. 1837. _d._ 55
Upper Leeson st. Dublin 16 May 1874.

LAW, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ 1786; ensign 62 foot 29 April 1813;
captain 83 foot 14 July 1825, lieut. col. 83 foot 22 Dec. 1848
to 16 May 1856 when he retired on full pay; M.G. 16 May 1856.
_d._ 29 March 1860.

LAW, WILLIAM JOHN (eld. son of Ewan Law, M.P. _d._ 29 April
1829). _b._ 6 Dec. 1786; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Oxf.,
student 1804–14; B.A. 1808, M.A. 1810; barrister L.I. 11 Feb.
1813; one of comrs. of bankruptcy 1825; a comr. of court for
relief of insolvent debtors 1826, chief comr. 1 Aug. 1853 to 6
Aug. 1861 when the court was abolished by 24 and 25 Vict. cap.
134; author of Some remarks on the Alpine passes of Strabo 1846;
A criticism on Mr. Ellis’ theory on the route of Hannibal 1855;
The Alps of Hannibal 2 vols. 1866; author with H. R. Reynolds of
Reports of cases in the court for relief of insolvent debtors
1830. _d._ 5 Sussex sq. Brighton 5 Oct. 1869. _Reg. and mag. of
biog. ii_ 255 (1869); _Law Journal_, _iv_ 560 (1869).

LAW, WILLIAM TOWRY (youngest son of 1 baron Ellenborough
1750–1818). _b._ 16 June 1809; ed. at Eton and Peter house
Camb., M.A. 1834; ensign 51 foot 23 Nov. 1826; served on
staff of general Maison with French army in the Morea; ensign
grenadier guards 21 Sep. 1830, sold out 1831; ordained 1831; R.
of Yeovilton, Somerset 1835–40; V. of East Brent 1840–45; V.
of Harborne, Staffs. 1845, resigned 1851; prebend. of Wells 22
Sep. 1840–51; chancellor of diocese of Bath and Wells 1839–51;
relinquished his holy orders in Church of England by deed dated
31 Aug. 1870 inrolled in Chancery 7 Sep.; joined Church of
Rome 19 Sep. 1851; author of On the restoration of the weekly
offertory 1844; Attempted usurpation of authority over the
church of England by the bishop of Rome 1850; A letter to the
parishioners of Harborne 1850; Unity and faithful adherence to
the word of God are only to be found in the catholic church
1852. _d._ Hampton court palace 31 Oct. 1886.

LAWES, EDWARD (eld. son of Edward Hobson Vitruvius Lawes,
serjeant at law, who _d._ 27 Nov. 1849 aged 67). _b._ 1817;
ed. at Charterhouse; special pleader at 3 Essex court Temple
1839–45; barrister M.T. 6 June 1845; chairman of metropolitan
commission of sewers 16 Aug. 1851 to death. _d._ Sydenham hill
near London 22 May 1852.

LAWFORD, EDWARD. Solicitor in City of London 1812 to 1854;
solicitor to East India co. 1826 to 1854; clerk to Drapers’ co.
Drapers’ hall, Throgmorton st. 1826 to 1854; member of council
of Incorporated Law Society 24 June 1845 to 1854.

LAWFORD, EDWARD. _b._ 1810; 2 lieut. Madras engineers 16 Dec.
1825, col. 18 Feb. 1861; col. commandant R.E. 21 Dec. 1865 to
death; M.G. 1 March 1867. _d._ Brighton 23 March 1871.

LAWFORD, THOMAS WRIGHT (nephew of Edward Lawford, solicitor to
H.E.I. Co.) Solicitor at Llandilo, Carmarthen 1834–40, at Brecon
1840–2, at Tyridail near Llandilo 1842–57; market gardener,
dealer in poultry and grape grower for London market at
Tyridail, hatched chickens by steam, bankrupt 21 Nov. 1854, paid
dividend of 3 pence in the £ Nov. 1856; engaged in mining in
Prussia, failed, borrowed £80,000 from life assurance companies
1849–54, repaid £36,000, paid £25,000 in commission, premiums
and interest being at the rate of £5,000 per annum. _W. J.
Lawson’s History of Banking 2 ed._ (1855) 451–53.

LAWLESS, CECIL JOHN (2 son of 2 baron Cloncurry _d._ 1853). _b._
1 Aug. 1820; M.P. Clonmel 1846 to death. _d._ 5 Nov. 1853.

LAWLESS, EDMUND BARRY. _b._ 1818; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin,
B.A. 1839, M.A. 1842; called to Irish bar 1840; Q.C. 1 Aug.
1859. _d._ 13 Upper Temple st. Dublin 20 Nov. 1885.

LAWLESS, MATTHEW JAMES (son of Barry Lawless of Dublin,
solicitor). _b._ near Dublin 1837; ed. at Prior Park college
near Bath; pupil of Henry O’Neil, R. A. in London; drew
illustrations for Once a Week, Cornhill Mag., Punch and London
Society; exhibited 11 pictures at R.A. and 2 at Suffolk st.
1858–63. _d._ of consumption at 4 Pembridge crescent, Bayswater,
London 6 Aug. 1864.

LAWLEY, SIR FRANCIS, 7 Baronet (2 son of sir Robert Lawley, 5
bart. _d._ 1793). _b._ 1782; ed. at Rugby and Ch. Ch. and All
Souls’ coll. Oxf., B.C.L. 1808, D.C.L. 1813; fellow of All
Souls’ till 1815; M.P. Warwickshire 1820–32; major Warwickshire
yeomanry cavalry, lieut.-col. 26 April 1845, resigned Jany.
1848; succeeded his brother as 7 bart. 10 April 1833. _d._
Middleton hall, Warwickshire 30 Jany. 1851. _I.L.N. xviii_ 106
(1851).

LAWRANCE, EDWARD. _b._ 1802; admitted solicitor Nov. 1825,
partner with David Blenkarne at 32 Bucklersbury to 1843; head
of firm of Lawrance and Plews 1843–50, of Lawrance, Plews and
Boyer 14 Old Jewry chambers 1850 to death; member of council
of Incorporated law soc. 29 June 1858 to death, vice pres.
1868–9, pres. 1869–70; had a large bankruptcy practice for 40
years; author of Bankruptcy law reform, a letter to the lord
chancellor 1859; A handbook on the law of principal and surety
1861. _d._ 1 Sussex place, Regent’s park, London 1 July 1871.

LAWRANCE, EDWARD ELEAZAR. _b._ Ipswich 1784; solicitor at
Ipswich 1808 to death; clerk to borough magistrates at Ipswich
1836; clerk to magistrates of Samford petty sessions 40 years;
coroner for the liberty of the duke of Norfolk 40 years; oldest
attorney on rolls except one who was admitted in 1805; member
British Archæol. Assoc. 1859. _d._ 170 Woodbridge road, Ipswich
20 May 1866. _Journal of British Archæol Assoc. xxiii_ 306
(1867).

LAWRANCE, MISS HANNAH. _b._ 1795; a contributor to the Athenæum;
author of Historical memoirs of the Queens of England 2 vols.
1838–40; The history of woman in England and her influence on
society and literature, Vol. i. 1843, no more published. _d._
Nov. 1875.

LAWRENCE, SIR ALEXANDER HUTCHINSON, 1 Baronet (elder son of
Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence 1806–57). _b._ Allahabad 6 Sep.
1838; served in Bengal civil service 1857 to death; created
baronet for his father’s services in India 10 Aug. 1858; assist.
commissioner in the Punjaub to death; killed accidentally
between Torahon and Tarunda about 120 miles from Simla, northern
India 27 Aug. 1864. _bur._ at Simla 29 Aug.

LAWRENCE, ALEXANDER WILLIAM. _b._ 1 July 1803; entered Madras
army 1818; major 7 Madras light cavalry 16 March 1840,
lieut.-col. 23 May 1846 to 1848, 1855–6 and 1857–8; lieut.-col.
6 Madras light cavalry 1848–54; lieut.-col. 4 Madras light
cavalry 1854–5; lieut.-col. 2 Madras light cavalry 1856–7, col.
17 May 1859 to death; M.G. 20 July 1858. _d._ Biarritz, France
21 Feb. 1868.

LAWRENCE, SIR ARTHUR JOHNSTONE (3 son of Charles Lawrence of
Fairfield, Jamaica). _b._ Gatacre, Salop 14 July 1809; ed. at
Eton; ensign 23 foot 4 April 1827; lieut. rifle brigade 17
March 1830, lieut.-col. 1 Aug. 1847, placed on h.p. 24 July
1856; commanded 2nd brigade of second division in the Crimea 25
Dec. 1855 to 10 June 1856; col. of 58 foot 6 Jany. 1870 to 13
April 1884; general 1 Oct. 1877; placed on retired list 14 July
1879; col. commandant of first battalion of rifle brigade 13
April 1884 to death; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 2 June 1869. _d._
Fox-hills near Chertsey 25 Jany. 1892. _Daily Graphic 27 Jany.
1892 p._ 9 _col._ 4, _portrait_.

LAWRENCE, CHARLES (son of Wm. Lawrence of Cirencester, Gloucs.,
surgeon 1753–1837). _b._ 21 March 1794; took a leading part in
founding Royal agricultural college at Cirencester 1842, owner
of a farm adjoining that of the college where he conducted
experiments which led to introduction of numerous improvements
in agricultural machinery; author of Practical directions
for the cultivation of cottage gardens 1831; A letter on
agricultural education 1851; A handy book for young farmers
1859; To my labourers, on the economy of food 1860, and of
several papers in Transactions of Royal Agricultural Society.
_d._ The Querns, Cirencester 5 July 1881.

LAWRENCE, ELIAS. Midshipman R.N. 1789–93; 2 lieut. R.M. 8 May
1793, col. commandant 10 July 1837, retired on full pay 10
July 1844; general 20 June 1855; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831. _d._ 8 St.
Michael’s terrace, Devonport 25 March 1856.

LAWRENCE, FREDERICK (eld. son of John Lawrence of Bisham,
Berkshire, farmer). _b._ Bisham 1821; employed by Simpkin and
Marshall, publishers, London; entered printed book department
of British Museum, Dec. 1846, helped to compile general
catalogue to May 1849; barrister M.T. 23 Nov. 1849; chairman of
the Garibaldian committee 1864; wrote a series of articles on
literary impostures and on eminent English authors in Sharpe’s
London Journal; edited at Guildford in 1841 The Iris, a journal
of literature and science, 3 numbers; edited The Lawyer’s
Companion 5 vols. 1864–8; author of The common law procedure
act, 1852 with an introduction 1852; The life of Henry Fielding
1855; Culverwell _v._ Sidebottom. A letter to the attorney
general. By a Barrister 1857, 2 ed. 1859. _d._ suddenly at his
chambers, 1 Essex court, Temple, London 25 Oct. 1867. _Handbook
of fictitious names. By Olphar Hamst_ [_Ralph Thomas_] (1868) 2,
205; _Cowtan’s Memories of the British Museum_ (1872) 363–4.

LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (eld. son of rev. Alfred Charnley
Lawrence _d._ 1867). _b._ Braxted rectory, Essex 25 March 1827;
ed. at Rugby 1841–5 and Balliol coll. Oxf., B.A. 1850; barrister
I.T. 17 Nov. 1852; author of Guy Livingstone, or Thorough 1857
anon., 6 ed. 1867, which describes his own boyhood and college
life; Sword and Gown 1859, 5 ed. 1888; Barren Honour 2 vols.
1862; Border and Bastile 1863, 3 ed. 1864; A bundle of ballads
1864; Maurice Dering or the quadrilateral 1864, 2 ed. 1869; Sans
Merci, or Kestrels and falcons 3 vols. 1866, 3 ed. 1869, and 5
other books all stated to be by the author of Guy Livingstone.
_d._ 134 George st. Edinburgh 24 Sep. 1876. _Edinburgh Review_,
_cviii_ 532–40 (1858); _Spectator 28 Oct. 1876 pp._ 1345–7.

NOTE.--His book Border and Bastile 1863 is a record of his journey to the United States of America in January 1863 with the intention of joining as a volunteer the confederate army under general Stonewall Jackson; before he got near the confederate lines he was taken prisoner and shut up in a guard-house, whence after correspondence with Lord Lyons the British ambassador at Washington he was liberated on the condition of his immediate return to England.

LAWRENCE, SIR GEORGE ST. PATRICK (3 son of lieut.-col. Alexander
Lawrence 1764–1835). _b._ Trincomalee, Ceylon 17 March 1804;
cornet 2 Bengal light cavalry 15 Jany. 1822, adjutant 1825–34,
major 26 Feb. 1860 to 18 Feb. 1861; military sec. to sir W. H.
Macnaghten the envoy of Afghanistan, Sep. 1839 to 23 Dec. 1841
when Macnaghten was murdered; assistant political agent in the
Peshawur district of the Punjaub, Oct. 1846; taken prisoner by
the Sikhs 25 Oct. 1846; deputy comr. of Peshawur 7 June 1849;
political agent in Mewar 24 July 1850 to 13 March 1857; resident
in the Rajputana states 13 March 1857 to Dec. 1864; brigadier
general of all the forces in Rajputana during the mutiny 1857;
M.G. 25 May 1861, retired on full pay 29 Oct. 1866; hon. L.G.
11 Jany. 1867; granted good service pension of £100 a year 11
Jany. 1865; C.B. 18 May 1860; K.C.S.I. 24 May 1866; author
of Reminiscences of forty-three years in India, edited by W.
Edwardes 1874. _d._ 20 Kensington park gardens, London 16 Nov.
1884. _Edwardes and Merivale’s Life of Sir Henry Lawrence_,
_vol. i_ (1872); _Golden Hours_ (1869) 314–29, 397–409, 457–69,
_portrait_; _I.L.N. 29 Nov. 1884 pp._ 533, 542, _portrait_.

LAWRENCE, HENRY. _b._ 1790; entered Bengal army 1809; ensign 19
Bengal N.I. 1 Nov. 1811, lieut. 16 Dec. 1814; lieut. 67 N.I.
1823, major 3 Aug. 1837 to 3 Nov. 1843; lieut.-col. of 35 N.I.
3 Nov. 1843 to 1846, of 2nd European regiment 1846–8, of 73 N.I
1848–50, of 44 N.I. 1850 to 1851, of 24 N.I. 1851–2, of 58 N.I.
1852 to 15 April 1854; commanded Lahore field force 29 March
1854 to 1855 and Lahore district or station 1855 to 8 Aug. 1856;
col. of 72 N.I. 15 April 1854, placed on retired list 1 Oct.
1877; general 23 May 1874. _d._ 1 Camden gardens, Chislehurst
road, Richmond hill, Surrey 23 Nov. 1887.

LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (4 son of lieut.-col. Alexander
W. Lawrence 1764–1835). _b._ Mattura, Ceylon 28 June 1806; 2
lieut. Bengal artillery 10 May 1822, lieut.-col. 18 May 1856
to death; a revenue surveyor in north west province 1833–39;
political agent in charge of Ferozepore 1839; commander of
Sikh contingent in the entry into Cabul 16 Sep. 1842; British
resident at Nepaul 1 Dec. 1843, founded the Lawrence asylum for
soldiers’ children 1844; governor general’s agent for foreign
relations and the affairs of the Punjaub 3 Jany. 1846 and for
the affairs of the North West frontier 1 April 1846; C.B. 27
June 1846, K.C.B. 28 April 1848; present at Sobraon and at the
occupation of Lahore; British resident at Lahore 8 Jany. 1847
to Oct. 1847 and practically ruler of the Punjaub; removed the
maharanee from Lahore and separated her from Dhuleep Singh;
present at siege of Moultan and at Chillianwallah; president
of board of administration of Punjaub 14 April 1849 to 1853;
governor general’s agent in Ajmeer, Rajputana 9 Feb. 1853;
colonel 20 June 1854; hon. A.D.C. to queen 20 June 1854; chief
comr. and agent to governor general in Oude 14 March 1857;
brigadier general 19 May 1857 with command of all the troops in
Oudh; on breaking out of mutiny fortified Lucknow; author of
Some passages in the life of an adventurer in the Punjaub, anon.
1842; Adventures of an officer in the service of Runjeet Singh 2
vols. 1845; Essays, military and political 1859; Essays on the
Indian army and Oude 1859; struck by a shell in the residency
at Lucknow 2 July 1857 and _d._ in Dr. Fayrer’s house 4 July.
_Edwardes and Merivale’s Life of Sir H. Lawrence 2 vols._
(1872); _J. W. Kaye’s Lives of Indian officers_, _ii_ 275–352
(1867); _L. E. R. Rees’ Personal narrative of siege of Lucknow_
(1858), _portrait_.

LAWRENCE, REV. HEZEKIAH. _b._ 1800; missionary of London Jews
society more than 50 years. _d._ Danzig 10 June 1884.

LAWRENCE, John Laird Mair Lawrence, 1 Baron (6 son of
lieut.-col. Alexander Wm. Lawrence 1764–1835). _b._ Richmond,
Yorkshire 4 March 1811; assist. magistrate and collector at
Delhi 1831–35; magistrate and collector of Paniput and Delhi
1844–46; administrator of Trans-Sutlej province 1 March 1846;
member of board of administration of Punjaub 1849 and chief
commissioner Feb. 1853; K.C.B. 5 Feb. 1856, G.C.B. civil 11
Nov. 1857; kept the Punjaub in security during the mutiny
and sent great assistance to the army at Delhi, gave up the
administration 28 Feb. 1859; one of the chief men in the
preservation of India during the mutiny; received freedom of
city of London 3 June 1859; cr. baronet 3 Aug. 1858; granted
annuity of £2000 by H.E.I.Co. 25 Aug. 1858; member of council of
India 21 Sep. 1858 and took his seat 11 April 1859; P.C. 13 May
1859; D.C.L. Oxf. 1859; D.C.L. Camb. 1859; refused governorship
of Bombay 1860; G.C.S.I. 25 June 1861, invested 1 Nov. 1861;
governor general of India 5 Dec. 1863, landed in India 12 Jany.
1864, resigned 12 Jany. 1869; held a great durbar at Lahore,
Oct. 1864; created baron Lawrence of the Punjaub and of Grately,
Northampton 4 April 1869; member of London school board, Chelsea
division, Nov. 1870 to 26 Nov. 1873, chairman Dec. 1870 to 26
Nov. 1873; much opposed to the Afghan war of 1878–79. _d._ 23
Queen’s gate gardens, Kensington 26 June 1879. _bur._ in nave
of Westminster abbey 5 July; statues of him have been erected
in Calcutta and in Waterloo place, London. _R. B. Smith’s Life
of Lord Lawrence_ 2 _vols._ (1883), 2 _portraits_; _G. B.
Malleson’s Recollections of an Indian official_ (1872) 1–218;
_H. A. Page’s Leaders of men_ (1880) 367–98; _Nolan’s Illust.
Hist. of British empire in India_, _iii_ 40 (1860), _portrait_;
_I.L.N. xxxiii_ 156, 162 (1858), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _xx_ 29
(1879), _portrait_.

LAWRENCE, MARTHA (dau. of John Cripps of Upton house, Tetbury).
Said to have been _b._ Bow lane, Cheapside, London 9 Aug. 1758;
_bapt._ St. Mary, Aldermanbury 15 Aug. 1758; (_m._ at Streatham
12 Nov. 1783 John Lawrence). She _d._ Richmond, Surrey 17 Feb.
1862 aged 103 years and 6 months. _bur._ Ham common, Surrey. _W.
J. Thoms’ Human longevity_ (1879) 266–68.

LAWRENCE, WILLIAM (son of Thomas Lawrence of St. Agnes,
Cornwall). _b._ St. Agnes 4 Feb. 1789; a builder at Pitfield
wharf, Commercial road, Lambeth, 30 Bread st. Cheapside and 21
Pitfield st. Hoxton 1823 to death; member of common council of
City of London before 1837, alderman of Bread st. ward 1848
to death, sheriff 1849–50; chairman of board of directors of
Legal and Commercial fire and life assurance company; comr. of
Tower Hamlets commission of sewers and of Holborn and Finsbury
commission of sewers; a Unitarian and a great reformer. _d._ 94
Westbourne terrace, London 25 Nov. 1855.

LAWRENCE, SIR WILLIAM, 1 Baronet (brother of Charles Lawrence
1794–1881). _b._ Cirencester 16 July 1783; apprenticed to
John Abernethy the surgeon 1799, and his demonstrator at St.
Bartholomew’s hosp. 1802–14, assistant surgeon there March 1813,
surgeon 19 May 1824 to 1865, lecturer on surgery 1829–62;
F.R.S. 11 Nov. 1813; surgeon to London infirmary for diseases of
the eye 1814; surgeon to Bridewell and Bethlehem hospitals 1815;
M.R.C.S. 1805, professor of anatomy and surgery 1815, member of
council 1828, Hunterian orator 1834 and 1846, examiner 1840–67,
pres. 1846 and 1855; surgeon extraordinary to the Queen 1837–58,
serjeant surgeon 24 March 1858 to death; member of general
medical council 1858–63; created baronet 8 April 1867; author
of A treatise on ruptures 1810, 3 ed. 1816, 5 ed. 1838; A short
system of comparative anatomy translated from the German 1807, 2
ed. 1827; An introduction to comparative anatomy and physiology
1816; Lectures on physiology, zoology and the natural history of
man 1819, 9 ed. 1848; Lectures on surgery at St. Bartholomew’s
hospital 1830; A treatise on the venereal diseases of the eye
1830; A treatise on the diseases of the eye 1833, 2 ed. 1841;
The Hunterian orations 2 vols. 1834 and 1846. _d._ 18 Whitehall
place, London 5 July 1867, portrait in committee room of St.
Bartholomew’s hospital, and bust in College of Surgeons. _Memoir
by Sir W. S. Savory in St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Reports for
1868 pp._ 1–18; _Traits of character. By A Contemporary_, _i_
145–66 (1860); _Proc. of Royal Soc. xvi_ 25–30 (1868); _Medical
Circular_, _iv_ 191–3, 209–10, 227–9 (1854), _portrait_; _W. C.
Taylor’s National portrait gallery_, _ii_ 29, _portrait_; _T. J.
Pettigrew’s Medical portrait gallery_, _ii_ (1840), _portrait_.

NOTE.--He married 14 Aug. 1828 Louisa younger dau. of James Senior of Broughton house, Aylesbury, Bucks. At Drayton green until 1840 and afterwards at Ealing park, she was well known for her devotion to horticulture. The queen and Prince Albert sometimes visited the gardens at Ealing, where she at one time received Sir Robert Peel and all the ministers at a fête given in their honour. She _d._ Ealing park 14 Aug. 1855.

LAWRENCE, WILLIAM HUDSON. _b._ 21 Jany. 1793; 2 lieut. R.A. 28
April 1810, captain 2 Feb. 1832, retired on half pay 31 July
1840; held several government appointments at Corfu. _d._ Bath
13 March 1884, probably oldest officer in the R.A.

LAWRENSON, JOHN (son of major Lawrenson). _b._ Ireland 1801;
cornet 13 light dragoons 12 Nov. 1818; lieut. 4 dragoon guards
1822; capt. 17 lancers 1827, major 31 Dec. 1839; lieut.-col.
13 light dragoons 27 June 1845 to 23 June 1848; lieut.-col. 17
lancers 18 April 1851, on h.p. 30 Sep. 1856; brigadier general
in Crimea 30 July 1855 to 2 July 1856; inspector general of
cavalry at head quarters of army 1860–65; col. of 8 hussars
22 Feb. 1865, of 13 hussars 10 Dec. 1868 to death; general 2
Nov. 1875; hunted with the Atherstone hounds 1847–8, afterwards
with the Pytchley, then at Brixworth; rode in military steeple
chases. _d._ Alexandra hotel, Hyde park corner, London 30 Oct.
1883. _Baily’s Mag. xli_ 367–9, 429 (1883).

LAWRIE, ALEXANDER. _b._ Edinburgh 26 June 1818; blind from early
infancy; an excellent pianist, composer and virtuoso of music;
organist of St. James’s episcopal church, Edinb. many years,
then of rev. Mr. Kirk’s ch. Brighton st. Edinb.; published many
pieces for the pianoforte; wrote some good hymn tunes. _d._
Edinburgh, Dec. 1880.

LAWRIE, JAMES ADAIR (son of rev. Archibald Lawrie of Loudoun,
friend of Robert Burns the poet). _b._ 1801 or 1802; M.D.
Glasgow, L. and F.F.P.S. Glasgow; surgeon H.E.I.C.S. Bengal;
professor of surgery in Andersonian univ. Glasgow; professor
of surgery in Glasgow univ. 1850 to death; in practice at 18
Brandon place, Glasgow; edited with W. Weir The Glasgow Medical
Journal, vol. v. 1832; author of Essay on cholera founded on
observations of the disease in India and in Sunderland 1832.
_d._ Bridge of Allan 23 Nov. 1859. _Memoirs of one hundred
Glasgow men_ (1886) 171, _portrait_.

LAWRY, WALTER (son of Joseph Lawry _d._ 1832). _b._ Ruthern,
St. Gorran, Cornwall 3 Aug. 1793; Wesleyan minister in New
South Wales 1817–20, in Friendly Isles 1820–22, 1823–25, in Van
Diemen’s land 1822–23, in England 1825–43, in New Zealand and
Australia 1843 to death; general superintendent of Wesleyan
missions in New Zealand 1844–51; author of Friendly and
Feejee islands, a missionary visit 1850, 2 ed. 1850; A second
missionary visit to the Friendly islands 1851. _d._ Paramatta,
N.S.W. 30 March 1859. _Buller’s Forty years in New Zealand_
(1878) 314–20.

LAWSON, CECIL GORDON (5 son of Wm. Lawson, Scottish portrait
painter). _b._ Wellington, Shropshire 3 Dec. 1851; commenced
painting in oils at the age of four; sketched in the open air
at the age of 10, at the age of 14 was selling his sketches
to the dealers; made his first sketching tour in Kent, Surrey
and Sussex 1866; landscape painter; his pictures refused by
the Royal Academy 1866, exhibited 13 pictures at R.A. and 5 at
Suffolk st. 1869–80; first exhibited at New British Instit. Bond
st. 1868; Cheyne walk, Chelsea, exhibited at R.A. 1870; his
large picture painted at Wrotham in Kent, ‘The hop gardens of
England,’ was not accepted at the R.A. 1875, but in 1876 was
hung in a good position. _d._ 15 Cheyne walk, Chelsea 10 June
1882. _bur._ Haslemere 17 June. _Cecil Lawson, a memoir. By
E. W. Gosse_ (1883), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _xxvi_ 68 (1882),
_portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxxi_ 56 (1882), _portrait_; _London
Society_, _xliii_ 345 (1882), _portrait_.

LAWSON, HENRY (younger son of Johnson Lawson, dean of Battle,
_d._ 25 Nov. 1778). _b._ Greenwich 23 March 1774; apprenticed
to Edward Nairne of Cornhill, optician, his mother’s third
husband; member of Spectacle makers’ company, and twice
master; one of original members of Askesian society 1796;
lived at Hereford 1823–41, equipped an observatory there with
a five-foot refractor 1826 and with one of 11 feet 1834, the
finest telescope ever made by Dollond, he afterwards presented
the latter to royal naval school at Greenwich; removed to 7
Lansdown crescent, Bath 1841 where he formed an observatory on
the roof of his house; silver medallist of Royal soc. of arts
for his invention of an observing chair called Reclinea; F.R.
Astron. Soc. 1833; F.R.S. 21 May 1840; published Register of the
quantity of rain that has fallen in the city of Hereford 1836; A
paper on the arrangement of an observatory 1844. _d._ 7 Lansdown
crescent, Bath 23 Aug. 1855.

LAWSON, JAMES. _b._ Glasgow 9 Nov. 1799; ed. at Glasgow univ.;
entered counting house of his uncle at New York 1815; partner
in a mercantile house which failed 1826; associate editor of
Morning Courier 1827–9 and of Mercantile Advertiser 1829–33;
marine insurance agent in New York 1833; author of Tales and
sketches. By A Cosmopolite. New York 1830; Poems. Gleanings
from spare hours of a business life. New York 1857; Giordano,
a tragedy produced at Park theatre, New York, Nov. 1828;
Liddesdale or the border chief, a tragedy 1859; contributed many
articles to periodicals. _d._ Yonkers, New York 20 March 1880.
_Wilson’s Poets and poetry of Scotland_, _ii_ 208–10 (1876).

LAWSON, JAMES ANTHONY (eld. son of James Lawson). _b._ Waterford
1817; ed. at Waterford and Trin. coll. Dublin, scholar 1836,
senior moderator 1837, gold medallist; B.A. 1838, LLB. 1841,
LLD. 1850; Whately professor of political economy 1840–45;
called to Irish bar 1840; Q.C. 29 Jany. 1857; bencher of King’s
Inns 1861; legal adviser to the crown in Ireland 1858–9;
solicitor general for Ireland Feb. 1861, attorney general
1865 to 1866; P.C. Ireland 1865; suppressed the ‘Irish
People’ newspaper 1865; contested Univ. of Dublin 1857; M.P.
Portarlington 1865–8; contested Portarlington 1868; justice of
Court of Common Pleas, Ireland, Dec. 1868; justice of Queen’s
Bench division June 1882 to death; an Irish church comr. July
1869; P.C. 18 May 1870; a comr. for the great seal March to
Dec. 1874; Patrick Delany attempted to murder him while walking
in Kildare st. Dublin 11 Nov. 1882; author of Five lectures on
political economy 1844; author with H. Connor of Reports of
cases in high court of chancery of Ireland during the time of
lord chancellor Sugden 1865. _d._ Shankhill near Dublin 10 Aug.
1887. _Irish Law Times_, _xi_ 464 (1887).

LAWSON, JOHN JOSEPH (2 son of James Lawson of Norwood). _b._
1802; publisher of the Times newspaper to death. _d._ Downshire
hill, Hampstead 24 March 1852. _The Times testimonial. Report
of the trial Bogle versus Lawson_ 1841; _The Nelson sword v.
Lord Denman’s law_. _The summing up of the judge in Evans versus
Lawson for libel_ 1848.

LAWSON, JOHN PARKER. Minister in episcopal church of Scotland;
chaplain in the army; lived in Edinburgh; author of The life
of George Wishart of Pitarrow. Edinb. 1827; Life and times of
William Laud, archbishop of Canterbury 2 vols. 1829; The Roman
Catholic church in Scotland 1836; History of the Scottish
episcopal church from the revolution to the present time. Edinb.
1843; Scotland delineated in a series of views, with letter
press by J. P. Lawson 2 vols. 1847–54, 2 ed. 1858. _d._ 1852.

LAWSON, LIONEL. _b._ 1824; ed. in Germany; inherited a fortune
from his father; established a manufactory of printing ink
at St. Ouen, France, where he made a fortune, and then sold
business; printing ink manufacturer at 1 Bouverie st. Fleet
st. and at Old Ford, Bow; purchased a large share in The Daily
Telegraph, but never took any active part in management of
the paper. _d._ 2 Brook st. Hanover sq. London 20 Sep. 1879,
personalty sworn under £900,000, 11 Oct. 1879. _I.L.N. lxxv_
361, 362 (1879), _portrait_.

LAWSON, SIR WILFRID, 1 Baronet (5 son of Thomas Wybergh of
Clifton hall, Westmoreland 1757–1827). _b._ Bramhope hall,
Yorkshire 5 Oct. 1795; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb.; assumed name of
Lawson by r.l. 26 Sep. 1812 on inheriting estate of his maternal
uncle sir W. Lawson; sheriff of Cumberland 1820; cr. baronet 30
Sep. 1831. _d._ Brayton, Cumberland 12 June 1867.

LAWSON, WILLIAM. _b._ Lanark; a ploughboy; entered the army
1837; a non-commissioned officer 1839–54; served through Crimean
war 1854–6; ensign 42nd (Royal Highland) foot 5 Nov. 1854,
captain 10 Aug. 1858 to death, instructor of musketry to his
regiment 1856; left England for Calcutta, Aug. 1857; commanded
the picket of 37 men which defended themselves against 2000
rebels on the banks of the Suarda 15 Jany. 1858. _d._ Nynee Tal,
Bengal 18 Aug. 1859.

LAWSON, SIR WILLIAM, 1 Baronet (2 son of John Wright of Kelvedon
hall, Essex 1763–1826). _b._ Middleton lodge, Middleton Tyas,
Yorkshire 8 May 1796; assumed by r.l. name of Lawson in lieu of
Wright 5 May 1834; cr. a baronet 8 Sep. 1841; received order of
Christ from Pope Gregory XVI. 1844. _d._ Brough hall, Catterick,
Yorkshire 22 June 1865.

LAWSON, WILLIAM JOHN. Ed. at Christ’s hospital, London till
16 years old; clerk in banking house of Barclay, Bevan & Co.
15 years; a founder of The Bank of London 1855; established
Lawson’s Merchant’s magazine, statist and commercial review
1852; author of History of banking in Scotland 1845; The history
of banking 1850, 2 ed. 1855; A handy-book on the law of banking
1859, this work was suppressed and 1500 copies destroyed, 16th
thousand of an altered edition 1871; The bank of England as it
is and as it ought to be 1865; living in London in March 1865.

LAWTON, GEORGE. _b._ Manchester, Feb. 1808; a scholar in Bennett
st. Sunday sch., a teacher, a superintendent, senior visitor and
manager March 1848 to death; librarian Manchester mechanics’
institution 1832–45; collector of Manchester royal infirmary
1845 to death; director of Mechanics’ institution 1850. _d._
Stretford, Manchester 7 Sep. 1853. _G. Milner’s ed. of B.
Braidley’s Bennett st. memorials. Manchester_ (1880) 194–228,
_portrait_.

LAWTON, GEORGE. _b._ York 6 May 1779; admitted a proctor 3 Nov.
1808; a solicitor and notary public at York to 1863; registrar
of archdeaconry of East Riding of Yorkshire; author of The
Marriage act 4 George IV. c. 76, 1823; A brief treatise of Bona
Notabilia 1825; Collectio rerum ecclesiasticarum 2 vols. 1840, 2
ed. 1842; The religious houses of Yorkshire 1853. _d._ Nunthorpe
near York 2 Dec. 1869.

LAXTON, WILLIAM (son of Wm. Robert Laxton, surveyor). _b._
London 30 March 1802; ed. at Christ hospital; surveyed and
laid down several lines of railway; constructed water works
at Falmouth 1848 and at Stonehouse; joint engineer with Robert
Stephenson of the Watford water company for supplying London
with water from the chalk formation; projected and edited The
civil engineer and architect’s journal a monthly periodical
Oct. 1837, purchased a weekly journal called The architect and
building gazette which he united to The civil engineer; laid
out large part of Hove, Brighton; surveyor to the Farmers’ and
General fire and life insurance company 1840 to death; author of
The improved builder’s price book 1828; The builder’s price book
1844. _d._ 19 Arundel st. Strand, London 31 May 1854. _Civil
Engineer, July 1854 pp._ 270–1; _G.M. Aug. 1854 pp._ 199–200.

LAYARD, FREDERIC PETER. _b._ 6 May 1818; ensign 19 Bengal N.I. 3
Dec. 1838, captain 30 April 1851 to 11 March 1864; lieut.-col.
Bengal staff corps 11 March 1864, placed on unemployed
supernumerary list 1 July 1881; general 22 Jany. 1889; author of
A Hugenot relic, an ivory box with the arms of Charles de Nocé
and Marguerite de Rembouillet 1886, _d._ 3 Cavendish road, St.
John’s Wood, London 21 May 1891.

LAYARD, WILLIAM TWISLETON. _b._ 4 Aug. 1813; ensign Ceylon
rifle regiment 22 Feb. 1833, lieut.-col. 12 June 1859 to 3 Feb.
1872 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877; placed on retired
list with hon. rank of general 1 July 1881. _d._ Friedland,
Wandsworth, London 16 Jany. 1891.

LAYCOCK, JAMES CAMPEY. _b._ Appleton near York 6 May 1796;
solicitor Huddersfield 1820–76, clerk to the justices 1828–72,
presented with a silver salver; clerk to the borough bench
1868–72; a large donor to the parish ch. schools; president
of Huddersfield infirmary 1860 to death; the last survivor of
the original shareholders in Huddersfield banking co. _d._
Huddersfield 17 Feb. 1885. _Hulbert’s Supplementary annals of
Almondbury_ (1885) 133–7; _Solicitors’ Journal 14 March 1885 p._
326.

LAYCOCK, ROBERT (only son of Joseph Laycock of Low Gosforth
hall, Northumberland, _b._ 1798, _d._ 2 Aug. 1881, personalty
sworn under £464,000, 14 Jany. 1882). _b._ Winlaton, co. Durham
1833; ed. Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1856, M.A. 1859; barrister
I.T. 17 Nov. 1857; sheriff of Notts. 1878; contested North
Notts. 26 Feb. 1872 and Nottingham 5 Feb. 1874; M.P. North
Lincoln, April 1880 to death. _d._ Eastbourne 14 Aug. 1881.

LAYCOCK, THOMAS (son of rev. Thomas Laycock, Wesleyan minister,
_d._ 1833). _b._ Wetherby, Yorkshire 10 Aug. 1812; ed. at
Wesleyan academy, Woodhouse Grove and Univ. coll. London;
M.R.C.S. 1835; M.D. Göttingen 1839; sec. of the British Assoc.
1844; lecturer on clinical medicine at York school of medicine
1846; professor of practice of physic, univ. of Edin. 5 Nov.
1855 to death, being the only Englishman ever elected; F.R.S.
Edin. 1861; phys. in ordinary to the Queen for Scotland 1 Oct.
1869 to death; author of A treatise on the nervous diseases of
women 1840; Lectures on the principles and methods of medical
observation and research. Edinb. 1856, 2 ed. 1864; Mind and
Brain, or the correlations of consciousness and organisation.
Edinb. 2 vols. 1859, 2 ed. 1869, and of 300 articles in medical
journals. _d._ 13 Walker st. Edinburgh 21 Sep. 1876. _Revue des
cours scientifiques_, _ii_ 808 (1876); _Slugg’s Woodhouse Grove
school_ (1885) 211, 276.

LAYTON, FREDERICK WILLIAM HANHAM (son of Thomas Layton _d._
1844). _b._ 1805; ed. at Shrewsbury and Peter house, Camb., B.A.
1828; C. of Wem, Shropshire, resigned 1835; angel of Catholic
Apostolic ch. Duncan st. Islington 14 July 1835 to death; author
of The instant coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 1866; On the
decadence and fall of Christendom 1868; The parables of Christ
considered with reference to their meaning by H. W. J. Thiersch,
a translation 1869; On spiritual and true worship 1871. _d._ 11
Highbury grove, London 21 Oct. 1878.

LAYTON, HENRY (2 son of rev. Thomas Layton, V. of Chigwell,
Essex, _d._ 1833). _b._ Chigwell 2 Feb. 1799; entered navy 3 May
1812; captain 9 Nov. 1846; retired R.A. 15 June 1864; retired
admiral 1 Aug. 1877. _d._ Castle hill, Reading 3 March 1882.
_O’Byrne p._ 640.