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Bennet Langton: '''Bennet Langton''' ([[1737]]-[[1801]]), friend of Dr. Johnson; as a lad obtained an introduction to the doctor, who visited him at Trinity College, Ox ford, 1769; member of the Literary Club, 1764; M.A., 1769; famous for his Greek scholarship; professor of ancient literature at the Royal Academy, 1788; D.C.L. Oxford, 1790.
Christopher Langton: '''Christopher Langton''' ([[1521]]-[[1578]]), physician ; educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge; B.A.. 1642; published treatises in English on medicine, 1547, 1660, and 1552; M.D. Cambridge, 1552; F.R.O.P., 1652-8; expelled for profligate conduct, 1558.
John De Langton: '''John De Langton''' (d. [[1337]]), bishop of Chichester and chancellor of England; clerk in the royal chancery and keeper of the rolls; chancellor, 1292-1302; treasurer of Wells, 1294; bishop of Chichester, 1305; chancellor, 1307-9; built the chapter-house at Chichester.
John Langton: '''John Langton''' (fl. [[1390]]), Carmelite ; studied at Oxford, and was bachelor of theology; took part in the trial (1392) of the lollard Henry Crump, and wrote an account of it.
Robert Langton: '''Robert Langton''' (d. [[1624]]), divine and traveller : nrplifw of Thomas Langton; educated at Queen's Collet, Oxford: pn-ln-n-lary of Lincoln, 1483-1517: archdeacon of Dorset, 1486-1514: D.C.L., 1601; treasurer of York Minster, 1509-14; prebendary of York, 1614-24. xxxii. 1211
Simon Langton: '''Simon Langton''' (d. 1*48), archdeacon of Canterbury: brother of Stephen Langton; shared bin brother's exile; returned to England, 1213; adopted the baronscause; chancellor to Louis of France when he came to claim tin* Mnt'lM. crown, li'ltt; exiled, 1217-37: Hr'lniii-i.ii of l!;iiit:rtmry, 1287; rose into high favour with the king and pope; author of a treatiec on the Book of Canticles.
Stephen Langton: '''Stephen Langton''' (d. 12*8), archbishop of Canterbury and cardinal; studied at Paris University; became a doctor in arts and theology; went to Rome and was made cardinal-priest, 1208: archbishop of Canterbury, 1207-28; at first rejected by King John, 1207; remained at Pontigny for the next five years after the interdict of 1*08; tried to act as peacemaker between John and the pope (Innocent III); visited Dover in the hope of making terms, but bad to return intoexile, 1209; received by John, 1213; acted as mediator during the business of the Great Charter, which he supported, 1216; held at Osney a church council, which is to the ecclesiastical history of England what the assembly at Runnymede (1215) is to her secular history, 1222; occupied in political affairs during the earlier years of Henry Ill's reign; a famous theologian, historian, and poet.
Thomas Langton: '''Thomas Langton''' (d. [[1501]]), bishop of Winchester and archbishop-elect of Canterbury; fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, 1461; took degrees in canon law at Cambridge; chaplain to Edward IV before 1476; sent on embassies to France, 1467, 1476, 1477, 1478, and 1480: treasurer of Exeter, 1478; prebendary of Wells, 1478; prebendary of Lincoln, 1483; bishop of St. David's, 1483; bishop of Salisbury, 1486; provost of Queen's College, Oxford, 1487-95; bishop of Winchester, 1493-1600; elected archbishop of Canterbury, 22 Jan. 1501; died of the plague, 27 Jan.
Walter Langton: '''Walter Langton''' (d. [[1321]]), bishop of Lichfield and treasurer; clerk of the king's chancery: keeper of the king's wardrobe, 1292; a favourite councillor of Edward I; treasurer, 1295; bishop of Lichfield, 1297; accused of various crimes, 1301; formally absolved, 1303; accompanied Edward I to Scotland, and was present at his death, 1307; arrested by Edward II for misdemeanors as treasurer; imprisoned, 1308-12; liberated and restored to office of treasurer, 1312; in the king's council, 1316-18.
William Langton: '''William Langton''' ([[1803]]-[[1881]]), antiquary and financier; engaged in business in Liverpool, 1821-9; in Messrs. Heywood's bank, Manchester, 1829-54; managing director, Manchester and Salford bank, 1854-76; member of the Chetham Society, editing for it three volumes of miscellanies; an accurate genealogist, herald, ami antiquary, philologist, and writer of English and Italian verse.
Zaohary Langton: '''Zaohary Langton''' ([[1698]]-[[1786]]), divine; of Magdalen Hall, Oxford; M.A., 1724; published anonymously 'An Essay Concerning the Human Rational Soul 1753
Benjamin Langwith: '''Benjamin Langwith''' ([[1684]] ?-[[1743]]), antiquary and natural philosopher; educated at QueensCollege, Cambridge; AI.A., 1708; D.D., 1717; prebendary of Chichester, 1725; assisted Francis Drake with bis Eboracum; published scientific dissertations,
Sir John Lanier: '''Sir John Lanier''' (d. [[1692]]), military commander ; governor of Jersey under Charles II; knighted: lieutenant-general, 1688: served in Ireland under William 111, 1689-91; one of the king's generals of horse in Flanders, 1692; mortally wounded at buttle of Steinkirk.
Nicholas Lanier: '''Nicholas Lanier''' ([[1568]]-[[1646]] V),eU-hcr; possibly cousin of Nicholas Lanier (1588 1666)
Lanier: '''Lanier''' (LANIEREX NICHOLAS ([[1688]]-[[1666]]), musician and amateur of art; a musician in the royal household: composed music for masque by Campion, 1613, for Ben Jousou's Lovers made Men and the* Vision of Delight 1617; master of the king's music, 16*6; sent by Charles I to Italy to collect pictures and statues for the
Lanigan: '''Lanigan''' 748
Laroon: '''Laroon''' royal oollecUon; followed the royal family iuto exile reinstated as master of the king's music, 1660.
John Lanigan: '''John Lanigan''' ([[1758]]-[[1828]]X Irish ecclesiastics historian; ordained at Rome; appointed to the chairs of Hebrew ecclesiastical history ami divinity in the university of Pavia: published the first part of his Institutions BlblidB 1793: D.D. Pavia, 1794; returned to Ireland 1796: assistant-librarian, foreign correspondent, and general literary supervisor to the Royal Dublin Society, 1799: assisted to found Gaelic Society of Dublin, 1808; principal work,An Ecclesiastical History of Ireland, from the first Introduction of Christianity among the Irish to the beginning of the thirteenth Century 1822.
Lanxe: '''Lanxe''' 8TER, EDWIN ([[1814]]-[[1874]]), man of science; articled to a surgeon; studied at London University, 1W4-7: M.R.C.S. and I*S.A., 1887; MJ. Heidelberg, 1839: secretary of the Ray Society, 1844; F.R&, 1845; professor of natural history in New College, London, 1850: joint-editor of the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 1863-71; president of the Microscopical Society of London, 1859: examiner in botany to the science and art department, 1862: engaged in important sanitary investigations: medical officer of health for the parish of St. James's, Westminster, 1856-74; coroner for Central Middlesex, 1862-74; published works on physiology and sanitary science.
Prosper Henricus Lankrink: '''Prosper Henricus Lankrink''' ([[1628]]-[[1692]]), painter; born in Germany: studied at Antwerp; visited Italy: came to England and was employed by Lely to paint the accessories In his portraits.
Lanquet: '''Lanquet''' or LANZET, THOMAS ([[1521]]-[[1546]]), chronicler: studied at Oxford and devoted himself to historical research; at his death was engaged on a useful general history, completed by Thomas Cooper (1517 ?-1594)
Makquikks of Lansdowne: '''Makquikks of Lansdowne''' . See PETTY, WIL-
Liam: '''Liam''' first MARQUIS, [[1737]]-[[1805]]; PKTTY-FITZMAURICE,
Henry: '''Henry''' third MARQUIS, [[1780]]-[[1863]]; PKTTY-FITZMAU-
Hkxry Thomas Rick: '''Hkxry Thomas Rick''' , fourth MARQUIS, [[1816]]-[[1866]].

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Lansdowne: '''Lansdowne''' first BARON ([[1667]]-[[1736]]1 SeeGRAN-
Villk: '''Villk''' or GRKNVILLK, GEORGE.
Thomas Lant: '''Thomas Lant''' ([[1556]] ?-[[1600]]), herald and draughtsman; originally servant to Sir Philip Sidney q. v.1; entered College of Arms as Portcullis pursuivant, 1588 Windsor herald, 1597; wrote on heraldry,
Lantfred: '''Lantfred''' or LAJIFHID (. [[980]]), hagiographer ; author of De Miraculls Swithuni printed partly in the Acta Sanctorum the whole work being contained in the
Sir Charles Lanyon: '''Sir Charles Lanyon''' ([[1813]]-[[1889]]), civil engineer surveyor of co. Antrim, 1836-60; architect of some of the principal buildings in Belfast; mayor of Belfast, 1862; prwfcknit of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland, 1868-8; M.P., Belfast, 1866; knighted, 1868; high sheriff of co. Antrim, 1876.
Sir William Owen Lanyon: '''Sir William Owen Lanyon''' ([[1842]]-[[1887]]), colonel and colonial administrator: son of Sir Charles Lanyon 10;. served in Jamaica during native disturbances, : UM.G., 1874: administrator of Griqualand West 1885 -8, of the Transvaal, 1879-81; K.C.M.G., 1880; served in Egyptian campaign, 1882, with Nile expedition, 1884-5 died at New York.
Gesualdo Lanza: '''Gesualdo Lanza''' ([[1779]]-[[1859]]), teacher of music tx.rn in Naples; became known in London as a singing ma.Hter; delivered lectures and wrote various works on the f singing.
Edward Lapidoe: '''Edward Lapidoe''' (d. [[1860]]), architect; sent Mnoui.draw.iigs to the Royal Academy; built a bridge buUtveS* PWSV?*i an1 altered II" 1 t several churches; F.R.I.B.A.; surveyor of bridges and public works for Surrey. xxxii. f 8
Gborgehbnry Laporte: '''Gborgehbnry Laporte''' (rf. [[1878]]), animal* *f t Jobn Laporte: exhibited 8portin K * the Academy, British Institution, and Suffolk . 1*2, from 1818:oHwlHtion member of the Institute of Painters in Water-colours.
John Laporte: '''John Laporte''' ([[1761]]-[[1839]]), water-colour painter ; drawing-master at the military academy at Addiscombe; exhibited landscapes at the Royal Academy and British Institution from 1786; in conjunction with William Frederick Wells executed a set of seventy-two etchings from Gainsborough, 1819; published work- on art.
John Lapraik: '''John Lapraik''' ([[1727]]-[[1807]]), confined for a time as debtor after the collapse of the Ayr bank, 1772; conducted a public-house and the village post-office at Muirkirk after 1796; published Poems on Several Occasions 1788; three famousEpistlesaddressed to him by Burns.
Edward Lapworth: '''Edward Lapworth''' ([[1574]]-[[1636]]), physician and Latin poet; M.A. Exeter College, Oxford, 1595; master of Magdalen College school, Oxford, 1598-1610; licensed to practise medicine, 1605; M.D., 1611: first Sedleian reader in natural philosophy, 1618; Linacre physic lecturer 1019-35.
Sir Thomas Aiskew Larcom: '''Sir Thomas Aiskew Larcom''' ([[1801]]-[[1879]]), Irish official; educated at the Royal Academy, Woolwich; employed on the ordnance survey of England and Wales, 1824-6, of Ireland, 1828-46; published admirable maps of Ireland; census commissioner, 1841; commissioner of public works, 1846; deputy-chairman of the board of works, 1860; under-secretary for Ireland, 1853; K.C.B., 1860; his administration marked by a steady increase of prosperity.
Dionysius Lardner: '''Dionysius Lardner''' ([[1793]]-[[1859]]), scientific writer; of Trinity College, Dublin: M.A., 1819; LL.D., 1827; took holy orders, but devoted himself to literary and scientific work: professor of natural philosophy and astronomy in London University, now University College, 1827; his principal work, the Cabinet Cyclopaedia completed in 133 volumes, 1849; edited the Edinburgh Cabinet Library 1830-44; lectured in the United States and Cuba, 1840-5; settled at Paris, 1845; wrote at Paris works on railway economy and natural philosophy; died at Naples.
Nathaniel Lardner: '''Nathaniel Lardner''' ([[1684]]-[[1768]]), biblical and patristic scholar; preached his first sermon, 1709; lectured on theCredibility of the Gospel History out of which grew his great work, 1723; first two volumes of part i. of hisCredibility published, 1727; part ii. vols. i-xii., 1733-65; founder of the modern school of critical research in the field of early Christian literature, and remains the leading authority on the conservative side D.D. Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1745.
Thomas Larkham: '''Thomas Larkham''' ([[1602]]-[[1669]]), puritan divine ; M.A. Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1626; in trouble through his puritan proclivities; fled to New England before 1641; returned, 1642; vicar of Tavi stock before 1649; resigned his benefice, 1660; wrote controversial pamphlets.
Lambert Blackwell Larking: '''Lambert Blackwell Larking''' ([[1797]]-[[1868]]), antiquary; educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford; M.A., 1823; founder of the university lodge of Freemasons; hou. sec. Kent Archaeological Society, 18571861; vice-president, 1861; edited volumes for the Camden Society, 1849, 1867, and 1861; the Domesday Book of Kent published, 1869; made extensive preparations for a revision of Hasted's History of Kent the first instalment, of which the Hundred of Blackheath appeared 1886.
James Laroche: '''James Laroche''' (fl. [[1696]]-[[1713]]), singer ; appeared while a boy as Cupid in Motteux's Loves of Mars and enus 1697; in a musical interlude, The Raree Show 713
Laroon: '''Laroon''' or LAURON, MAROELLUS, the elder ([[1653]] 702), painter and engraver; born at the Hague; migrated England; best known by his drawings, The Cryes of London; painted draperies for Sir Godfrey Kneller
Maroellus Laroon: '''Maroellus Laroon''' , the younger ([[1679]]-[[1772]]), ainter and captain in the army; second son of Marcellus Laroon the elder; studied painting and music; actor and singer at Drury Lane Theatre, London; joined he footguards, 1707; fought at Oudenarde, 1708; deputy quarter-master-general of the English troops in Spain; returned to England, 1712: captain, 1732; a friend and imitator of William Hogarth; best known for his conversation pieces.
Larpent: '''Larpent''' 749
Latham: '''Latham'''
Francis Seymour Larpent: '''Francis Seymour Larpent''' ([[1776]]-[[1845]]), civil servant; eldest son of John Larpent; educated at I St. John's College, Cambridge; fi-llo-.v, 17l; M.A., I called to the l:ir; deputy judge-advoite-gpiii-r:il to tinforces in the 1'cnin-nla, 1812-14; commissioner of nistom-. 1814; civil and admiralty judge for Gibraltar: employed in secret service with reference to the Princess Caroline, 1815 and 1820; chairman of the board of audit of the public accounts, 1826-43; hisPrivate JournalspuMishwl, 1853.
Larpent: '''Larpent''' SmGEORGEOERARDnKHOCHKl'Il.I), first baronet (1786-1855), politician; son of John Larpent ; entered East India House of Cockerell & Larpent; chairman of the Oriental and China Association; deputychairman of St. Katharine's Docks Company; M.P., Nottingham, 1841; created baronet, 1841; wrote pamphlets and edited works by his grandfather and his half-brother, Francis Seymour Larpent
John Larpent: '''John Larpent''' ([[1741]]-[[1824]]), inspector of plays : educated at Westminster; entered the foreign office; secretary to the Duke of Bedford at the peace of Paris, 1763; inspector of plays, 1778.

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Lascelle: '''Lascelle''' 8, MRS. ANN ([[1745]]-[[1789]]). See CATLKY,
Ann: '''Ann''' LA8CELLE8, HENRY, second EARL OP HARKWOOD (1767-1841), M.P., Yorkshire, 1796, 1802, and 1812, Westbury, 1807, Northallerton, 1818; styled Viscount Lascelles after death of his elder brother (1814), and succeeded his father, the first earl, 1820.
Rowley Lascelles: '''Rowley Lascelles''' ([[1771]]-[[1841]]), antiquary and miscellaneous writer; educated at Harrow; barrister, Middle Temple, 1797; practised at the Irish bar for twenty years; selected by the record commissioners for Ireland (1813) to edit lists of all public officers recorded in Irish court of chancery from 1540 to 1774, the work appearing asLiber Munerum Publicorum Hiberniae, ab an. 1152 usque ad 1827(vol. i. 1824, vol. ii. 1830); prefixed to it a history of Ireland which gave so much offence that the book was suppressed (reissued, 1852); author of works on miscellaneous subjects.
Thomas Lascelles: '''Thomas Lascelles''' ([[1670]]-[[1751]]), colonel; chief engineer of Great Britain and deputy quartermastergeneral of the forces; served as volunteer in Ireland, 1689-91; in the expedition to Cadiz, 1702; joined regular army, 1704; present at nearly all Marlborough's battles; wounded at Blenheim, 1704: employed in the demolition of the fortifications, &c., of Dunkirk, 1713-16, 1720-5, and 1729-32; deputy quartermaster-general of the forces, 1715; director of engineers, 1722; master-surveyor of the ordnance and chief engineer of Great Britain, 1742.
Laski: '''Laski''' or A LASCO, JOHN ([[1499]]-[[1560]]), reformer; born in Poland; mistakenly claimed descent from Henry de Lacy, third earl of Lincoln; at Bologna University, 1514-18; canon of Leczyc, 1517, of Cracow and Plock, 1518, and dean of Gnesen, 1521; lived at Basle in Erasmus's house, 1524-5; bishop of Vesprim, 1529; archdeacon of Warsaw, 1538; pastor of a congregation of reformers at Emdeu in East Frisia, 1542-8; superintendent of the London church of foreign protestants, 1550; had great influence at Edward VI's court; promoted the reformation in Poland, 1556-60; an austere Calvinist; published tracts advocating the reformation,
William Lassell: '''William Lassell''' ([[1799]]-[[1880]]), astronomer ; educated at a school at Rochdale; apprenticed in a merchant's office at Liverpool, 1814-21; brewer at Liverpool, 1S25; built observatory at Starficld, near Liverpool, and erected a nine-inch Newtonian, the first example of the adaptation to reflectors of the equatoreal plan of mounting, and with it followed the course of comets further than was possible at any public observatory; invented a new machine mounted at Starfield, 1846; verified discovery of Neptune by its aid, 1847; gold medallist, Royal Astronomical Society, 1849, and F.R.S., 1849; the first to ascertain clearly the composition of the Dranian system, 1851; removed his observatory to Bradstones, 1864; royal medallist, 1858; constructed a reflecting telescope of four feet aperture, 1859-60; mounted and worked with it at Valetta, 1861-4; set up an observatory near Maidenhead on his return to England; hou. LL.D. Cambridge, 1874, f xxxii. 160
Richard Lassels: '''Richard Lassels''' ([[1608]] 7-[[1668]]), Roman catholic divine; educated probably at Oxford; student of the English college at Douay, 1623; profemor of classics at Dooay. 1629; ordainui,,r-..-t. 1632; published account of travels in Italy, 1670; dial at Mont (
Late: '''Late''' 8. niAIM.KS (Jt. [[1794]]), organist and musical composer; son of John James Late*; pupil of Dr. Philip Haye*; entered Magdalen College, Oxford, 1793; HUB. Bac., 1794, composed an anthem, aud sonata* for the pianoforte.
Late: '''Late''' 8, J( )HN JAMES ( rf. [[1777]] ?), organist : violinist and teacher of the violin at Oxford; probably organist of St. John's College, Oxford; composed solos and dnets for the violin and violoncello.
Richard Latewar: '''Richard Latewar''' ([[1660]]-[[1601]]X scholar; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool. London; scholar, 1580, and later fellow of St John's College, Oxford; M.A., 1588; D.D., 1597; accompanied Charles Blount, eighth baron Mountjoy, to Ireland, and died of a wound received at Benburb, co. Tyrone; wrote Latin poem*.
Gilbert Latey: '''Gilbert Latey''' ([[1626]]-[[1706]]), qnaker ; joined the Society of Friends, 1664; suffered imprisonment for his belief; exerted his influence successfully on behalf of the quakers with James II and William and Mary; by persistently petitioning the king obtained act of 1697 (made perpetual, 1715), by which the quaker affirmation equivalent to an oath; author of several religious
Henry Latham: '''Henry Latham''' ([[1794]]-[[1866]]), poetical writer: third sou of John Latham (1761-1843); educated at Brasenose College, Oxford; entered the church; publishedSertum Shakesperianum, subnexis aliquot inferioris notes floribus 1863.
James Latham: '''James Latham''' (d. [[1750]] ?), portrait-painter ; called the Irish Yandyck Among his sitters were Margaret Woffington and Bishop Berkeley.
John Latham: '''John Latham''' ([[1740]]-[[1837]]), ornithologist; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool, London; studied anatomy under Hunter; M.D. Erlaugen, 1795; studied archaeology; F.S.A., 1774; F.R.S., 1775; assisted to form the Linnean Society, 1788; chief work, 4 A General History of Birds 1821-8.
John Latham: '''John Latham''' ([[1761]]-[[1843]]), physician; entered Brasenose College, Oxford, 1778; B.A., 1782; studied at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1782-4; M.A., 1784; M.B., 1786; physician to the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, 1787; M.D., 1788; F.R.O.P., 1789; physician to the Middlesex Hospital, 1789-93, to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1793-1802; Gulstonian lecturer, 1793; Harveiau orator, 1794; Croonlan lecturer, 1795; physician extraordinary to the Prince of Wales. 1795: published pamphlet on rheumatism and gout, 1796, and works on clinical medicine.
John Latham: '''John Latham''' ([[1787]]-[[1853]]), poetical writer; eldest son of John Latham (1761-1843); educated at Brasenose College, Oxford: elected fellow of All Souls College while an undergraduate, 1806; published anonymously a volume of poems, 1836; English and Latin poems by him published posthumously, 1853.
Peter Mere Latham: '''Peter Mere Latham''' ([[1789]]-[[1875]]X physician; second son of John Latham (1761-1843) -, educated at Brasenose College, Oxford; B.A., 181 menced studying at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1810; M.A., 1813; M.B.. 1814: physician to the Middlesex Hospital, 1816-24; M.D., 1816; F.R.O.P., 1818: Gulstonian lecturer, 1819; physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1824-41: joint-lecturer on medicine in the school of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1836; physician extraordinary to Queen Victoria, 1837; Harveian orator, 1839; chief work, Lectures on Clinical Medicine, comprising Diseases of the Heart 1845.
Robert Gordon Latham: '''Robert Gordon Latham''' ([[1812]]-[[1888]]), ethnologist and philologist: of Eton and King's College. Cambridge; B.A., 1832; studied in Germany, Denmark, and Norway: professor of English language and literature in University College, London, 1839: produced his wellknown text-book on the English language, 1841: studied medicine; L.R.O.P., 1842; M.D. London; director of the ethnological department of the Crystal Palace, 1862; made protest against the Central Asian theory of the
Latham: '''Latham''' 750
Laud: '''Laud''' origin of the Aryan*, 1W2; completed his revision..f Johnson's dictionary, 187U; published philological aiul ethnological works, 1840-78.
Simon Latham: '''Simon Latham''' (ft. [[1618]]), falconer: published Lathams Falconry or the Faulcons Lure and Cure, in two Book* 1615-1H.
John Lathbery: '''John Lathbery''' (Jl. [[1350]]), Franciscan; famous as a theologian throughout the later Middle DJ. Oxford, after 1860; his bent-known work, Commentary on Lamentations one of the earliest books iMoed by the university press, printed at Oxford, 1482.
Thomas Lathbtjry: '''Thomas Lathbtjry''' ([[1798]]-[[1865]]), ecclesiastical historian: of St, Edmund Hall, Oxford; M.A., 1827; Ticar of St. Simon's, Baptist Mills, Bristol, 1848. His works Include a history of cou vocation and A History of the Nonjurors 1846.
Francis Lathom: '''Francis Lathom''' ([[1777]]-[[1832]]), novelist and dramatist: acted at and wrote for the Norwich Theatre before 1801; wrote several successful comedies and novels between 1796 and 1830.
John Lathrop: '''John Lathrop''' (d. [[1663]]).

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Thomas Pike Lathy: '''Thomas Pike Lathy''' (fl. [[1820]]), novelist; published Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV 1819; perpetrated a successful plagiaristic fraud in the Angler, a poem in ten cantos 1819 (copied fromThe Anglers. Eight Dialogues In Verse 1768); author ofReparation, or the School for Libertines performed at the Boston Theatre, United States, 1800.
Barons Latimer: '''Barons Latimer''' . See LATIMER, WILLIAM, first
Baron: '''Baron''' of the second creation, d. [[1304]] ; LATIMER, WILLIAM fourth BARON, 1329?-1381; NEVILLE, RICHARD, second BARON of the third creation, 1468-1630; NEVILLE, JOHN third BARON, 1490 ?-1643.
Hugh Latimer: '''Hugh Latimer''' ([[1486]]?-[[1665]]), bishop of Worcester; sent to Cambridge, 1600; fellow of Clare Hall andB.A. 1610: M.A., 1614; took priest's orders; refused to refute Lather's doctrines, 1526; compelled to explain himself before Wolsey and dismissed, with liberty to preach throughout England; preached his famous sermonson the card 1529; master in theology, Oxford, by 1530 preached before Henry VIII at Windsor, 1630; accused of heresy and brought before convocation bv the bishop of London, and absolved on a complete submission, 1532 bishop of Worcester, 1535; preached Jane Seymour's funeral sermon, 1537; encouraged puritanism in his diocese; resigned his bishopric because he could not support the Act of the Six Articles, 1539; kept iii custody for nearly a year; resumed preaching after eight years silence and preached his famous sermon of the plough 1648; committed to the Tower on Mary's accession 1553 sent to Oxford with Ridley and Cranmer to defend his views before the leading divines of the university 1554 condemned as a heretic and burnt at Oxford with Ridley 566; his extaut writings edited for the Parker Society 1844 - 5
William Latimer: '''William Latimer''' , first BARON LATIMER (d 1304), served in Wales, 1276 and 1282; took part in the expedition to Gascony, 1292; employed in Scotland present at the battle of Stirling, 1297, aithe battle of Falkirk, i9,, second BARON ATIMER (1276 ?-1327), son of William Latimer, first baron Latimer ; employed in Scotland, 1297-1303; taken prisoner at Bannockburn, 1314; released, 1315; a supporter of Thomas of Lancaster, but afterwards of Edward II.
William Latimer: '''William Latimer''' , fourth BARON"LAR 2? SJ?. IX "" of Tigs third te-i-EcE fovernor of B6cherelin Brittany, I860; K.G., rU cha b ? 1 rialn ? f the king's household, 1369; constable of Dover Castle and warden of the Cinque oorts 1374 in reat favour with John of Gaunt; impeached 8 * das8icai 9ch iar: All SoulsCollege, Oxford, 1489; studied at Pu.ltm; M.A. Oxford, 1513; tutor to Reginald Cardinal Pole; prebendary of Salisbury; a great friend of Sir Thomas More; his Epistolae ad Erasmum alone extant. LA TOUCHE, VILLIAM GEORGE DIGGES (17471803), resident at Jassorah; entered St. Paul's School, London, 1767; proceeded to Bassorah, 1764; became British resident there; gained the goodwill of the natives and showed kindness to the principal citizens during the siege, 1776; returned to England, 1784; partner in La Touche's bank in Dublin.
Charles Joseph Latrobe: '''Charles Joseph Latrobe''' ([[1801]]-[[1875]]), Australian governor and traveller; son of Christian Ignatius Latrobe; educated for the Moravian ministry, but abandoned the design; travelled in Switzerland, ascending mountains and unexplored passes, 1824-6; travelled in America, 1832-4; superintendent at the time of the gold fever of the Port Phillip district of New South Wales, 1839 (the post converted into the lieutenant-governorship of Victoria, 1851); retired, 1854; O.B., 1858; published descriptions of his travels.
Christian Ignatius Latrobe: '''Christian Ignatius Latrobe''' ([[1768]]-[[1836]]), musical composer; studied at the Moravian College, Niesky, Upper Lusatia, 1771; teacher in the high school there; returned to England, 1784; secretary to the Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel, 1787, of the Unity of the Brethren in England, 1795; the last to hold the office ofsenior civilisat the Herrnhut synod, 1801; undertook a visitation in South Africa in connection with his church, 1815-16; published an account of his travels, 1818; composed anthems, chorales, and some instrumental works; editor of the first English edition of the Moravian Hymn Tune Book; chiefly remembered for his Selection of Sacred Music from the works of the most eminent Composers of Germany and Italy 1806-25.
John Antes Latrobe: '''John Antes Latrobe''' ([[1799]]-[[1878]]), writer on music; son of Christian Ignatius Latrobe; educated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; M.A., 1829; took orders; honorary canon of Carlisle Cathedral, 1858; author of The Music of the Church considered in its various branches, Congregational and Choral (1831), and of two volumes of hymns.
Peter Latrobe: '''Peter Latrobe''' ([[1796]]-[[1863]]), Moravian; son of Christian Ignatius Latrobe; took orders In the Moravian church and became secretary of the Moravian mission; wrote an Introduction on the Progress of the Church Psalmody for an edition of the Moravian Hymn Tunes
Mary Latter: '''Mary Latter''' ([[1725]]-[[1777]]), authoress ; published Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse 1769; published tragedy, The Siege of Jerusalem by Titus Vespasian in 1763 (accepted for Coveut Garden by Rich, who died before it could be produced; proved unsuccessful at Reading, 1768).
Thomas Latter: '''Thomas Latter''' ([[1816]]-[[1853]]). soldier and Burmese scholar; born in India; published a Burmese grammar, the first scholarly treatise on the subject, 1845; chief interpreter in second Burmese war, and shared in the fighting, 1852: resident deputy-commissioner at Prome, where he was murdered, 1853.
William Latjd: '''William Latjd''' ([[1573]]-[[1645]]), archbishop of Canterbury; entered St. John's College, Oxford, 1589; fellow, 1593; M.A., 1698; ordained, 1601; B.D., 1604; D.D., 1608; president of St. John's College, Oxford, 1611; archdeacon of Huntingdon, 1616; dean of Gloucester, 1616; bishop of St. David's, 1621-6; became predominant in the church of England at Charles I's accession, 1625; supported the king in his struggle with the Commons; dean of the Chapel Royal, 1626; bishop of Bath and Wells, 1626-8; privy councillor, 1627; bishop of London, 1628-33; chancellor of the university of Oxford, 1629; archbishop of Canterbury, 1633; adopted the policy of compelling compulsory uniformity of action on the part of churchmen; interfered disastrously with the Scottish church; impeached of high treason by the Long parliament, 1640; committed to the Tower, 1641; tried, 1644; condemned and beheaded, 1645. In his ecclesiastical policy he failed to allow for the diversity of the elements which made up the national church. His sermons were published, 1651, and a collected edition of kis works appeared, 1695-1700.
Lauder: '''Lauder''' 751
Laurence: '''Laurence'''
George Lauder: '''George Lauder''' (. [[1677]]), Scottish poet; grandon of Sir Richard Maitlaud, Lord Lethington; M.A. Edinburgh, c. 1620; entered the English army ami became a colonel; as a royalist spent many years on tincontinent ami probably joined the army of the Prince of r;iu_'o; his poems mainly patriotic and military.
James Eckford Lauder: '''James Eckford Lauder''' ([[1811]]-[[1869]]), painter: younger brother of Robert Scott Laudcr; stii-lir-l at the TrusteesAcademy, r-xlinburirh, 1N30-3; contributed to the exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy from 1832; studied in Italy, 1834-8; member R.S.A., 1846; exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1841-53.
Lauder: '''Lauder''' Sm JOHN, of Fountaiuhall, LORD
Fountainhall: '''Fountainhall''' ([[1646]]-[[1722]]), M.A. Edinburgh, [[1664]] : travelled and studied on the continent, 1665-6; passed advocate at the Scottish bar, 1668; member of the Scottish parliament for Haddlngtoushire, 1685, 16901702, and 17U2-7; a protestant and supporter of the revolution; a lord of session with the title of Lord Fouutaiuhall, 1689; opposed the union; chronicler and diarist; a portion of his diary, entitledChronological Notes of Scottish Affairs from 1680 till 1701 published by Sir Walter Scott, 1822, the full diary printed by the Bannatyne Olnb, 1840.
Robert Scott Lauder: '''Robert Scott Lauder''' ([[1803]]-[[1869]]), subjectpainter; brother of James Eckford Lauder; studied at Edinburgh and London, 1822-9; member of the Scottish Academy, 1829; exhibited there and at Royal Academy and British Institution, London, 1827-49; studied in Italy, 1833-8; principal teacher in the Drawing Academy of the Board of Trustees, Edinburgh, 1852-61; his greatest picture the Trial of Effle Deans
Thomas Lauder: '''Thomas Lauder''' ([[1395]]-[[1481]]), bishop of Dunkeld ; master of the hospital of Soltre or Soltry, Midlothian, 1437; preceptor to James II; bishop of Dunkeld, 1462; finished the church of Dunkeld (begun by his predecessor, James Kennedy (1406 ?-1466) ), 1464; built bridge over the Tay, 1461; wrote life of Bishop John Scott, one of his predecessors, and a volume of sermons.
Sir Thomas Dick Lauder: '''Sir Thomas Dick Lauder''' , seventh baronet (1784-1848), author; son of the sixth baronet of Fountainhall,and a descendant of Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall; contributed scientific papers to theAnnals of Philosophy from 1816; succeeded to baronetcy, 1820; his most popular work,Account of the great Moray Floods of 1829 published, 1830: secretary to the board of Scottish manufactures, 1839; encouraged the foundation of technical and art schools; published works on Scotland, 1837-48.
William Lauder: '''William Lauder''' (d. [[1425]]), lord chancellor of Scotland and bishop of Glasgow; archdeacon of Lothian; bishop of Glasgow, 1408; lord chancellor, 1423-5.
William Lauder: '''William Lauder''' ([[1520]] ?-[[1673]]), Scottish poet ; educated at St. Andrews University; took priest's orders; celebrated as a deviser of court pageants, 1649-58; joined the reformers, 1560; appointed minister, c. 1563. His published verse, of which there are five separate volumes, consists mainly of denunciation of the immoral practices current in Scotland in his time.
William Lauder: '''William Lauder''' (d. [[1771]]), literary forger ; educated at Edinburgh University; M.A., 1696; a good classical scholar and student of modern Latin verse: published (1739)Poetarum Scotorum Musae Sacra published articles in theGentleman's Magazineto prove that Paradise Lost was largely plagiarised from seventeenth-century Latin poets, 1747 (reprinted as An Essay on Milton's Use and Imitation of the Moderns in his " Paradise Lost," with a preface by Dr. Johnson, 1750). It was proved by John Douglas, afterwards bishop of Salisbury, that Lauder had himself interpolated in the works of Masenius and Staphorstius (seventeenthcentury Latin poets) extracts from a Latin verse rendering of Paradise Lost He confessed and apologised inA Letter to the Reverend Mr. Douglas 1761, and emigrated to Barbados, where he died. Incidentally he proved that Milton had deeply studied the works of modern Latin poete.

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Duke of Lauderdale: '''Duke of Lauderdale''' ([[1616]]-[[1682]]). See MAIT
John Lanu: '''John Lanu''' .
Lauderdale: '''Lauderdale''' In m ,-.,K'. [[1697]]). See MURRAY,
Ubauth: '''Ubauth'''
Earlk of Lauderdale: '''Earlk of Lauderdale''' . See MAITLAXD, JOHX, second BAKU 1616-1682; M MI..KH, third
Kaki: '''Kaki''' . IC'Jl ; M ni.Ai.. Riciuitn, fourth EARU, [[1653]]1695; MAITLAND, JOHN, fifth EAIIL. 1650V-1710; MAITLAND, JAMES, eighth BARL, 1759-1839; MA: AMIIMNV, u-nth Kuu 1785-1863; MAITHM, TIL. MA.-. eleventh EARI,, 1803-1878.
Rowland Lauoharne: '''Rowland Lauoharne''' {ft. [[1848]]), roldler ; took up arms for the parliament, 1642; Commander-in-chief of the forces in Pembrokeshire; appointed commander-lnchief of the counties of Glamorgan, Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Pembroke, 1646; deserted to the king. 1648; forced to surrender to Cromwell, 1648; coart-martlalled; was condemned to death with two others, but escaped through being, with his companions, allowed to cast lots for his life, 1649; pensioned by Charles II, 1660.
George Laughton: '''George Laughton''' ([[1736]]-[[1800]]), divine ; educated at Wadham College, Oxford; M.A., 1771; D.D., 1771 chief works, "The History of Ancient Egypt 1774, and 'The Progress and Establishment of Christianity, in reply to... Mr. Gibbon 1780.
Richard Laughton: '''Richard Laughton''' ([[1668]] ?-[[1723]]), prebendary of Worcester; M.A. Clare College, Cambridge, 1691: ardently supported the Newtonian philosophy; prebendary of Worcester, 1717.
Laurence: '''Laurence'''
Laurence: '''Laurence''' or LAWRENCE, EDWARD (*. [[1740]] ?), land surveyor; brother of John Laurence; an expert on agricultural subjects, and famous for hi* books of maps; wrote on surveying and farming.
French Laurence: '''French Laurence''' ([[1757]]-[[1809]]), civilian ; brother of Richard Laurence; educated at Winchester School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford; M.A., 1781: devoted himself to civil law; D.O.L., 1787; contributed to theRolliad helped Burke in preparing the preliminary case against Warren Hastings, and was retained as counsel, 1788; friend and literary executor of Burke ; regius professor of civil law at Oxford, 1796; M.P., Peterborough, 1796; chancellor of the diocese of Oxford; a judge of the court of admiralty of the Cinque ports; hisPoetical Remains published with those of his brother, Richard Laurence , 1872.
John Laurence: '''John Laurence''' (d. [[1732]]), writer on gardening ; entered Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1665: B.A., 1668; fellow of Clare Hall; prebendary of Sarum; published sermons, and works on gardening.
Richard Laurence: '''Richard Laurence''' ([[1760]]-[[1838]]), archbishop of Casbel; brother of French Laurence; educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford; M.A., 1785; entered holy orders; D.C.L., 1794; deputy professor of civil law, Oxford, 1796: Bampton lecturer, 1804; regius professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1814; archbishop of Cashel, Ireland, 1822. His writings include Latin and English translations of Etbiopic versions of apocryphal books of the bible.
Roger Laurence: '''Roger Laurence''' ([[1670]]-[[1736]]), nonjuror; educated at Christ's Hospital; studied divinity; ordained, 1714; headed a new party among the mm jurors, who objected to lay baptism; author of controversial pamphlets on lay baptism.
Samuel Laurence: '''Samuel Laurence''' ([[1812]]-[[1884]]), portrait-painter : executed oil or crayon portraits of contemporary celebrities; exhibited at the Society of British Artists, 18341853, at the Royal Academy, 1836-88.
Thomas Laurence: '''Thomas Laurence''' ([[1598]]-[[1667]]), master of Balliol College, Oxford; educated at Balliol; fellow of All SoulsCollege before 1618, M.A., 1621; M.A. Oambridge, 1627; B.D., 1629; chaplain to Charles I; master of Balliol, 1637-48; Margaret professor of divinity, 1638-48; received certificate, 1648, attesting that be engaged to preach only practical divinity; appointed to an Irish bishopric by Charles II, but died before he could be consecrated; published three sermon-.
Laurence: '''Laurence''' O'TOOLE, SAIXT ([[1130]] ?-[[1180]]). See OToouc.1
Laurent: '''Laurent''' 752
Law: '''Law'''
Pbtkr Edmund Laurent: '''Pbtkr Edmund Laurent''' ([[1796]]-[[1837]]), classical scholar: born in Plcardy; educated at the Polytechnic School, Paris; taught modern languages at Oxford University: French master at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth; visited Italy and Greece, 1818-19; publishedRecollection* of a Classical Tour 1821. ATTRUTTIPS (. 619).
Sir Peter Laurie: '''Sir Peter Laurie''' ([[1779]] ?-[[1861]]X lord mayor of Ifrnfrwt saddler In London, becoming contractor for the Indian army; sheriff, 1823; knighted, 1824; alderman, 1898; lord mayor, 1832; master of the SaddlersCompany, 1833; chairman of the Union Bank, 1839-61; published two works on prison reform.
Robert Laurie: '''Robert Laurie''' ([[1765]] 7-[[1836]]), mezzotint engraver; his earliest portrait* in mezzotint, 1771; acted as pubUsher of engravings, maps, charts, and nautical works, 1794-1818. His plates include both subject-pictures and portraits,
Lavevham: '''Lavevham''' or LAVYNOHAM, RICHARD (ft. 1380 X Carmelite: Carmelite friar at Ipswich; studied at Oxford; prior of the Carmelite house at Bristol; confessor to Richard II; more than sixty treatises ascribed to him.
Baron Lavinoton: '''Baron Lavinoton''' ([[1738]] ?-[[1807]]). See PAYNE,

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Ralph Sir: '''Ralph Sir''' .
George Layikotoh: '''George Layikotoh''' ([[1684]]-[[1762]]), bishop of Exeter: educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford: fellow of New College, Oxford, 1708; B.C.L., 1713; D.C.I*, 1732; bishop of Exeter, 1747-62; opponent of methodism.
Lavinoto: '''Lavinoto''' ir, JOHN ([[1690]] ?-[[1759]]), presbyterian divine; ordained, 1715: drew up the formula of orthodoxy ( 1718) that was for thirty-five years the condition of ordination by the Exeter assembly; instituted a 'Western academyat Ottery St. Mary, 1752; his pamphlets dealing with the Exeter controversy published anonymously, 1719-20.
John Lavtngton: '''John Lavtngton''' (rf. [[1764]]), nonconformist tutor ; son of John Lavington (1690?-1759); ordained, 1739; principal tutor at the Western academy; published sermons, 1743-59.
Augustus Henry Law: '''Augustus Henry Law''' ([[1833]]-[[1880]]), Jesuit; eldest son of William Towry Law; joined Jesuits, 1H&4; with the mission in Demerara, 1866-71; joined first missionary staff to the Zambesi, 1879; died at King UmzilaV kraal.
Charles Ewan Law: '''Charles Ewan Law''' ([[1792]]-[[1850]]), recorder of London; second son of Edward Law, first baron Ellenborough: educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1812; barrister, Inner Temple, 1817; a judge of the sheriff's court, 1828; K.C., 1829; common serjeant, 1830: recorder of London, 1833-50; M.P. for Cambridge University, 1835-50; treasurer, Inner Temple, 1839; LL.D. Cambridge, 1847.
Edmund Law: '''Edmund Law''' ([[1703]]-[[1787]]), bishop of Carlisleeducated at 8t John's College, Cambridge; fellow of Christ's CJollege, Cambridge: M.A., 1727; published 'Kssayon theOriginof Evil 1731,Enquiry into the Ideas of Space and Time 1734,Considerations on the State of the World with regard to the Theory of Religion 1745; a disciple of Locke in his philosophical opinions and a whig in politic?; master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1756-68; librarian of the university of Cambridge, 1760: Knightbridge professor of moral philosophy, 1764; bishop of Carlisle, 1768-87; published anonymously a pamphlet 'Considerations on the Propriety of requiring Subscription to Articles of Faith advocating religious tolerance, 1774: edited Locke'sWorks 1777.
Edward Law: '''Edward Law''' , first BARON ELLRNBOROUGH ([[1750]]- I 1818), lord cbief.jnstlceof England; fourth son of Edmund Law; educated at the Charterhouse (1761-7) and Peternouse, Cambridge; fellow, 1771; M.A., 1774; com- I practice as a special pleader, 1776; barriHter, Lincoln's Inn, 1780; K.O.. 1787; retained as leading oooMd for Warren Hastings, 1788; opened the defence, 17M: attorney-general, 179*: serjeant of the count* palatine of Lancaster, 17M; counsel for the crown at J*rioos state trials, 1794-180*: knighted, 1801; M.P. fcrHtwtown, Isle of Wight, 1801; lord chief-justice of England, created Baron Ellenborough and privy councillor, 1802; speaker of the House of Lords, 1805; admitted to the cabinet of All the Talents without office, 1806; councillor to George Ill's queen during the regency, 1811; resigned office, 1818.
Edward Law: '''Edward Law''' , first EARL OF ELLENBOROUGH (1790-1871), governor-general of India; eldest son of Edward Law, first baron Ellenborough; educated at Eton and St. John's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1809: tory M.P., St. Michael's, Cornwall, 1813; succeeded his father as second baron, 1818; lord privy seal, 1828: member of the board of control, whence began his connection with Indian affairs, 1828-30; governor-general of India, 1841; successfully contended with great difficulties in China and Afghanistan, 1842; responsible for the annexation of Soinde, 1842; unpopular with the civilians; subjugated Gwalior, 1844; recalled and created Earl of Ellenborough, 1844; first lord of the admiralty in Sir Robert Peel's reconstituted ministry, 1846; president of the board of control under Lord Derby, 1858.
George Henry Law: '''George Henry Law''' ([[1761]]-[[1845]]), bishop successively of Chester and of Bath and Wells; son of Edmund Law; educated at Charterhouse and Queens College, Cambridge; fellow, 1781; M.A., 1784; D.D., 1804; bishop of Chester, 1812-24; bishop of Bath and Wells, 1824-46; F.R.S. and F.S.A.; published sermons, charges, and addresses.
Henry Law: '''Henry Law''' ([[1797]]-[[1884]]), dean of Gloucester ; son of George Henry Law; educated at Eton and St. John's College, Cambridge; fellow, 1821; M.A., 1823; one of the first examiners in the classical tripos, 1824-5; archdeacon of Richmond, 1824, of Wells, 1826; residentiary canon of Wells, 1828; dean of Gloucester, 1862-84; one of the leaders of the evangelical party in the church; author ofChrist is All vols. i-iv.,The Gospel in the Pentateuch 1854-8, other theological works, and numerous tracts.
Hugh Law: '''Hugh Law''' ([[1818]]-[[1883]]), lord chancellor of Ireland ; educated at Trinity College, Dublin: B.A., 1839; called to the bar, 1840; Q.O., 1860; drafted the Irish Church Act; legal adviser to lord-lieutenant of Ireland, 1868; bencher of the King's Inns, Dublin, 1870; solicitorgeneral for Ireland, 1872; Irish privy councillor and attorney-general for Ireland, 1873; M.P., Londonderry, 1874; attorney-general again under Gladstone, 1880; lord-chancellor for Ireland, 1881; LL.D.
James Law: '''James Law''' ([[1560]] ?-[[1632]]), archbishop of Glasgow ; graduated at St. Andrews, 1681; minister of Kirkliston, 1585; a royal chaplain, 1601; titular bishop of Orkney, 1605; moderator of the general assembly, 1608; bishop of St. Andrews, 1611-15; archbishop of Glasgow, 1615; zealously supported James I's ecclesiastical policy.
James Law: '''James Law''' A. B. ([[1768]]-[[1828]]), general in the French army; grandnephew of John Law (1671-1729) ; a distinguished general in the French army, a favourite aide-de-camp of Napoleon I; made a marshal of France by Louis XVIII; created Oomte de Lauriston.
James Thomas Law: '''James Thomas Law''' ([[1790]]-[[1876]]), chancellor of Lichfield; eldest son of George Henry Law; educated at Christ's College, Cambridge; fellow, 1812; took orders, 1814; M.A., 1815; prebendary of Lichfleld, 1818; chancellor of Lichfield, 1821; commissary of archdeaconry of Richmond, 1824; special commissary of diocese of Bath and Wells, 1840; published works on ecclesiastical law.
John Law: '''John Law''' ([[1671]]-[[1729]]), of Lauriston ; controllergeneral of French finance; son of the great-grandnephew of James Law; educated at Edinburgh; migrated to London; killed Edward Wilson, known as 4 Beau Wilson, in a duel, 1694, and was sentenced to death for murder; escaped from prison and fled to the continent; issued anonymously pamphlets dealing with Scottish finance, 1701 and 1709; established the Banque Generate, the first bank of any kind in France, 1716; hisMississippi scheme* incorporated as the Western Company 1717; enlarged its sphere of action, 1718-20; entered the Roman catholic church; appointed controller-general of the finances, 1720; fled from France on the full of the company, 1720; died and was buried at
Law: '''Law''' 753
Lawrence: '''Lawrence''' Venice; allowed by French historians to have furthered French industry and commercial enterprise.
John Law: '''John Law''' ([[1746]]-[[1810]]), bishop of Klphin : eld.-t son of Edmund Law; of Charterhouse and Christ's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1769; fellow of his college; prebendary of Carlisle 177:i; arehdeaeoii of Carlisle, 1777; D.D., 1785; bishop of Clonfert, 1785-7, of Killala, 1787-95, of Klphin, 1795-1810; published two sermons.
Robert Law: '''Robert Law''' (d. [[1690]] ?), covenanting preacher ; grandson of James Law (15607-1632); M.A. Glasgow, 1646; sided with the protesters against episcopacy, and was deprived of bis benefice, 1662; arrested on charge of preaching at conventicles, 1674; accepted the indulgence of 1679; author of Memorialls, or the Memorable Thing? that fell out within this Island of Brittain from 1638 to 1684 (edited, 1818).
Thomas Law: '''Thomas Law''' ([[1769]]-1 [[834]]), of Washington ; son of Edmund Law; in the service of the East India Company, 1773-91; went to America, 1793; tried to establish a national currency there; died at Washington; published works on finance.
William Law: '''William Law''' ([[1686]]-[[1761]]), author of the ' Serious Call entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1705; ordained and elected fellow, 1711; M.A., 1712; declined to take the oaths of allegiance to George I; attacked Mandevi lie's Fable of the Bees 1723; published the first of his practical treatises onChristian Perfection 1726; founded school for fourteen girls at Kings Cliffe, 1727: entered family of Edward Gibbon (1666-1736) as tutor to his son, afterwards father of the historian; published theSerious Call a work of much logical power, 1728: became an ardent disciple of the mystic, Jacob Behmen, 1737; retired to Kings Oliffe, 1740: joined by Mrs. Hutcheson and Miss Hester Gibbon (the historian's aunt), who wished to carry oat literally the precepts of the 'Serious Call 1743-4. His works were collected in nine volumes, 1762.
William John Law: '''William John Law''' ([[1786]]-[[1869]]), commissioner of insolvent court; grandson of Edmund Law; educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he held a studentship, 1804-14; M.A., 1810: barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1813: a commissioner of bankruptcy, 1825: chief commissioner of the insolvent court, 1853-61; published works on the bankruptcy law, also a treatise On the Passage of Hannibal over the Alps 1866.
William Towry Law: '''William Towry Law''' ([[1809]]-[[1886]]), youngest son of Edward Law, first baron Ellenborough; entered the army, but subsequently took holy orders; chancellor of the diocese of Bath and Wells; joined the church of Rome, 1851.
Lawder: '''Lawder''' of mineral superphosphate for manure; published indepeMdemly,u,,i with hi* coadjutor and technical adviser. cnca avser, ) Joseph Henry Gilbert. numerous report* on experimente; joined Royal Agricultural Society, 1846; vice-president, 1878; i; and gold medallist 1867: received Albert medal from Society of Arta, 1877; LL.D. Edinburgh, 1*77; D.C.I, Kford, 1891; ScJD. cW l ri -": " -r""". i--..,-. i...,. ir.;,:;.,,. minions and committee*. LA WES, WILLIAM (d. 1645), ram teal oomnowr elder brother of Henry Lawea; gentleman of toe Chapel Royal, 1603; wrote the music for Shirley's maue. The Triumph of Peace performed, 1634; lost hit life fighting for the royaliste at the siege of Chester.

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John Lawern: '''John Lawern''' (fl. [[1448]]), theologian ; Benedictine monk of Worcester; student at Gloucester Hall (now Worcester College, Oxford X A manuscript volume of sermons and letters by him is In the Bodleian. LA WES, HENRY (1596-1662), musician; received his early musical education from Giovanni Coperario (Cooper) ; gentleman of the Chapel Royal, 1626; connected with the household of the Earl of Bridgewater, probably before 1633; suggested to Milton the composition of 'Comus(performed, 1634), for which he wrote the, music; his edition of Comus published, 1637; published 'Choice Psalmes put into Musick for Three Voices 1648,; Ayres and Dialogues for One, Two, and Three Yoyoes; 1653; lost his appointments at outbreak of the civil wars: his third book of Ayres brought out, 1658: restored to his offices in the Chapel Royal, 1660; the first Englishman who studied and practised with success the proper accentuation of words, and made the sense of the poem of paramount importance. LA WES, SIR JOHN BEN NET, first baronet (18141900), agriculturist; educated at Eton and Braseuose College, Oxford; studied chemistry; resided on family estate at Rothamsted from 1834: conducted important agricultural experiments and started, 1843, on a regular basis the Rothamsted agricultural experiment station; patented, 1842, and started at Deptford, 1843, manufacture
John Lawless: '''John Lawless''' ([[177]]S-18J7), IrUh t j monly known as Honest Jack Lawlen; a distant oousin of Valentine Browne Lawless, second baron Cloncorry : refused admission to the bar in consequence of his intimacy with the leaders of the UniteI Irish movement; editor of the Ulster Register a political and literary magazine and subsequently of the 4 Belfast Magazlnt energetic member of the committee of the Catholic Aseociation; strong opponent of O'Connell; chief work, A Compendium of the History of Ireland from the earliest period to the Reign of George I 1814.
Matthew James Lawless: '''Matthew James Lawless''' ([[1837]]-[[1864]]), artist : drew illustrations forOnce a Week the Oornhill." and Punch his best-known oil-painting,The Bick Call exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1863.
Valentine Browne Lawless: '''Valentine Browne Lawless''' , second BARON
Cloxcurry: '''Cloxcurry''' ([[1773]]-[[1853]]), B.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1792: sworn a United Irishman; entered the Middle Temple, 1795; published his first pamphlet on the projected union of Great Britain and Ireland, 1797; arrested on a charge of suspicion of high treason and discharged, 1798; arrested a second time and committed to the Tower, 1799-1801: for several years took no active part in politics; opponent of O'Connell during the viceroyalties of Henry William Paget, marquis of Anglesey, 1828 and 1830-4; published his Personal Reminiscences 1849.
William Lawless: '''William Lawless''' ([[1772]]-[[1824]]), French general; born at Dublin; joined the United Irishmen; outlawed; entered the French army; captain of the Irish legion, 1803; distinguished himself at Flushing, 1806; decorated by Napoleon with the legion of honour and made a lieutenant-colonel; colonel, 1812; wounded at Lbwenberg, 1813; placed on half -pay with rank of brigadier-general, 1814; died at Paris.
Mary Lawrance: '''Mary Lawrance''' , afterwards MRS. KKARSK (Jl. 1794-1830), flower-painter; exhibited at Royal Academy, 1795-1830; published plates Illustrating "The Various Kinds of Roses cultivated in England 1796-9; married Mr. Kearse, 1813.
Lawrence: '''Lawrence'''
Lawrence: '''Lawrence''' or LAUREOTIU8 (. [[619]]), second archbishop of Canterbury; landed hi Thanet with Angustine, 697; archbishop of Canterbury, 604.
Lawrence: '''Lawrence''' (d. [[1154]]), prior of Durham and Latin poet; a Benedictine monk at Durham; prior, 1147; bishop of Durham, 1153: went to Rome for couflccration and died in France on his return journey; wrote Latin
Lawrence: '''Lawrence''' (rf. [[1175]]), abbot of Westminster; a monk of St. Albans: abbot of Westminster, e. 1169; obtained the canonisation of Edward the Confessor from the pope, 1163.
Andrew Lawrence: '''Andrew Lawrence''' ([[1708]]-[[1747]]X engraver; known in France as AXDR* LATTRKXT; studied engraving at Paris, where he died. His etchings are mostly after the Flemish seventeenth-century painters.
Charles Lawrence: '''Charles Lawrence''' (d. [[1760]]), governor of Nova Scotia; ensign, 1727: captain-lieutenant, 1741; captain, 1742; major, 1747; accompanied his regiment to Nova Scotia; appointed a member of council, 1749; commanded expedition which built Fort Lawrence at the head of the bay of Fundy, 1750; governor, 1768; brigadier-general 3c 1757; died at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Charles Lawrence: '''Charles Lawrence''' ([[1794]]-[[1881]]), agriculturist : brother of Sir William Lawrence; took leading part in founding and organising Royal Agricultural College at Oirencester, 1848-6; published hlaHandy Book for Young Farmer* 1869; contributed papers to the Transactions of the Royal Agricultural Society.
Lawrence: '''Lawrence''' or LAT7RENCE, EDWARD ([[1623]]1096X nonconformist minister; educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge: B.A., 1648; M.A., 1664; ejected from his living of Baschurch, Shropshire, 1662; arrested for preaching under the Conventicle Act, 1670; published
Frederick Lawrence: '''Frederick Lawrence''' ([[1821]]-[[1867]]), barrister and journalist; employed in the printed book department of British Museum, 1846-9; barrister, Middle Temple, 1849; practised at the Middlesex sessions and the Old Bailey: contributed to the periodical press; published The Life of Henry Fielding 1886.
George Lawrence: '''George Lawrence''' ([[1616]]-[[1696]] ?), puritan divine ; educated at St. Paul's School and New Inn Hall, Oxford; M.A., 1639; took the covenant; minister of the hospital of St. Cross, Winchester, before 1660; ejected, 1660; published sermons and pamphlets against the royalists.
George Alfred Lawrence: '''George Alfred Lawrence''' ([[1827]]-[[1876]]), author ofGuy Livingstone; entered Rugby, 1841, Balliol College, Oxford, 1848; B.A. from New Inn Hall, 1860; barrister, Inner Temple, 1862; abandoned law for literature; publishedGuy Livingstone, or Thorough 1867, and Sword and Gown 1869; went to the United States with the intention of joining the confederate army, but was imprisoned before he reached the confederate lines; released on condition of returning to England; recorded the adventure in Border and Bastile 1863.
Sir George St Lawrence: '''Sir George St Lawrence''' . PATRICK ([[1804]]1884), general; brother of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence and of John Laird Mair Lawrence, first baron LawTence; born at Trincomalee; entered Addiscombe College, 1819; joined the 2nd regiment of light cavalry in Bengal. 1822; adjutant, 1825-34; took part in the Afghan war, 1838-9; political assistant and (1839-41) military secretary to Sir William Hay Macnaghten, the envoy of Afghanistan: in charge of the ladies and children in the retreat from Cabul, 1842; assistant political agent in the Punjab, 1846; taken prisoner during the second Sikh war, 1848: released, 1849; brevet lieutenant-colonel, 1849; deputy-commissioner of Peshawur, 1849; political agent in Mewar, 1860-7; resident for the llajputana states, 1887-64; held chief command of the forces there, 1867; C.B. (civilX I860; major-general, 1861; K.C.S.L and retired from the army, 1866; honorary lieutenantgeneral, 1867; published Forty-three Years in India I 174.
Giles Lawrence: '''Giles Lawrence''' (ft. [[1639]]-[[1584]]), professor of , Greek at Oxford: member of Corpus Christ! College i Oxford, 1539; became fellow of All Souls c. 1542; regius professor of Greek, 1560-4 and 1559-84; D.O.L., 1556archdeacon of Wiltshire, 1564-78, of St. Albans, 1681.
Henry Lawrence: '''Henry Lawrence''' ([[1600]]-[[1664]]), puritan' statesman; of Emmanuel College, Cambridge; M.A., 1627 commissioner of plantations, 1648; commissioner for Ireland, 1652; M.P., Hertfordshire, and keeper of the library at St. James's House, 1653; lord president of the council of state, 1664-9; M.P., Carnarvonshire, 1684-7published pamphlets on the doctrine of baptism.
Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence: '''Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence''' ([[1806]]1887), brigadier-general, chief commissioner in Oudhbrother of Sir George St. Patrick Lawrence and of John Laird Mair Lawrence, first baron Lawrence; born at Mature, Ceylon: educated at schools at Londonderry and Bristol; entered Addiscoinbe College, 1820 second lieutenant in the Bengal artillery, 1822; reached Calcutta, 1828; first lieutenant and adjutant, 1825; deputy commissary of ordnance at Akyab, 1826; posted to the foot artillery at Kurnaul, 1830; transferred to the bone artillery at Meerut, 1831; assistant revenue surveyor in the north-west provinces, 1833-5, full surveyor, ISM; optin,1837; appointed to take civil charge of Ferowpore, 18J9; took part in Cabul expedition, 1842; promoted brevet-major; resident of Nepaul, 1843-6; founded the Lawrence Asylum for the Children of European Soldiers; governor-general's agent for foreign rt'lations and the affairs of the Punjaub and the northwest frontier, and promoted brevet lieutenant-colonel, 1846; resident at Lahore, 1847; K.C.B., 1848; president of the board of rduiinistration for the affairs of the Punjaub and agent to the governor-general, 1849-53; agent to the governor-general in Rajpootana, 1853; colonel, 1854; chief commissioner and agent to the governorgeneral in Oudh, 1856; at breaking out of mutiny promoted brigadier-general, with military command over all troops in Oudh, 1857; killed while holding Lucknow successfully against the mutineers; a voluminous contributor to the Indian press.
James Henry Lawrence: '''James Henry Lawrence''' ([[1773]]-[[1840]]), miscellaneous writer; a descendant of Henry Lawrence; educated at Eton and in Germany; published a romance dealing with the Nair caste in Malabar in German, 1800; subsequently wrote a French version (an English version published, 1811); arrested in France and detained several years at Verdun, 1803: published A Picture of Verdun, or the English detained in France 1810, and a work On the Nobility of the British Gentry 1834 (4th edit. 1840).

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Jo Lawrence: '''Jo Lawrence''' ffN ([[1753]]-[[1839]]), writer on horses ; began to write for the press, 1787; published hisPhilosophical and Practical Treatise on Horses 1796-8 (3rd edit. 1810); insisted on the duty of humanity to animals.
John Laird Mair Lawrence: '''John Laird Mair Lawrence''' , first BARON
Lawrence: '''Lawrence''' ([[1811]]-[[1879]]), governor-general of India; brother of Sir George St. Patrick Lawrence and of Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence; educated at Bristol, Londonderry, Bath, and Haileybury; took up his appointment under the East India Company first at Calcutta, 1830; assistant-magistrate and collector at Delhi, 1830-4; in charge of the northern or Paniput division of the Delhi territory, 1834, of the southern or Gurgaon division, 1837; magistrate and collector of the districts of Paniput aiid Delhi, 1844; administrator of the newly constituted district, the Jullundur Doab, 18461848; member of the board of s.dministration for the Punjaub, 1848-52; chief commissioner for the Punjaub, 1853-7; K.C.B., 1856; the capture of Delhi from the mutineers due to his advice and action, 1857; created baronet, 1858; privy councillor, 1858; in England at the India office, 1859-62; viceroy of India, 1863-9; sanitation, irrigation, railway extension, and peace the chief aims of his administration; created Baron Lawrence of the Punjaub and of Grately, 1869; chairman of the London school board, 1870-3: opposed the proceedings (by a series of letters in the Times) that led to tne Afghan war of 1878-9; buried in Westminster Abbey.
Richard Lawrence: '''Richard Lawrence''' (. [[1657]]), author of Gospel Separation separated from its Abuses 1657; of Magdalen Hall, Oxford.
Richard Lawrence: '''Richard Lawrence''' (. [[1643]]-[[1682]]), parliamentarian oolouel; marshal-general of the horse in Cromwell's new model, 1645; published pamphlet on ecclesiastical abuses, 1647; employed in Ireland, 1651-9; member of the council of trade, 1660-80; published The Interest of Ireland in its Trade and Wealth stated 1682.
Samuel Lawrence: '''Samuel Lawrence''' ([[1661]]-[[1712]]), nonconformist divine; nephew of Edward Lawrence; minister of the presbyterian congregation of Nantwich, Cheshire, 1688-1712.
Sir Soulden Lawrence: '''Sir Soulden Lawrence''' ([[1751]]-[[1814]]), judge: son of Thomas Lawrence (1711-1783); educated at St. Paul's School and St. John's College, Cambridge; M.A. and fellow, 1774: barrister, Inner Temple, 1784; serjeant-at-law, 1787; justice of the common pleas and knighted, 1794; transferred to the court of king's bench; resigned the king's bench and returned to the common pleas, 1808; retired, 1812.
Stringer Lawrence: '''Stringer Lawrence''' ([[1697]] - [[1775]]), majorgeneral; father of the Indian army; served at Gibraltar, 1727; lieutenant, 1736; served in Flanders, after Fontenoy, 1745, and fought at Culloden, 1746; went to India as major in the East Indies only to command all the company's troops there, 1748; taken prisoner by the French, but released at peace of Aix-la-Chapelle; civil
Lawrence: '''Lawrence''' I.AWTON governor and military commandant of Fort St. David, 1749; received local rank of lieutenant-colonel, 1754, and of brigadier-general, 1757; commanded Fort St. George during its siege by the French, 1758-9; received local rank of major-general, 1759, and left India, 1759.
Thomas Lawrence: '''Thomas Lawrence''' ([[1711]]-[[1783]]X physician; educated at Trinity College, Oxford; M.A., 1733: studied medicine in London; M.D. Oxford, 1740; anatomical reader at Oxford; F.R.O.P., 1744; president, 1767-74; friend and physician of Dr. Johnson; published medical treatises in Latin.
Sir Thomas Lawrence: '''Sir Thomas Lawrence''' ([[1789]]-[[1830]]X president of the Royal Academy; supported bis family at Bath by his pencil, 1779; his studio before be was twelve years old the favourite resort of the beauty and fashion of Bath; entered the schools of the Royal Academy, London, 1787; obtained court patronage; painted George III, 1792; appointed principal portrait-painter in ordinary to the king, 1792; R.A., 1794; painted the poet Cowper, 1795, and John Kemble as Hamlet, 1801; knighted, 1816; sent to Aix-la-Chapelle to paint the assembled sovereigns, 1815; visited Vienna and Rome; P.R.A., 1820; sent by the king to Paris to paint Charles X and the dauphin, 1825; bis portraits distinguished for their courtliness and social elegance: formed a fine collection of the drawings of Michael Angelo and Raphael; buried in St. Paul's Cathedral.
William Lawrence: '''William Lawrence''' ([[1611]]?-[[1681]]), lawyer; of Trinity College, Oxford; barrister. Middle Temple; commissioner for the administration of justice in Scotland, 1653; M.P., Isle of Wight, 1656, Newtown, Dorset, 1659; wrote on divorce, the right of primogeniture iu succession, and political affairs.
Sir William Lawrence: '''Sir William Lawrence''' , first baronet ([[1783]]1867X surgeon; brother of Charles Lawrence (1794-1881) ; apprenticed to John Abernethy, 1799: M.R.C.S., 1805, and F.R.S., 1813: surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1824-66; lecturer on surgery there, 18291862; president of the College of Surgeons, 1846 and 1855; created baronet, 1867; printed his lectures on anatomy, 1816 and 1819, and on surgery, 1863.
Thomas Lawrenson: '''Thomas Lawrenson''' (. [[1760]]-[[1777]]), painter; exhibited at the Society of Artists, 1760-77; fellow of the Society of Incorporated Artists, 1774.
William Lawrenson: '''William Lawrenson''' (ft. [[1760]]-[[1780]]), painter ; son of Thomas Lawrenson; exhibited at the Incorporated Society of Artists, 1762-72; fellow of the Incorporated Society of Artists, 1766; exhibited at Royal Academy, 1774-80.
William Lawrie: '''William Lawrie''' (d. [[1700]] ?X tutor of Blackwood; factor to James Douglas, second marquis of Douglas, 1670-99; imprisoned for befriending covenanters, 1683-8.
Cecil Gordon Lawson: '''Cecil Gordon Lawson''' ([[1851]]-[[1882]]), landscapepainter; learned elements of painting in the studio of his father, a Scottish portrait-painter; exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1870-82; his work influenced by the realistic and impressionist tendencies of his time.
George Lawson: '''George Lawson''' (d. [[1678]]X divine ; a supporter of the parliament and a valued critic of Baxter; not identical with George Lawson, the ejected vicar of Mears Ashby; published political and theological works.
George Lawson: '''George Lawson''' ([[1749]]-[[1820]]), Scottish associate clergyman; educated at Edinburgh University; ordained pastor of the burgher seoeders, 1771; professor of theology in the burgher church of Scotland, 1787-1820; D.D. Aberdeen, 1806; published theological works.
Henry Lawson: '''Henry Lawson''' ([[1774]]-[[1855]]), astronomer ; apprenticed at the optical establishment of Edward Nairne ; equipped an observatory at Hereford, 1826; member of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1833; F.RA, 1840; published On the A rrangemeut of an Observatory for Practical Astronomy and Meteorology 1844; member of the British Meteorological Society, 1850.
Isaac Lawson: '''Isaac Lawson''' (d. [[1747]]), physician ; M.D., [[1737]] ; friend of Linnajus; became a physician to the British army; died at Oosterhout, Holland.
Jambs Lawson: '''Jambs Lawson''' ([[1538]]-[[1584]]X soooesMr to John Knox in the church of St. Giles, Edinburgh; educated at St. Andrews; taught Hebrew (the first to do so in Scotland) at St. Andrews, 1567 or 1568; sub-principal of King's College, Aberdeen, 1569; leader of the reformed clergy in the north of Scotland; admitted to the ministry of St. Giles, Edinburgh, 1*72; encouraged a mistaken policy of intolerance.
James Anthony Lawson: '''James Anthony Lawson''' ([[1817]]-[[1887]]). judge of queen's bench, Ireland; B.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1838; Whately professor of political economy, 1840-5; called to the Irish bar, 1840; LL.D. Dublin, 1850: Q.O., 1857; legal adviser to the crown in Ireland, 1868-9; bencher of King's Inn, Dublin, 1861; solicitor-general for Ireland, 1801; attorney-general, 1866; Irian priry councillor, 1865; M.I, I'ortarlington, 1866-8; justice of the common pleas, Ireland, 1868-82; judge of queen's lench, 1882-7; D.C.L. Oxford, 1884; published bis lectures on political economy.
Sir John Lawson: '''Sir John Lawson''' (d. [[1868]]), admiral ; in command of ships in the parliament's service, 1642-6, 1661-3, 1654-6; dismissed from the public service, apparently on political grounds, 1656; anabaptist and republican; implicated in the conspiracy of the Fifth monarchy men and arrested, 1657; commander-in-chief of the fleet, 1659; co-operated with Monck in the Restoration, 1660; knighted, 1660; vice-admiral of the red squadron in the war with the Dutch, 1665; died of a wound received in action.
John Lawson: '''John Lawson''' (d. [[1712]]), traveller; surveyor1 general of North Carolina, 1700; recorded his impresi sions of travel in A New Voyage to Carolina, Ac. 1709; I was murdered by Indians.

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John Lawson: '''John Lawson''' ([[1712]]-[[1759]]), writer on oratory ; , M.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1734: senior fellow and first librarian, 1743; D.D., 1745; lecturer on oratory and , history on the foundation of Erasmus Smith, 1753; I published Lectures concerning Oratory 1758; selected sermons published, 1764.
John Lawson: '''John Lawson''' ([[1723]]-[[1779]]), mathematician ; educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; fellow, 1747; M.A. and mathematical lecturer, 1749; B.D., 1756; published anonymously a Dissertation on the Geometrical Analysis of the Antiente, with a Collection of Theorems and Problems with Solutions 1774; printed ;do other mathematical works and some sermons.
John Parker Lawson: '''John Parker Lawson''' (d. [[1852]]X historical and miscellaneous writer; a minister in the episcopal church of Scotland, and for some time a chaplain in tharmy; wrote works dealing with English and Scottish history for Edinburgh booksellers, 1827-47.
Robert Lawson: '''Robert Lawson''' (d. [[1816]]), lieutenant-general ; colonel-commandant, royal artillery; entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 1758; lieutenant-fireworker, royal artillery, 1759; at the siege of Belle Isle, 1761; second lieutenant, 1766: first lieutenant, 1771; served in America, where he invented a field-carriage for small guns, 1776-83; captain, 1782; in command of the artillery in Jamaica, 1783-6; appointed to command the first formed troop of the royal horse artillery, 1793; lieutenant-colonel, 1794; appointed to command the artillery of the Mediterranean expeditionary force, 1800; colonel, 1801; major-general, 1808; lieutenant-general, 1813.
Thomas Lawson: '''Thomas Lawson''' ([[1630]] - [[1691]]), quaker and botanist; said to have been educated at Cambridge: joined the Quakers, 1653; a noted herbalist; published religious works and left botanical manuscript*.
Thomas Lawson: '''Thomas Lawson''' ([[1620]]? - [[1695]]), independent divine; educated at Catharine Hall, Cambridge; M.A.; fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge; became a member of the independent church at Norwich, 1649.
William Lawson: '''William Lawson''' (. [[1618]]), writer on gardening; publishedA New Orchard and Garden, or ti.best Way for Planting, Grafting &c., 1618. stating it to be the result of forty-eight yearsexperience.
Charlwood Lawton: '''Charlwood Lawton''' ([[1660]]-[[1721]] friend of William Peun; educated at Wadham College, Oxford; o C 1
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Leadbeater: '''Leadbeater''' ,, Mkldle Temple, 1688: acted at Pttm's agent, I7t*: amki to have left paper* relating to contemporary affair*.
George Lawton: '''George Lawton''' ([[1779]]-[[1869]]), antiquary; registrar of the archdeaconry of the East Ruling of Yorkshire: served in the ecclesiastical courts under five archbishops of York: ceased practice, 1863; hisOollectio Reruui BockBiasticarum 1840, still an authority,
William Lax: '''William Lax''' ([[1761]]-[[1836]]), astronomer: educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; fellow, 1786: M.A., 1788; Lowndes's professor of astronomy and geometry, Cambridge, 1796: F.RJ3., 1796; published Remarks on a opposed Error in the Elements of Euclid 1807, and 'Tables to be used with the Nautical Almanac 1821.
Sir William Laxton: '''Sir William Laxton''' (d. [[1656]]), lord mayor of London: alderman and sheriff of London, 1540; lord mayor, 1644; founded almshouse and school (still maintained by the GrocersCompany) at Oundle, Northamptonshire,
William Laxton: '''William Laxton''' ([[1802]]-[[1854]]), one of the authors of the Builder's Price Book; educated at Christ's Hospital, London: surveyed and laid down several lines of railway and constructed waterworks; established The Oiril Engineer and Architect's Journal 1837: conducted the 1 Builder's Price Book a standard work in the profession and in the courts of law for thirty years,
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Benjamin Lay: '''Benjamin Lay''' ([[1677]]-[[1759]]), eccentric opponent of slavery; emigrated to Barbados and commenced business as a merchant, 1718: became interested in the condition of the slaves; removed to Philadelphia, where he lived in an eccentric manner, 1731; continued there his crusade against slavery. His pamphlets had considerable influence on the younger Quakers of the district.
Layamon: '''Layamon''' (ft. [[1200]]), author of 'Brut,' a poem in English: only known through statements of his own; connected with the church of Areley Regis in North Worcestershire; his poem based on Wace'sRoman de Brut composed 1155, but not completed till beginning of the thirteenth century; an enthusiastic reader and collector of early British legends. TheBrutis extant in two manuscripts in the British Museum,
Sir Austen Henry Layard: '''Sir Austen Henry Layard''' ([[1817]]-[[1894]]), excavator of Nineveh and politician; born in Paris; in solicitor's office in London 1833-9; travelled in Turkey and Persia; visited Mosul with Emil Botta, then French consul there, who had begun excavations in the mounds near the site of Nineveh; employed by Stratford Canning (afterward* Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe) to travel unofficially through Western Turkey and report affairs; commissioned by Canning to explore site of Nineveh, 1846; began operations at Nimrud, which was afterwards identified as site of the Assyrian city of Oalah; superintended for British Museum excavations at, Kal'at Skerkatrsite of city of Ashur) and at Kuyunjik, 1846; published Nineveh and its Remains 1848-9, in- I correctly supposing Nimrud to be within precincts of Nineveh; attach to embassy at Constantinople, 1849-51; i superintended excavations at Kuyunjik and Nebi-Yunus published Nineveh and Babylon 1863; lord rector of Aberdeen University, 1865; liberal M.P. for Aylesbury, 1858-7, and for Southwark, 1860; under-secretary for foreign affairs, 1862 and 1861-6; chief commissioner of work*, 186K-9; privy councillor, 1868; British minister at Madrid, 1869-77, and Constantinople, 1877-80; Q.C.B, H; published Early Adventures in Persia, Susiaua, and Babylonia 1887, and writings on art.
Daniel Peter Layard: '''Daniel Peter Layard''' ([[1721]]-[[1802]]), physician M Rhrims 174S; hon. D.C.L. Oxford, 1792;authS of medical works. xxxii -j
Thomas Layooox: '''Thomas Layooox''' ([[1818]]-[[1876]]), mental physiologist: educated at University College, London; studied anatoiny and physiology at Paris, 1834; M.R.O.S., 1835: D. Gofctagen, 1889; publishedA Treatise on the Nerroos Diseases of Women 1840: the first to promulgate the theory of the reflex action of the brain, 1844S5 fa T2,i 0f tb P ractl Pbyric in Edinburgh Univer: fill lL P ubllshed hi important work, ? Mind and Brain 1869; contributed to medical journals.
Christopher Layer: '''Christopher Layer''' ([[1683]]-[[1723]]), Jacobite conspirator; barrister, Middle Temple; obtained a large practice; went to Rome and unfolded to the Pretender 'a wondrous plot 1721: arrested, tried, and condemned to death, 1722; was executed at Tyburn.
John Layer: '''John Layer''' ([[1586]]?-[[1641]]), Cambridge antiquary ; educated as lawyer, but devoted himself chiefly to antiquarian pursuits at Bhcpreth, Cambridgeshire; left manuscripts relating to history of Cambridgeshire.
John Layfield: '''John Layfield''' (d. [[1617]]), divine; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge: fellow, 1585-1603; lector lingua; Grecae, 1593; examinator grammatices, 1599; D.D.; rector of St. Clement Danes, London, 1601-17; one of the revisers of the bible, 1606.
William Layman: '''William Layman''' ([[1768]]-[[1826]]), commander in the navy; entered navy, 1782; on the home station till 1786; in the West Indies, 1786-8; joined the merchant service and was employed in the East India and China trade: returned to the navy, 1800, and served under Nelson, 18001803; commander, 1804; allowed his ship to drift inside the Spanish squadron, 1805; found guilty of carelessness by court-martial, and placed at the bottom of the list, 1805; wrote pamphlets on nautical or naval subjects.
Henry Layton: '''Henry Layton''' ([[1622]]-[[1705]]), author of pamphlets on the question of the immortality of the soul published anonymously between 1692 and 1704.

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Richard Layton: '''Richard Layton''' ([[1500]] ?-[[1544]]), dean of York and chief agent in the suppression of monasteries; educated at Cambridge: B.C.L., 1622; archdeacon of Buckinghamshire, 1534; clerk to the privy council, 1536; made a visitation of the university of Oxford, and instituted many reforms, 1535; began visiting monasteries, 1535; took part in trial of Anne Boleyn, 1536; master in chancery, 1538; dean of York, 1539: English ambassador at Brussels, 1543; died at Brussels.
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James Leach: '''James Leach''' ([[1762]]-[[1798]]), musical composer: member of the king's band; published A new Sett of Hymn and Psalm Tunes 1789, A Second Sett of Hymn and Psalm Tunes c. 1794; composed anthems and trios for stringed instruments.
Sir John Leach: '''Sir John Leach''' ([[1760]]-[[1834]]), master of the rolls; educated at Bedford grammar school; barrister, Middle Temple, 1790; recorder of Seaford, 1795; M.P., Seaford, 1806-16; K.O., 1807; bencher, 1807; chancellor of the duchy of Cornwall, 1816; chief-justice of Chester, 1817; privy councillor, 1817; vice-chancellor of England, 1818; knighted, 1818; master of the rolls, 1827; deputy-speaker of the House of Lords, 1827; member of judicial committee of privy council, 1833.
Thomas Leach: '''Thomas Leach''' ([[1746]]-[[1818]]), legal writer ; police magistrate at Hatton Garden, 1790-1818; published legal works.
William Elford Leach: '''William Elford Leach''' ([[1790]]-[[1836]]), naturalist; studied medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and at Edinburgh; M.D. Edinburgh, 1812; assistantlibrarian in the British Museum, 1813; published first part of his history of British Crustacea, 1815: F.R.S., 1817; assistant-keeper of the natural history department, British Museum, 1821; died in Italy; author of important work on Crustacea, his knowledge of them being superior to that of any other naturalist of his time.
Lead: '''Lead''' or LEADE, MRS. JANE ([[1623]]-[[1704]]), mystic : daughter of Schildknap Ward; married William Lead, 1644; deeply impressed by the mystic revelations of Jacob Boehme; recorded her prophetic visions in a spiritual diary entitled A Fountain of Gardens from 1670: published The Heavenly Cloud 1681, and The Revelation of Revelations (account of her visions), 1683; her disciples styled Philadelphians.
Mary Leadbeater: '''Mary Leadbeater''' ([[1758]]-[[1826]]), authoress: granddaughter of Abraham Shackleton; belonged to the quakers; married William Leadbeater, 1791; corresponded with Burke; published Poems 1808; her best work the 4 Annals of Ballitore an admirable representation of Irish life from 1766-1823, printed, 1862.
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Charles Leadbetter: '''Charles Leadbetter''' (. [[1728]]), astronomer; ganger in the royal excise; author of treatises on astronomy and mathematics; one of the fir*t commentators on Newtou.
Arthur Leahy: '''Arthur Leahy''' ([[1830]]-[[1878]]), colonel, royal engineers; educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; lieutenant, 1848; fought through the Crimean war; second captain, 1867; assistant-director of the works in the fortifications branch of the war office, 1864; brevet lieutenant-colonel, 1868; instructor of field works at the school of military engineering at Chatham, 1871; regimental lieutenant-colonel, 1873; brevet-colonel, 1877.
Edward Daniel Leahy: '''Edward Daniel Leahy''' ([[1797]]- IS??)? portrait and subject painter; exhibited at the Royal Academy and British Institution, 1820-63; resided in Italy, 1837-43; painted portraits of many leading Irishman. shop
Patrick Leahy: '''Patrick Leahy''' ([[1806]]-[[1876]]), archbishop of Cashel ; educated at Mayuooth; vioe-rector of the catholic university of Dublin, 1864; archbishop of Cashel, 1867-75; strong advocate of temperance.
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Sir Andrew Leake: '''Sir Andrew Leake''' (d. [[1704]]), captain in the navy; took part in Dutch war, 1690; commodore on the Newfoundland station, 1699-1700: flag-captain during the campaign of 1702; knighted, 1702; mortally wounded in attack on Gibraltar.
Leake: '''Leake''' Sm JOHN ([[1666]]-[[1720]]), admiral of the fleet ; son of Richard Leake; governor and commander-inchief at Newfoundland, 1702; knighted, 1704; took part in reduction of Gibraltar, 1704; employed on coast of Spain, 1704-6; admiral of the white, 1708; admiral and commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, 1708; M.P., Rochester, 1708-14; rear-admiral of Great Britain; a lord of the admiralty, 1709.
John Leake: '''John Leake''' ([[1729]]-[[1792]]), man-midwife; M.D. Rheims, 1763; L.R.C.P., 1766; author of medical works, addressed rather to women than to physicians, the chief beingThe Chronic Diseases of Women 1777.
Richard Leake: '''Richard Leake''' ([[1629]]-[[1696]]), master-gunner of England; served in the navy under the parliament, in the Dutch army, and as commander of an English merchant-ship; a master-gunner of England, 1677.
Stephen Martin Leake: '''Stephen Martin Leake''' ([[1702]]-[[1773]]), herald and numismatist; son of Captain Martin: assumed surname of Leake on being adopted as the heir of Admiral Leake, 1721; of the Middle Temple: F.S.A-, 1727; F.R.S.; Lancaster herald, 1727, Norroy, 1729, Clarenceux, 1741, Garter, 1764; consistently maintained the rights and privileges of the College of Arms.
William Martin Leake: '''William Martin Leake''' ([[1777]]-[[1860]]), classical topographer and numismatist; grandson of Stephen .Martin Leake; with his regiment in the West Indies, 1794-8; employed in instructing Turkish troops at Constantinople, 1799; travelled in Asia Minor (his Journal of a Tour in Asia Minor published, 1824), 1800: engaged in general survey of Egypt, 1801-2, of European Turkey and Greece, 1804-7; resided in Greece, 1808-10; published Researches in Greece 1814; his collection of marbles presented to the British Museum, 1839; his vases, gems, and coins purchased by the university of Cambridge. His reputation rests chiefly on the topographical researches embodied in hisAthens 1821,Morea 1830, and Northern Greece 1835.
Caroline Woolmer Leakey: '''Caroline Woolmer Leakey''' ([[1827]]-[[1881]]), religious writer; daughter of James Leakey; resided in Tasmania; published 4 Lyra Australis 1854, andThe Broad Arrow 1859.
James Leakey: '''James Leakey''' ([[1775]]-[[1865]]), artist and miniaturist : exhibited portraits, landscapes, and interiors at the Royal Academy.
Leander: '''Leander''' A SANCTO MARTINO ([[1575]]-[[1636]]).
John Leanerd: '''John Leanerd''' (fl. [[1679]]), author of comedies published 1677 and 1678, and perhaps of The Counterfeits 1679; described asa confident, plagiary

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Mary Leapor: '''Mary Leapor''' (17W-[[1746]]X poet; her Several Occasionspublished in 1748 (vol. LX and 1751 (v'l. ii.)
Edward Lear: '''Edward Lear''' ([[1812]]-[[1888]]X artist and author; his Family of the Psittacidse one of the earliest volume* of coloured plates of birds on a large scale published in England; gave lessons in drawing to Queen Victoria, 1846; inventedBook of Nonsense(published, 1846) for the grandchildren of hie patron, the Earl of Derby, a book of which there have been twenty-six editions exhibited landscapes at the Suffolk Street Gallery and the Royal Academy; published journals of his travels; died at San Kemo.
Arthur Leared: '''Arthur Leared''' ([[1822]]-[[1879]]), traveller ; educated at Trinity College, Dublin; B.A., 1845; M.D., 1860; visited India, 1851, Smyrna and the Holy Land, 1854, Iceland (four times between 1862 and 1874), America, 1870, Morocco, 1872, 1877, and 1879; published Morocco and the Moors 1876, and A Visit to the Court of Morocco 1879, and some medical treatises.
Learmont: '''Learmont''' or LEIRMOND, THOMAS (A 10?1297 ?
William Leask: '''William Leask''' ([[1812]]-[[1884]]X dissenting divine; entered congregational ministry, and held several charges from 1839; edited the Christian World and other nonconformist journals; author of sermons, lectures, and works on theological and moral questions,
Nicholas Leate: '''Nicholas Leate''' (d. [[1631]]), a London merchant : member of the Levant Company; as the leading merchant in the Turkey trade furnished the government with news from abroad, obtained through his agents and correspondents; master of the Company of Ironmongers, 1616, 1626, and 1627; introduced rare exotics for cultivation in England.
William Henry Leatham: '''William Henry Leatham''' ([[1815]]-[[1889]]X versewriter and member of parliament; entered his father's bank at Wakefield, 1834; toured on the continent, 1835; publishedA Traveller's Thoughts, or Lines suggested by a Tour on the Continent 1841; M.P. for Wakefield, 1865-8; for the South-west Riding of Yorkshire, 1880-6; published several volumes of poems, 1841-79.
Stanley Leathes: '''Stanley Leathes''' ([[1830]]-[[1900]]), hebraist; B.A. Jesus College, Cambridge, 1852; first Tyrwhitt's Hebrew scholar, 1853; M.A., 1855; honorary fellow, 1885; ordained priest, 1857; professor of Hebrew at King's College, London, 1863; member of Old Testament revision committee, 1870-85; prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral 1876; rector of Cliffe-at-Hoo, Kent, 1880-9, and of Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, 1889-1900; published lectures, and theological and other writings. LE BA8, CHARLES WEBB (1779-1861), principal of the East India College, Haileybury; of Trinity College, Cambridge; fellow, 1800; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1806; abandoned the law and entered holy orders, 1809; prebendary of Lincoln, 1812; mathematical professor and dean of Haileybury, 1813; principal, 1887-43; the Le Bas prize at Cambridge for an historical essay founded by his friends, 1848; contributed to theBritish Critic 18271838; wrote sermons and biographies of divines. LE BLANC, SIR SIMON (d. 1816X Judge; entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1766; LL.B., 1773; barrister, Inner Temple, 1773; fellow of his college, 1779; serjeantat-law, 1787; counsel to his university, 1791; puisne judge of the king's bench, 1799; knighted, 1799. LE BLON (IE BLOND), JACQUES CHRISTOPHE (1670-1741), painter, engraver, and printer in colours; born at Frankfort-on-the- Maine; studied at Zurich, Paris, and Rome; lived for a time at Amsterdam; came to London; his invention of painting engravings In colour to imitate painting pecuniarily unsuccessful; published an account of his process, 1730; the inventor of the modem his process, system of chromolithography. LE BRETON, ANNA LETITIA (1808-1886X author: daughter of Charles Rochemont Aikin; married Philip Henry Ic Breton, 1833; assisted her husband in his memoirs of Lucy Aikin, 1864; edited Miss Aikin's correspondence with Dr. Channing, 1874; published a memoir of Mrs. Barbauld, andMemories of Seventy Years 1883. LE BRUN 758
Lee: '''Lee''' LE BBUN. JOHN (. 1866), lli-H-!i.lont mission:iry in Mauritius; born in Switzerland: ordained for the congregational ministry, 1813; began to work at Port Louis, Mauritius, under the auspices of the London Missionary Society, 1814: returned to England, 1833, the society subsequently abandoning its efforts in Mauritius in consequence of official opposition; returned on his own account, 1834; reappointed agent of the Society, 1841; died at Port Louis.
Lebuinu Lebwin: '''Lebuinu Lebwin''' 8, or LIAFWINE, SAINT (fl. 755); of English parentage; went as missionary to the Germans: dwelt by the river Yssel and built two churches; opposed by the heathen Saxon?; the collegiate church at Derenter dedicated to him. LE CAPELAIN, JOHN (1814 7-1848), painter; native of Jersey; presented drawings of the scenery of Jersey to Queen Victoria; commissioned by her to paint pictures of the Isle of Wight LE OARON, MAJOR HENRI (1841-1894). See BEACH, THOMAS. LE GENE, CHARLES (16477-1703), Huguenot regee; born at Caen, Normandy; studied at Sedan, 1667-9, at Geneva, 1669-70, at Sanmur, 1770-2; ordained protestant minister, 1672; came to England at the revocation of the edict of Nantes, 1685, and retired to Holland, 1691; returned to England, 1699; author of French theological works.
Edmund Lechmere: '''Edmund Lechmere''' (. [[1640]]7). See STRAT-
Ford: '''Ford'''
Sir Nicholas Lechmere: '''Sir Nicholas Lechmere''' ([[1613]]-[[1701]]), judge; nephew of Sir Thomas Overbury; B.A. Wadham College, Oxford; barrister. Middle Temple, 1641; bencher, 1666; sided with the parliament on outbreak of the civil war; MJ M Bewdley, 1648; present at the battle of Worcester, 1681: M.P., Worcester, 1654, 1656, 1658-9; attorneygeneral to the duchy of Lancaster, 1654; reader at his inn, 169; serjeant-at-law, 1689; knighted, 1689; judge of the exchequer bench, 1689-1700.
Nicholas Lechmere: '''Nicholas Lechmere''' , first BARON LECHMERE (1675-17271 educated at Merton College, Oxford; barrister, Middle Temple, 1698; M.P., Appleby, 1708, for Oockermouth, 1710, 1713, and 1715, and for Tewkesbury, 1717-20; Q.C., 1708; a collaborator of Steele inThe, Crisis 1714; solicitor-general, 1714-18; privy councillor, 1718; attorney-general, 1718-20, and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, 1718-27; raised to the peerage, "
Leclerc: '''Leclerc''' a, CARLOTTA ([[1840]] 7-[[1893]]), actress ; Ariel Tempest), Nerissa Merchant of Venice), Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Page ( Merry Wives, and Rosalind As You Like It ), among her parts; acted with Charles Albert Fechter in England and America.
Leclerc: '''Leclerc''' ft, ROSE ([[1845]]7-[[1899]]), actress; sister of Oarlotta Leclercq; Mrs. Page, and the queen in La Tosca among her parts; the best representative of toe grand style in comedy. LE COUTETO, JOHN (1761-1836), lieutenant-general; ofa Jersey family; ensign, 1780; lieutenant and went to dia, 1781; taken prisoner by Tippoo Sahib, 1783; re T: i * 178ft: ma i r 17 7; Heutenantikmel, 1798; inspecting officer of militia and niMlihmt qiiartermaster-general in Jersey, 1799; lieutenant-governor of Curacoa,1813; lieutenant-general, 1821; author of two works in French relating his military experiences. J?J TO;ft ED, W 4 RD C 1640 ?-?)": practised his art first in Paris and afterwards in London.
Wttttaxt Leddra: '''Wttttaxt Leddra''' i*ix luuuuuk, W1L.LIAM (d. 1661), quaker; emigrated j was arrested and banished; proceeded tolemThn* at Boston; condemned and executed on Boston ; the last quaker executed in New England.
Lederede: '''Lederede''' or LEDRED, RICHARD 1$. U60) bopof Ossory; English Franciscan; appointed to see ory, 1316; conducted prosecutions for heresy and FIri. Ver8eB Mcribed to Mm extant in the Red See DASH
Thomas Lediard: '''Thomas Lediard''' ([[1685]]-[[1743]]), miscellaneous writer: attached to the staff of the Duke of Marlborougb, accompanying him on his visit to Charles XII of Sweden, 1707; returned to Encrland before 1732; produced various historical and biographical works, 1735-6; author of a pamphlet dealing with a scheme for building bridge at Westminster, 1738; F.R.S., 1742;agent and surveyor of Westminster Bridge 1738-43; author of several works in German and an English opera, * Britannia
Richard Arthur Ledward: '''Richard Arthur Ledward''' ([[1857]]-[[1890]]), sculptor; studied at South Kensington art school; exhibited busts at the Royal Academy, 1882.
Ed Ward Ledwioh: '''Ed Ward Ledwioh''' ([[1738]]-[[1823]]), antiquary ; entered Trinity College, Dublin, 1755; B.A., 1760; LL.B., 1763; became a priest in the established church; published Antiquities of Ireland 1790; his best work A Statistical Account of the Parish of Aghaboe published, 1796; not identical with the Edward Ledwich (d. 1782) who was dean of Kildare, 1772.
Thomas Hawkesworth Ledwich: '''Thomas Hawkesworth Ledwich''' ([[1823]]1858), anatomist and surgeon; grandson of Edward Ledwich; studied medicine in Dublin; member, Irish College of Surgeons, 1845; a successful lecturer on Anatomy; his great work The Anatomy of the Human Body published, 1852.
John Ledyard: '''John Ledyard''' ([[1751]]-[[1788]]), traveller; born at Groton in Connecticut, U.S.A.; made his way to New York, worked his passage to Plymouth in England, and tramped to London, c. 1771; enlisted in the marines, and (1776) accompanied Captain Cook in the Resolution; published account of the voyage, 1783; resolved to travel on foot to the east of Asia, as a preliminary to open up trade to the north-west coast of America; reached St. Petersburg, 1787; made his way to Yakutsk; returned to London, undertook a journey of exploration in Africa on behalf of the African Association.but died at Cairo.
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Alfred Theophilus Lee: '''Alfred Theophilus Lee''' ([[1829]]-[[1883]]), miscellaneous writer; of Christ's College, Cambridge; B. A., 1853: held various livings, 1853-68; M.A., 1856; honorary LL.D. Trinity College, Dublin, 1866; D.C.L. Oxford, 1867; held various clerical offices in Ireland, 1869-71; preacher at Gray's Inn, 1879; published articles on the church defence question, sermons, and pamphlets.
Ann Lee: '''Ann Lee''' ([[1736]]-[[1784]]), foundress of the American Society of Shakers: factory-hand and afterwards cook in Manchester; joined a band of seceders from the Society of Friends, 1758, who were nicknamed the Shaking Quakers orShakers married Abraham Standerin, 1762; discovered celibacy to be the holy state; was sent to prison as a Sabbath-breaker, 1770; resumed preaching on her release: acknowledged by the shakers as spiritual head; sailed for America, 1774: founded first American Shaker Society, 1776; claimed the power of discerning spirits and working miracles; died at Watervliet, near Albany.
Charles Lee: '''Charles Lee''' ([[1731]]-[[1782]]), American major-general; ensign, 1746; went to America as lieutenant; present at the disaster at Fort Duquesne; wounded at Ticonderoga, 1768; present at the capture of Montreal; attached to staff of Portuguese army, 1762; accompanied the Polish embassy to Constantinople, 1766; went to New York, 1 773; supported the revolutionary plans; appointed second major-general, 1775; appointed second in command to Washington; taken prisoner by the English, 1776: exchanged, 1778: blamed for disaster and court-martialled, 1778; retired, 1779; died at Philadelphia; buriedat Washington,
Cromwell Lee: '''Cromwell Lee''' (d. [[1601]]), compiler of an Italian dictionary; brother of Sir Henry Lee; educated at Oxford, where, after travelling in Italy, he settled and compiled part of an Italian-English dictionary, never
Edward Lee: '''Edward Lee''' ([[1482]] ?-[[1544]]), archbishop of York : fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1500; M.A. Cambridge, 1504; ordained, 1604; B.D., 1615; opposed Erasmus, 1519-20; sent on various embassies, 1523-30; prebendary of York and Westminster, 1530; D.D. Oxford, 1630; archbishop of York, 1531; while- anxious to avoid
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Lee: '''Lee''' displeasing the kin?, was opposed to the party of the n-w learning and inclinei to Roman usages; author of tin-.. logical works in Latin and English.
Lee: '''Lee''' i:i)VI (,. [[1870]]), medical writer; M.K.r.s., 182!; awarded the.Jarksoniati prize for his di rrtation on lithotrity. 13H; M.I). (Jittiniri'n, isiG; lxt known lv n handbooks to continental health resorts,
Fitzroy Henry Lee: '''Fitzroy Henry Lee''' ([[1699]]-[[1760]]), vicc-n.liniral : entered navy, 1717: lieutenant, 1721; captain, 1728; governor of Newfoundland, 1735-8; commodore and connnander-in-chief on the Leeward islands station, 1746; rear-admiral, 1747; vk-e-admiral of the white, 1748; probably the original of Smollett's Commodore Trunnion.
Francis Lee: '''Francis Lee''' ([[1661]]-[[1719]]), miscellaneous writer; entered St. John's College, Oxford, 1679; B.A., 1683; M.A., 1687; studied medicine at Leyden, 1692; became a disciple of Jane Lead, 1694; M.D.; one of the founders of the Philadelphian Society, 1697; L.C.P. London, 1708; died at Gravelines, Flanders; his works (all unclaimed) said to have been very numerous
Frederick Richard Lee: '''Frederick Richard Lee''' ([[1799]]-[[1879]]), painter and royal academician; student of the Royal Academy, 1818; exhibitor at the British Institution from 1822, and at the Royal Academy, 1824-70; painted Devonshire, Scottish, and French landscape; R.A., 1838; died in South Africa.
Sir George Lee: '''Sir George Lee''' ([[1700]]-1 [[768]]), lawyer and politician ; brother of Sir William Lee; entered Christ Church, Oxford, 1720; B.C.L.,1724; D.C.L.,1729; M.P., Brackley, Northamptonshire, 1733-42; lord of admiralty, 1742; M.P., Devizes, 1742-7, Liskeard, 1747-64; dean of arches, 1761-8; judge of the prerogative court of Canterbury, 1751-8; privy councillor, 1752; knighted, 1762; M.P., Launceston, 1754-8.
George Alexander Lee: '''George Alexander Lee''' ([[1802]]-[[1851]]), musical composer; tenor at the Dublin Theatre, 1825; musical conductor at various London theatres, 1827-51; composed the music to several dramatic pieces, songs, and ballads.
George Augustus Lee: '''George Augustus Lee''' ([[1761]]-[[1826]]), Manchester cotton-spinner; son of John Lee (d. 1781); distinguished for his readiness to adopt new inventions in his factories.
George Henry Lee: '''George Henry Lee''' , third EARL OF LICHFIKM) (1718-1772), chancellor of Oxford University; created M.A. St. John's College, Oxford, 1737; M.P., Oxfordshire, 1740 and 1741-3; succeeded to the earldom, 1743: privy councillor, 1762; chancellor of Oxford, 1762-72; D.C.L., 1762; founded by bequest Lichfield clinical professorship at Oxford.
Harriet Lee: '''Harriet Lee''' ([[1757]]-[[1851]]), novelist and dramatist ; daughter of John Lee (d. 1781), and sister of Sophia Lee; publishedThe Errors of Innocence (a novel), 1786; her comedy,The New Peerage performed at Drury Lane, 1787; published another novel, 'Clara Lennox 1797; the first two volumes of her chief work, in which her sister Sophia assisted her, The Canterbury Tales was published, 1797-8, and the remaining three volumes, 1806; refused offer of marriage from William Godwin the elder, 1798; a version of her story,Kruitzner dramatised by herself asThe Three Strangers performed at Covent Garden, 1825, published, 1826, the story being dramatised by Byron in Werner 1822.
Sir Henry Lee: '''Sir Henry Lee''' ([[1630]]-1 [[610]]), master of the ordnance; educated by his uncle, Sir Thomas Wyatt; entered service of Henry VIII, 1545; clerk of the armoury, 1549-60: knighted, 1663; M.P., Buckinghamshire, 1658 and 1572; personal champion to Queen Elizabeth, 1559-90; master of the ordnance, 1590; visited by Queen Elizabeth at his country house, 1592; K.G., 1597; a great sheep-farmer and builder.
Henry Lee: '''Henry Lee''' ([[1765]]-[[1836]]), author of ' Caleb Quotem ' ; became an actor; his farce,Caleb Quotem written 1789, brought out at the Haymarket as Throw Physic to the Dogs 1789; charged George Column the younger q. v.l with plagiarising it inThe Review 1800; author of some poems, and a volume of desultory reminiscences.
Henry Lee: '''Henry Lee''' ([[1826]]-[[1888]]), naturalwt ; naturalist to the Brighton Aquarium, 1872; wrote popular account of the octopus, 1874.
Holme Lee: '''Holme Lee''' (pseudonym). See PAIIR, HARRIOT, 1828-1900.
Jamkr Lee: '''Jamkr Lee''' ([[1716]]-[[1796]]). nurseryman; introduced cultivation of the fuchsia in England; translated part of Limiffius's works Into English, 1760.
James Prince Lee: '''James Prince Lee''' ([[1804]]-[[1869]]X bUhop of Manchester; educated at Ht. Paul's School, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge; fellow, 1829; ordained, 1830: a master at Rugby, 1830-8; M.A., 1881; head-master of King Edward's School, Hirmingliam, 1838-47; bishop of Manchester, 1847.
John Lee: '''John Lee''' (d. [[1781]]X actor and adapter of plays; acted In London under Gar rick (with a short break in 1749-50), 1747-61; manager at Edinburgh, 1768-6; again in London under Garrick, 1761-6; manager of the Bath Theatre, 1778-9; tampered with many of Shakespeare's plays and other dramatic masterpieces.
John Lee: '''John Lee''' ([[1733]]-[[1793]]), lawyer and politician ; barrister, Lincoln's Inn; attorney-general for county palatine of Lancaster; recorder of Doncaster, 1769; K.O., 1780; solicitor-general and M.P. for Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire; attorney -general, 1783.
John Lee: '''John Lee''' (. [[1804]]), wood-engraver ; engraved the cuts forThe Cheap Repository 1794-8, and part of the designs by William Marshall Craig in Scripture Illustrated

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Lee: '''Lee''' versity !, JOHN (1779-1859), principal of Edinburgh Uni; entered Edinburgh University, 1794; M.D., 1801; licensed as a preacher, 1807; professor of church history at St. Mary's College, St. Andrews, 1812-21: minister of the Canongate Church, Edinburgh, 1821; D.D. St. Andrews, 1821; chaplain In ordinary to the king, 1830; principal of Edinburgh University, 1840-69; professor of divinity, 1843-59; especially learned in Scottish literary and ecclesiastical history.
John Lee: '''John Lee''' ([[1783]]-[[1866]]), collector of antiquities and man of science; son of John Fiott: educated at St John's College, Cambridge; made a tour through Europe and the East collecting objects of antiquity, 1807-10: M.A., 1809; assumed name of Lee by royal license, 1816; F.S.A-, 1828; built observatory on his estate, 1830; F.R.S., 1831; practising member of the ecclesiastical courts till 1858; Q.C., 1864; published scientific and antiquarian works.
John Edward Lee: '''John Edward Lee''' ([[1808]]-[[1887]]), antiquary and geologist; his chief work, IscaSllurum: or an Illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Antiquities at Caerleon,* published, 1862; translated foreign works on prehistoric archaeology; presented his fine collection of fossils to the British Museum, 1885.
Joseph Lee: '''Joseph Lee''' ([[1780]]-[[1859]]), enamel-painter: enamelpainter to Princess Charlotte of Wales, 1818; occasionally exhibited at the Royal Academy till 1863.
Matthew Lee: '''Matthew Lee''' ([[1694]]-[[1755]]), benefactor to Christ Church, Oxford; educated at Westminster School and Christ Church; M.A., 1720; M.D., 1726; F.R.C.P., 1732; Harveian orator, 1736; physician to Frederick, prince of Wales, 1739; founded an anatomical lectureship at Christ Church, 1750.
Nathaniel Lee: '''Nathaniel Lee''' ([[1653]] ?-[[1692]]), dramatist ; educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge; B.A., 1668; drew the plots of his tragedies mainly from classical history; Nero his earliest effort, produced, 1675; wroteGlorianaand Sophonisba two rhyming plays, 1676; his best-known tragedy, The Rival Queens produced, 1677; collaborated with Dryden in 'CEdipns 1679, andThe Duke of Guise 1682; his last tragedy, Constantlne the Great produced, 1684: lost his reason through intemperance, 1684, and confined in Bethlehem till 1689. Many of his plays (a collected edition appeared In 2 vols. In 1713) long kept the stage, and great actors performed the chief part*.
Mrs Lee: '''Mrs Lee''' . RACHEL FANNY ANTONINA ([[1774]] ?1829), heroine of a criminal trial, and the subject of chap. iv. of De Quincey'sAutobiographic Sketches a natural daughter of Francis Dashwood, lord le Despenscr; married Matthew Lee. 1794. but soon separated from him;
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Leeds: '''Leeds''' doped with Loddoun Gordon, accompanied by his brother Look hurt, 1804: appeared a a witae*gainstthe l.rnth.-rwhen they were brought to trial for her abduction whirh malted in their acquittal, 1804: publishedEssay 01 Oorernmeot 1808.
Sir Richard Lee: '''Sir Richard Lee''' ([[1513]] 7-[[1876]]), military engineer : surveyor of the king's works, 1540; knighted for services in Scotland, 1544; employed intermittently in improving th fortifications of Berwick and the Scottish border, 1557-65; received part of the domain of the monastery of St. Albans from Henry VIII.
Nelson Richard: '''Nelson Richard''' ([[1806]]-[[1872]]X actor and dramatist; acted at the Surrey Theatre, 1827-34; became proprietor of Kichardson's Show 1836; author of pantomime* and plays.
Robert: '''Robert''' ([[1804]]-[[1868]]), professor at Edinburgh ; educated at St. Andrews University; minister of the old Greyfriart Church, Edinburgh, 1843-68: D.D. St. Andrews, 1844; professor of biblical criticism in Edinburgh University, 1847; dean of the Chapel Royal, Edinburgh, 1847; endeavoured to HteraliB the church of Scotland; introduced stained-glass windows, 1857, and an organ, 1864: publishedThe Reform of the Church in Worship, Government, and Doctrine 1864; often censured by the Edinburgh presbytery for his innovations; author of theological works and books of prayers.
Robert Lee: '''Robert Lee''' ([[1793]]-[[1877]]), obstetric physician : educated at Edinburgh University; M.D., 1814; physician to Prince Woronzow, governor-general of the Crimea, 18241826; P.R., 1830; lecturer on midwifery and diseases of women at St. George's Hospital, 1835-66; F.R.C.P., 1841; Lomleian lecturer, 1856-7; Croonian lecturer, 1862; Harveian orator, 1864; retired, 1875; made discoveries of permanent value; unfairly treated by the Royal Society; published works on the diseases of women,
Lee: '''Lee''' or LEOH, ROWLAND (rf. [[1543]]), bishop of Coventry and Lichfleld and lord president of the council in the marches of Wales; educated at Cambridge; ordained priest, 1512; doctor of decrees, 1520; prebendary of Lichfield, 1527; employed under Wolsey in the suppression of the monasteries, 1528-9; royal chaplain and master in chancery; bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, 1534-13, and president of the king's council in the marches of Wales, 1634; devoted his energies to suppressing Welsh disorder, 1534-40.
Samuel Lee: '''Samuel Lee''' ([[1625]]-[[1691]]), puritan divine ; educated at St. Paul's School, London, and Magdalen Hall, Oxford; M.A., 1648; fellow of All Souls, 1650; dean of Wadham College, 1653-6; minister of various congregations in London, 1655-60; migrated to New England, 1686; sailed for home from Boston, 1691; taken by the French, his hip being seized, to St. Malo, where he died; author of theological works.
Samubl Lee: '''Samubl Lee''' ([[1783]]-[[1852]]), orientalist : of humble origin; taught himself Greek, Hebrew, Persian, Hindustani, and other Eastern languages; entered QueensCollege, Cambridge, 1813; M.A., 1819; professor of Arabic t Cambridge, 1819-31; B.D., 1827; regius professor of Hebrew, Cambridge, 1831-48; D.D., 1833. His chief works were his editions of the New Testament in Syriac, 1816, and of the Old Testament, 1823, and a translation of the book of Job from the original Hebrew, 1837.
Mrs Lee: '''Mrs Lee''' . SARAH ([[1791]]-[[1856]]),artist and authoress ; daughter of John Rglinton Wallis; married Thomas Edward Bowdich, 1813; shared her husband's tastes and travelled with him in Africa, 1814, 1816, and 1823 married Robert Lee as her second husband, 1829; devoted the rest of her life to popularising natural science: published books on natural history, many illustrated by heridf, and Memoirs of Baron Cnvter 1833.
Sophia: '''Sophia''' ([[1750]]-[[1824]]X novelist and dramatist ; daaghterof JohnLee(rf. 1781); her comedy, The Chapter of Accident* produced, 1780; conducted a girls :bool at Bath, 1781-1808; published "The Soitfi httorical romance, 1785, andAlmeyda, Queen of Grenada a tragedy In I. lank verse, produced, 1796; helped her tster, Harriet Lee, in theCanterbury Tales J 1 THOMAS (d. 1601 captain in Ireland and supPorter of Robert, earl of Eex; went to Ireland before We; twined in.uppnaalng rebellions ir Ireland, 1681 1S99; arrested for attempting to procure the release of . 1601; tried and executed, 1601; wrote an historirallv valuable tract on the government of Ireland (first published, 1772).
Sir Thomas Lee: '''Sir Thomas Lee''' , first baronet (l. [[1691]]), politician : created baronet, 1660; M.P. for Aylesbury, 1661-81 and 1689-91, and for Buckinghamshire in the Convention parliament,
William Lee: '''William Lee''' (rf. [[1610]]?), inventor of the stockingframe; educated at Christ's and St. John's Colleges, Cambridge; B.A. St. John's College, 1583; invented the stocking-frame, 1589; his invention discouraged by Elizabeth and James I; settled at Rouen by invitation of Henry IV of France; died at Paris.
Sir William Lee: '''Sir William Lee''' ([[1688]]-[[1754]]), judge ; brother of Sir George Lee; entered the Middle Temple, 1703: barrister, Middle Temple: Latin secretary to George I and George II, 1718-30; recorder of Buckingham, 1722; bencher of the Inner Temple, 1725; M.P., Chipping Wycombe, 1727; K.C., 1728; attorney-general to Frederick, prince of Wales, c. 1728: puisne judge of the king's bench, 1730; chief-justice of king's bench, 1737: knighted, 1737; privy councillor, 1737.
William Lee: '''William Lee''' ([[1809]]-[[1865]]), water-colour painter ; member of the Institute of Painters in Water-colours, 1848; painter of English rustic figures and scenes on the French coast.
William Lee: '''William Lee''' ([[1815]]-[[1883]]), archdeacon of Dublin ; educated at Trinity College, Dublin: junior fellow, 1839; entered holy orders, 1841; D.D., 1857; professor of ecclesiastical history in the university of Dublin, 1857; Archbishop King's lecturer in divinity, 1862; archdeacon of Dublin, 1864; member of the New Testament revision company, 1870; author of theological works written from the conservative point of view.
Leich Leech: '''Leich Leech''' , or LEITCH, DAVID (. [[1628]]1653), poet; brother of John Leech (fi. 1623); sub-principal of King's College, Aberdeen, 1632; chaplain to Charles II; D.D. Aberdeen, 1653; left paraphrases of some of the Psalms in manuscript.
Humphrey Leech: '''Humphrey Leech''' ([[1571]]-[[1629]]), Jesuit; educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, and Cambridge; M.A. Cambridge (incorporated at Oxford, 1602); entered the English college at Rome, 1609; ordained priest, 1612; joined Jesuits, 1618; missioner in England, 1622-9.

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Leech: '''Leech''' or LEITCH (' LEOCHIUS '), JOHN*!!. [[1623]]), epigrammatist; brother of David Leech: probably related to John Leech (1565-1650 ?); M.A. Aberdeen, 1614; published Latin epigrams, 1620 and 1623. fxxxii 3861
Leech: '''Leech''' or LEACHE, JOHN ([[1565]]-[[1650]]?), 'schoolmaster; educated at Brasenose College, Oxford: M.A., 1589; published a book of grammar questions, c. 1622.
John Leech: '''John Leech''' ([[1817]]-[[1864]]), humorous artist ; educated at Charterhouse, where he made the acquaintance of Thackeray; studied medicine by his father's desire: adopted art as a profession; his first work, Etchings and Sketchings, by A. Pen, Esq. published, 1835; his first popular hit, a caricature of Mulready's design for a universal envelope, 1840; contributed toPunch 1854-69: executed for it some three thousand drawings, six hundred being cartoons; illustrated several books, and supplied cute to a number of magazines; his sporting sketches traceable to his love for hunting.
William Leechman: '''William Leechman''' ([[1706]]-[[1785]]), divine : studied at Edinburgh University; licensed to preach, 1731: professor of divinity at Glasgow University, 1743; principal, 1761; prefixed a life of the author to Hiitchcson'sSystem of Moral Philosophy 1765; published a few sermons.
Edward Leedeb: '''Edward Leedeb''' ([[1699]] ?-[[1677]]). See OOURTNKY,
Edward: '''Edward'''
Edward Leedes: '''Edward Leedes''' ([[1627]]-[[1707]]), schoolmaster ; educated at Christ's College, Cambridge; M.A.: master of Bury St. Edmund's grammar school, 1663-1707: author of school-books.
Dukes of Leeds: '''Dukes of Leeds''' . See OSBORXK, SIR THOMAS, first DUKK, 1631-1712; OSIIOKXK, PKKKUKINB, second OUIO, 1658-1729; OSBORNK, FRANCIS, fifth DUKE. 1751
Leeds: '''Leeds''' 761
Legge: '''Legge'''
Edward Leeds: '''Edward Leeds''' (r. [[1590]]), civilian: educated at Cambridge; M.A., 1545; prebendary of Kly, 1548-80: Advocate of DoctorsCommons, Knit); master of Glare Hall, Cambridge, 1560-71; LL.D., 156'J. xxxii. 39l'J
Edward Leeds: '''Edward Leeds''' ([[1695]] 7-[[1758]]), serjeant-at-law: barrister, Inner Temple, 1718; took tbe coif, 1742: kinv'V Serjeant, 1748-56.
Edward Leeds: '''Edward Leeds''' ([[1728]]-[[1803]]), master in chancery ; sun of Edward Leeds (1695?-1758); barrister, Inner Temple: sheriff of Cambridgeshire, 1768; master in chancery, 1773; M.P., Reigate, 1784-7.
Leeke: '''Leeke'''
Leeke: '''Leeke''' Sm HENRY JOHN ([[1790]]?-[[1870]]), admiral: entered navy, 1803; lieutenant, 1810; commander, 1814: knighted, 1835; flag-captain, 1845-8; superintendent and commander-in-chief of the Indian navy, 1852; rearadmiral, 1854; K.C.B., 1858; vice-admiral, 1860; admiral, 1864.
Laurence Leeke: '''Laurence Leeke''' (d. [[1357]]), prior of Norwich; appointed prior, 1352; author of * Historiola de Vita et Morte Reverend! domiui Willelmi Batemau Xorwicensis episcopi
Remigius Van Leemput: '''Remigius Van Leemput''' (10 ?-[[1676]]). See
Lkemput Van: '''Lkemput Van''' .
Charles Lees: '''Charles Lees''' ([[1800]]-[[1880]]), painter : fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy and a regular contributor to its exhibitions; painted portraits, historical and domestic subjects, and landscape.
Edwin Lees: '''Edwin Lees''' ([[1800]]-[[1887]]), botanist : began to publishThe Worcestershire Miscellany 1829; issued his 'Botany of the Malvern Hills 1843, andBotany of Worcestershire 1867: one of the first in England to pay regard to the forms of brambles.
Sm Harcourt Lees: '''Sm Harcourt Lees''' , second baronet ([[1776]]-[[1852]]), political pamphleteer; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1802; took holy orders; published pamphlets in support of protestant ascendency.
William Nassau Lees: '''William Nassau Lees''' ([[1825]]-[[1889]]), major-general in the Indian army and orientalist; son of Sir Harcourt Lees, second baronet; educated at Trinity College, Dublin; ensign, Bengal native infantry, 1846: edited Arabic and Persian works between 1853 and 1864; lieutenant, 1853; hon. LL.D. Dublin, 1857; captain, 1858; major, 1866; lieutenant-colonel, 1868: member of Royal Asiatic Society, 1872; colonel, 1876; major-general, 1886.
William Leeves: '''William Leeves''' ([[1748]]-[[1828]]), poet and composer : entered tbe army, 1769; lieutenant, 1772; took holy orders, 1779; wrote the music to the song Auld Robin Gray by Lady Anne Barnard; author of other musical compositions, and of occasional poems. LE FANTJ, MRS. ALICIA (1763-1817), playwright; sister of the dramatist Richard Brinsley Sheridan; married Joseph Le Fanu, brother of Philip Le Fanu , divine, 1776; author of a comedy, Sons of Erin performed in London, 1812. LE FANTT, ALICIA (ft. 1812-1826), daughter of Henry Le Fanu, a brother of Philip Le Fanu; published Memoirs of Mrs. Frances Sheridan 1824. LE FANU, JOSEPH SHERIDAN (1814-1873), novelist and journalist; entered Trinity College, Dublin, 1833; devoted himself to journalism from 1839, when he began to Issue The Evening Mail a Dublin paper; published 'Uncle Silas 1864, and twelve other novels, 1865-75; edited the Dublin University Magazine 1869-72; stands next to Lever among modern Irish novelists. LE FANtT, PETER (fl. 1778), playwright: brother of Philip Le Fanu; hisSmock Alley Secretsproduced at Dublin, 1778. LE FANU, PHILIP (fl. 1790), divine: M.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1755; D.D., 1776; published translation of the Abbe Guenee'sLettres de certaiues J dives a Monsieur Voltaire 1777.
Nicasius Lefebure: '''Nicasius Lefebure''' or NICOLAS (d. [[1669]]).
Roland Lefebvre: '''Roland Lefebvre''' ([[1608]]-[[1677]]), painter: born at Anjou: residul at Venice; came to England, 1666; painted inudiotTc portrait* ami small history pictures tinder the patronage of Prince Rupert.

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Charles Shaw Lefevre: '''Charles Shaw Lefevre''' , first VWCOCKT
Bvkrslky: '''Bvkrslky''' ([[1794]]-[[1888]]).
Sir George William Lefevre: '''Sir George William Lefevre''' ([[1798]]-[[184]]X physician; xtudied at Edinburgh and at Gay's and St. Thomas hospitals, London; M.D. Aberdeen, 1819: travelled in France, Austria, Poland, and Kufiila as physician to a Polish nobleman; published The Life of a Travelling Physician 1843; afterwards practised at St. Petersburg, and became physician to tbe embassy; knighted; settled in London, 1843; F.R.C.P., 1841; Lumleian lecturer, 1846; committed suicide.
Sir John George Shaw Lefevre: '''Sir John George Shaw Lefevre''' ([[1797]]-[[1879]]). LE FEVRE, NIOA8IUS or NICOLAS (d. 1669), chemist; studied at Sedan; professor of chemistry to Charles II, and apothecary in ordinary to tbe royal household, 1660; F.R.S., 1663; published chemical works.
Sir John Henry Lefroy: '''Sir John Henry Lefroy''' ([[1817]]-[[1890]]), governor of Bermuda and of Tasmania; educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; lieutenant, royal artillery, 1837; engaged in a magnetical survey, chiefly at St. Helena, 1839-42; transferred to observatory at Toronto, 1849; engaged in magnetical survey of extreme north of America, 1843-4; worked at Toronto, 1844-53; captain, 1846; F.R.S.. 1848; founded the Canadian Institute, 1849; compiled The Handbook of Field Artillery for the use of Officers 1854; lieutenant-colonel, 1865: inspector-general of array schools, 1857; brevet-colonel, 1858; directorgeneral of ordnance, 1868; retired from the army, 1870; governor and commander-in-chief of the Bermudas, 18711877; K.C.M.G., 1877: governor of Tasmania, 1880-8: published the diary of his Canadian magnetic survey, 1883.
Thomas Langlois Lefroy: '''Thomas Langlois Lefroy''' ([[1776]]-[[1869]]), Irish judge; educated at Trinity College, Dublin; B.A., 1796: called to the Irish bar, 1797; K.C., 1806; king's Serjeant, 1808; bencher of the King's Inns, 1819; LL.D., 1827; M.P., university of Dublin, 1830-41; baron of the Irish court of exchequer, 1841-52; lord chief -justice of the queen's bench, 1862-66.
Francis Legat: '''Francis Legat''' ([[1755]]-[[1809]]), engraver ; historical engraver to the Prince of Wales; engraved several pictures in Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery,
Hugh Legat: '''Hugh Legat''' (ft. [[1400]]), Benedictine; studied at Oxford; of St. Albans Abbey; studied history, and prepared a commentary on John de Hauteville's 'Architrenius
Bartholomew Legate: '''Bartholomew Legate''' ([[1575]] ?-l [[612]]), the last heretic burned at Smithfield: preacher among the 'Seekers denied divinity of Christ, 1604; proceedings taken against him in consistory court of London, 1611; committed to Newgate on charge of heresy: burned at Smithfleld.
John Legate: '''John Legate''' , the elder (d. [[1620]] ?), printer to Cambridge University; freeman of StationersCompany, 1686; printer to Cambridge University, 1688-1609: afterwards carried on business in London.
John Legate: '''John Legate''' , the younger ([[1600]]-[[1658]]X printer to Cambridge University: eldest son of John Legate the elder; freeman of the StationersCompany, 1619; succeeded to his father business, 1620; one of the Cambridge University printers, 1660-6. LE GEYT, PHILIP (1635-1716), writer on the laws of Jersey; born at St. Heller: educated at Saumur, Caen, and Paris; greffler of the royal court, 1660: jurat, 16661710; lieutenant-bailiff, 1676-94; his manuscript collections on the constitution and laws of Jersey published, 1846-7.
Edward Legge: '''Edward Legge''' ([[1710]]-[[1747]]), commodore: flftb son of William Legge, first earl of Dartmouth: entered navy, 1726; lieutenant, 1734: captain, 1738; accompanied Anson's voyage to the Pacific, 1740-2: commodore and comuiander-in-chiei at tbe Lward islands, 1747.
Legge: '''Legge''' 762
Leifchild: '''Leifchild'''
George: '''George''' first BAROX DARTMOUTH ([[1648]]- r-in-chief: eldest son of T.: of Westminster and in Dutch war. captain. 1667; in intervals of war by sea held Motoon land: groom of the bedchamber. 1668; at-rorernor of Portsmouth, 1670-8*: lieutenantI o the ordnance, 1672: master of the bone to the of York. 1673: commanded in Flanders, 1678; of ordnance. 1682: created Baron Dart. natter of Trinity Hoo*e, 1683: engaged in expedition. 168J-4: governor of the Tower, 1685: and commander-in-chief of the fleet, 1688-9: of conspiring against William III and committed to the Tower. 1WL LE001, GEORGE, third EARL OF DARTMOUTH (17551810). statesman: son of William Legge, second earl: educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1775: 1 778: M.P., Plymouth. 1778, Staffordshire, 1780; privy councillor, 1801: president of the board of control. 1801; succeeded his father, 1801; lord chamberlain. 1804.
Jambs Leooe: '''Jambs Leooe''' ([[181]] 6-[[1897]]X professor of Chinese at Oxford University; M.A. King's College, Aberdeen. 1835; appointed by London Missionary Society to Chinese mission at Malacca, 1839: principal of Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca, 1840, and later at Hong Kong: D.D. New York University, 1841: returned to England, 1873: LL.D. Aberdeen. 1870, and Edinburgh, 1884; first professor of Chinese at Oxford University and fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. 1876; published numerous writings in Chinese and English, including an edition of Chinese
Heneage Leooe: '''Heneage Leooe''' ([[1704]]-[[1759]]X judge: second son of William Legge, first earl of Dartmouth; barrister, Inner Temple, 1728; raised to the exchequer bench, 1747.
Henry Bilson Leooe: '''Henry Bilson Leooe''' - ([[1708]]-[[1764]]), chancellor of the exchequer: fourth son of William Legge, first earl of Dartmouth; M.P., Bast Looe, 1740, Orford, 1741-59: a lord of the admiralty, 1745-7; a lord of the treasury, 1746: envoy-extraordinary to the king of Prussia, 1748; chancellor of the exchequer, 1754-5, 1756-7, 1757-61; M.P., Hampshire, 1769-64; had a great reputation as a financier.
Thomas Leooe: '''Thomas Leooe''' ([[1535]]-[[1607]]), master of Caius College, Cambridge, and Latin dramatist; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1560; fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, 1568: master of Caius College, 16731607; LLJX, 1576: regiu." professor of civil law, Cambridge: vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, 1587-3 and 1592-3; master in chancery, 1693; bis Latin tragedy of Richard III acted, 1579.
William Leooe: '''William Leooe''' ([[1609]] ?-[[1670]]), royalist : a leader in second army plot, 1641; joined the king's army, 1842; governor of Oxford, 1645; imprisoned for high treason, 1649-63; lieutenant-general of the ordnance, 1660.
William Leooe: '''William Leooe''' , first EARL OF DARTMOUTH (1672-1760X son of George Legge, first baron Dartmouth fq. v.: of Westminster and King's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1689; succeeded his father in the Dartmouth barony, 1691; a commissioner of the board of trade and foreign plantations, 1702: privy councillor, 1702; secretary of state, 1710-13; created Earl of Dartmouth, 1711: lord keeper of the privy seal, 1713-14.
William Leooe: '''William Leooe''' , second EARL OF DARTMOUTH (1731 1801 ), grandson of William Legge, first earl of Dartmouth; educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Oxford: succeeded to earldom, 1760; M.A., 1761 P.S.A 1754: D.C.L., 1766; privy councillor. 1766; president of the board of trade and foreign plantations, 17651766; colonial secretary, 1772-5: lord privy seal, 1776-82 high steward of Oxford University, 1786: strongly attached to the metbodUtu; Dartmouth College in the United States (incorporated, 1769) named in bis honour in chancery, 1537; employed in bouses, 1538-40; knighted, 1544.
Leoh: '''Leoh'''
Alexander Leoh: '''Alexander Leoh''' (d. [[1601]]), ambassador; of wTi "* Kin * CambridgJ; M.A.; canon of * tatar, 14.;o. employed on embassies to Scotland, 1474, and later years; temporal chancellor of Durham Cathedral,
Gerard Legh: '''Gerard Legh''' (d. [[1663]]X writer on heraldry ; pnb* The Accedens of Armory 1562.

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Legh: '''Legh''' 8m THOMAS (f. [[1545]]X visitor of the monasteries; B.C.L. (perhaps of King's College) Cambridge, 1627; D.C.L., 1531: ambassador to the king of Denmark, 1612-3:visitedmonasteries, 1635; master suppressing religious
Leouetj: '''Leouetj''' 8, GILBERTUS (fl. [[1250]]). See GILBERT
Englishman Thk: '''Englishman Thk''' . LE ORAHD. ANTOINE (d. 1699), Cartesian philosopher; native of Donay; Franciscan Recollect friar: as member of the English mission resided many years in I Oxfordshire; provincial of bis order, 1698-9; chief work, 'Institutio Philosophise, secundnm principia Renatt Descartes 1672 (Eng. trans., 1694X
James Legrew: '''James Legrew''' ([[1803]]-[[1857]]), sculptor ; studied I under Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey and at the Royal Academy schools; exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1826. LE ORICE, CHARLES VALENTINE (1773-1858X , friend of Coleridge and Lamb; educated at Christ's i Hospital, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge; B.A 1796; ordained, 1798; M.A., 1805; conversationalist and author of small pieces in verse and prose. LE GRY8, SIR ROBERT (d. 1635), courtier and translator; published John Barclay his Argenis translated out of Latine into English 1629; knighted, 1629; his translation ofVelleins Patercnlns, his Romaine Historic published, 1632; captain of the castle of St. Mawes, 1633-4.
Fran Legtjat: '''Fran Legtjat''' gOIS ([[1638]]-[[1735]]X voyager and , author: born at Bresae, Savoy: Huguenot refugee in Holland, 1689; founded colony of French protestante in Mascarene islands, 1691; sailed to Mauritius (1693X where be was imprisoned: transferred to Batavia, 1696: came to England on being released, 1698; published account ; of hia travels, 1708. LE HART, WALTER (d. 1472).
Earls of Leicester: '''Earls of Leicester''' . See BEAUMONT, ROBERT I DE, first EARL, 1104-1168; BEAUMONT, ROBERT DK, second EAKL, d. 1190; MONTFORT, SIMON OF, second
Earl: '''Earl''' of the second creation, [[1208]] ?-[[1265]] ; DUDLEY,
Robert: '''Robert''' first EARL of the fourth creation, [[1532]]?-! [[688]]; , SIDNEY, ROBERT, first EARL of the fifth creation, 1563-1626; SIDNEY, ROBERT, second EARL, 1595-1677;
Philip Sidney: '''Philip Sidney''' , third EARL, [[1619]]-[[1698]]; TOWNSHEND,
George: '''George''' first EARL of the seventh creation, [[1765]]-[[1811]].
of Holkham Leicester: '''of Holkham Leicester''' , EARL OF ([[1752]]-[[1842]]X
Sir John Fleming Leicester: '''Sir John Fleming Leicester''' , first BARON DB
Tabley: '''Tabley''' ([[1762]]-[[1827]]), art patron: succeeded as sixth baronet, 1770; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1784: collected examples of British art; M.P., Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 1791, Heytesbury, 1796, Stockbridge, 1807; created Baron de Tabley, 1826.
Lettioe Leicester: '''Lettioe Leicester''' , COUNTESS OF (d. [[1634]]X
Robert of Leicester: '''Robert of Leicester''' (. [[1320]]), Franciscan; D.D. Oxford, 1325; author of works on Hebrew chronology, written in 1294 and 1295.
William De Leicester: '''William De Leicester''' , or WILLIAM DU MONT (rf.1213).
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt: '''Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt''' (1813-1848), Australian explorer; born at Trebatecb, Prussia: studied at Gottingen and Berlin; went to New South Wales, 1841; crossed the Australian continent from east to north, 1844-6: published account of the expedition, 1847; explored Sturt's desert in the interior, 1847; started to cross the continent from east to west, 1848, and was never again heard of.
Leifchjjj: '''Leifchjjj''' ), HENRY STORMONTH ([[1823]]-[[1884]]), sculptor: studied at the British Museum, the Royal Academy, and (1848-51) at Rome; exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1846.
Leifchild: '''Leifchild''' 763
Leighton: '''Leighton'''
John Leifchild: '''John Leifchild''' ([[1780]]-[[1862]]), independent minister; student in Hoxton Academy, 1804-8; minister il chapels between 1808 and 1K54; publish! religious works.
Leigh: '''Leigh'''
Anthony Leigh: '''Anthony Leigh''' (rf. [[1692]]), comedian: first pared on the stage, 1672; played many original parts of importance in plays by Dryden, Otway, and Mrs. Behn.
Chandos Leigh: '''Chandos Leigh''' , first BARON LEIOH of the second creation (1791-1850X poet and author; descendant of Sir Thomas Leigh, first baron Leigh of a former creation ; educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford; wrote verges prized by the scholarly few, and took interest in social and political questions; created Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh, 1839; died at Bonn.
Charles Leigh: '''Charles Leigh''' (d. [[1605]]), merchant and voyager : made a voyage to the St. Lawrence, partly for tixbiug and trade, and partly for plundering Spanish ships, 1597: sailed for Guiana with a view to establishing a colony to look for gold, 1604-5: died in Guiana.

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Charles Leigh: '''Charles Leigh''' ([[1662]]-[[1701]]?), physician and naturalist; great-grandson of William Leigh;, educated at Braseuose College, Oxford; B.A., 1683; ! F.R.S., 1685; M.A. and M.D. Cambridge, 1689; published an unimportant Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak in Derbyshire 1700.
Edward Leigh: '''Edward Leigh''' ([[1602]]-[[1671]]), miscellaneous writer : M.A. Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 1623: his writings mostly compilations, the best-known beingCritics Sacra, or Philologicall and Theologicall Observations upon all the Greek Words of the New Testament 1639; M.P., Staf- j ford, 1644-8, when he was expelled the house for voting that the king's concessions were satisfactory.
Egerton Leigh: '''Egerton Leigh''' ([[1815]]-[[1876]]), writer on dialect; educated at Eton; entered the army, 1833; captain, 1840; edited Ballads and Legends of Cheshire 1867; M.P. for Mid-Cheshire, 1873 and 1874. His Glossary of Words used in the Dialect of Cheshire published, 1877.
Evan Leigh: '''Evan Leigh''' ([[1811]]-[[1876]]), inventor; became a manufacturer of machinery, 1851; patented nineteen inventions between 1849 and 1870, the most useful for the improvement of the machinery of cotton manufacture; published The Science of Modern Cotton Spinning 1871.
Sir Ferdinand Leigh: '''Sir Ferdinand Leigh''' ([[1585]] ?-[[1654]]), governor of the Isle of Man; knighted, 1617; deputy-governor of Man, 1625; fought in the war on the royalist side.
Francis Leigh: '''Francis Leigh''' , first EARL OP CHICHESTER (d. 1653), great-grandson of Sir Thomas Leigh (1504?-1571) ; created baronet, 1618; M.P., Warwick, 1625; created Baron Dunsmore, 1628; privy councillor, 1641; created Earl of Chichester, 1644.
Henry Sambrooke Leigh: '''Henry Sambrooke Leigh''' ([[1837]]-[[1883]]), dramatist; son of James Mathews Leigh; engaged early in literary pursuits; publishedCarols of Cockayne 1869; translated and adapted French comic operas for the English stage, 1871.
James Mathews Leigh: '''James Mathews Leigh''' ([[1808]]-[[1860]]), painter and ' author; nephew of Charles Mathews the elder; exhibited at Royal Academy, 1830-49; published Cromwell historical play, 1838.
Jared Leigh: '''Jared Leigh''' ([[1724]]-[[1769]]), amateur artist ; painted chiefly sea-pieces and landscapes; exhibited with the Free Society of Artists, 1761-7.
John Leigh: '''John Leigh''' ([[1689]]-[[1726]]), dramatist and actor: played important parts in London, 1714-26: author of a comedy, - The Pretenders 1720.
Sir Oliph Leigh: '''Sir Oliph Leigh''' or OLYFF ([[1560]]-[[1612]]), encourager of maritime enterprise; brother of Charles Leigh (. 1605); keeper of the great park at Eltham; sold the surrender of it, 1609.
Peroival Leigh: '''Peroival Leigh''' ([[1813]]-[[1889]]), comic writer: studied medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; I 1834; M.K.C.S., 1835; abandoned medicine for literature; joined the staff of Punch 1841, to which he contributed tUl his death; satirised prevailing fashions inY Manners and Customs of y Bnglvsbe 1849.
Richard Leigh: '''Richard Leigh''' (6. [[1649]]), poet ; educated at Queen's College, Oxford; B.A., 1669; actorin London; attacked Dryden in pamphlets published, 1678; author ofPoem* upon Several Occasions published, 167*.
Samuel Leigh: '''Samuel Leigh''' (ft. [[1688]]), author of a metrical version of the Psalms: born about 1636; educated at Merton College, Oxford; author ofSamnells Primitie, or an Essay towards a Metrical Version of the whole Book of Psalms 1661.
Leigh: '''Leigh''' or LEE, SIR THOMAS ([[1604]]?-[[1671]]), lord mayor of London; warden of the MercersCompany, 1544 and 1552; master, 1544, 1558, and 1564; alderman, 15821571; sheriff, 1555; lord mayor and knighted, 1658.
Sir Thomas Leigh: '''Sir Thomas Leigh''' , first BARON LEioifof the first creation (d. 1671), second son of Sir Thomas Leigh (1604 ?1571); created baron Leigh of Stoneleigh, 1643: royalist. The barony became extinct, 1786. xxxiL 4381
Thomas Pembertox Leigh: '''Thomas Pembertox Leigh''' , first BARON
Kixgsdowx: '''Kixgsdowx''' ([[1793]]-[[1867]]).
Valentine Leigh: '''Valentine Leigh''' (ft. [[1562]]), miscellaneous writer; published Death's Generall Proclamation 1661, and The most Profitable and Commendable Science of Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments 1662.
William Leigh: '''William Leigh''' ([[1550]]-[[1639]]), divine; educated at Brasenose College, Oxford: fellow, 1573; M.A., 1578; a popular preacher; B.D., 1586; tutor to Prince Henry, eldest son of James I; published sermons and religious pieces between 16U2 and 1613.
Alexander Leighton: '''Alexander Leighton''' ([[1568]]-[[1649]]), physician and divine: studied at St. Andrews and Leyden universities: M.A. St. Andrews; publishedSpeculum Belli sacri, or the Looking Glass of the Holy War 1624, and An Appeal to the Parliament, or Sion's Plea against the Prelacie 1628; arrested and condemned by Star-chamber to mutilation and life-long imprisonment, 1630; released by Long parliament, 1640; keeper of Lambeth House, 1642.
Alexander Leighton: '''Alexander Leighton''' ([[1800]]-[[1874]]), editor of Tales of the Borders; edited and helped to write Tales of the Borders 1835-40; re-edited the complete Tales of the Borders 1857; published Romance of the Old Town of Edinburgh 1867.
Charles Blair Leighton: '''Charles Blair Leighton''' ([[1823]]-[[1855]]), artist ; painted portraits and figure-pieces; occasionally exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Sir Elisha Leighton: '''Sir Elisha Leighton''' (d. [[1685]]), courtier : son of Alexander Leighton (1568-1649); colonel in the royalist army; joined royalist party abroad after Charles I's execution; appointed by Charles secretary for English affairs in Scotland, 1650; knighted, 1669; F.R-S., 1663-77: one of the secretaries of the prize office, 1664; LL.D. Cambridge, 1666; secretary to the lordlieutenant of Ireland, 1670; recorder of Dublin, 167*.
Frederic Leighton: '''Frederic Leighton''' , BAROX LEIGHTON op

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Strkttox: '''Strkttox''' ( [[1830]]-18% X painter and president of the Royal Academy: educated at London and various continental towns; studied art at Florence, Frankfort, at Paris, again at Frankfort under Jobann Ediiard Steinle (1810-86), and at Rome; exhibited Cimabue's " Madonna " carried through Streets of Florence at Royal Academy, 1865: A.R.A., 1866; exhibitedVenus disrobing for the Bath 1866; lived in Holland Park Road from 1866: RJU 1869: made journey, 1873, to the East, which resulted in several oriental pictures: P.RJL, 1878-96: knighted, 1878; painted two wall-pictures in Victoria and Albert Museum, and walldecoration on canvas for Royal Exchange (finished, 1895): raised to peerage by patent dated 24 Jan. 1896, the day before his death: bon. D.C.L. Oxford, LL.D. Cambridge and Edinburgh, 1879; buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, where an elaborate monument wae erected. HisAddresses delivered to students of the Royal Academy appeared, 1896. Among his best work* areHercules wrestling with Death and The Summer Moon (1871-2), Athlete straggling with a Python (1877, sculpture).
Leighton: '''Leighton''' 764 LE MARCHANT The Bath of Psyche(1WO),Peweua and Andromeda (1891XThe Garden of the Hesperides(1892), and Wedded (188S).
Lichton Leighton: '''Lichton Leighton''' , or LYCHTON, HENRY Id 1440), bishop successively of Moray and Aberdeen; bishop of Moray, 1415, of Aberdeen, 1423; built a great cart of Aberdeen Cathedral; employed on diplomatic
Henry Lzighton: '''Henry Lzighton''' (f. [[1669]]), French scholar; educated in France: obtained Oxford M.A. by fraud, 1*43: taught French at Oxford: publishedLingtue Gallic*? addiacenda? ReguUe 1659.
Robert Leighton: '''Robert Leighton''' ([[1611]]-[[1684]]), archbishop of Glasgow; son of Alexander Leighton (1568-1649); student at Edinbnrgh University, 1627; M.A., 1631; traTdled on the continent; licensed priest, 1641; a famous preacher; principal of Edinburgh University, 1653, and professor of divinity at Edinburgh; bishop of Dunblane, 1M1: archbishop of Glasgow, 1669-74; his sermons published, 1692-1708.
Robert Leighton: '''Robert Leighton''' ([[1822]]-[[1869]]), Scottish poet; entered the office of his brother, a shipowner, 1837; went round the world as a supercargo, 1842-3; managed the business of a firm of seed- merchants, 1854-67; published poems in 1856, 1861, 1866; other poems by him, some in the vernacular, posthumously published.
Sir William Leighton: '''Sir William Leighton''' (. [[1603]]-[[1614]]), poet and composer; published a poem in praise of James I, 1603; knighted, 1603; published the Teares or Lamentations of a sorrowful Soule 1613, and Musicall Ayres 1614.
William Leighton: '''William Leighton''' ([[1841]]-[[1869]]), Scottish poet, nephew of Robert Leighton (1822-1869); employed in a Brazilian business house, 1864-9.Poems by the kite William Leighton appeared, 1870; and other volumes in 1872 and 1875.
William Allport Leighton: '''William Allport Leighton''' ([[1805]]-[[1889]]), botanist; educated at St. John's College. Cambridge; B.A., 1833; published Flora of Shropshire 1841, and other works, including Lichen Flora of Great Britain 1871.
Dukes of Leinster: '''Dukes of Leinster''' . See SCHOMBKRG, MEIN-
Hard: '''Hard''' flrxt DUKK of the first creation, [[1641]]-[[1719]] ; FITZ-
James Gerald: '''James Gerald''' , first DUKK of the second creation, [[1722]]177*.
Lein: '''Lein''' 8TEE, EARL OP ([[1584]] ?-[[1659]]). See OHOL
Robert Mondelet: '''Robert Mondelet''' .
Leintwarden: '''Leintwarden''' or LEYNTWARDYN, THOMAS (d. 1421 X chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral, London; educated at Oxford; D.D. Oxford; chancellor of St. Paul's 1401; provost of Oriel College, Oxford, 1417-21; wrote commentary on St. Paul's Epistles.
William Leighton Leitch: '''William Leighton Leitch''' ([[1804]]-[[1883]]), watercolour painter; scene-painter at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 1824, and lateral the Queen's Theatre, London; a successful teacher of drawing and water-colours; drawing-master to Queen Victoria and the royal family for twenty-two years; member of the Institute of Painters in Water-colours, 1862; the last of the great English teachers of landscape-painting.
Alexander Letth: '''Alexander Letth''' ([[1758]]-[[1838]]). See HAY,
Lkith Auucaxdkr: '''Lkith Auucaxdkr''' . rfn 1; !ll5 AME L (1 r 7 ?, 3 - 1816 "eutenant-general; ?? L*. Ab rdeen and Li e: served in Toulon operaM M L ODe 1794: Sadler-general, 1804; preSSiVr l 2 t %i ? rUt 1809: wlth Pe toular army, 2: K.B 1813: heutenant-general, 1813; command tf forces in Ue*t Indies and governor of the Leeward islands, 1814; Q.C.B., 1816; died at Barbados.
Theodore Forbes Ldth: '''Theodore Forbes Ldth''' ni*j. l ? 1 Bdinbar K b University; M.D. 1768; ; LAC.P., 1788.
Henry: '''Henry''' 17 87-HK8X engraver; brother mi* r eux tq. v.; apprenticed to James Basire 2Si } Cq V-1: en * raved tor fashionable annuals. LE KEUX, JOHN (1783-1846), engraver; apprenticed to James Basire (1730-1802); engraved plates for tbe architectural publications of John Britton, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, John Preston Neale, and similar works. LE KEUX, JOHN HENRY (1812-1896), architectural engraver and draughtsman; son of John Le Keux ; exhibited at Royal Academy, 1853-65; engraved plates for Raskin'sModern PaintersandStones of Venice
Robert Lekpeevick: '''Robert Lekpeevick''' (ft. [[1661]]-[[1588]]), Scottish j printer; principal printer for the reform party in Scotland; king's printer, 1568-88; imprisoned for printing a I pamphlet which reflected on the Regent Morton, 1574.
Leland: '''Leland''' or LEYLOND, JOHN, the elder (d. [[1428]]), grammarian; taught as a grammarian at Oxford; wrote grammatical works in Latin.
Leland: '''Leland''' or LEYLAND, JOHN ([[1506]] ?-[[1552]]), tbe earliest of modern English antiquaries; educated at St. Paul's School, London, and Christ's College, Cambridge; B.A., 1522; studied at Paris; took holy orders; librarykeeper to Henry VIII before 1530; king's antiquary, 1533; made an antiquarian tour through England, 1534-43; intended his researches to be the basis of a great work on the History and Antiquities of this Nation; in A New Year's Gift 1545, described to the king the manner and aims of his researches; became insane, 1550. Leland's Itinerary was first published at Oxford in nine volumes, 1710, and his Collectanea in six, 1715.
John Leland: '''John Leland''' ([[1691]]-[[1766]]), divine; a nonconformist minister; D.D. Aberdeen, 1739; attacked the deists in A View of the principal Deistical Writers that have appeared in England during the last and present I Century 1754-6, and other works.
Thomas Leland: '''Thomas Leland''' ([[1722]]-[[1785]]), historian; entered I Trinity College, Dublin, 1737; B.A., 1741; fellow, 1746; published Latin translation of the Philippics of Demosthenes, 1754, and English translation, 1754-61; published i the History of Philip, King of Macedon 1758; presented the Irish manuscript chronicle, Annals of Loch Ce to Trinity College Library, 1766; vicar of St. Anne's, Dublin, 1773; D.D.; published History of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry II, with a preliminary Discourse on the ancient State of that Kingdom 1773.

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Sir Peter Lely: '''Sir Peter Lely''' ([[1618]]-[[1680]]), portrait-painter; born at Soest by Amersfoort, near Utrecht; studied at Haarlem; came to England, 1641; introduced to Charles I, 1647; painted Charles I's portrait during his captivity at Hampton Court; painted Cromwell and enjoyed considerable private practice under him; in high favour with Charles II; painted portraits of the beauties of Charles IPs court, and of the admirals and commanders in the naval victory at Solebay, 1665; knighted, 1679.
Sir John Leman: '''Sir John Leman''' ([[1544]]-[[1632]]), lord mayor of London; alderman, 1605; sheriff, 1606; lord mayor, 1616-17, and knighted, 1617.
Thomas Leman: '''Thomas Leman''' ([[1751]]-[[1826]]), antiquary ; educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; B.A., 1774: fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge; M.A., 1778; Dixie (bye) fellow of Emmanuel College, 1783; chancellor of Oloyne, 17961802; visited every Roman and British road and station in Great Britain, and communicated his observations to county historians; F.S.A., 1788. LE MARCHANT, SIR DENIS, first baronet (17961874), politician; son of John Gaspard le Marchant ; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1823; clerk of the crown in chancery, 1834; edited a highly successful pamphlet, The Reform Ministry and the Reform Parliament 1834; secretary to the board of trade, 1836-41; created baronet, 1841; liberal M.P., Worcester, 1846-7; under-secretary for the home department, 1847; secretary of the board of trade, 1848; chief clerk to the House of Commons, 1860-71; edited Walpole's Memoirs of the reign of George III 1846. LE MARCHANT, JOHN GASPARD (1766-1812), major-general; ensign, 1781; intimate with George III; in Flemish campaigns, 1793-4; major, 1795: devised a system of cavalry sword-exercise, and suggested pattern for improved sword; lieutenant-colonel, 1797; projected LE MARCHANT 765
Lennard: '''Lennard''' schools of instruction for officers, which were the beginnings of Sandhurst; lieutenant-governor of the echonK 1801-10; major-general in the Peninsula, 1810-12; mortally wounded at Salamanca, 1812; wrote on military subjects. LE MARCHANT, SIR JOHN QASPARD (18031874), lieutenant-general, colonial administrator; son of John Gaspard le Marchant; ensign, 1820: major in the new 98th foot, 1832; served at the Oapc, 1832: as brigadier-Kem-rul in the Carlist wur, 1835-7; lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland, 1847-52, of Nova Scotia, 1852-7; governor of Malta, 1859-64; G.O.M.G., 1860; couimuiider-iii-chlef at Madras, 1865-8; K.O.B., 1865.
Lemen: '''Lemen''' 8, BALTHAZAR VAN ([[1637]]-[[1704]]). See
Lemkns Van: '''Lemkns Van''' . LE MESURIER, HAVILLAND (1758-1806), commissary-general; son of John Le Mesurier; adjutant commissary-general of stores, supplies, and storage to the forces on the continent, 1793; with the army during winter retreat through Holland, 1794-6; serval later in Egypt, Malta, Naples, and elsewhere: published pamphlets on commissariat matters. LE MESURIER, HAVILLAND (1783-1813), lieutenant-colonel; son of Havilland Le Mesurier (17681806): educated at Westminster; ensign, 1801; served under Sir John Moore in Sweden and at Corufta; brevet lieutenant-colonel, 1811; commandant-of Almeida, 1811; shot ni the battle of the Pyrenees; translated French military works. LE MESURIER, JOHN (1781-1843), major-general, last hereditary governor of Alderney: nephew of Havilland Le Mesurier (1783-1813); ensign, 1794; served in Ireland, 1798; at the occupation of Messina, 1799-1800 1; in Egypt, 1801; govenior of Alderuey, 1803-24. LE MESURIER, PAUL (1755-1805), lord mayor of London; brother of Havilland Le Mesurier (1768-1806) ; as a proprietor of the East India Company opposed Fox's India bill, 1783; M.P., Southwark, 1783; sheriff, 1787; colonel of the honourable artillery company, 1794; lord mayor, 1794. LE MOINE, ABRAHAM (rf. 1757), theological controversialist; probably son of a Huguenot refugee; chaplain to the French hospital in London, 1723-49, the Duke of Portland, 1729; chief work, a Treatise on Miracles (reply to Thomas Ohubb ), 1747; also published French translations of theological works.
Henry Lemoine: '''Henry Lemoine''' ([[1756]]-[[1812]]), author and bookseller; son of a French protestant refugee; purchased a bookstall in the Little Minories, 1777; contributed to the magazines; published miscellaneous works; started and edited various periodicals: published anonymous books and pamphlets; contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine; described as one of the best judges of old books in England, and an authority on foreign and Jewish literature,
George William Lemon: '''George William Lemon''' ([[1726]]-[[1797]]), master of Norwich school; BJL QueensCollege, Cambridge, 1747; took holy orders and held several livings; master of Norwich free grammar school, 1769-78; published educational works, 1774-92.
Mark Lemon: '''Mark Lemon''' ([[1809]]-[[1870]]), editor of 'Punch'; began his career as a playwright, 1835; published farces, melodramas, and operas; contributed to Household Words the Illustrated London News and other periodicals, and edited the Family Herald and Once a Week; best known as one of the founders and the first editor of Punch (first number published 17 July 1841); edited Punch 1841-70; began writing novels late in life with indifferent success; known among bis friends as Uncle Mark
Robert Lemon: '''Robert Lemon''' ([[1779]]-[[1835]]), archivist ; educated at Norwich Grammar school; under his uncle, George William Lemon, helped to compile appendix to the Report on Internal Defence 1798; deputy-keeper of the state paper office, 1818; F.S.A., 1824.
Robert Lemon: '''Robert Lemon''' ([[1800]]-[[1867]]), archivist ; son of Robert Lemon (1779-1835); employed under his father in the state paper office: interpreted a certain cypher found in some state papers; FAA., 1836, rearranging Mx-ii-ty V library, 1848.
John Lemprière: '''John Lemprière''' ([[1765]]? - 1824), classical scholar; educated at Winchester College and Pembroke College, Oxford; M.A., 1792; master of Grammar School at Bolton, Lancashire, 1791; of Grammar School at Abingdon, 1792-1808 (or 1809); D.D. Oxford, 1803; master of Exeter Free Grammar School, 1809-1819; chief works, A ''Classical Dictionary'' (1788) and a ''Universal Biography... of Eminent Persons in all Ages and Countries'', (1808 and 1812).
Michael Lempriere: '''Michael Lempriere''' (Jl. [[1640]]-[[1660]]), seigneur of Maufant, and one of the leader* of the parliamentary party in Jersey; as a jurat of the royal court actively ppoeed the bailiff of the island, Sir Philip de Carteret ;q. v.; succeeded De Carteret as bailiff, 1643; royal warrant issued for his arrest, 1643; in exile, 1643-51; on return of parliamentary party to power resumed hi office of bailiff, 1651; removed from the bench of jurats, but allowed to retain his estates, 1660; highly esteemed by Cromwell.
William Lempriere: '''William Lempriere''' (,i. [[1834]]), traveller and medical writer; entered the army medical service; went to Morocco to attend the emperor's son, 1789, and also attended the ladies of the harem: published account of bis travels, 1791; army surgeon in Jamaica, 1794-9; published medical pamphlets.
Remigius Van Lemput: '''Remigius Van Lemput''' ([[1609]] 7-[[1676]]). See VAN
Leempdt: '''Leempdt'''
Auguste Frederick Lkndy: '''Auguste Frederick Lkndy''' ([[1826]] - [[1889]]), military tutor and author; set up a private military college at Sunbury-on-Thames, c. 1854; held a commission in the army, 1869-79; published works on military subjects. LE NEVE, JOHN (1679-1741), antiquary; of Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; his greatest work, * Fasti Kcclesise Anglicanse, or an Essay towards a regular Succession of all the principal Dignitaries &c., published, 1716; took holy orders; imprisoned for insolvency, 1722. LE NEVE, PETER (1661-1729), Norfolk antiquary; entered Merchant TaylorsSchool, London, 1673; president of the Antiquarian Society, 1687- 1724; F.R.S.; Rouge Croix pursuivant, 1689-90; Richmond herald and Norroy kingat-arms, 1704; collected much material, but printed nothing; many of his manuscripts preserved in Bodleian, British Museum, HeraldsCollege, and elsewhere. His copious notes form the backbone of the history of Norfolk, begun by Blomefield and completed by Parkin. LE NEVE, SIR WILLIAM (1600 7-1661), herald and genealogist; Mowbray herald extraordinary, 1622; York herald and Norroy king, 1633; knighted, 1634; Clarenceux, 1636; sent by Charles I with proclamation to parliamentarians before battle of EdgehilL, 1642; became insane, 1668.
William Leney: '''William Leney''' S. (fl. [[1790]]-[[1810]]), engraver ; articled to Peltro William Tomkins; executed five plates for Boydell's edition of Shakespeare; emigrated to America, 1806; engraved portraits of American celebrities.
John Leng: '''John Leng''' ([[1665]]-[[1727]]), bishop of Norwich ; educated at St. Paul's School, London, and Catharine HalL Cambridge; fellow, 1688; M.A., 1690: a distinguished Latin scholar: D.D., 1716; Boyle lecturer, 1717-18: chaplain in ordinary to George I: bishop of Norwich, 1723-7: published sermons, his Boyle lectures, and translations from the classics.
Maurice Lenihan: '''Maurice Lenihan''' ([[1811]]-[[1895]]), historian of Limerick; educated at Carlow College; engaged in journalism; editor of Limerick Reporter 1841-3, and of Tipperary Vindicator a paper started in the interests of the repeal movement at Nenagh, 1848; incorporated Limerick Reporter with Tipperary Vindicator 1849, and conducted it on moderate nationalist lines; published Limerick, its History and Antiquities 1866.
Francis Lennard: '''Francis Lennard''' , fourteenth BARON DACRB (1619-1662), succeeded to barony, 1630; sided with the parliament against Charles I: lord-lieutenant of
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Lens: '''Lens''' , 2; retired from active support of parwhen the supremacy of the army became vi.l.-nt: one of the twelve peers who rejected the bill for Ohartos I's trial, 1648-9; went abroad, 1655.
Samson Lennabd: '''Samson Lennabd''' (rf. [[1633]]), genealogist and translator: accompanied Sidney to the Netherlands, 1686; entered the College of Arms: Rouge-rose pursuivant extraordinary, 1616: Bluemantle pursuivant, 1616: author of translations and a devotional work; some of hi* heraldic visitations printed between 1619 and 1623.
William Lennie: '''William Lennie''' ([[1779]]-[[1852]]), grammarian: founded bursaries at Edinburgh University; published Principles of English Grammar 1816.

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John Lennon: '''John Lennon''' ([[1768]]-[[1842]]?), master-mariner: nerved in the navy during the American war; traded from St. Thomas: brought his vessel safely without convoy into the English Channel, 1812.
Dukes Op Lennox: '''Dukes Op Lennox''' . See STUART, ESMK, first
Dckk: '''Dckk''' [[1642]] 7-[[1583]] ; STUART, LUDOVICK, second DUKK, 1574-1624: STUART, JAMKB, fourth DUKK, 1612-1665; STUART, CHARLES, sixth DUKK, 1640-1672.
Duchehs of Lennox: '''Duchehs of Lennox''' ([[1648]]-[[1702]]). See STUART,
Tkresa Frances: '''Tkresa Frances''' .
Earls of Lennox: '''Earls of Lennox''' . See LENNOX, MALCOLM, fifth
Earl: '''Earl''' [[1255]] ?-[[1333]]; STEWART, SIR JOHN, first or ninth
Earl: '''Earl''' d. [[1496]]: STEWART, MATTHEW, pecond or tenth
Earl: '''Earl''' d. [[1513]] : STEWART, JOHN, third or eleventh EARL, d. 1526: STEWART, MATTHEW, fourth or twelfth EARL, 1516-1671.
Oouxtebs of Lennox: '''Oouxtebs of Lennox''' ( [[1515]]-[[1578]]). See DOUGLAS,
Margaret Lady: '''Margaret Lady''' .
Charles Lennox: '''Charles Lennox''' , first DUKE OF RICHMOND (1672-1723), natural sou of Charles II by Louise de Keroualle, duchess of Portsmouth: created Baron of Settrington, Yorkshire, Earl of March, and Duke of Richmond, Yorkshire, in the peerage of England, and Baron Methnen of Tarbolton, Earl of Darnley, and Duke of Lennox in the peerage of Scotland, 1675: K.G., 1681, and governor of Dumbarton Castle, 1681; master of the hone, 1682-6: aide-de-camp in Flanders, 1693-1702; lord of the bedchamber to George I, 1714; Irish privy councillor, 1715.
Charles Lennox: '''Charles Lennox''' , second DUKE OF RICHMOND, , and AUBIGNY (1701-1750), only son of Charles Lennox, first duke; grandson of Charles II; captain in royal regiment of horse-guards, 1722: M.P., Chicheeter, 1722-3: succeeded to the dukedom, 1723; F.R.S., 1724: K.B., 1725; K.G., 1726; lord of the bedchamber, 1727: LL.D. Cambridge, 1728; succeeded to dukedom of Aubigny in France on the deathof his grandmother, the Duchess of Portsmouth; master of the horae, 1735; privy councillor, 1736; present at Dettingen, 1743; lieutenant-general, 1745: M.D. Cambridge, 1749; P.S.A., 1750.
Charles Lennox: '''Charles Lennox''' , third DUKE OF RICHMOND and
Lennox: '''Lennox''' ( [[1735]]-[[1806]]), third son of Charles Lennox, second duke of Richmond, Lennox, and Aubigny; educated at Westminster School and Leyden University; graduated at Leyden, 1753; entered the army; F.R.8., 1755: colonel, 1758; distinguished himself at Miuden, 1759; succeeded to the title, 1760: lord-lieutenant of Sussex, 1763; ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Paris, 1765: secretary of state for the southern department, 1766-7: denounced ministerial policy with reference to the American colonies; K.G., 1782; master-general of the ordnance, with a seat in the cabinet, 1782-95: rtrongly urged appointment of committee (never formed) upon parliamentary reform, 1782; member of Pitt's cabinet, 17K3; became, in spite of former declarations, otrongly opposed to all reform, and consequently extremely unpopular: F.S.A.. 1793. His letterOn the Subject of a Parliamentary Reform demanding universal suffrage, together with annual elections, was published, 1788, and paned through a number of editions.
Charles Lennox: '''Charles Lennox''' , fourth DUKE OF RICHMOND and LBNXOX (1764-1819), eldest son of George Henry Lennox; fought a duel with the Duke of York tee FREDERICK ArocHTt's, DUKE OF YORK AND AUUST, 178; served in the Leeward islands; M.P., 1790; colonel, 1795: lieutenant-general, 1805; succeeded to the title, IROfi: privy.-..uncillor, 1807; lord-lieutenaut of Ireland, 1807-13: general, 1814; gave a ball at Brussels, where he was residing, on the eve of Quatre Bras, 1816; present at Waterloo; governor-general of British North America, 1818; died near Richmond, Canada.
Charles Gordon Lennox: '''Charles Gordon Lennox''' -, fifth DUKE OF RICH-
Mond: '''Mond''' ([[1791]]-[[1860]]), eldest sou of Charles Lennox, fourth duke; educated at Westminster School; lieutenant, 1810; assistant military secretary to Wellington in Portugal, 1810-14: lieutenant-colonel, 1816; M.P., Winchester, 1812-19; succeeded his father, 1819; K.G., 1828: postmaster-general, 1830-4; president. Royal Agricultural Society, 1845-60.
Charlotte Lennox: '''Charlotte Lennox''' ([[1720]]-[[1804]]), miscellaneous writer; daughter of Colonel James Ramsay, lieutenantgovernor of New York, where she was boru: sent to England. 1735: married one Lennox, c. 1748; befriended and flattered by Dr. Johnson: author ofThe Female Quixote (novel), 1762; conducted The LadiesMuseum Magazine 1760-1; her comedy, The Sister acted once, 1769; published novels, poems, and translations from the French.
George Henry Lennox: '''George Henry Lennox''' ([[1737]]-[[1805]]), general; son of Charles Lennox, second duke of Richmond; ensign, 1754; saw service abroad, 1757-63: lieutenantcolonel, 1758; colonel, 1762; brigadier, 1763; secretary of legation to the court of France, 1765; major-general, 1772; constable of the Tower of London, 1783; privy councillor, 1784; general, 1793.
Lord Henry Charles George Lennox: '''Lord Henry Charles George Lennox'''
Gordon: '''Gordon''' - ([[1821]]-[[1886]]), son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, fifth duke of Richmond: M.P., Chichester, 18461885: a lord of the treasury, 1852 and 1858-9; secretary to the admiralty, 1866-8; first commissioner of public works, 1874-6.
Malcolm Lennox: '''Malcolm Lennox''' , fifth EARL OF LENNOX ([[1255]]?1333), succeeded to the earldom, 1292; a supporter of Bruce; killed at battle of Halidou Hill.
Sir Wilbraham Gates Lennox: '''Sir Wilbraham Gates Lennox''' ([[1830]]-[[1897]]), general, royal engineers; studied at Woolwich; lieutenant, royal engineers, 1854; brevet major, 1858; brevet lieutenant-colonel, 1859; first captain, 1863; major, 1872; lieutenant-colonel, 1873; major-general, 1881; lieutenantgeneral, 1888; general, 1893; served in Crimea, 1854-6; V.O. (Inkermann), 1854; took conspicuous part in second relief, 1857, and final siege of Lucknow, 1858; and in subsequent campaigns; C.B. (military), 1867; instructor in field fortification at Chatham, 1866-71; attached officially to German armies in France during FrancoGerman war, 1870-1; second in command of royal engineers at Portsmouth, 1873-6; military attache at Constantinople, 1876-8; commanded garrison of Alexandria, 1884-7; commanded troops in Ceylon, 1887-8; K.C.B., 1891: director-general of military education at war ofllce, 1893-5; published writings on military subjects.
Lord William Pitt Lennox: '''Lord William Pitt Lennox''' ([[1799]]-[[1881]]), miscellaneous writer; sou of Charles Lennox, fourth duke of Richmond; at Westminster School, 1808-14; comet, 1813; present as spectator at Waterloo, 1815; captain, j 1822; M.P., King's Lynn, 1832-4; published novels of little merit; contributed to the annuals, Once a Week I aud the Court Journal; edited the Review newspaper, I 1858. Fxxxiii. 52 LE NOIR, ELIZABETH ANNE (1755 9-1841), poet and novelist; daughter of Christopher Smart, the poet: married Jean Baptiste le Noir de la Brosse, 1795; author of novels praised by Dr. Burney and Miss Mitford, and books of poems.

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Andrew Benjamin Lens: '''Andrew Benjamin Lens''' ( fl. [[1765]]-[[1770]]), miniature-painter; son of Bernard Lens (1682-1740); re-engraved and published his father'sGranadier's Exercise 1744; exhibited miniatures with the Incorporated Society of Artists, 1765-70.
Bernard Lens: '''Bernard Lens''' ([[1631]]-[[1708]]), enamel-painter; of, Netherlandish origin; practised in London.
Bernard Lens: '''Bernard Lens''' ([[1659]]-[[1725]]), mezzotint-engraver and drawing-master; son of Bernard Lens (1631-1708) ; kept a drawing-school with John Sturt
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Leslie: '''Leslie'''
Bernard Lens: '''Bernard Lens''' ([[1682]]-[[1740]]), miniature-painter and drawing-master; son of Bernard Lens(1659-1725): esteemed the beat miniature-painter iu water-colours of his time; limner to George I and George II; taught drawing at Christ's Hospital, London, and drew and engraved plates illustrating A New and Gompleat Drawing-Book published posthumously; published etchings illustrating 1 The Grauadier's Exercise 1735.
John Lens: '''John Lens''' ([[1756]]-[[1825]]), serjeant-at-law ; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1784; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1782: serjeant-at-law, 1799; king's Serjeant, 1806; counsel to the university of Cambridge, 1807.
Lenthall: '''Lenthall''' StR JOHN ([[1625]]-[[1681]]), sou of William Lenthall, speaker of the House of Commons; educated at Corpus Cbristi College, Oxford; M.P. for Gloucester, 1645; knighted by Cromwell, 1658; governor of Windsor, 1660; high sheriff of Oxfordshire, 1672: knighted by Charles II, 1677.
William Lenthall: '''William Lenthall''' ([[1591]]-[[1662]]), speaker of the House of Commons; entered St. Alban Hall, Oxford, 1607; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1616; bencher, 1633; reader, 1638; speaker of the Long parliament, 1640; behaved with discretion and dignity on the occasion of the king's attempt to arrest the five members, 1642; matter of the rolls, 1 643: one of the two commissioners of the great seal, 1646-8; chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, 1647; abandoned his post of speaker, and left London, fearing mob violence, 1647; M.P., Oxfordshire, and speaker, 1653; speaker in the restored Long parliament, 1659; supported Monck and the Restoration.
Francis Lenton: '''Francis Lenton''' (.ft. [[1630]]-[[1640]]), court poet and anagrammatist; said to have studied at Lincoln's Inn; styled himselfQueen's poet author ofThe Young Gallants Whirligigg, or Youth's Reakes 1629; Characterismi, or Lenton's Leasures 1631;The Innes of Court Anagrammatist, or the Masquers masqued in Epigrammes 1666, and other works.
John Lenton: '''John Lenton''' (. [[1682]]-[[1718]]), musician ; gentleman of the Chapel Royal extraordinary, 1685; member of the royal band, 1692-1718; composed music for Venice Preserved 1682, songs, catches, airs, andThe Useful Instructor for the Violin (1694, 1702).
Leofkig: '''Leofkig''' (Lat. LEURICUS), EARL OF MKRCIA (d. 1057), witnessed charters as minister or thegn, 10051026; succeeded his father in the earldom between 1024 and 1032; ranked with Godwine and Si ward as one of the three great earls among whom the government of the kingdom was divided; his wife Godgifu the Godiva of legend.
Leofkig: '''Leofkig''' (Lat. LEFRICUS) (d. [[1072]]), first bishop of Exeter; educated in Lothariugia; chancellor to Edward the Confessor, being the first to be so designated; bishop of the united dioceses of Devonshire and Cornwall, 1046; had seat of bishopric removed from Crediton to Exeter, 1050; bestowed lands, money, and books, including the collection of poetry known as the Liber Exoniensis on the church.
Op Bourne Leofeic: '''Op Bourne Leofeic''' (fl. [[1100]]), monk ; said to have written a life of Hereward
Leofwine: '''Leofwine''' (d. [[1066]]), son of Earl Godwine ; acted as governor of Kent, 1049; outlawed; fled to Ireland, 1051; earl of Kent, Surrey, Essex, Middlesex (except London), Hertfordshire, and probably Buckinghamshire, 1057-66; killed at Hastings.
Leominstee: '''Leominstee''' first BARON (d. [[1711]]). See FERMOR,
William: '''William'''
Giacomo Leoni: '''Giacomo Leoni''' ([[1686]]-[[1746]]), architect ; Venetian, and architect to the elector palatine; settled in England at beginning of eighteenth century; prepared plates for the English editions of Palladio'sArchitecture 1715; translated Alberti'sDe re JSdificatoria 1726; built various country seats.
George Duncan Albert Leopold: '''George Duncan Albert Leopold''' , DUKE OF
Albany: '''Albany''' ([[1853]]-[[1884]]), fourth and youngest son of Queen Victoria; entered Christ Church, Oxford, 1872; granted an annuity of 15,CKXW., 1874; left Oxford with an hon. D.OJL, 1876; travelled in Europe and America; president, Royal Society of Literature, 1878; vice-president, Society of Arts, 1879; created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow, 1881; married Prince* Helen Frederica Augusta, daughter of HAH. George Victor, prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont, 1882; died at Cannes: buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
Lepipre: '''Lepipre''' (LE PIPER), FRANCIS (d. [[1698]]), arttat ; drew landscapes, humorous compositions, and caricatures, and etched subjects on silver plates; painted twelve small pictures of scenes in Hudlbras." LE QUESNE, CHARLES (1811-1856), writer on the constitutional history of Jersey; contributed articles on commercial questions relating to the Channel islands to theGuernsey Magazine 1836-8; published Ireland and the Channel Islands, or a Remedy for Ireland 1848; jurat of the Royal Court of Jersey, 1850; his Constitutional History of Jersey published, 1856. LE ROMEYN, JOHN (d. 1296).
Daniel Lerpiniere: '''Daniel Lerpiniere''' ([[1745]]7-[[1785]]), engraver; exhibited with the Free Society of Artists, 1773-83; engraved plates, chiefly landscapes, for Messrs. Boy dell, 1776-85.
Sir Stephen Lesieur: '''Sir Stephen Lesieur''' (. [[1586]]-[[1627]]), ambassador: a Frenchman: secretary to the French ambassador to England, 1586; naturalised, c. 1589; taken into the public service, c. 1598; sent on embassy to Denmark, 1602, to the Emperor Rudolph II, 1603 and 1612-13, to Florence, 1608 and 1609.
Lesley: '''Lesley'''
Alexander Lesley: '''Alexander Lesley''' ([[1693]]-[[1758]]), Jesuit : studied at Douay and Rome; joined Jesuits, 1712; taught in the Illyrian College of Loreto, 1728; missioner in Aberdeenshire, 1729; taught in colleges of Ancona and Tivoli, 1734; again in England, 1738-44; prefect of studies in the Scots College, Rome, 1744-6; professor of moral theology in the English college, 1746-8; edited a fragment of the * Thesaurus Liturgicus entitled Missale mixtnm secundum Regulam Beati Isidori dictum Mozarabes 1755.

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William Aloysius Lesley: '''William Aloysius Lesley''' ([[1641]]-[[1704]]), Jesuit ; joined Jesuits, 1656; superior of the Scots College at Rome, 1674-83; D.D.; published Vita di S. Margberita, Regina di Scozia 1675; missioner in Scotland, 1694-1704.
Leslie: '''Leslie'''
Alexander Leslie: '''Alexander Leslie''' , first EARL OF LEVEX ([[1580]] ?1661), general; served in the Swedish army for thirty years: knighted by Gustavus Adolphus, 1626; compelled Wallenstein to raise the siege of Stralsund, 1628; governor of the Baltic district, 1628-30; engaged with the British contingent that aided Gustavus, 1630-2; fought at Lut.en, 1632; besieged and took Brandenburg, 1634; field-marshal, 1636; identified himself with the covenanters; directed the military preparations in Scotland, 1638; lord-general of all the Scottish forces, 1639; victorious at battle of Newburn, 1640; created Earl of Leven and Lord Balgonie, 1641; general of the Scottish army in Ireland, 1642; sent to the assistance of the English parliament, 1643: present at Marston Moor, 1644; in charge of Charles I at Newcastle, 1645-7; fought for the royalists at Dunbar, 1650; prisoner of the English parliament, 1651-4.
Andrew Leslie: '''Andrew Leslie''' , properly fifth, but sometimes called fourth EARL OF ROTHES (d. 1611), eldest sou of I George, fourth earl; succeeded to peerage, 1558; stedfastly supported Mary Queen of Scots from 1566.
Charles Leslie: '''Charles Leslie''' ([[1650]]-[[1722]]), nonjuror and controversialist; sou of John Leslie (1571-1671); M.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1673: took holy orders, 1680; chancellor of Connor, 1686; refused to take the oaths at the revolution, and was deprived of his office: commenced his series of controversial pamphlets withAn Answer to a Book intituled the State of the Protestants in Ireland under the late King James's Government 1692: published attack on William III,Gallienus Redivivus, or Murtber will out fcc., 1696; attacked in various pamphlet* the whig divines, Burnet, Tillotson, Sherlock, as well as the quakers deists, and Jews, and defended the sacraments; brought out The Rehearsal in opposition to Defoe's Review 1704-9, carrying on at the same time his ecclesiastico-political pamphlet warfare: warrant issued for 1 his apprehension. 1710; escaped to St. Germaini, 1711: 768
Leslie: '''Leslie''' hut (1713) accepted a place in the household of the Pretender at Bar-lc-duc. A collective edition of bis Theological Works was published in
Charles Robert Leslie: '''Charles Robert Leslie''' ([[1794]]-[[1859]]), painter : son of American parents; born in London: taken to Philadelphia, 1799: educated at Pennsylvania University: apprenticed to publishers in Philadelphia, 1808; student at the Royal Academy schools, London, 1811; exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1813 and 1839; R.A., 1826; taught drawing at the Military Academy at West Point, ca, 1899; summoned to Windsor to paint The _ receiving the Sacrament at her Coronation 1838, and * The Christening of the Princess Royal 1841; published The Memoirs of John Constable, R.A. 1845; profemor of painting at the Royal Academy, 1848-52; published his lectures asHandbook for Young Painters 1855; excelled in depicting quiet humour. His Autobiographical Recollections edited by Tom Taylor, and bis Life of Reynolds completed by the same author, were published in 1868.
David Leslie: '''David Leslie''' , first BARON NEWARK (d. [[1682]]), military commander: entered service of Gustavus Adolphns; major-general in the Scottish army under Alexander Leslie, first earl of Leven, 1643; at battle of Marston Moor, 1644; defeated Montrose at Philiphaugh, 1645; commander of the army raised on behalf of Charles II in Scotland in 1651; taken prisoner after Worcester, 1651; imprisoned in the Tower till 1660; created Baron Newark, 1661.
Frank Leslie: '''Frank Leslie''' ([[1851]]-[[1880]]).
Frederick Leslie: '''Frederick Leslie''' ([[1855]]-[[1892]]), actor ; his real name FREDERICK HOBSON; appeared first in London as Colonel Hardy Paul Pry) at the Royalty, 1878, and subsequently took numerous parts in light opera, and, with Miss Ellen Farren at the Gaiety, in burlesque.
George Leslie: '''George Leslie''' , usually called third, but properly fourth, EARL ox RoTHs(d. 1658), sheriff of Fife, 15291540; a lord of session, 1541; a lord of the articles, 1544; tried for toe murder of Cardinal Beaton and acquitted, 1547; ambassador to Denmark, 1550; died at Dieppe.
Leslie: '''Leslie''' or LESLEY, GEORGE (d. [[1637]]), Capuchin friar, known as FATHER ARCHANGEL; scholar in the Scots College, Rome, 1608; preached in Scotland, c. 1624-5; fled to France from persecution; returned to Scotland, 1631.
George Leslie: '''George Leslie''' (d. [[1701]]), divine and poet; works include Fire and Brimstone, or the Destruction of Sodom 1675, Abraham's Faith(morality play), 1670.
Henrt Leslie: '''Henrt Leslie''' ([[1580]]-[[1661]]), bishop of Down and Connor; educated at Aberdeen; went to Ireland, 1614; ordained priest, 1617: prebendary of Connor, 1619; dean of Down, 1627; precentor of St. Patrick's Dublin, 1628; prolocutor of lower house in Irish convocation, 1634; bishop of Down and Connor, 1635; a champion of Laudian episcopacy; withdrew to England after the loss of his property in the Irish rebellion, 1643; went abroad about the time of Charles I's execution; bishop of Meath, 1661.
Leslie: '''Leslie''' or LESLEY, JOHN ([[1527]]-[[1596]]), bishop of Boss; M.A. Aberdeen: canon of Aberdeen Cathedral, 1547; studied at Paris and Poictiers, 1649-54; took holy orders, 1558; had a disputation with Knox and other reformers, 1661; employed in France about the person of Queen Mary; professor of canon law, Aberdeen, 1562; judge of session, 1565; privy councillor, 1565; bishop of Ross, 1666: chief adviser of Mary Queen of Scote in her ecclesiastical policy; appointed her ambassador to Queen Elizabeth, 1569; sent to the Tower in connection with the Ridolfl plot, 1571; set at liberty on condition of leaving England, 1573; went to Paris, 1674, and to Rome to represent Mary's interests, 1675; published there bis Latin history of Scotland, 1578; suffragan and vicar-general of the diocese of Rouen, 1579; nominated to the bishopric of Coutances by Clement VIII; died at the Augustinian monastery at Guirtenburg, near Brussels.
John Leslie: '''John Leslie''' , sixth EARL or ROTHES ([[1600]]-1 [[641]]), one of the leaders of the covenanting party; served heir to hts grandfather, Andrew Leslie, fifth (or fourth) earl, Ml; opposed Charles I's ecclesiastical policy in Scotland: chief organiser of the movement against episcopacy, 1638; i after pacification of 1640 remained in England at the court j of Charles I; author of aShort Relation of Proceedings concerning the Affairs of Scotland from August 1637 to July 1638 first published, 1830.
Leslie: '''Leslie''' J03N ([[1571]]-[[1671]]), bishop of Clogher ; known asthe fighting bishop educated at Aberdeen and in France; with Buckingham at Rhe, 1627; bishop of the Scottish isles, 1628-33, of Rapboe, 1633-61; a leader in the rebellion of 1641; after the king's execution defended Raphoe against the Cromwellians, and was one of the last royalists to submit; the only Anglican bishop who remained at his post during the interregnum; bishop 1 of Ologber, 1661; left manuscript treatise on Memory
John Leslie: '''John Leslie''' , seventh EARL and first DUKK OF
Rothks: '''Rothks''' ([[1630]]-[[1681]]), eldest son of John Leslie, sixth earl ; ; succeeded his father, 1641; entered the army; taken prisoner at Worcester, 1651; released, 1658; lord of session, 1661; commissioner of the exchequer, 1661; lord high treasurer, 1663; privy councillor of England, 1663; keeper of the privy seal, 1664; lord chancellor, 1667; created Duke of Rothes, 1680.
John Leslie: '''John Leslie''' , eighth EARL OP ROTHES ([[1679]]-1 [[722]]), eldest son of Charles (Hamilton), fifth earl of Haddington, and Margaret Leslie, elder daughter of John Leslie, duke of Rothes, who succeeded her father as Countess of Rothes, the earldom surname of Leslie passing to her son: privy seal, 1704; aided the union of 1707; Scots representative peer, 1707-22; vice-admiral of Scotland, 1714; fought against James Edward, the Old Pretender, in 1715; governor of Stirling Castle, 1716-22.
John Leslie: '''John Leslie''' , ninth EARL OF ROTHES ([[1698]]?i 1767), eldest son of John Leslie, eighth earl; lieutenant-colonel, 1719; succeeded his father, 1722; Scots representative peer, 1723, 1727, 1747, 1754, and 1761; major-general, 1743; present at Dettingen, 1743; lieutenant-general, 1750; K.T., 1753; general, 1765; commander-in-chief of the forces in Ireland.
Sir John Leslie: '''Sir John Leslie''' ([[1766]]-[[1832]]), mathematician and natural philosopher; educated at St. Andrews and Edinburgh universities; his paper On the Resolution of Indeterminate Problemscommunicated to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1788; superintended studies of the Wedgwoods, 1790-2; published, as outcome of his researches, Experimental Inquiry into the Nature and Properties of Heat 1804, a work of great scientific value; i Rumford medallist, 1805; appointed professor of mathematics at Edinburgh, 1805; publishedElements of Geometry, Geometrical Analysis, and Plane Trigonometry i 1809,Geometry of Curve Lines 1813, andPhilosophy j of Arithmetic 1817; the first to achieve artificial congelai tiou; contributed to the Edinburgh Review and the Eacyclopsedia Britannica; professor of natural philosophy, Edinburgh, 1819; publishedElements of Natural Philosophy(vol. i.), 1823; knighted, 1832.
Norman Leslie: '''Norman Leslie''' , MASTER OF ROTHES (d. [[1554]]), leader of the party who assassinated Cardinal Beaton; eldest son of George Leslie, fourth earl of Rothes; sheriff of Fife, 1641; led the conspirators against Beaton, but took no personal part in the net of assassination, 1546: was carried captive to France, but escaped to England and was pensioned by Edward VI; on accession of Mary entered service of Henry II of France; mortally wounded in action near Cambray.
Thomas Ed Ward Cliffe Leslie: '''Thomas Ed Ward Cliffe Leslie''' ([[1827]] ?-[[1882]]), political economist; descended from Charles Leslie (16501722); educated at Trinity College, Dublin: B.A., 1847; LL.B., 1861; later hon. LL.D.; professor of jurisprudence and political economy, Queen's College, Belfast, 1863; contributed articles on economic subjects to various periodicals, most of which were reprinted in Essays on Political and Moral Philosophy 1879, andEssays in Political Philosophy 1888; wrote on laud systems and industrial economy.
Walter Leslie: '''Walter Leslie''' , COUNT LESLIE ([[1606]]-[[1667]]), soldier of fortune and diplomatist; entered the imperial service and took part in war of Mantuan succession, 1630: served in Germany, 1632-46; instrumental in bringing about the assassination of Walleustein, 1634; master of the ordnance, 1646; vice-president of the council of war,

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Leslie: '''Leslie'''
Lettsom: '''Lettsom''' -i nlcn of the Sclavonian marches, and field-marshaL1650; privy councillor, 1655; invested with onler of Golden Fleece, ami ambassador extraordinary to the Ottoman j Porte, 1666; died at Vienna.
William Leslie: '''William Leslie''' (d. [[1654]] ?), principal of King's j College, Aberdeen; educated at Aberdeen; recent, 1617; sub-principal, 1623; principal, 1632: with other Aberdeen doctors refused the covenant, 1639.
William Leslie: '''William Leslie''' ([[1657]]-[[1727]]), bishop of Laybach In Styrin: educated at Aberdeen; studied at Padua, 1684; converted to toman Catholicism; professor of theology, Padua; bishop of Waltzen, Hungary, 1716, of Laybach, in Styria,1718.
Walter Lespec: '''Walter Lespec''' (d. [[1153]]).
Nicholas Lesse: '''Nicholas Lesse''' (fl. [[1550]]), religious writer; author ofThe Apologle of the Worde of God 1547, and several translations.
Frederick Parkinson Lester: '''Frederick Parkinson Lester''' ([[1795]]-[[1858]]), major-general, Bombay artillery: educated at Addiscombe; lieutenant, 1815; captain, 1818; lieutenantcolonel, 1840: major-general, 1854; commander of the southern division of the Bombay army, 1857-8; instrumental in preventing the mutiny from extending to Western India, 1857-8.
Richard Lestock: '''Richard Lestock''' ([[1679]] ?-[[1746]]), admiral : served with Sir Clowdisley Shovell, 1704-5; with Sir George Byng, 1717-18; took part in the operations against Cartagena, 1741; vice-admiral, 1743; court-martialled and acquitted (1746) for refusal to obey his superior, Mathews in the action (1744) off Toulon, and admiral of the blue, 1746. L'ESTRANGE, HAMON (1605-1660), theologian and historian; brother of Sir Nicholas L'Kstranpe, first baronet, and of Sir Roger L'Estrange; published theological works, 1641-69. L'ESTRANGE, HAMON (1674-1767), grandson of Hamon L'Estrange (1605- 1660); on the commission of the peace for sixty-five years; published legal and religious works. LE STRANGE, HENRY L'ESTRANGE STYLEMAN (1815-1862), art amateur and decorative painter; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; B.A., 1837; employed in designing and carrying out the decoration of Ely Cathedral, 1863-62. LE STRANGE, JOHN (d. 1269), lord marcher; served under King John in Poitou, 1214; defended the Welsh border as a lord marcher. L'ESTRANGE, JOHN (1836-1 877), Norfolk antiquary; clerk in the stamp office at Norwich; made large collections for the history of the county of Norfolk, and the city of Norwich; published The Church Bells of Norfolk 1874. LE STRANGE, Sm NICHOLAS (1515-1580), steward of the manors of the Duchess of Richmond, 1547-80; son of Sir Thomas Le Strange; knighted, 1547: M.P., Norfolk, 1547, King's Lynn, 1555, Castle Rising, 1571. L'ESTRANGE, SIR NICHOLAS, first baronet (d. 1655), collector of anecdotes; brother of Hamon L'Estrange (1605-1660): created baronet, 1629; compiled Merry Passages and Jests some of which were printed in 1839. L'ESTRANGE, SIR ROGER (1616-1704), tory journalist and pamphleteer; probably studied at Cambridge; formed a plan to recapture Lynn; seized by the parliament and imprisoned, 1644-8; projected a royalist rising in Kent; had to flee to Holland; employed while abroad by Hyde in service of Charles II; returned to England, 1653; published broadsides attacking Lambert and the leaders of the army, 1659; wrote pamphlets in favour of monarchy, 1660, and to show that the presbyterians were responsible for the wars and the king's death, 1661-2; advocated a more stringent censorship of the press, 1663; appointed surveyor of printing presses and a licenser of the press, 1663; Issued the Intelligencer and 'The News 1663-6; encouraged, perhaps projected, The City Mercury, or Advertisements concerning trade 1675; published pamphlets to meet Shaftesbury's attack on : I and his government, 1679; adversely criticised the * vi.lcncc for a nuppoeal popish plot, 1680; J.P. for Middlesex, 1680; bad to flee the country owing to the hostility of the promoters of the alleged popinh plot: returned to England, 1681; attacked dissenter* and whig* in his periodicalThe Obeervator 1881-7; M.I, Winchester, 1685; knighted, 1685: deprived of bis office of surveyor and licenser of the press at imprisoned in 1688, 1691, and 16 pblets and periodicals, he The Fables of j&ap and other eminent Mytbologist*, wi_ Moral Reflections 1692 (the most extensive collection of fables in existence), and The Works of Flavius Josepbus compared with the Original Greek,* 1702, also translating 'Quevedo'a Visions 1687. LE STRANGE, SIR THOMAS (1494-1545), of Hunstanton, Norfolk: attendal Henry VIII to the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520; knighted, 1629; high sheriff of Norfolk, 1532. LE 8UETJR, HUBERT (1595 ?-1660 ?), sculptor: born probably in Paris; came to England, 1628; received commission for an equestrian statue of Charles 1, 1830, which was not set up at Charing Cross until 1674.
Thomas Letchworth: '''Thomas Letchworth''' ([[1739]]-[[1784]] X quaker; began preaching, 1758; published verse, 1765 The Monthly Ledger, or Literary Repository an unsectarian periodical, 1766-9; his Life and Writings of John Woolman, published, 1775, and a posthumous volume of his sermons, 1787.
Joseph Watts Lethbridge: '''Joseph Watts Lethbridge''' ([[1817]]-[[1885]]), dissenting divine; entered Lady Huntingdon's connexion, 1846; migrated to the Independents; published moral and religious works.
Walter Stephens Lethbridge: '''Walter Stephens Lethbridge''' ([[1772]]-[[1831]] ?X miniature-painter; studied at the Royal Academy schools; exhibited miniatures at the Academy, 1801-29.
Henry Letheby: '''Henry Letheby''' ([[1816]]-[[1876]]), analytical chemist : M.B. London, 1842; lecturer on chemistry at the London Hospital; for some years medical officer of health and analyst of foods for the city of London; chief work, Food, its Varieties, Chemical Composition, etc. 1870.
Joseph Letherland: '''Joseph Letherland''' ([[1699]]-[[1764]]), physician; M.D. Leyden, 1724; M.D. Cambridge, by royal mandate. 1736; physician to St. Thomas's Hospital, 1736-5K; F.R.C.P., 1737; physician to George Ill's queen, 1761: credited with being the first to draw attention in 1739 to the disease of diphtheria.
Smart Lethtettllier: '''Smart Lethtettllier''' ([[1701]]-[[1760]]), antiquary: M.A. Trinity College, Oxford, 1723; formed collections and drawings of antiquities and English fossils: F.H.S. and F.S.A.
Lord Lethington: '''Lord Lethington''' ([[1496]]-[[1586]]). See MAITLAJTD,
Richard Sir: '''Richard Sir''' .
Lethlobor: '''Lethlobor''' (d. [[871]]), Irish king ; defeated the Danes, 826; repulsed an invasion made by greater Ulster, 853: became king of all lesser Ulster or Ulidia.
John Lettice: '''John Lettice''' ([[1737]]-[[1832]]), poet and divine; of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; M.A., 1764: Seatonian prizeman, 1764; chaplain and secretary to British embassy at Copenhagen, 1768-72; publishedLetters on a Tour through various parts of Scotland In 1792 1794, and translations from the Italian and Latin.
John Lettotj: '''John Lettotj''' (Jt. [[1480]]), printer : the first to set up a printing press in the city of London.
Thomas Letts: '''Thomas Letts''' ([[1803]]-[[1873]]X inventor of Letta's Diaries; bookbinder from 1835, devoting himself to the manufacture of diaries; sold several hundred thousands annually. The diary business was purchased by Messrs. Cassell & Co. In 1885.
John Coakley Lettsom: '''John Coakley Lettsom''' ([[1744]]-[[1815]]), physician ; born in West Indies; brought to England, 1750; studied at St. Thomas's Hospital, London; returned to the West Indira, 1767; practised at Tortola; studied at Edinburgh (1768) and at Leyden (1769): commenced practice in London, 1770; L.R.O.P., 1770; F.SJL, 1770; F.RA, 1771; a 3D
Lettsom: '''Lettsom''' 770
Leveson: '''Leveson''' -GOWER al qnaker physician ami philanthropist; author of biographical, and philanthropic works.
Lettsoj: '''Lettsoj''' f , WILLIAM NANSON ([[1796]]-[[1866]]), man of i; grandson of John Ooakley Lettaom; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1829; publishedThe Fall of the Nebel lingers 1850: i William Sidney Walker's Shakespeare's Versification (1864), and hlaCritical Examination of the Text of Shakespeare(1860); aided Alexander Dyce in the preparation of bis edition of Shakespeare,
Earls Op Leven: '''Earls Op Leven''' . See LESLIE, ALEXANDER, first F.utL, 1680?-1661; MELVILLK, DAVID, third EARL, 1660

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Peter Levens: '''Peter Levens''' (ft. [[1687]]), scholar and medical writer: educated probably at Magdalen College, Oxford; B.A., 1666: fellow, 1669; author of Manipulus Vocabulonun. A Dietioimrie of English and Latine Wordes 1670, valuable as evidence of contemporary pronunciation.
Robert Levens: '''Robert Levens''' ([[1616]]-[[1660]]).
Sir Ashton Lever: '''Sir Ashton Lever''' ([[1729]]-[[1788]]), collector of the Leverian Museum: educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford: first collected live birds, then shells, fossils, stuffed birds, all kinds of natural objects, savage costumes an.l weapons; removed his museum to London, 1774; knighted, 1778; disposed of his museum by lottery in 1788.
Charles James Lever: '''Charles James Lever''' ([[1806]]-[[1872]]), novelist; nephew of Sir Ashton Lever; entered Trinity Col- i lege, Dublin, 1822; graduated, 1827; travelled in Holland ! and Germany, 1828, in Canada, 1829; studied medicine at ! Dublin: M.B. Trinity College, Dublin, 1831; first instalment of Harry Lorreqner produced in Dublin University j Magazine 1837: practised medicine in Brussels, 1840-42: ! publishedCharles O'Malley first inDublin University i Magazine 1840, and Jack Hinton the Guardsman 1843; returned to Dublin and edited theDublin University Magazine 1842-6; contributed to that magazine Tom Burke of OursandArthur O'Leary 1844; published The O'Donoghue 1845, aud theKnight of Gwynne 1847; settled at Florence and produced thereRoland CasheV 1850, andThe Dodd Family Abroad 1853-4; British consul at Spezzia, 1857; consul at Trieste, 1867-72; his last novel,Lord Kilgobbin 1872 (first issued in ..rnhill Magazine); died at Trieste: collected edition of his works was issued, 1876-8.
Christopher Lever: '''Christopher Lever''' (fl. [[1627]]), protestant writer and poet; of Christ's College, Cambridge: published religious poems and prose works, 1607-27.
Darcy Lever: '''Darcy Lever''' ([[1760]] ?-[[1837]]), writer on seamanship ; nephew of Sir Ashton Lever: publishedThe Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor, or a Key to the Lending of Rigging and to Practical Seamanship 1808, for forty years the navy text-book.
Lever: '''Lever''' or LEAVER, RALPH (. [[1585]]), master of Sherburu Hospital, Durham; brother of Thomas Lever ; of St. John's College, Cambridge; fellow, 1549; M.A., 1651; incorporated M.A. Oxford, 1660; archdeacon of Northuinlierland, 1566-73; canon of Durham 1567inasterof Sherburn Hospital, 1577: D.D.Cambridge, 1578; hi* work on chess published without his consent 1563publishedThe Arte of Reason 1573, one of the rarest of early English treatises on logic.
Lever: '''Lever''' or LEAVER, THOMAS ([[1521]]-[[1577]]), puritan divine: brother of Ralph Lever; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1545; fellow and college preacher 1548: a leader of the extreme protestant reformers at Cambridge; preached at court before Edward VI, 1550 master of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1651; B.D., 1662: at Mary's accession fled to Zurich, 1663; a hearer of Calvin at Geneva, 155 1; minister of the English congregation at Aarau, 1556-9; returned to England, 1559; master of Sberbiirn Hospital, Durham, 1563; canon of i Durham, 1564-7; published sermons and a religious treatise.
Richard Leveridge: '''Richard Leveridge''' ( [[1670]] ?-[[1758]]x" vocalist, wing- writer, and xmi power: sang at Drury Lane Theatre, j S-8, at tlu Haymarki*, Ixw.lon. 1708-13, at Lincoln's Inn Iii-Ms, 1715-32, at Co vent Uurden, 1732-51 said to &E? S 01 ?? 01 the ma " lc to Mllcbctu f or the revival of ; bis best-known song" All in the Downs andThe BOM! Beef of Old England (xxxiii. 143
Thomas Leverton: '''Thomas Leverton''' ([[1713]]-[[1824]]), architect: employed in tlio erection of dwelling-houses in London and j the country; exhibited designs at the Royal Academy, 1771-1803.
Sir Leveson: '''Sir Leveson''' . RICHARD ([[1570]]-[[1605]]), vice-admiral i of England; volunteer against the Armada, 1588: had command in expedition against Cadiz, 1596; Inii ihtcd, 1596; destroyed the Spanish fleet off Ireland, 1601; viceadmiral of England, 1604; marshal of the embassy to Spain to conclude the peace, 1605.
Leveson: '''Leveson''' -GOWER, LORD FRANCIS ([[1800]]-[[1857]]). I
Leveson: '''Leveson''' -GOWER, GEORGE GRANVILLE, first
Op Sutherland Duke: '''Op Sutherland Duke''' ([[1758]]-[[1833]]), educated at Westi minster and Christ Church, Oxford: M.P., Newcastle: under-Lyme, 1778 and 1780; travelled in Europe, 1780-6; I M.P., Staffordshire, 1787-98; ambassador to Paris, 1790-2; summoned as Baron Gower of Stittenham, Yorkshire, the original barony of his family, 1798; joint postmaster! general, 1799-1810; K.G., 1806; became possessed of the 1 greater part of Sutherlandshire through his wife, Countess of Sutherland in her own right, 1785; inherited ! the Bridge water estates from his uncle, the last Duke i of Bridgewater, and by the death of his father, Marquis of Stafford, the estates of Stittenham (Yorkshire), ! Trentham (Staffordshire), Wolverhampton and Lilleshall i (Shropshire), 1803; made 450 miles of roads and built 134 bridges in Sutherlandshire between 1812 and 1832; purchased Stafford House, London, 1827; created Duke of Sutherland, 1833.
Leveson: '''Leveson''' -GOWER, GEORGE GRANVILLE WIL-
Sutherland Liam: '''Sutherland Liam''' , third DUKE OP SUTHERLAND (1828-1892), succeeded to the dukedom, 1861; M.P., Sutherlandshire, 1852-61: improved his highland estates; attended coronation of Czar Alexander II as member of the special mission, 1856; K.G., 1864; present at the opening of the Suez Canal, 1869; accompanied Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, to India, 1876.
Leveson: '''Leveson''' -GOWER, GRANVILLE, first MARQUIS OP
Stappord: '''Stappord''' ([[1721]]-[[1803]]), son of John Leveson-Gower, first earl Gower; educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; M.P., Bishop's Castle, 1744, Westminster, 1747 and 1749; lord of the admiralty, 1749-51; M.P., Lichfield, 1754; succeeded to the Upper House, 1754; lord privy seal, 1755-7 and 1785-94; master of the horse, 1757-60; keeper of the great wardrobe, 1760-3; lord chamberlain of the household, 1763-6; president of the council, 1767-79 and 1783-4; K.G., 1771; F.S.A., 1784; created marquis of the county of Stafford, 1786.
Leveson: '''Leveson''' -GOWER, LORD GRANVILLE, first EARL
Granville: '''Granville''' ([[1773]]-[[1846]]), diplomatist: youngest son of Granville Leveson-Gower, first marquis of Stafford; entered Christ Church, Oxford, 1789; M.P., Lichfield, 1795-9; D.C.L., 1799; M.P., Staffordshire, 1799-1815; a lord of the treasury, 1800; privy councillor, 1804; ambassador extraordinary at St. Petersburg, 1804-5; created Viscount Granville, 1815; minister at Brussels; ambassador at Paris, 1824-41; created Earl Granville and Baron Leveson of Stone, 1833.
Leveson: '''Leveson''' -GOWER, GRANVILLE GEORGE, second
Granville Earl: '''Granville Earl''' ([[1815]]-[[1891]]), statesman : eldest son of Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, first earl Granville; of Eton and Christ Church, Oxford: attache at the British embassy, Paris, 1835; Whig M.P., Morpeth, 1836 and 1837; B.A., 1839; under-secretary of state for foreign affairs, 1840-1; M.P., Lichfleld, 1841; succeeded to peerage, 1846; vice-president of board of trade in Lord John Russell's ministry, 1848; paymaster of the forces, 1848; minister for foreign affairs, 1851-2 (under Lord John Russell), 1870-4, and 1880-5 (under William Evvart Gladstone); president of the council, 1852-4; chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, 1854; leader of the House of Lords, when the liberals were in office, from 1855; chancellor of the university of London, 1856-91; K.G., 1857; president of the council, 1859; lord warden of the Cinque ports and hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1865; secretary of state for the colonies, 1868-70 and 1886.
Leveson: '''Leveson''' -GOWER, HARRIET ELIZABETH
Duchksh Op Sutherland Georgiana: '''Duchksh Op Sutherland Georgiana''' ([[1806]]-[[1868]]), daughter of George Howard, sixth earl of Carlisle; married ( 1823) George Granville Leveson-Gower, earl Gower, who succeeded his father as second Duke of.Sutherland in
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Lewqar: '''Lewqar''' 1K;J3; mistress of the robes under liberal administrations 1837-41, 184C-52, 1853-8, and 185'J-Gl; u tfruat friend of Queen Victoria.
Leveson: '''Leveson''' -GOWER, JOHN, first BARON GOWKR (1675-1709); M.P., Newcastle-under-Lyuie, Staffordshire, 1691-1703; created Baron Gower of Stittenham, 1703; privy councillor, 1703; chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, 1703-6.
Leveson: '''Leveson''' -GOWER, JOHN, first EARL GOWKR (d. 1754), eldest sou of John Leveson-Qower, first barou (JOWLT; D.C.L. Oxford, 1732; one of the lords justices of the kingdom, 1740, 1743, 1745, 1748, 1750, ami 1752; lord privy seal, 1742-3 and 1744; created Viscount Treutham and Earl Uower, 1740.
Leveson: '''Leveson''' -GOWER, JOHN ([[1740]]-[[1792]]), rear-admiral; sou of John Leveson-Gower, first earl Gower; captain in the navy, 1760; commanded in Mediterranean, ob coast of Guinea, in West Indies, and on the home and Newfoundland stations between 1760 and 1777; took part in action off Ushant, 1778; a junior lord of the admiralty, 1783-90; rear-admiral, 1787.
Henry Levett: '''Henry Levett''' ([[1668]]-[[1725]]), physician ; educated at Charterhouse and Magdalen College, Oxford; fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, 1688; M.A., 1694; M.D., 1699; F.R.C.P., 1708; physician to the Charterhouse, 1713-25; author of a letter in Latin on the treatment of small-pox, printed in the works of Dr. John Freiud, 1733.
Levett: '''Levett''' or LEVET, ROBERT ([[1701]] ?-[[1782]]), 'that odd old surgeon whom Johnson kept in his house to tend the out-pensioners: made Johnson's acquaintance, c. 1746; became a regular inmate of Johnson's house, 1763; bad some practice as a surgeon in London.
David Levi: '''David Levi''' ([[1740]]-[[1799]]), Jewish controversialist ; published A Succinct Account of the Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews... and the Opinion of Dr. Humphrey Prideaux... refuted 1783; published Lingua Sacra a Hebrew grammar, in weekly parts, 1785-7; replied (1787 and 1789) to Joseph Priestley's Letters to the Jews; replied to a fresh antagonist in Letters to Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, M.P. 1795; his Defence of the Old Testament in a Series of Letters addressed to Thomas Paine first published in New York, 1797. He also published the Pentateuch in Hebrew and English, and an English translation of the prayers used by the London congregations of Jews (1789-93), andDissertations of the Prophecies of the Old Testament 3 vols., published, 1793-1800.
Leone Levi: '''Leone Levi''' ([[1821]]-[[1888]]). jurist and statistician ; born in Ancona; settled at Liverpool as a merchant and was naturalised; published pamphlets advocating the establishment in commercial centres of general representative chambers of commerce, 1849-50; hon. secretary, Liverpool chamber of commerce; published his great work on commercial law, 1850-2; appointed to the newly created chair of commerce at King's College, London, 1852; F.S.A. and published his lectures asManual of the Mercantile Law of Great Britain and Ireland 1854; his chief work on statistics, a periodical summary of parliamentary papers, published in eighteen volumes, 1856-68: bis History of British Commerce and of the Economic Progress of the British Nation, 1763-1870 published, 1872; vice-president of the Statistical Society, 1885.
Abbe De Levignac: '''Abbe De Levignac''' ([[1769]]-[[1833]]). See MACCARTHT,
Tuite Nicholas: '''Tuite Nicholas''' .
Sir Richard Levinge: '''Sir Richard Levinge''' , first baronet (d. [[1724]]), Irish judge; barrister, Inner Temple, 1678; recorder of Chester, 1686; M.P., Chester, 1690-2; solicitor-general for Ireland, 1690-4 and 1704-11; knighted, 1692; M.P. for Blessingtou in Irish House of Commons and speaker of the house, 1692-6: M.P. for Longford, 1695-1700 and 1703; created baronet, 1704; M.P., Derby, 1710: attorney-gene ral for Ireland, 1711; M.P., Kilkenny, 1713; lord chief justice of Irish common pleas, 1720-4; his correspondence on Various Points of State and Domestic Policy privately printed, 1877.
Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge: '''Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge''' , .seventh baronet (1811-184), soldier and writer; entered the army, 1828; lieutenant, 1834; served in the Canadian rebellion of 1837-8; lieutenant-colonel in the militia, 11846; succeeded to baronetcy, 1848; high sheriff for ath, 1851; M.I for ro. Vi-stin.-.ith, 1857 and SS'J; author ofEchoes from tin: I.a. k.v.iods 1846, Historical Notices of the Levinge Family 1853,Historical Records of the Forty-third Regiment, hire Light Infantry 1868, and other works.
Baptist Levinz: '''Baptist Levinz''' ([[1644]]-[[1693]]), bishop of Sodor and Man; brother of Sir Creswell Levin*; educated at Magdak-u Hall and College, Oxford; M.A., 1666; Whyte's professor of moral philobophy, Oxford, 1677-82; bishop of Sodor and Man, 1685: prebendary of Winchester, 1691; contributed to'Epictedia Universitatis Oxouiensis iu obituin Georgii Ducis Allinarlue 1670.
Sir Creswell Levinz: '''Sir Creswell Levinz''' ([[1627]]-[[1701]]), judge; brother of Baptist Levinz; of Trinity College, Cambridge; barrister, Gray's Inn, 1661; knighted, 1678; king's counsel, 1678; attorney-general, 1679; sat on the bench of common pleas, 1680-6; one of the counsel for the seven bishops, 1688. From manuscripts left by him was published in 1722 The Reports of Sir Creswell Levinz, Knight
Levens Levinz: '''Levens Levinz''' , or LEVINGE, ROBERT ([[1615]]1650), royalist; uncle of Sir Creswell Levinz, Baptist Leviuz, and William Levin,; educated at Lincoln College, Oxford; B.A., 1634; D.C.L., 1642; fought for Charles I; employed by Charles II to raise troops in England, 1650; arrested, condemned by court-martial, and hanged.
William Levinz: '''William Levinz''' ([[1625]]-[[1698]]), president of St. John's College, Oxford; brother of Sir Creswell Levinz ; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool, London, and St. John's College, Oxford, 1645; M.A., 1649; regius professor of Greek, 1665-98; president of his college, 1673; sub-dean of Wells, 1678; canon, 1682.
Jean Pons Victor Lecoutz Db Levizac: '''Jean Pons Victor Lecoutz Db Levizac''' (d. 1813), writer on the French language; born in Languedoc; canon in the cathedral of Vabres, and probably vicargeneral of the diocese of St. Omer; at the revolution fled to London, where he taught French and published books on the French language, 1797-1808.
Amy Levy: '''Amy Levy''' ([[1861]]-[[1889]]), poetess and novelist; educated at Newuham College, Cambridge; her Xantippc and other Poems published, 1881, A Minor Poet and other Verse 1884,A London Plane Tree and other Poems andReuben Sachs a novel, 1889; committed suicide.
Joseph Moses Levy: '''Joseph Moses Levy''' ([[1812]]-[[1888]]), founder of the Daily Telegraph; purchased a printing establishment: took over theDaily Telegraph and Courier and issued it as the Daily Telegraph the first London daily penny paper, 1855.
Lewes: '''Lewes'''
Charles Lee Lewes: '''Charles Lee Lewes''' ([[1740]]-[[1803]]), actor; his first recorded appearance at Covent Garden, 1763; played ng Marlow in first performance ofShe Stoops to uer 1773; at Coveut Garden as leading comedian till 1783; at Drury Lane, 1783-5; at Edinburgh, 1787; played in Dublin in low comedy, 1792-3; published theatrical compilations.
George Henry Lewes: '''George Henry Lewes''' ([[1817]]-[[1878]]), miscellaneous writer; grandson of Charles Lee Lewes; tried various employments, among them that of actor; contributed to the quarterlies (1840-9) and wrote a play and two novels; published Biographical History of Philosophy 1845-6; co-operated with Thornton Leigh Hunt in the 4 Leader,* 1850; made the acquaintance of Miss Evans, 1851, and went to Germany with her in 1854, and for the rest of his life lived with her as her husband; hisLife of Goethe the standard English work on the subject, published, 1866; studied physiology, and published Seaside Studies 1858, Physiology of Common Life 1859, Studies in Animal Life 1862, andAristotle the first instalment of a projected history of science, 1864; edited Fortnightly Review 1865-6; his Problems of Life and Mind published at intervals, 1873-9: his criticisms on the drama contributed to the Pall Mall Gazette published, 1875.
John Lewgar: '''John Lewgar''' ([[1602]]-[[1665]]), Roman catholic controversialist; M.A. Trinity College, Oxford, 162; published controversial works. 3D2
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Edward Lewicke: '''Edward Lewicke''' (ft. [[1662]]), poet: author of The most wonderfull and pleaaaunt History of Titus and Gisippra 1562, a rhymed paraphrase of Sir Thomas Eliot's prose version of a tale of Boccaccio.
John William Lewin: '''John William Lewin''' (ft. [[1805]]), naturalist; brother of William Lcwin (d. 1795); settled in Paramatta, New South Wales; published The Birds of New Holland 1808-22, andProdromus (tic) Entomology 1806, a history of the lepldoptera of New South
Sir Justinian Lewiw: '''Sir Justinian Lewiw''' ([[1613]]-[[1673]]), master in chancery: grandson of William Lewin (d. 1698); of Pembroke College, Oxford; D.C.L., 1637; official to the archdeacon of Norfolk, 1631; judge marshal of the army In the Scottish expedition, 1639; a master in chancery, 1641; promoted Charles II's interest in Norfolk: knighted, 1661.
Thomas Lewih: '''Thomas Lewih''' ([[1806]]-[[1877]]), miscellaneous writer ; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool and Worcester and Trinity Colleges, Oxford; M.A 1831: conveyancing counsel to the court of chancery, 1862-77; F.S.A., 1863; chief works, * Practical Treatise on the Law of Trusts and Trustees 1837, an authoritative text-book, The Life and Epistles of St. Paul 1861, and archaeological pamphlet*.
William Lewiw: '''William Lewiw''' (d. [[1898]]), civilian ; of Christ's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1666; public orator. 1670-1; LL.D., 1676; judge of the prerogative court of Canterbury, 1676-98; chancellor of the diocese of Rochester and commissary of the faculties; M.P., Rochester, 1686, 1689, and 1693; a master of chancery, 1693; friend of Gabriel Harvey; author of the Latin epistle to the Jesuits before Harvey's Ciceronianus 1677.
William Lewih: '''William Lewih''' (d. [[1796]]), naturalist; F.L.S., 1791; published an unscientific book,The Birds of Great Britain accurately figured 7 vols., 1789-96, of which he executed the drawings; and published vol. i. ofThe Insects of Great Britain systematically arranged, accurately engraved, and painted from Nature 1795.
Lewin: '''Lewin''' 8 orLEWENS, EDWARD JOHN ([[1756]]-[[1828]]) United Irishman; educated in France: envoy of the Society of United Irishmen at Hamburg, 1797; confidential agent at Paris: banished from Ireland by act of parliament at the union; inspector of studies at the university of Paris; exercised great influence in France during reign of Charles X.
Lewis: '''Lewis'''
Op Caerlbox Lewis: '''Op Caerlbox Lewis''' (16th cent.) See CAERLEOX
of Lewih: '''of Lewih''' .
Glyw Cothi Lewis: '''Glyw Cothi Lewis''' (. [[1450]]-[[1486]]), Welsh bard ato sometimes called LEWIS Y GLYX or LLYWELYN GLYX OOTHI: took the Lancastrian side in the wars of the rose his poems, about 160 of which were published for the Cymmrodorion Society (1837), valuable as illustrating the part played by the Welsh in the wars of the roS . LEWIS, ANDREW (1720?-1781), soldievolunteer in the Ohio expedition, 1754: major in Washington's Virginia regiment. 1765: commanded Sandy Creek expedition, 1,66: taken prisoner at Fort Duquesne, 1758 brlgadier-ipneral, 1774: delegate to the Virginia convention*, 1776; took popular side in the war of independence ?2f- wa f, brf -general of the continental army, 17761*77; died in Virginia.
Charles Lewis: '''Charles Lewis''' ([[1753]]-[[1795]]), Dainter of atill lifp exhibited at the Society o *ff&$ Sg%, , PP. HARLES (1786-1836), bookbinder; brother of Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1866) q v 1 and of : employed V%2l5f ass
Charles James Iwis: '''Charles James Iwis''' ([[1830]]-[[1892]]), painter ; his iS 1 ln, ter - Iour Painted 8ma11 domestic sub men ber of the Royal Institute of In Water-colour*, 1882.
Lewis: '''Lewis''' or LEWES, DAVID ([[1520]] ?-[[1584]]), civilian ; educated at All Souls College, Oxford; B.C.L., 1540: fellow, 1641; principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, 1545-8; D.C.L. and admitted at DoctorsCommons, 1548; a master in chancery, 1553; M.P., Steyning, 1553; M.P., Monmouthshire, 1554-5; judge of the high court of admiralty, 1558-75; first principal of Jesus College, Oxford, 1671-2; joint commissioner of the admiralty, 1575.
Lewis: '''Lewis'''
Charles: '''Charles'''
David: '''David''' ([[1617]]-[[1679]]).
David Lewis: '''David Lewis''' ([[1683]]7-[[1760]]), poet; probably educated at Westminster and Jesus College, Oxford: B.A., 1702; published Miscellaneous Poems by Several Hands 1726,Philip of Macedon(tragedy), 1727, acted three times, andCollection of Miscellany Poems 1730.
Edward Lewis: '''Edward Lewis''' ([[1701]]-[[1784]]), miscellaneous writer ; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1726; held several livings and wrote and preached against Roman Catholicism.
Erasmus Lewis: '''Erasmus Lewis''' ([[1670]]-[[1754]]), the friend of Swift and Pope; educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge; B.A., 1693: wrote news-letters from Berlin, 1698; secretary to the English ambassador at Paris, 1701, to Robert Harley, 1704, and secretary at Brussels, 1708; came to London, 1710; M.P., Lostwithiel, Cornwall, 1713; intimate with Prior, Arbuthnot, Pope, Gay, and Swift
Evan Lewis: '''Evan Lewis''' ([[1828]]-[[1869]]), independent minister ; B.A. London; served various independent chapels; F.R.G.S.; fellow of the Ethnological Society; published religious works.
Frederick Christian Lewis: '''Frederick Christian Lewis''' ([[1779]]-[[1856]]), engraver and landscape-painter: brother of Charles Lewis (1786-1836); studied under J. 0. Stadler and in the schools of the Royal Academy; aquatinted most of Girtin's etchings of Paris, 1803; made transcripts of drawings by the great masters for Ottley'sItalian School of Design 1808-12; executed plates for Chamberlaine'sOriginal Designs of the most celebrated Masters in the Royal Collection 1812; engraved Sir Thomas Lawrence's crayon portraits; engraver of drawings to Princess Charlotte, Prince Leopold, George IV, William IV, and Queen Victoria: painted landscapes, chiefly of Devonshire scenery; published several volumes of plates illustrating the Devonshire rivers between 1821 and 1843, and also etchings of theScenery of the Rivers of England and Wales 1845-7.
Frederick Christian Lewis: '''Frederick Christian Lewis''' ([[1813]]-[[1875]]),. painter; son of Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856) ; studied under Sir Thomas Lawrence; went to India, 1834, and painted pictures of durbars for native princes, engraved by his father, and published in England; died at Genoa.
George Lewis: '''George Lewis''' ([[1763]]-[[1822]]), dissenting divine; issued a manual of divinity in Welsh which became very popular, 1796, and a valuable Welsh commentary on the 1 New Testament, 1802; head of Abergavenny Theological College, 1812-22.
Lewis: '''Lewis''' Sm GEORGE OORNEWALL. second baronet (1806-1863), statesman and author; son of Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis; of Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1831; assistant-commissioner to inquire into the condition of the poorer classes in Ireland, 1833, and into the state of religious and other instruction, 1834; joint-commissioner to inquire into the affairs of Malta, 1836-8; a poor-law commissioner for England and Wales, 1839-47; liberal M.P., Herefordshire, 1847; secretary to board of control, 1847; under-secretary for the home department, 1848; financial secretary to the treasury, 1860-2; editor of theEdinburgh Review to which he contributed eighteen articles, 1852-5; succeeded to baronetcy, 1855; M.P. for Radnor boroughs, 1855-63; published Enquiry into the Credibility of the Early Roman History 1855; chancellor of the exchequer, 18561858; home secretary, 1859-61; secretary for war, 1861-3: published, among other works on politics,A Treatise on the Methods of Observation and Reasoning in Polities (1852).

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George Robert Lewis: '''George Robert Lewis''' ([[1782]]-[[1871]]), painter of landscapes and portraits; brother of Charles Lewis (17861836); studied at the Royal Academy schools; exhibited landscapes, 1805-7; accompanied Thomas Prognail Dibdin as dZMffhtUMO on his continental journey, and illustrated Dibdin's Bibliographical and Picturesque Tour through France and Germany* (published, 1821); etchedGroups illustrating the Physiognomy, Manners, and Character of the People of France and Germany 1823: exhibited portraits and landscapes and flgure-subjecte, 1820-59.
Griffith George Lewis: '''Griffith George Lewis''' ([[1784]]-[[1859]]), lieutenant-general; colonel-commandant, royal engineers; educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; lieutenant, 1803; fought at Maida, 1806; captain, 1807; served in Spanish campaign under Wellington, 1813; served in Newfoundland, 1819-27; lieutenant-colonel, 1825: commanded royal engineers at Jersey, 1830-6; at the Oape of Good Hope, 1836-42; in Ireland, 1842-7; at Portsmouth, 1847-51: joint-editor of the Professional Papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers and of theCorps Papers 1847-64; governor of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 1851-6; lieutenant-general, 1858.
Hubert Lewis: '''Hubert Lewis''' ([[1825]]-[[1884]]), jurist ; educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; B.A., 1848; barrister, Middle Temple, 1854; publishedPrinciples of Conveyancing," 1863,Principles of Equity Drafting 1865; his Ancient Laws of Wales published, 1889.
James Henry Lewis: '''James Henry Lewis''' ([[1786]]-[[1853]]), stenographer ; taught and lectured on writing and stenography in the principal towns of the United Kingdom; his system of shorthand,The Art of Writing with the Velocity of Speech issued anonymously, 1814; hisHistorical Account of the Rise and Progress of Shorthand 1816, still the best history of the subject.
John Lewis: '''John Lewis''' ([[1675]]-[[1747]]), author; educated at Exeter College, Oxford; B.A., 1697; ordained, 1698; vicar of Minster, Kent, 1709-47; M.A., 1712; master of Eastbridge Hospital, Canterbury, 1717; chiefly known by his biographies of Wycliffe (1720 and 1723), Caxton (1737), Pecock (1744), and Bishop Fisher (first printed, 1855); published valuable topographical works dealing mainly with Kent; made important contributions to religious history and bibliography.
John Delaware Lewis: '''John Delaware Lewis''' ([[1828]]-[[1884]]), miscellaneous writer; born in St. Petersburg; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; publishedSketches of Oantabs 1849; M.A., 1853; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1858; M.P., Devonport, 1868-74; wrote miscellaneous works in French and English.
John Frederick Lewis: '''John Frederick Lewis''' ([[1805]]-[[1876]]), painter of Italian, Spanish, and Oriental subjects: son of Frederick Christian Lewis (1779-1856): painted and exhibited animal subjects, 1820-32; member of the Water-colour Society, 1829; visited Spain, 1832-4; painted Spanish subjects until about 1841; travelled in the East, 1839-51: painted oriental subjects, 1850-76, based on sketches made during his travels; R.A., 1865.
Joyce Lewis: '''Joyce Lewis''' or JOCASTA (f. [[1557]]), martyr; daughter of Thomas Curzon of Croxall, Staffordshire; married, first, Sir George Appleby, and, secondly, Thomas Lewis; became a protestaut, was imprisoned, 1556, and burned.
Leopold David Lewis: '''Leopold David Lewis''' ([[1828]]-[[1890]]), dramatist ; dramatisedThe Bellsfrom Erckmann-Chatrian'sLe Juif Polonais produced 1871; author of The Wandering Jew 1873, Give a Dog a bad Name 1876, and The Foundlings 1881; conductedThe Mask 1868, and published 4 A Peal of Merry Bells (tales), 1880.
Lady Maria Theresa Lewis: '''Lady Maria Theresa Lewis''' ([[1803]]-[[1865]]), biographer; granddaughter of Thomas Villiers, first earl of Clarendon, and sister of George William Frederick Villiers, fourth earl of Clarendon; married, first, Thomas Henry Lister, 1830, and, secondly, Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 1844; published The Lives of the Friends and Contemporaries of Lord Chancellor Clarendon 1852; edited Extracts of the Journals of Miss Berry 1865.
Mark Lewis: '''Mark Lewis''' (fl. [[1678]]), financial and miscellaneous writer; invented a new method of teaching (patented), and published works expounding it between 1670 ? an.l 1.575?: proposed quack schemes of financial reforms in pamphlet*, issued, 1676-8.
Matt Lewis: '''Matt Lewis''' 1IKW CKEOORY ([[1775]]-[[1818]]), author of tin- -Monk of Westminster and Christ Oxford: attache to the British embaasy at the Hague, 1794; publishedThe Monk 1795, and immediately became famous; M.P., Hindoo, 1796-1802; brought out theCastle Spectreat Drury Lane, 1798; made Walter Scott's acquaintance (1798), and procured the publication of his translation ofGoetz von Berlichlngen," 17W; visited his West Indian property in order to arrange for the proper treatment of the slaves, 1815-16 and 1817-18; died at sea on his way home. His writings are memorable on account of their influence on Scott's early poetical efforts: some of his numerous dramas and tales were translated from the German. HisJournal of a West Indian Proprietor 1834, is interesting as showing the condition of the negroes in Jamaica at the time.
Moroaxwo Lewis: '''Moroaxwo Lewis''' , Le, of Glamorganshire (Jl. 1500-1540), Welsh bard; author of a poem on St. Iltutu* , entitledCowydd 8t nityd printed with an English translation in the lolo M83.
Owen Lewis: '''Owen Lewis''' , also known as LEWIH OWKN ([[1532]]1594), bishop of Cassano; of Winchester and New College, Oxford; B.O.L., 1559; went to Douay University, 1561; appointed regius professor of law at Douay; canon of Cambray Cathedral and archdeacon of Hainault; bishop of Cassano, 1588; died at Rome.
Samuel Lewis: '''Samuel Lewis''' , the younger (d. [[1862]]), topographer; son of Samuel Lewis the elder; author ofIslington as it was and as it is 1854, and other works.
Samuel Lewis: '''Samuel Lewis''' , the elder (d, [[1865]]), publisher ; his best-known publications, topographical dictionaries, edited by Joseph Haydn, and atlases, 1831-42.
Samuel Savage Lewis: '''Samuel Savage Lewis''' ([[1836]]-[[1891]]), librarian of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; grandson of George Lewis; educated at the City of London School and St. John's College, Cambridge: studied farming in Canada, 1857-60; migrated to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1865, and fellow, 1869; librarian of Corpus Christi College, 1870-91; M.A., 1872; P.S.A., 1872; ordained, 1872; a diligent antiquary; bequeathed his collections of coins, gems, and vases to his college.
Stuart Lewis: '''Stuart Lewis''' ([[1756]] ?-[[1818]]), Scottish poet; roamed over Scotland as the mendicant bard; produced his poem, Fair Helen of Kirkconnell 1796, with an interesting preface on the history of the ballad on the same theme; O'er the Muir the most noteworthy of his lyrics.
Thomas Lewis: '''Thomas Lewis''' ([[1689]]-[[1749]]?), controversialist: of Corpus Christi College, Oxford; B.A., 1711; ordained, 1713; forced to hide on account of the libellous nature of his periodical publication, The Scourge, in Vindication of the Church of England 1717; continued to issue controversial writings, 1719-35.
Sik Thomas Frankland Lewis: '''Sik Thomas Frankland Lewis''' , first baronet (1780-1855), politician; grandson of Sir Thomas Frankland; of Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; lieutenant-colonel of the Radnorshire militia, 1806-16; M.P., Beaumaris, 1812-26, Enuis, 1826-8; Radnorshire, 1828-34, Radnor boroughs, 1847-55; member of commission to inquire into Irish revenue, 1821, of commi?Mon to inquire into revenue of Great Britain and Ireland, 1822, and of commission on Irish education, 1825-8: jointsecretary to the treasury, 1827; vice-president of the board of trade and privy councillor, 1828; treasurer of the navy, 1830; chairman of the poor-law commission, 1834-9; created baronet, 1846.
Thomas Taylor Lewis: '''Thomas Taylor Lewis''' ([[1801]]-[[1868]]), geologist and antiquary; M.A. St John's College, Cambridge, 1828; investigated the Silurian system: edited for the Camden Society the Letters of Lady Brilliana HMle
Titus Lewis: '''Titus Lewis''' ([[1773]]-[[1811]]X baptist minister; in charge of baptist church at Carmarthen; published Welsh theological works, 1802-11.
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Leycester: '''Leycester'''
William Lewis: '''William Lewis''' ([[1592]]-[[1667]]), master of the hosDital of St. Gross, Viiirln-t -r, and canon of Winchester; educated at Hart Hall, Oxford; B.A. and fellow of Oriel, 1608; M.A., 1612; chaplain to Lord Chancellor Bacon; provostof Oriel, 1618-21; in the service of George Villlers, duke of Buckingham, 1627-8; canon of Winchester, 1827; D.D. Oxford, 1627; chaplain to Charles I and master of the hospital of St. Gross, 1628; D.D. Cambridge, 1629; ejected under the Commonwealth; reinstated, 1660.
William Lewis: '''William Lewis''' ([[1714]]-[[1781]]), chemist; M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1737; MJB., 1741; M.D., 1745; delivered the oration at opening of Radcliffe Library, 1749; chief works,The New Dispensatory 1753, and Experimental History of the Materia Medica 1761.
William Lewis: '''William Lewis''' ([[1787]]-[[1870]]), writer on chess and chew-player, also a teacher of chess: published elementary works on chess between 1814 and 1835.
William Garrett Lewis: '''William Garrett Lewis''' ([[1821]]-[[1885]]), baptist minister; obtained clerkship in post office, 1840; became a baptist, and was chosen minister; secretary of the London Baptist Association, which he helped to found, 1866-9, and president, 1870; editor of theBaptist Magazine for twenty years.
William Thomas Lewis: '''William Thomas Lewis''' ([[1748]] ?-[[1811]]), called Gentleman 1 Lewis, actor; great-grandson of Erasmus Lewis; appeared at Dublin, 1770-2, at Covent Garden, London, 1773-1809; played more characters, original and established, than almost any other English comedian; created, among other parts, Faulkland in the Rivals Doricourt in the Belle's Stratagem and Jeremy Diddler in Raising the Wind; deputy-manager of Covent Garden, 1782-1804; lessee of the Liverpool Theatre, 18031811.
Jane Lewson: '''Jane Lewson''' ([[1700]] ?-[[1816]]), commonly called
Lewson Lady: '''Lewson Lady''' ; eccentric centenarian ; her maiden name Vaughan; after the death of her husband (1726) lived in close retirement. Her peculiarities possibly suggested Dickens's character of Miss Havisham.
Ap Rhys Ap Owain Lewys: '''Ap Rhys Ap Owain Lewys''' (d. [[1616]] ?). See
Lewys Dwnn: '''Lewys Dwnn''' .
Barons Lexington: '''Barons Lexington''' . See SUTTON, ROBERT, first
Baron: '''Baron''' [[1694]]-[[1668]]; BUTTON, ROBERT, second BARON, 1661-1723.
Henry De Lexinton: '''Henry De Lexinton''' (d. [[1258]]), bishop of Lincoln ; brother of John de Lexinton; dean of Lincoln, 1245; bishop of Lincoln, 1253-8.
Lexinton: '''Lexinton''' or LESSINGTON, JOHN DE (d. [[1257]]), baron, judge, and often described as keeper of the great seal; a clerk in chancery; had custody of great seal for short periods in 1238, 1242, 1247, 1249, 1253; king's seneschal, 1247; chief-justice of the forests north of the Trent, and governor of several northern castles, 1256; put in fetters the Jew Copin, supposed murderer, with his co-religionists, of Hugh of Lincoln, 1255.
Oliver De Lexinton: '''Oliver De Lexinton''' (f. [[1299]]).
Lexinton: '''Lexinton''' or LESSINGTON, ROBERT DE (d. 1250), judge; prebendary of Southwell; senior of the justices, 1234; chief of the itinerant justices for the northern division, 1240.
Lexinton: '''Lexinton''' or LESSINGTON, STEPHEN DE (ft 1260), abbot of Olairvaux; studied at Paris and Oxfordprebendary of Southwell. 1214; abbot of Savigny, Normandy, 1229; abbot of Olairvaux, 1243-55; founded house in Paris for scholars of bis order, 1244.
Hugh Ley: '''Hugh Ley''' ([[1790]]-[[1837]]), physician ; M.D. Edinburgh, 1813; L.R.O.P., 1818; published An Essay on Larynirismus Stridulus, or Crouplike Inspiration of Infantsthe first work containing a full pathological description of the malady, 1856. ,.P JAMES fl t ***** o* MARLBOROUOH (16501629), judge; of Brasenose College, Oxford; B.A.. 1674 barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1684; M.P., Westbury, 1597-8 1604-6, and 1609-11; bencher of Lincoln's Inn, 1BOO reader, 1602; serjeant-at-law and knighted, 1603; lord chief-justice of king's bench in Ireland, 1604; comof the great seal at Dublin, 1605; commissioner for the plantation of Ulster, 1G08; attorney of the court of wards and liveries in England, 1608; governor of Lincoln's Inn, 1609-22: M.P., Bath, 1614; created barom", 1619: lord chief- justice of king's bench, 1622-4; lord high treasurer and privy councillor, 1624.and created Baron Ley of Ley in Devonshire, 1624; Earl of Marlborough, 1626: president of the council, 1628; member of Elizabethan Society of Antiquaries.
James Ley: '''James Ley''' , third EARL OF MARLBOROUOH ([[1618]]1665), naval captain; grandson of James Ley, first earl of Marlborough; succeeded to the title, 1638; royalist commander, 1643; established a colony, which soon failed, at Santa Cruz, West Indies, 1645; commanded the squadron which went to the East Indies to receive Bombay from the Portuguese, 1661: nominated governor of Jamaica, 1664: killed in naval action with Dutch, 1665.
John Ley: '''John Ley''' ([[1583]]-[[1662]]), puritan divine; M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1608; prebendary of Chester, 1627; took the solemn league and covenant, 1643; president of Sion College, 1645; atrier 1653; held various rectories, and wrote religious works.
Thomas Leybottrn: '''Thomas Leybottrn''' ([[1770]]-[[1840]]). mathematician ; edited the Mathematical Repository 1799-1835; published A Synopsis of Data for the Construction of Triangles 1802; teacher of mathematics at the Military College, Sandhurst, 1802-39.
William Leybottrn: '''William Leybottrn''' ([[1626]]-[[1700]]?), mathematician; teacher of mathematics and professional land surveyor; joint-author of the first book on astronomy written in English, Urania Practica 1648; published 'The Compleat Surveyor 1653, Arithmetick, Vulgar, Decimal, and Instrumental 1657,The Line of Proportion or Numbers, commonly called Gnnter's Line, made easie 1667;Oursus Mathematicus 1690, andPanarithmologia 1693 (the earliest ready-reckoner known in English).
Leybttrn Leybotjrne: '''Leybttrn Leybotjrne''' , LEMBTIRN, or LEE-
Roger De Burn: '''Roger De Burn''' (d. [[1271]]), warden of the Cinque ports; accompanied Henry III to Gascony, 1253; served against Llywelyn of Wales, 1256; sided with the barons, 1258, and was consequently deprived of all his revenues, c. 1260; took to marauding; associated himself with Simon de Montfort, 1263; reconciled to the king, 1264; took the king's side in the battle of Evesham, 1265.
William De Leybourne: '''William De Leybourne''' (d. [[1309]]), baron; son of Roger de Leybourne; served in Wales, 1277; constable of Pevensey, 1282; described asadmiral of the sea of the king of England 1297; served in Scotland, 1299-1300 and 1304.

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George Leybttrn: '''George Leybttrn''' ([[1593]]-[[1677]]), Roman catholic divine; studied at Douay, 1617-25; missioner in England, 1630; chaplain to Queeu Henrietta Maria; forced to retire to Douay, where he taught philosophy and divinity; D.D. Rheims; returned to England, but during the civil war retired to France and rendered services to the royalist party; president of the English college at Douay, 1652-70; died at Chalou-sur-Saunu; author of religious works.
John Leybttrn: '''John Leybttrn''' ([[1620]]-[[1702]]), Roman catholic prelate; nephew of George Leyburn; educated at the English college, Douay; taught classics there; president, 1670-6; D.D.; vicar-apostolic of all England, 1685-8, and first vicar-apostolic of the London district, 1688; translated Kenelm Digby's treatise on the soul into Latin (Paris, 1661).
John Leycester: '''John Leycester''' (. [[1639]]), miscellaneous writer; B.A. Brasenose College, Oxford, 1622; works include A Manual of the Choicest Adagies 1623, and two poems, one on the death of Hampden, 1641, and another entitled England's Miraculous Preservation 1646.
Sir Peter Leycester: '''Sir Peter Leycester''' , first baronet ([[1614]]1678), antiquary; of Brasenose College, Oxford; entered Gray's Inn, 1632; took royalist side in the civil war; rewarded with a baronetcy, 1660; author of Historical Antiquities in two Books 1673; contributed to the controversy concerning the legitimacy of Amicia, wife of Ralph Mainwariug, his ancestor.
Leyden: '''Leyden''' 775 L.IGHTFOOT
John Leyden: '''John Leyden''' ([[1775]]-[[1811]]), physician and poet: studied at Edinburgh University, 1790-7; contributed to theEdinburgh Literary Magazine contributed to Lewis's Tales of Wonder 1801: assisted Scott with earlier volumes of the 4 Border Minstrelsy 1802; published Scottish Descriptive Poems 1802; M.D. St. Andrews; assistant-surgeon at Madras, 1803-5; snttlnl at Calcutta, 1806; published his essay on the Indo- Persian, Indo-Chinese, and EK-kkmi languages, 1807; commissioner of the court of requests, Calcutta, 1809; assay-master of the mint, Calcutta, 1810; accompanied Lord Minto to Java, 1811; translated into English theSejarah Malayu Malay Annals), published 1821, and Commentaries of Baber published 1826; died at Cornelia, Java.
Joseph Bentley Leyland: '''Joseph Bentley Leyland''' (.[[1811]] - [[1851]]), sculptor; his most important works a statue of Dr. Beckwith of York, in York Minster, and a group of African bloodhounds.
Thomas Leyson: '''Thomas Leyson''' ([[1549]]-[[1608]]?), poet and physician; of Winchester and New College, Oxford: fellow, 1509-86; M.A., 1576: M.B. and proctor, 1583; practised physic at Bath; wrote Latin verses.
Lhtiyd: '''Lhtiyd'''
Edward Lhuyd: '''Edward Lhuyd''' ([[1660]]-[[1709]]), Celtic scholar and naturalist; entered Jesus College, Oxford, 1682; keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, 1690-1709; published catalogue of the figured fossils in the Ashmolean, 1699; M.A., 1701; vol. i. of his Archseologia Britannica* published, 1707; F.R.S., 1708; superior beadle of divinity in Oxford University, 1709.
Saint Liafwhte: '''Saint Liafwhte''' (ft. [[755]]).
Francis Liardet: '''Francis Liardet''' ([[1798]]-[[1863]]), captain in the navy; entered navy, 1809; served on the coast of Africa and on the North American station, 1810-14; lieutenant, 1824; on the South American station, 1833-8; commander and serving in the Mediterranean, 1838-40; obtained post rank, 1840; New Zealand Company's agent at Taranaki, 1841-2; publishedProfessional Recollections on Points of Seamanship, Discipline &c., 1849, and The Midshipman's Companion 1851; one of the, captains of Greenwich Hospital, 1856; published Friendly Hints to the Young Naval Lieutenant 1858.
Matthew Hart: '''Matthew Hart''' ([[1736]]-[[1782]]?), engraver; apprenticed to Simon Francois Ravenet: published engravings after Benjamin West, P.R.A.
Lord Libbertottn: '''Lord Libbertottn''' (d. [[1650]]). See WIXKAM,
George: '''George'''
Lighfield: '''Lighfield'''
Earls Op Lichfield: '''Earls Op Lichfield''' . See STUART, BKRNARD, titular earl, 1623 ?-1646; LKK, GKORGE HKNRY, third EARL of the Lee family, 1718-1772.
Leonard Lichfield: '''Leonard Lichfield''' ([[1604]]-[[1657]]), printer and author: printer to the university of Oxford; printed public papers for Charles I, 1642-6.
Leonard Lichfield: '''Leonard Lichfield''' (d. [[1686]]), printer ; son of Leonard Lichfleld (1604-1657); printed at Oxford 'The Oxford Gazette a folio half-sheet, containing the government's official notices, the earliest English periodical of the kind (1665-6), which was continued in London asThe London Gazette
William Lichfield: '''William Lichfield''' (d. [[1447]]), divine and poet ; D.D.; rector of All Hallows the Great, London; a famous preacher: left 3,083 sermons written in English with his own hand.
Duncan Liddel: '''Duncan Liddel''' ([[1561]] - [[1613]]), mathematician and physician; educated at Aberdeen: studied mathematics and physic at Frankfort-on-Oder; professor of mathematics at Helmstadt, 1691-1603; M.D. Helmstadt, 1596, and dean of the faculty of philosophy, 1599; prorector, 1604; returned to Scotland, 1607: endowed a professorship of mathematics in the Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1613; published medical works,
Henry George Liddell: '''Henry George Liddell''' ([[1811]]-[[1898]]), dean of Christ Church, Oxford; of Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1835; D.D., 1865; tutor, 1836, and censor, 1845, of Christ Church, Oxford; White's professor of moral philosophy, 1845; domestic chaplain to Prince Albert, 1846; head-master of Westminster School, 1846-55; published (1843), with Robert Scott (1811-1887), Greek-English Lexicon which he revised alone for 7thelit., 1883; member of first Oxford University oommlssion, 1862; dean of Christ ri.-.ir. rook prominent part in administrative reforms at Chri-t Church: vice-chancellor, 1870-4: Iran. LM. K-llnburgh, 1884: hon. D.C.L. Oxford, 1893: his publicatio: * include A History of Ancient Rome 1855.
Henry Thomas Liddell: '''Henry Thomas Liddell''' , flr-t HAUL r
Uavknswdhth: '''Uavknswdhth''' ([[1797]]-[[1878]]), educated at Eton an John's College, Cambridge: M.P., Northumberland, 1886: North Durham, 1837-47; Liverpool, 1853-5: succeeded liis father as second Baron Ravens worth (of a second creation), 1855: created Earl of Ravens worth and Baron Eslington, 1874; published original poems, and translations from Horace and Virgil.
Sir John Liddell: '''Sir John Liddell''' ([[1794]]-[[1868]]), director-general of the medical department of the royal navy, 1854-64; M.D. Edinburgh; entered the navy as assistant-surgeon, 1812; L.R.C.S., 1821; director of the hospital at Malta, 1831; Inspector of fleets and hospitals, 1844; F.H.P., 1846; deputy inspector-general of Haslar Hospital; inspector-general of Royal Hospital, Greenwich; knighted, 1848; honorary physician to Queen Victoria, 1859: K.C.B., 1864.

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Knight of Liddesdale: '''Knight of Liddesdale''' ([[1300]] ?-l?53). See
Sir William Douglas: '''Sir William Douglas''' .
William Llddiard: '''William Llddiard''' ([[1773]]-[[1841]]), miscellaneous writer; entered University College, Oxford, 1792; in the army, 1794-6: B.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1803; author of poems and a book of travels.
Henry Parry Liddon: '''Henry Parry Liddon''' ([[1829]]-[[1890]]), canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and preacher; of King's College School, London, and Christ Church, Oxford; B.A., 1860: ordained, 1853; joined Pusey and Keble; vice-principal of Bishop Wilberforce's Theological College, Cuddesdon, 18541859; vice-principal of St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford, 1869; on the hebdomadal board three times between 1864 and 1875; Bampton lecturer, 1866; B.D., D.D., and D.C.L., 1870: Ireland professor of exegesis, 1870-82; canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1870: chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1886: his sermons at St. Paul's for twenty years a central fact of London life; most of his sermons published; left ready for publication three volumes of a Life of Pusey.*
Gilbert Op St Lifard: '''Gilbert Op St Lifard''' . (*. [[1305]]).
Lifford: '''Lifford''' first VISCOUNT ([[1709]] - [[1789]]). See
James Hkwitt: '''James Hkwitt''' .
Edward Light: '''Edward Light''' ([[1747]]-[[1832]]), professor of music and inventor of musical instruments; organist of St. George's, Hanover Square, 1794: invented the harpguitar and the lute-harp, 1798, and the harp-lyre, luteharp, and dital-harp, 1816; publishedA First Book on Music 1794, Lessons and Songs for the Guitar" In 1795 and 1800, and instructions for lute-playing, 1800 and 1817.
William Light: '''William Light''' ([[1784]]-[[1838]]), colonel : surveyorgeneral of South Australia and founder of the city of Adelaide; lieutenant, 1809; served in the Pt-ninsula; captain, 1821; employed in navy of Mehemet A15, pasha of Egypt; surveyor-general of South Australia, 1836; selected site for city of Adelaide, 1836: died at Port Adelaide; author ofA Trigonometrical Survey of Adelaide
Hannah Lightfoot: '''Hannah Lightfoot''' (fl. [[1768]]), the beautiful quakeress; said by scandal to have been secretly married to George, prince of Wales, afterwards George III.
John Lightfoot: '''John Lightfoot''' ([[1602]]-[[1675]]), biblical critic-; entered Christ's College, Cambridge, 1617: took holy orders and held various cures; his first work,Erubhim, or Miscellanies, Christian and Judaical 1629: master of Catharine Hall, Cambridge, 1650; D.D., 1652; vicecliancellor of his university, 1654: prebendary of Kly. 1668; aided in Walton's Polyglot Bible, 1657; the first collected edition of his works published, 1684.
John Lightfoot: '''John Lightfoot''' ([[1735]]-[[1788]]), naturalist : M.A. Pembroke College, Oxford, 176; in holy orders, holding several cures; published theFlora Scotica 1778; F.H.s.. 1781: member of the Linnean Society.
Lightfoot: '''Lightfoot''' 776
Linche: '''Linche'''
Joseph Barber Liohtfoot: '''Joseph Barber Liohtfoot''' ([[1828]] - [[1889]]), :rham, divine aud scholar; educated at s School, Birmingham, and Trinity College, Cambridge: B.A., 1851: fellow of Trinity College, 1858-79: edited Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology 1854-9; ordained, 1858; member of the * council of senate," 1860; Hulseau professor of divinity, 1861; chaplain to Queen Victoria, 1862; member of the New Testament Company of Revisers, 1870-80; Lady Margaret professor of divinity, 1875; bishop of Durham, 1879-89; published many valuable works on biblical criticism and early post-biblical Christian history and iterature.
Edward Ligonizr: '''Edward Ligonizr''' , first EARL Lioo.MKR in the peerage of Ireland (d. 1782), lieutenant-general; son of Francis Ligonier; entered the army, 1752; present atMinden, 1759; succeeded his uncle, Earl Ligoiiier, in the Irish viscountcy, 1770; created Earl Ligouier, 1776: lieutenant-general, 1777; K.B., 1781.
Francis Ligonieb: '''Francis Ligonieb''' , otherwise FRANQOIS
Augusts: '''Augusts''' (d. [[1746]]), colonel in the British army ; brother of John Ligonier, first earl Ligonier; entered the army, 1720; present at Dettingen, 1743; colonel, 1745.
John Ligonier: '''John Ligonier''' , otherwise JEAN LOUIS, first EARL LK;ONIKR (1680-1770), field-marshal in the British army; born at Castres, France; educated in France and Switzerland; came to Dublin, 1697; fought under Maryborough at Blenheim, 1704, Ramillies, 1706, Oudenarde, 1708, Malplaquet, 1709; governor of Fort St. Philip, Minorca, 1712; adjutant-general of the Vigo expedition, 1718; colonel of the black horse (now 7th dragoons), 1720-49; majorgeneral and governor of Kinsale, 1739; present at Dettingen, 1743; K.B. and lieutenant-general, 1743; commanded the British foot at Fontenoy, 1745; commander- in -chief in the Austrian Netherlands, 1746-7; M.P., Bath, 1748; governor of Jersey, 1750, of Plymouth, 1752; commander in-chief and created Viscount Ligonier of EnuiskQlen, co. Fermanagh, 1757; master-general of the ordnance, 1759-62; his title altered to Viscount Ligonier of Clonmell, 1762; created Baron Ligonier in peerage of Great Britain, 1763; created Earl Ligonier of Ripley, Surrey, 1766: fieldmarshal, 1766.
John Lilbtjrne: '''John Lilbtjrne''' ([[1614]]?-[[1657]]), political agitator ; accused before the Star-chamber of printing and circulating unlicensed books, 1637; imprisoned, 1638-40; fought for the parliament, 1642-5; left the service, because he would not take the covenant, 1645; expressed his distrust of the army leaders in pamphlets, 1648-9; sent to the Tower, tried and acquitted, 1649; advocated release of trade from the restrictions of chartered companies and monopolists, 1650; exiled for supporting his uncle, George Lilburne, in his quarrel with Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 1652-3; allowed to return to England, but on refusing to promise compliance with the government was confined in Jersey and Guernsey, and at Dover Castle till 1655; joined the Quakers.
Robert Lilburne: '''Robert Lilburne''' ([[1613]]-[[1665]]), regicide ; brother of John Lilburne; entered the parliamentarian army; signed Charles I's death-warrant, 1649; served in Cromwell's Scottish campaigns, 1651-2; M.P. for the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1656; acted with Lambert, 1659; condemned to life-long imprisonment, 1660.
Ltlford: '''Ltlford''' fourth BARON ([[1833]]-[[1896]]). See POWYS,
Littleton Thomas: '''Littleton Thomas''' .
Luke Lillingston: '''Luke Lillingston''' ([[1663]]-[[1713]]), brigadier-general; served in Ireland under William III; in the Martinique expedition, 1693; in Jamaica, 1695; brigadier-general, 1704; ordered to Antigua, 1707, whither his regiment had been sent in 1706; deprived of command for unreadiness, 1708.
George Lillo: '''George Lillo''' ([[1693]]-[[1739]]), dramatist; his famous tragedy, The London Merchant, or the History of George Barnwell first acted, 1731: hisChristian Heroacted, 1735; his Fatal Curiosity produced, 1736, and Elmerick, or Justice Triumphant after his death, 1740; helped to popularise thedomestic drama in England.

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Lilly: '''Lilly'''
Christian Lilly: '''Christian Lilly''' (d. [[1738]]X military engineer; commenced his military career in service of the Dukes of Zelte and Hanover, 1685; entered service of William III, 1688: engineer of the office of ordnance, 1692; employed in the West Indies as engineer, 1693 and 1694-5; chief engineer at Jamaica, 1696; third engineer of England, 1701-15; chief engineer in West Indies, 1704-38.
Edmond Lilly: '''Edmond Lilly''' (d. [[1716]]), portrait-painter ; executed indifferent portraits of enormous dimensions; his best-known work a portrait of Queen Anne, 1703.
Henry Lilly: '''Henry Lilly''' (d. [[1638]]), Rouge-dragon pursuivant ; educated at Christ's Hospital; Rouge-rose pursuivant, 1634; Rouge-dragon pursuivant, 1638; left in manuscript Pedigrees of Nobility and The Genealogie of the Priucelie Familie of the Howards
John Lilly: '''John Lilly''' ([[1554]] 7-[[1606]]).
William Lilly: '''William Lilly''' ([[1602]]-[[1681]]), astrologer ; wrote a treatise onThe Eclipse of the Sun in the eleventh Degree of Gemini, 22 May 1639 1639; published bis first almanac, Merlinus Anglicus Junior, the English Merlin revived 1644, and henceforth prepared one every year till his death; began to issue pamphlets of prophecy, 1644; publishedChristian Astrology modestly treated in three Books long an authority in astrological literature, 1647; while ostensibly serving the parliament endeavoured to aid Charles I, 1647-8; claimed scientific value for his 'Annus Tenebrosus, or the dark Year, together with a short Method how to judge the Effects of Eclipses 1652; studied medicine; granted a licence to practise, 1670. His published writings consist mainly of astrological predictions and vindications of their correctness; his chief non-professional work is his True History of King James I and King Charles I 1651.
Frederick William Lillywhjte: '''Frederick William Lillywhjte''' ([[1792]]1854), cricketer; a bricklayer by trade; in middle life took a foremost place among professional cricketers; played his first match at Lord's, 1827; known as the Nonpareil Bowler; bowler to the M.C.C., 1844-54.
George Lily: '''George Lily''' (d. [[1559]]), Roman catholic divine; son of William Lily; educated at Magdalen College, Oxford; domestic chaplain to Cardinal Pole; canon of Canterbury, 1558; author of some Latin historical works.
Lily: '''Lily''' or LILLY, PETER (d. [[1615]]), archdeacon of Taunton; grandson of William Lily; educated at Jesus College, Cambridge; fellow; M.A. and D.D.; prebendary of St. Paul's, 1699; archdeacon of Taunton, 1613; Conciones Duae and Two Sermons published in 1619.
William Lily: '''William Lily''' ([[1468]] ?-[[1522]]), grammarian; probably entered Magdalen College, Oxford, 1486; graduated; made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem; studied Greek and Latin and classical antiquities in Italy; engaged in teaching in London; high-master of St. Paul's School, London, 1512-22; contributed a short Latin syntax, with the rules in English, under the title of Grammatices Rudimenta to Colet's.Editio first printed, 1527.
Limerick: '''Limerick''' first EARL of the second creation ([[1758]]1845).
Richard Limpus: '''Richard Limpus''' ([[1824]]-[[1875]]), founder of the College of Organists, 1864; secretary, 1864-75; composed sacred and secular music.
Thomas Linacre: '''Thomas Linacre''' ([[1460]] ?-[[1524]]), physician and classical.scholar; educated at Oxford; fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1484; went to Italy, c. 1485-6; M.D. Padua; returned to England about 1492; one of Henry VIII's physicians, 1509; lectured at Oxford, 1510; received many ecclesiastical preferments, 1509-20; mainly instrumental in founding College of Physicians, 1518; Latin tutor to the Princess Mary, 1623, for whom he composed a Latin grammar, Rudimenta Grammatices: founded lectureships in medicine at Oxford and Cambridge; wrote grammatical and medical works, and translated from the Greek, especially from Galen.
Linche: '''Linche''' or LYNCHE, RICHARD (fl. [[1596]]-[[1601]]), poet; author ofThe Fountaine of English Fiction 1599, andAn Historical Treatise of the Travels of Noah into Europe 1601, both so-called translations from the Italian; supposed to be the R. L. gentleman who published in 159tt a volume pf sonnets entitled Diella
Lincoln: '''Lincoln''' 777
Lindsay: '''Lindsay'''
Earls of Lincoln: '''Earls of Lincoln''' . See ROUMARE, WILLIAM DK, fl. 1140; LACY, JOHN DK, first EARL of the Lacy family, d. 1240; LACY,HKXKYDE, third EARL, 1249 V-1311; I'MI.I:, JOHN DE LA, 1464 ?-1487; CLIXTON, EDWARD FIKXXKS UK, first EARL of the Clinton family, 1512-1586; CLINTON, HENRY FIEXXKS, ninth EARL, 1720-1794.
Hugh Ok Lincoln: '''Hugh Ok Lincoln''' , SAIXT ([[1246]] ?-[[1255]]). See HL-UH
James Lind: '''James Lind''' ([[1716]]-[[1794]]), physician; surgeon in the navy; served at Minorca (1739) and in the West Indies, Mediterranean, and Channel; M.D. Edinburgh, 1748: fellow of the College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 1750; physician to the Naval Hospital, Haslar, 1758-94; published An Essay on Diseases incidental to Europeans in Hot Climates 1768, and other medical works; discovered lemon-juice to be a specific for scurvy at sea.
James Lind: '''James Lind''' ([[1736]]-[[1812]]), physician ; M.D. Edinburgh, 1768; fellow of the Edinburgh College of Physicians. 1770; made a voyage to Iceland, 1772; F.R.S., 1777; settled at Windsor and became physician in the royal household; interested in astronomy and science; had a private press at which he printed mysterious little books, and (1795) Sir Robert Douglas'sGenealogy of the Families of Lind and the Montgomeries of Smithson
Johanna Maria Lind: '''Johanna Maria Lind''' , known as JENNY LIND, and afterwards as MADAME JENNY LIND-GOLDSCHMIDT (18201887), vocalist; born at Stockholm; began to study singing at the Royal Theatre, Stockholm, 1830; first appearance at the theatre, 1838; appointed court singer, 1840; studied in Paris under Garcia; visited professionally Finland and Copenhagen, 1843, Dresden and Berlin, and other German cities, 1844-5, and Vienna, 1846-7; first appeared in London, 1847; retired from the operatic stage, but continued to sing at concerts, 1849; made tours in America, 1850-2; married Mr. Otto Goldschmidt of Hamburg, 1852, and lived at Dresden, 1852-5; made tours in Germany, Austria, and Holland, 1854-5, in Great Britain, 1855-6; became a naturalised British subject, 1859; made her last appearance in public, 1883; professor of singing at the Royal College of Music, 1883-6.
John Lind: '''John Lind''' ([[1737]]-[[1781]]), political writer; M.A. Balliol College, Oxford, 1761; went to Warsaw and became tutor to Prince Stanislaus Poniatowski; appointed governor of an institution for educating four hundred cadets; F.S.A.; returned to England, 1773; published his Letters concerning the Present State of Poland 1773; F.R.S., 1773; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1776; wrote also on the American war.
Thomas Lindesay: '''Thomas Lindesay''' ([[1656]]-[[1724]]), archbishop of Armagh; of Wadham College, Oxford; M.A., 1678; fellow, 1679; D.D., 1693; dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 1693; bishop of Killaloe, 1693-1713, and of Raphoe, 1713-14; archbishop of Armagh, 1714.
William Lindewood: '''William Lindewood''' ([[1375]] ?-[[1446]]). See LYND
Wood: '''Wood'''

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John Lindley: '''John Lindley''' ([[1799]]-[[1865]]), botanist and horticulturist; published his first book, a translation of Richard's Analyse du Fruit 1819; assistant-librarian to Sir Joseph Banks; published * Rosarum Monographia 1820; F.L.S. and F.G.S., 1820; assistant-secretary to the Horticultural Society, 1822-41; F.R.S., 1828; professor of botany in the University of London, 1829-60; lecturer on botany to the ApothecariesCompany, 1836-53; vice-secretary, 1841-58; honorary secretary and member of the council, 1858-62; helped to found the GardenersChronicle 1841. His chief work was The Vegetable Kingdom 1846.
Robert Lindley: '''Robert Lindley''' ([[1776]]-[[1855]]), violoncellist ; principal violoncello at the opera, 1794-1851; professor of the Royal Academy of Music, 1822; the greatest violoncellist of his time.
William Lindley: '''William Lindley''' ([[1808]]-[[1900]]), civil engineer ; engineer-in-chief to Hamburg and Bergedorf railway, 1838-60; designed Hamburg sewerage and water works, and drainage and reclamation of the Hammerbrook district; consulting engineer to city of Frankfort-onIlaiu, 1865-79.
Patrick Llndon: '''Patrick Llndon''' (. [[1734]]), Irish poet; some of his songs, which were very popular while Irish was spoken in the district of the Fewa, co. Armagh, are extant in manuscript,
Alexander Lindsay: '''Alexander Lindsay''' , fourth EARL OF CRAW-
Ford: '''Ford''' (d. [[1454]]), sumamed the TIGER EARL, and also
Beardie Earl: '''Beardie Earl''' ; hereditary sheriff of Aberdeen, [[1446]] ; warden of the marches, 1451; engaged In quarrels with other Scottish nobles, 1445-52; received king's pardon, 1453.
Alexander Lindsay: '''Alexander Lindsay''' , first BARON SPYXIB (*. 1607), fourth son of the tenth Earl of Crawford; brother of David Lindsay, eleventh earl of Crawford; vicechamberlain to James VI; created Baron Spynie, 1590; accused of harbouring the Earl of Both well, 1592; tried and acquitted; slain by a pitiful mistake in a brawl in his own house.
Alexander Lindsay: '''Alexander Lindsay''' (d. [[1639]]), bishop of Dunkeld; bishopric bestowed on him, 1607; deposed, 1638.
Alexander Lindsay: '''Alexander Lindsay''' , second BARON SPYNIE (d. 1646), eldest son of Alexander, first baron Spynie ; commander-in-chief in Scotland, 1626-46; served under Gustavus Adolphus, 1628-33; supported Charles I against the covenanters.
Alexander Lindsay: '''Alexander Lindsay''' , second BARON BALCARRES and first EARL OF BALCARRES (1618-1659), eldest son of David Lindsay, first baron Balcarres, and grandson of John Lindsay, lord Menmuir: succeeded his father, 1641; present at Marston Moor, 1644; declared for the king, severing his connection with the covenanting party, 1648; admitted to parliament, 1649; a commissioner of the exchequer, 1650; created Earl of Balcarres and hereditary governor of Edinburgh Castle, 1651; visited France to advise the king, 1653 and 1654; finally resided at the court of Charles II; died at Breda.
Alexander Lindsay: '''Alexander Lindsay''' , sixth EARL OF BALCARRES (1752-1825), eldest son of James Lindsay, fifth earl of Balcarres, and grandson of Colin Lindsay, third earl ; succeeded to peerage, 1768; studied at Gbttingen, 1768-70; captain, 1771; major, 1775; present at Ticonderoga, 1777; compelled to surrender and a prisoner till 1779; lieutenant-colonel, 1782; Scots representative peer, 1784-1825; colonel, 1789; major-general and commander of the forces in Jersey, 1793; governor of Jamaica, 17941801; lieutenant-general, 1798; general, 1803; completed the Memoirs of the Lindsays begun by his father, and left manuscript Anecdotes of a Soldier's Life
Sir Alexander Lindsay: '''Sir Alexander Lindsay''' ([[1785]]-[[1872]]), general ; colonel-commandant, royal (late Bengal) artillery; educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; received his first Indian commission as first lieutenant, 1804; on active service, 1806-18; captain, 1813; major, 1820; lieutenant-colonel, 1824; colonel and colonel-commandant, 1835; superintendent of telegraphs and agent for the manufacture of gunpowder; served in first Burmese war; major-general, 1838; lieutenant-general, 1851; general, 1859; K.C.B., 1862.
of Luffness Lindsay: '''of Luffness Lindsay''' , SIR ALEXANDER DE (fl. 1283-1309), high chamberlain of Scotland under Alexander III; wavered in his allegiance, sometimes supporting the English, sometimes the Scottish sovereign.
Alexander William Crawford Lindsay: '''Alexander William Crawford Lindsay''' , twenty-fifth EARL OF CRAWFORD and eighth EARL OF BALCARRES (1812-1880), of Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1833; travelled and collected books; succeeded to the earldoms, 1869; died at Florence; chief works, * Lives of the Lindsays 1840, andSketches of the History of Christian Art 1847.
Lady Anne Lindsay: '''Lady Anne Lindsay''' ([[1750]]-[[1825]]). See BAR-
Nard: '''Nard'''
Colin Lindsay: '''Colin Lindsay''' , third EARL OF BALCARRES ([[1654]] ?1722), second sou of Alexander Lindsay, second baron Balcarres and first earl of Balcarres; succeeded his brother in the earldom, 1662; went to sea with the Duke of York and distinguished himself at Solebay, 1672; privy councillor, 1680; a commissioner of the treasury, 1686; was connected with the Montgomery plot for James ITs restoration; left the country, 1690; settled at Utrecht; returned to Scotland, 1700; privy councillor, 1 705; supported the union, 1707; published his Memoirs touching
Lindsay: '''Lindsay''' 778
Lindsay: '''Lindsay''' the Rerolntion in Scotland 1714. a valuable narrative of proceedings and negotiations 01 1688-90; joined 1'rinoe Charles Edward, 1715.
Colin Lindsay: '''Colin Lindsay''' ([[1819]]-[[1892]]), founder of English Church Union: fourth son of James Lindsay, tweutyfourth earl of Crawford: educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; founder.md pn -idnit of Manchester Church Society, which developed (I860) into English Church Union; president, 1860-7; joined Roman catholic church, 1868: published theological writings.
Sir David Lindsay: '''Sir David Lindsay''' , first EARL OK CRAWFORD (1865 7-1407), chiefly celebrated for his successful tournament with Lord Welles at London Bridge, 135)0: succeeded as tenth Baron Crawford, 1397; created Earl of Crawford, 1398; deputy-chamberlain north of the Forth, 1406.
David Lindsay: '''David Lindsay''' , fifth EARL OF CRAWFORD and first DUKE OF MONTROSB (1440?-1495), eldest son of Alexander Lindsay, fourth earl of Crawford; succeeded to the earldom, 1454; ward of Sir James Hamilton of Cadzow, first baron Hamilton, whose daughter he married, 1459; sheriff of Forfar, 1466; lonl high admiral, 1476: master of the household, 1480; lord chamberlain, 1483; joint high justiciary of the north of Scotland, 1488; created Duke of Montrose, 1488, the first time such a dignity was conferred on a Scotsman not a member of the royal family; privy councillor, 1490.
Lindsay: '''Lindsay''' or LYNDSAY, SIR DAVID ([[1490]]-[[1555]]), Scottish poet and Lyon king of arms; entered the royal service as equerry; usher to Prince James (afterwards James V), 1512-22; his first poem,The Dreme written 1528, not printed till after bis death; Lyon king of arms, 1529; circulatedThe Complaynt to the King 1589, and The Testament and Oomplaynt of our Soverane Lordis Papyngo 1530; his first embassy as Lyon king to the court of the Emperor Charles V, 1531; his principal poem, Ane Satyre of the Three Estaits a drama, produced, 1540; his Register of Arms of the Scottish Nobility and Gentry (unpublished till 1821), the best source for early Scottish heraldry, completed 1542; printedAne Dialog betoix Experience and ane Courteour 1552, and The Monarchy 1554; a satirist of abuses in church and state and the poet of the Scottish Reformation. Repeated editions of the poems have been published from 1558 to 1870.
David Lindsay: '''David Lindsay''' , tenth EARL OF CRAWFORD (d. 1574), succeeded to earldom, 1558; supporter of Mary Queen of Scots, joining the association for her defence, 1568,

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David Lindsay: '''David Lindsay''' , eleventh EARL OF CRAWFORD (1547 7-1607), eldest son of David Lindsay, tenth earl of Crawford; lived abroad, 1579-82; master stabler to the king and provost of Dundee, 1582; converted to Roman Catholicism and associated himself with the schemes of the Romanist nobles; convicted of treason and condemned to confinement, 1589.
Sir David Lindsay: '''Sir David Lindsay''' , of Edzell, BARON EDZKLL (1551 7-1610), eldest son of the ninth Earl of Crawfortl; succeeded to the Edzell estates on death of his father, 1558, the earldom of Crawford passing to David Lindsay, tenth earl, son of Alexander Lindsay the wicked master son of David Lindsay, eighth earl; educated on the continent with his brother, John Lindsay, lord Mennmir, under care of John Lawson fa. v.; knighted, 1581; lord of session as Lonl Edzell, 1593; privy councillor, 1598; in seeking to avenge the murder of Sir Walter Lindsay of Balgavie indirectly occasioned the death of Alexander Lindsay, first baron Spynie, 1607.
David Lindsay: '''David Lindsay''' ([[1631]] ?-[[1613]]), bishop of Ross; one of the twelve original ministers nominated to the chief places in Scotland,* 1560; one of the recognised leaden of the kirk; as chaplain of James VI of Scotland accompanied him to Norway to fetch home his bride, 1589; bishop of Ross, 1600; privy councillor, 1600.
David Lindsay: '''David Lindsay''' , twelfth EARL on CRAWFORD (d. 1611), slew his kinsman, Sir Walter Lindsay of Balgavie , 1606; ultimately placed under surveillance in Edinburgh Castie.
David Lindsay: '''David Lindsay''' ([[1566]] 7-[[1627]]), presbyte- ian divine ; pnibly son of David Lindsay (1531 V-1613); M.A. St. Andrews 1586; published theological work*.
David Lindsay: '''David Lindsay''' (. [[1641]] ?), bishop of Edinburgh : graduated at St. Andrews, 1693; master of Dundivnunmar school, 1597-1606; member of the hia;h commission, 1616; supported the king's articles at Perth assembly, 1618; rewarded with the bishopric of Brechin, 1619; crowned Charles I at Holyrood, 1633; bishop of Edinburgh and one of the lords of exchequer, 1634; deposed by the Glasgow assembly, 1638.
George Lindsay: '''George Lindsay''' , third BARON SPYXIK (rf. [[1671]]), second son of Alexander Lindsay, second baron Spynie ; succeeded to the estates, 1646; supporter of Charles I; taken prisoner at the battle of Worcester, 1651, and committed to the Tower; reinstated in his possessions, 1660; became chief representative of the Lindsays on the death of Ludovic Lindsay, sixteenth earl of Crawford
Sir James Lindsay: '''Sir James Lindsay''' , ninth BARON CRAWFORD, Lanarkshire (d. 1396), son of Sir James Lindsay, eighth baron Crawford; probably succeeded his father, 1357; fought at Otterburn, 1388; founded a convent of Trinity friars, Dundee, 1392; at feud with other Scottish nobles.
James Lindsay: '''James Lindsay''' , seventh BARON LINDSAY (d. 1601), son of Patrick Lindsay, sixth baron Lindsay of the Byres; chiefly responsible for the protestant tumult in the Tolbooth, 1596.
James Bowman Lindsay: '''James Bowman Lindsay''' ([[1799]]-[[1862]]), electrician and philologist; apprenticed as hand-loom weaver at Carmyllie, Forfarsbire: studied at St. Andrews University; lecturer on mathematics and physical science at Watt Institution, Dundee, 1829; patented, 1854, a wireless system of telegraphy by which water was to be utilised as conductor of the electric current; devoted much time to compiling a Pentecontaglossal dictionary, which he left in MS. incomplete.
John Lindsay: '''John Lindsay''' (d. [[1335]]), bishop of Glasgow ; probably appointed, 1321; held office till 1329: a supporter of the house of Bruce; the year and manner of his death a matter of dispute.
John Lindsay: '''John Lindsay''' , fifth BARON LINDSAY OF THE
Byrks: '''Byrks''' Haddingtonshire (d. [[1563]]): descended from William, son of Sir David Lindsay of Crawford (d. 1355 ?), succeeded to the title on death of his grandfather, Patrick, fourth lord Lindsay, 1526; present at the death of James V, 1542; one of the four noblemen entrusted with the custody of the infant Princess Mary, 1543; subscribed theBook of Discipline 1561.
John Lindsay: '''John Lindsay''' , LORD MKNMUIR ([[1652]]-[[1598]]), secretary of state in Scotland: brother of Sir David Lindsay, baron Edzell; studied at Paris and Cambridge; adopted the profession of the law; lord of session as Lord Menmuir, 1581; privy councillor, 1589; lord keeper of the privy seal and secretary of state, 1595; advised the king to establish episcopacy, 1596.
John Lindsay: '''John Lindsay''' , tenth BARON LINDSAY OF THE
Byres: '''Byres''' first EARL OF LINDSAY, and afterwards known as
Crawford John: '''Crawford John''' -LINDSAY, seventeenth EARL OF CRAW-
Ford: '''Ford''' ([[1596]]-[[1678]]), created Earl of Lindsay, [[1633]] ; leader of the covenanters; lord of session and commissioner of the treasury, 1641; distinguished himself at Marston Moor, and title and dignities of Earl of Crawford ratified on him, 1644; president of the parliament, 1645; took part in attempt to rescue Charles from Carisbrook, 1646: joined the coalition for Charles IPs restoration, 1650; taken prisoner, 1652; released, 1660; lord high treasurer, 1661; refusing to abjure the covenant resigned his offices and retired from public life, 1663.
John Lindsay: '''John Lindsay''' , twentieth EARL OF CRAWFORD (1702-1749), military commander; educated at the universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh and the military academy of VaudeuiL, Paris: entered the army, 1726; Scots representative peer, 1733: captain, 1734; joined the imperial army under Prince Eugene, 1735; served in the Russian army, 1738-41: adjutant-general at Dettingeu, 1743; brigadier-general at Fontenoy, 1745; engaged in suppressing the rebellion of 1745; lieutenant-general, 1747.
Lindsay: '''Lindsay''' 770
Lingard: '''Lingard'''
John Lindsay: '''John Lindsay''' (. [[1758]]), chaplain of the Fou-
Rucux: '''Rucux''' with Keppel at the Goree expelition : published ' A Voyage to the Coast of Africa in 1758 1769.
John Lindsay: '''John Lindsay''' ([[1686]]-[[1768]]), nonjuror: published historical and religious works.
Sir John Lindsay: '''Sir John Lindsay''' ([[1737]]-[[1788]]), rear-admiral; served in Hochefort expedition, 1757, in expedition asrmnst Havana, 1762: knighted, 1763; in West Indies, 1764-5; commodore and commander-in-chief in Etist Indies, 1769-72: K.B., 1771: took part in engagement off Ushant. 1778: commodore and commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, 1783; rear-admiral, 1787.

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Ludovio Lindsay: '''Ludovio Lindsay''' , sixteenth EARL OF CRAW-
Ford: '''Ford''' ([[1600]]-[[1652]]?), succeeded his brother Alexander Lindsay, fifteenth earl, 1639; entered Spanish service; connected with the Incident plot, 1641: joined Charles I'a standard, 1642: fought at Newbury, 1643, at Marston Moor, 1644; exiled, 1646; subsequently served in Spain and France; died probably in France.
Patrick Lindsay: '''Patrick Lindsay''' , sixth BARON LINDSAY OF THE
Byres: '''Byres''' (d. [[1589]]), supporter of the reformers in Scotland ; eldest son of John Lindsay, fifth baron of the Byres ; succeeded to title, 1663; supporter of the plot to murder David Riccio or Rizzio, 1566: supported the king's party, 1570-2; concerned in Ruthven raid, 1582, and in Gowrie conspiracy, 1684.
Patrick Lindsay: '''Patrick Lindsay''' ([[1566]]-[[1644]]), archbishop of Glasgow; educated at St. Andrews; supported the episcopalian schemes of James I; bishop of Ross, 1613-33; privy councillor of Scotland, 1615; archbishop of Glasgow, 1633; deposed by the general assembly, 1638.
Patrick Lindsay: '''Patrick Lindsay''' (d. [[1753]]), lord provost of Edinburgh; served in Spain until peace of Utrecht, 1713; lord provost of Edinburgh, 1729 and 1733; published work on the economic resources of Scotland, 1733; M.P., Edinburgh, 1734-41; governor of the Isle of Man, 1741.
Robert Lindsay: '''Robert Lindsay''' ([[1500]] 7-[[1565]] ?), of Pitscottie, Scottish historian; his History covering a period of Scottish history about the earlier part of which, from the death of James I to that of James III, very little is known, first published, 1728.
Sir Walter Lindsay: '''Sir Walter Lindsay''' of Balgavie, Forfarshire (d. 1605), Roman catholic intriguer; acquired property of Balgavie, 1584; converted to Roman Catholicism, and constantly charged with conspiring against presbyteriauism; escaped the vengeance of the kirk by fleeing to Spain; there publishedAn Account of the present State of the Catholic Religion in the Realm of Scotland 1594; returned to Scotland, 1698; took part in all the feuds of the Lindsays; barbarously murdered by his kinsman, David Lindsay, twelfth earl of Crawford
William Lindsay: '''William Lindsay''' , eighteenth EARL OF CRAW-
Ford: '''Ford''' and second EARL OF LINDSAY (d. [[1698]]), eldest son of John Lindsay, tenth baron Lindsay of the Byres, seventeenth earl of Crawford, and first earl of Lindsay ; succeeded to the earldoms, 1678; a zealous presbyterian; president of the Convention parliament, 689; a commissioner of the treasury, 1690; one of the commissioners for settling the government of the church.
William Lindsay: '''William Lindsay''' ([[1802]]-[[1866]]), united presbyterian minister; studied at Glasgow University and the theological hall at Paisley; ordained, 1830; appointed professor of exegetical theology and biblical criticism by the relief synod; D.D. Glasgow, 1844; professor of sacred languages and biblical criticism on the staff of the United Presbyterian Hall, Glasgow, 1847, and professor of exegetical theology, 1858; published The Law of Marriage 1855, Exposition of Epistle to the Hebrews (edited, 1867), and other works.
William Lauder Lindsay: '''William Lauder Lindsay''' ([[1829]]-[[1880]]), botanist; educated at Edinburgh High School and University: M.D. Edinburgh, 1852; combined geological and botanical studies with his practice of medicine; publishedThe History of British Lichens 1856; visited New Zealand, 1861-2; published Contributions to New Zealand Botany 1868, and Memoirs on the Spermogenes and Pycnides of Lichens 1870. Of bis works on medi cal subjects, the chief is Mind in the Lower Animals in Health and Disease 1879.
William Schaw Lindsay: '''William Schaw Lindsay''' ([[1816]]-[[1877]]), merchant and shipowner; began a seafaring life, 1831; captain in the merchant service, 1830-40: fitter to the Castle Eden Coal Company, Hartlepool, 1841; established firm of W. S. Lindsay & Co., one of the largest shipownimr concerns in the world; M.P., Tynemouth and North Shields, 1854-9, Sunderland, 1859-65; published a valuable 'History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce 1874-6; author of other works on kindred subject*, and of Log of my Leisure Hours
Lind: '''Lind''' 8ELL, AUGUSTINE (d. [[1634]]), bishop of Hereford; M.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge: fellow of Clare Hall, 1699; D.D., 1621; dean of Lichfield, 1628; bishop of Peterborough, 1633, of Hereford, 1684: his edition of Theophylact'sCommentaries on St. Paul's Epistles published, 1636.
Earlb of Lindsey: '''Earlb of Lindsey''' . See BERTIE, ROBERT, flrrt
Earl: '''Earl''' [[1582]]-[[1642]]; BERTIE, MONTAGUE, second EARL, 16087-1666.
Theophilus Lindsey: '''Theophilus Lindsey''' ([[1723]]-[[1808]]), Unitarian ; educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; follow, 1747; held several livings, but his views becoming Unitarian, resigned, 1773; opened a temporary chapel (established permanently, 1778) in London, 1774, and issued his 4 Apology;A Sequel to the Apology 1776, his most valuable contribution to dogmatic theology; hisHistorical View of the State of the Unitarian Doctrine and Worship from the Reformation to our own Time published, 1783; took leave of his pulpit, 1793; published 'Conversations on the Divine Government 1802, and a liturgy adapted for Unitarian congregations.
Line: '''Line''' alias HALL, FRANCIS ([[1595]]-[[1675]]X Jesuit and scientific writer; joined Jesuits, 1623; ordained, 1628; professed of the four vows, 1640; professor of Hebrew and mathematics in the Jesuit college, Liege; missioner in England, 1656-69; constructed a sun-dial set up in the king's private garden at Whitehall, 1669; returned to Liege, 1672, where he died; author of several scientific works written between 1660 and 1675 on such subjects as squaring the circle, sundials, and the barometer.
Samuel Lines: '''Samuel Lines''' ([[1778]]-[[1863]]), painter, designer, and art instructor; worked as designer to a clock-dial enameller, papier-mache maker, and die engraver; began to teach drawing at Birmingham, 1807; set up in conjunction with others a life academy there, 1809; helped to found Birmingham School of Art, 1821; treasurer and curator of the Birmingham Society of Artists.
Samuel Restell Lines: '''Samuel Restell Lines''' ([[1804]]-[[1833]]), painter ; j son of Samuel Lines (1778-1863): studied under his father; occasionally exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Thomas Linford: '''Thomas Linford''' ([[1650]]-[[1724]]).
Frederick Lingard: '''Frederick Lingard''' ([[1811]]-[[1847]]), musician: organist, choirmaster, teacher of music, and composer; lay- vicar of Durham Cathedral, 1835; publishedAntiphonal Chants for the Psalter 1843, and aSeries of Anthems
John Lingard: '''John Lingard''' ([[1771]]-[[1851]]), Roman catholic historian of England; studied at the English college at i Donay, 1782-93; ordained and a ppointed vice-president of Crookhall College, near Durham, 1795-1811; published !The Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church 1806; began hisHistory of Englandwhen missioner at Hornby, near Lancaster, 1811; D.D.: visited Rome, 1817 and 1825; took part in the jurisdiction of the Roman church in Great Britain; created doctor of divinity and of the canon and civil law by Pius VII, 1821: vols. i. iL and iii. of theHistorywere published, 1819; the remainder followed at intervals, 1820-30. It had five editions before 1851, and remains the authority for the reformation from the side of the enlightened Roman catholic priesthood.
Lingard: '''Lingard''' or LYNGARD, RICHARD ([[1598]] ?-[[1670]]), dean of Lismore: ordained, 1622: archdeacon of Clonmacnoise, 1639; professor of divinity, Dublin University, 1660; vice-provost, 1662; D.D., 1664; dean of Lismore, 1666. L.INGEN 780
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Lingen: '''Lingen''' Sin HKXRY ([[1812]]-[[1662]]), royalist; raised foogbt for Charles 1, 1643-8; knighted, 1646: .; M.P.,
Elizabeth Ann Linley: '''Elizabeth Ann Linley''' , afterwards MRS.
Shb: '''Shb''' iiiiAS ([[1754]]-[[1793]]).
Francis Linley: '''Francis Linley''' ([[1774]]-[[1800]]), organist and composer; blind from birth; organist at St. James's Chapel, Pentouville, London, c. 1790; carried on business as a music-seller, 1796: composed sonatas and airs for pianoforte and flute, and wrote a practical introduction to the organ (1 Jth L c. 1810).
George Ldtley: '''George Ldtley''' ([[1798]]-[[1865]]), verse- writer and ma*ical composer: composed fashionable and popular ballads. 1830-47: author of farces and satirical poems, Including Musical Cynics of London, a satire 1862, a saTage onslaught on Chorley; his operetta, 4 The Toymakers performed, 1861, and Law versus Love (comedietta), 1862.
George Linley: '''George Linley''' (rf. [[1869]]), son of George Linley ; publishedThe Goldseeker and other poems 1860, Old Saws newly set 1864.
Maria Linley: '''Maria Linley''' (rf. [[1784]]), singer at the Bath concert* and in oratorio; daughter of Thomas Linley the dder
Mary Linley: '''Mary Linley''' , afterwards MRS. TICKKLL ([[1756]] ?1787), vocalist; daughter of Thomas Linley the elder , musician; first appeared in public, 1771; married Richard Tickell, pamphleteer and commissioner of stamps, 1780.
Ozias Thurston Linley: '''Ozias Thurston Linley''' ([[1766]]-[[1831]]X organist ; son of Thomas Linley the elder;.educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford; B.A., 1789; minor canon of Norwich, 1790; organist, Dulwich College, 1816.
Thomas Linley: '''Thomas Linley''' , the younger ([[1756]]-[[1778]]), violinist and composer; son of Thomas Linley the elder ; studied violin under his father, and at Florence under Nardini; leader of the orchestra and solo-player at bis father's concerts at Bath, 1773, and at the Drury Lane oratorios, 1774; drowned through the capsizing of a pleasure boat off the Lincolnshire coast; his compositions include songs for theDuenna(1775), songs for the Tempest* (1776), and a short oratorio,The Song of Moses
Thomas Linley: '''Thomas Linley''' , the elder ([[1732]]-[[1795]]), musical composer; set up in Bath as a singing-master and carried on the concerto in the Bath Assembly Rooms; became joint-manager of the Drury Lane oratorios, 1774; coinposed with his son Thomas the music for Sheridan's Duenna 1775; directed the music at Drury Lane, 17761781; member of the Royal Society of Musicians, 1777. HU compositions include the music to various dramatic pieces, and separate songs, glees, and canzonets.
William Linley: '''William Linley''' ([[1771]]-[[1835]]), author and musical 1; son of Thomas Linley the elder; eduat SU Paul's School, London, and Harrow; writer the Bast India Company, sailing for Madras, 1790: deputy-secretary to the military board, 1793; returned to England, and brought out at Drury Lane Harlequin Captive, or Magic Fire 1796; produced The Honeymoon* (comic opera), 1797, andThe Pavilion(eutertainnientx 1799; returned to Madras, 1800; paymaster at Nellore, 1801; sub-treasurer and mintmaster to the presidency, Fort St. George, 1806; settled in London, 1806; collected Shakespeare's dramatic lyrics, with music by various composers and himself, in 2 vols., 1816; composed songs and wrote novels and verses,
Earls Linlithgow: '''Earls Linlithgow''' o. See LIVINGSTONE.
Alexander: '''Alexander''' first EARL, d. 16M; LIVINGSTONE, GEOKGK third EARL, 1616-1690; LIVINGSTONK, GEORGE, fourth EARL, 1663 V-1696.
Richard Ldtnecak: '''Richard Ldtnecak''' ([[1722]]-[[1800]]), dramatist: postmaster at Wakefield: coroner for the West Riding! of lorksblre, 1763; publishedMiscellaneous Works containing two Insipid comedies and other efforts, 1789.
Lihhe: '''Lihhe''' 1L, JOHN ([[179]]J-[[1882]]), portrait ami landSpe SS!* tbe Uoyal Aca demy *ooL, 18U5; firrt exhibited at the Academy, 1807; member of the Society of Painters in Oil and Water-colours, 1812, exhibiting, 1H13-20; treasurer, 1817; became intimate with Willium Blake (1767-1827), 1818; drew, painted, and engraved portraits; exhibited over a hundred portraits and ten or twelve landscapes at the Royal Academy, 1821-47; subsequently exhibited landscapes; put down his name for the A.R.A., 1821; withdrew it in disgust, 1842; declined membership when offered in later life.
Mary Linskill: '''Mary Linskill''' ([[1840]]-[[1891]]), novelist; contributed, under pseudonym of Stephen Yorke, Tales of the North Riding to Good Words (published, 1871); author of four other novels, 1876-87, and of some short stories.
Eliza Lynn Linton: '''Eliza Lynn Linton''' ([[1822]]-[[1898]]), novelist and miscellaneous writer; daughter of the Rev. James Lynn, and granddaughter of Samuel Goodenough; established herself in London, 1845, as a woman of letters; published Azeth the Egyptian 1846, Amymone 1848, and Realities 1851, none of which were very successful; member of staff of Morning Chronicle 1848-51; newspaper correspondent at Paris, 1851-4; contributed to All the Year Round married, 1858, William James Lin ton from whom she subsequently separated amicably; returned to fiction and achieved considerable success, two of her works, Joshua Davidson 1872, and Autobiography of Christopher Kirkland 1885 (the latter in a large measure her own autobiography), being especially notable; contributed to Saturday Review from 1866. Her works include,The Girl of the Period, and other Essays(1883), andGeorge Eliot(1897).
William Linton: '''William Linton''' ([[1791]]-[[1876]]), landscape-painter : first exhibited at Royal Academy, 1817; helped to found the Society of British Artists, 1824; visited the continent, 1828; published in two folio volumes,Sketches in Italy drawn on stone, with descriptive text, 1832; resigned membership of the Society of British Artists, 1842; well versed in chemistry of colours; published Ancient and Modern Colours, from the earliest periods to the present time; with their Chemical and Artistical Properties 1852; ceased to exhibit at Royal Academy after 1859, at Society of British Artists after 1871.
Sir William Linton: '''Sir William Linton''' ([[1801]]-[[1880]]), army physician; educated at Edinburgh University: L.R.C.S. and entered army medical department, 1826; M.D. Glasgow, 1834; staff surgeon of the first class, 1848; served in Canada, the Mediterranean, and the West Indies; deputyinspector of hospitals in the Crimea; present in every action up to Balaclava; in charge of barrack hospital, Scutari, from 1854 till return of British forces; proceeded to India as inspector-general of hospitals, 1857; held offices throughout the mutiny; retired from the active list, 1863; K.C.B., 1865.
William James Linton: '''William James Linton''' ([[1812]]-[[1898]]), engraver, poet, and political reformer; apprenticed as wood-engraver; became associated with John Orrin Smith; adopted advanced views in religion and politics; established, 1839, The National designed as a vehicle for reprints from publications inaccessible to working men; editor of The Illuminated Magazine 1845; formed intimate friendship with Mazzini; took part in founding International League of patriots of all nations, 1847; supportedThe Friends of Italy; founded and conducted, 1850-5,The English Republic periodical; gained wide reputation as wood-engraver; married Eliza Lynn see LINTON, ELIZA LYNN, 1858; engraved covers of Cornhill* and Macmillan's magazines; went to America (1866) and established himself at Appledore, near New Haven, Connecticut, where he engaged privately in printing and engraving, and issued several books; died at New Haven. His publications include A History of Wood Engraving in America 1882, Masters of Wood Engraving 1890, some volumes of verse, and Memories an autobiography, 1895.
Barnaby Bernard Ltntot: '''Barnaby Bernard Ltntot''' ([[1675]]-[[1736]]), publisher; apprentice at StationersHall, 1690: free of the company, 1699; published poems and plays for Pope, Gay, Farquhar, Paruell, Steele, and Rowe, 1702-8; published Fenton's Oxford and Cambridge Miscellany Poems 1709, and Miscellaneous Poems and Translations (containing Pope'sRape of the Lockin its first form), 1712; published Pope'sIliad, 1 1718-20,Odyssey,* 1725-6; underwarden of the StationersCompany, 1729-30.
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Lister: '''Lister''' LIirrOT, HENRY (1703-1758), publisher and, from 1730, partner with his father, Barnaby Bernard Llntot
Mary Linwood: '''Mary Linwood''' ([[1755]]-[[1845]]), musical composer and artist in needlework; imitated pictures in worsted embroidery; exhibited at the Society of Artiste, 1776 and 1778, and in London and the chief provincial towns, 17981835: composed an oratorio and some songs; published Leicestershire Tales 1808.

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William Linwood: '''William Linwood''' ([[1817]]-[[1878]]), classical scholar : entered Christ Church, Oxford, 1836: M.A., 1842: public examiner at Oxford, 1850-1; his best-known works, A Lexicon to.fischylus 1843, and Sophoclis Tragcediw 1846.
of Antwerp Lionel: '''of Antwerp Lionel''' , EARL OF ULSTER and first DUKE OF CLARENCE (1338-1368), third son of Edward III; born at Antwerp; guardian and lieutenant of England during his father's absence, 1345 and 1346: created Earl of Ulster, 1347: married Elizabeth (rf. 1362), daughter of William de Burgh, third earl of Ulster, 1352; knighted, 1355; king's lieutenant in Ireland, 1361; created Duke of Clarence, 1362: met the parliament which drew up statute of Kilkenny, 1367; married at Milan, as his second wife, Violaute, daughter of Galeazzo Visconti, lord of Pavia, 1368; died at Alba,
Christopher Lipscomb: '''Christopher Lipscomb''' ([[1781]]-[[1843]]), first bishop of Jamaica, 1824; son of William Lipscomb
George Lipscomb: '''George Lipscomb''' ([[1773]]-[[1846]]), historian of Buckinghamshire: studied surgery; house-surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1792; captain commandant of the Warwickshire volunteer infantry, and deputy- recorder of Warwick, 1798: M.D. Aberdeen, 1801; joint-editor of the National Adviser 1811; contributed to theGentleman's Magazine his great work,The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham published in eight parts, 1831-47; published medical works.
William Lipscomb: '''William Lipscomb''' ([[1754]]-[[1842]]), miscellaneous writer; cousin of George Lipscomb; educated at Winchester and Corpus Christ! College, Oxford: M.A., 1784; published Poems (including translations of Italian sonnets), 1784, and "The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer completed in a Modern Version 1795.
Lisgab: '''Lisgab''' first BARON ([[1807]]-[[1876]]). See YOUNG ,SiR
John: '''John'''
Viscounts Lisle: '''Viscounts Lisle''' . See PLANTAGENET, ARTHUR, 1480?-1542; DUDLEY, JOHN, 1502 ?-1553; SIDNEY, ROBERT, first VISCOUNT of the Sidney family, 1563-1626; SIDNEY, ROBERT, second VISCOUNT, 1595-1677: SIDNEY, PHILIP, third VISCOUNT, 1619-1698.
Alice Lisle: '''Alice Lisle''' ([[1614]] ?-[[1685]]), victim of a judicial murder; daughter of Sir White Beckenshaw; married John Lisle,1630; tried before Jeffreys for sheltering Monmouth's supporters at her house at Moyles Court; found guilty and beheaded at Winchester.
Sir George Lisle: '''Sir George Lisle''' (4. [[1648]]), royalist ; received his military education in the Netherlands; fought for Charles I in battles of Newbnry, 1643 and 1644, Cheriton, 1644, and Naseby, 1645; governor of Faringdon, 1644-6: hon. D.C.L. Oxford, 1645; knighted, 1645; defended Colchester, but was forced to surrender and shot as a rebel, 1648.
James George Semple Lisle: '''James George Semple Lisle''' (. [[1799]]). See
Skmplk: '''Skmplk'''
John Lisle: '''John Lisle''' ([[1610]] ?-[[1664]]), regicide ; educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford; B.A., 1626; barrister, Middle Temple, 1633: bencher, 1649; M.P., Winchester, 1640; master of St. Cross Hospital, Winchester, 1644-9; one of the managers in Charles I's trial; appointed one of the commissioners of the great seal, and placed on the council of state, 1649: M.P., Southampton, 1654; held various offices in parliaments of 1654-9: commissioner of the admiralty and navy, 1660; at Restoration fled to Switzerland; murdered at Lausanne by an Irishman known as Thomas Macdonnell, really named Sir James Fitz Edmond Cotter. Alice Lisle was his second wife.
Samuel Lisle: '''Samuel Lisle''' ([[1683]]-[[1749]]), successively bishop of St. Asaph and of Norwich: M.A. Wadham College, Oxford, 1706; received holy orders, 1707; chaplain to the Levant Company, 1710-19; archdeacon of Canterbury, 1724; prebendary of Canterbury, 1728; prolocutor of the lower house of convocation, 1734 and 1741; warden of Wadham College, Oxford, 1739-44: D.D., 173V* of St. Asaph, 1744-8, of Norwich, 1748-9; printed a few sermons and collected inscriptions during his Levant chaplaincy, printed in the Autiquitates Asiatics of Edmund Chishull, 1728.
Thomas Lisle: '''Thomas Lisle''' (rf. [[1361]] X bishop of Ely ; called
Lyldk Lylk: '''Lyldk Lylk''' , and LYLDUS ; educated in the Dominican house, Cambridge: joined the order of Predicant friars, and acquired celebrity as a preacher: bishop of Ely, 1S4; built churches in his diocese, and rendered material services to the University of Cambridge; at feud with Blanche, daughter of Henry, earl of Lancaster, and compelled to flee; died a refugee at Avignon,
Lisle: '''Lisle''' or L'ISLE, WILLIAM ([[1569]]? -[[1637]]), AngloSaxon scholar; of Eton and King's College, Cambridge; M.A, 1592; lived at Cambridge; a pioneer in the study of Anglo-Saxon; printed for the first time, with an English translation, the Treatise on the Old and New Testament," by Elfric Grammaticus; published a rhymed version of Heliodorus's Ethiopica 1631.
Edward Lister: '''Edward Lister''' ([[1556]]-[[1620]]), physician ; brother of Sir Matthew Lister; of Eton and King's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1588; M.D., 1590; F.R.O.P., 1594, and treasurer, 1612-18; physician in ordinary to Queen Elizabeth and to James I.
Joseph Lister: '''Joseph Lister''' ([[1627]]-[[1709]]), puritan autobiographer; by turns trader, man-servant, and small farmer; his autobiography edited by Thomas Wright, 1842.
Joseph Jackson Lister: '''Joseph Jackson Lister''' ([[1786]]-[[1869]]), discoverer of the principle of the modern microscope; occupied in the wine trade; attempted to improve the object-glass, 1824; continued his investigations, 1826-7; discovered principle of construction of modern microscope, 1830; the first to ascertain the true form of the red corpuscle of mammalian blood, 1834; aided opticians in the construction of the microscope. His law of the aplanatic foci remains the guiding principle of microscopy.
Martin Lister: '''Martin Lister''' ([[1638]] ?-[[1712]]), zoologist ; nephew of Sir Matthew Lister: of St. John's College, Cambridge; fellow, 1660; M.A., 1662; F.R., 1671; practised medicine at York till 1683; removed to London, 1684; M.D. Oxford, 1684: publishedHistoria sive Synopsis Methodica Conchyliorum 1686-92; F.R.C.P., 1687; censor, 1694: accompanied Earl of Portland on his embassy to Paris, and published an account of his journey, 1698. His contributions to thePhilosophical Transactions (extending over Kos. 25-585) treat of plants, spiders, meteorology, minerals, molluscs, medicine, and antiquities.
Sir Matthew Lister: '''Sir Matthew Lister''' ([[1571]] 7-[[1656]]), physician ; M.A. Oriel College, Oxford; 1695; M.D. Basle, incorporated at Oxford, 1605, at Cambridge, 1608; F.R.C.P., 1607; physician to Anne, queen of James I, and to Charles I; knighted, 1636.
Thomas Lister: '''Thomas Lister''' , alias BUTLER ([[1559]]-[[1626]] ?), Jesuit; entered the English college at Rome, 1679; joined Jesuits, 1583; D.D. Pont-a-Mousson, 1692; missioner in England, 1696; imprisoned at time of Gunpowder plot; banished, 1606; again in England, and professed of the four vows, 1610; superior of the Oxford district, 1621: author of aTreatise of Schism widely circulated in manuscript.
Thomas Lister: '''Thomas Lister''' ([[1597]]-[[1668]]), parliamentarian colonel; admitted to Gray's Inn, 1616; lieutenant-colonel in the parliamentary army and deputy-governor of Lincoln; M.P., Lincoln, 1647-56, and in 1659: member of the council of state, 1651; forbidden to hold office from 1660.
Thomas Lister: '''Thomas Lister''' ([[1810]]-[[1888]]), poet and naturalist ; assisted his father, a qunker gardener and small farmer: published Rustic Wreath a collection of fugitive verses, 1834; visited the continent, 1838; postmaster of Barnsley, 1889-70; an enthusiastic naturalist, and constant attendant and contributor of papers at the British Association meetings.

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Hknry: '''Hknry''' ([[1800]]-[[1842]]), novelist tinstor:inl Trinity College, (or inquiring into state of rwiooTand other instruction in Ireland, 1834, into the opportunities of religious worship and means of religious instruction hi Scotland, 1836; the first registrar-general of BngU"d and Wales, 1836; works include Granby (novel), 1 8S, Epicharis (a tragedy performed at Drury Lane. 1829). and The Life and Administration of Edward, flrst Earl of Clarendon 1887-8.
Henry Liston: '''Henry Liston''' ([[1771]]-[[1836]]), writer on music; Htudiol for the ministry at Edinburgh University; of Ecclesmachan, Linlithgowshire, 1793-1830; inventor of the * Eucharmouic organ, 1811; published Essay on Perfect Intonation 1812; conjunct clerk of the synod of Lothian and Tweeddale, 18 LI8TON, JOHN (17767-1846), actor: master at the grammar school of St. Martin's, Leicester Square, London, 1799: his flrst effort* as an actor made in company with Stephen Kemble in north of England; played comic parts at Ha market Theatre, London, 1805, at Covent Garden, London, 1808-22, at Drury Lane, London, 1823, subsequently at Olympic, London; retired from the stage, 1837; played, among other parts, Polonius, Slender, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Bottom, and Oloten. LI8TON, SIR ROBERT (1742-1836), diplomatist: educated at Edinburgh University; tutor to the sous of Sir Gilbert Elliot (1722-1777): minister plenipotentiary at Madrid, 1783-8; LL.D. Edinburgh, 1785; envoy extraordinary at Stockholm, 1788-93: ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, Constantinople, 17931796; ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, Washington, 1796-1802; envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Batavian republic, 1802-4; ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, Constantinople, 1811-21; privy councillor, 1812; G.C.B. (civil), 1816.
Robert Liston: '''Robert Liston''' ([[1794]]-[[1847]]), surgeon; son of Henry Liston; entered Edinburgh University, 1808: assistant to Dr. John Barclay (1758-1826); boose-surgeon at Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, 1814-16: M.H.C.S., 1816; worked in Edinburgh as teacher of anatomy and operating surgeon, 1818-28: surgeon to the hospital attached to the London University, 1834; professor of clinical surgery. University College, London, 1885; FJUS., 1841; a skilful operator; best known in connection with theListen splint chief works,The Elements of Surgery 1831-2, andPractical Surgery 1837.
Litchfield: '''Litchfield'''
Mrs Litchfizld: '''Mrs Litchfizld''' . HARRIETT ([[1777]]-[[1854]]X actress; ntt Hay; made her first appearance on the stage, 1791; married John Litchfleld (d. 1858) of the privy council office, 1794; acted at Covent Garden from 1797; retired after 1812; her best part Emilia in Othello.
William Lithgow: '''William Lithgow''' ([[1582]]-[[1645]] ?), traveller ; made voyages to the Orkneys and Shetlands: travelled in Germany, Bohemia, Helvetia, and the Low Countries; claimed to have tramped over 36,000 miles in Europe, Asia, Africa, 1610-13; made other journeys, 1614-19 and 1620-2; walked from London to Edinburgh, 1627; journeyed in England, Scotland, and Holland, 1628-44; chief work, The Total! Discourse of the Rare Aduentures and painfull Peregrinations of long nineteene Yeares 1614.
Litlinoton: '''Litlinoton''' or LITTLINGTON, X NICHOLAS (1116 ?-1386), successively prior and abbot of Westminster Abbey: prior of Westminster, 1352; abbot, 1362; built the Jerusalem Chamber; assisted at the coronation of Kichard II, 1377.
Ltt: '''Ltt''' 8TER or LE LITESTER, JOHN (d. [[1381]]), 'king MM commons led therustics and ribaldsof Norfolk, 1381; assumed the royal title as king of the cornmoos 1881; taken at the battle of North Walsham and banged, beheaded, and quartered at the command of Henry le Despeuser, bishop of Norwich.
Sir Joseph Uttledale: '''Sir Joseph Uttledale''' ([[1767]]-io A juoge M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1790: barrister, Gray Inn, 1798; counsel to tlie University of Cambridge 1813; edited Skeltou's Magnyfyeence, an Interlude 1821; judge in the court of king's bench, 1824-41; knighted, 1824; privy councillor, 1841.
Richard Frederick Littledaie: '''Richard Frederick Littledaie''' ([[1833]]1890), Anglican controversialist: M.A. Trinity Collet.-, Dublin, 1858; LL.D., 1862: held curacies in England, but devoted himself mainly to literary work; published v,..rk in support of Anglicanism in opposition to Roman Catholicism, 1887-89.
Sir John Hunter Littler: '''Sir John Hunter Littler''' ([[1783]]-1R5G), lieutenant-general, Indian army: lieutenant, 10th Bengal infantry, 1800; served in the campaigns under Lord Lake, 1804-5; in Java, 1811-16; captain, 1812; commissarygeneral in the Marquis of Hastings's army, 1816-24; major, 1824; colonel, 36th Bengal native infantry, 18391856; major-general, 1841; commander of the Agra division of the Bengal army, 1843; K.C.B., 1844; served in the Sikh war, 1845; G.O.B. and deputy governor of Bengal, 1849; lieutenant-general, 1851.
Littleton: '''Littleton'''
Adam Littleton: '''Adam Littleton''' ([[1627]]-[[1694]]), lexicographer: educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; second master at Westminster, 1658; rector of Chelsea, 1669; chaplain to Charles II, 1670; published A Latin Dictionary in four parts 1673; prebendary of Westminster, 1674.
Sir Edward Littleton: '''Sir Edward Littleton''' , first BARON LITTLETON (1589-1645), educated at Christ Church, Oxford; B.A., 1609; barrister, Inner Temple, 1617; chief-justice of North Wales, 1621; M.P., Leominster, 1625-6 and 1627-8; helped to frame the Petition of Right, 1628; bencher of his inn, 1629; recorder of London, 1631; reader to the Inner Temple, 1632; solicitor-general, 1634; knighted, 1635; chief-justice of the common pleas, 1640; lord keeper, 1641; created Baron Littleton, 1641; D.C.L. Oxford, 1643.
Edward Littleton: '''Edward Littleton''' (ft. [[1694]]), agent for the island of Barbados; educated at Westminster and St. Mary Hall, Oxford; B.A., 1644; fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1647; M.A., 1648; senior proctor, 1656; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1664: went to Barbados as secretary to Lord Willoughby of Parham, 1666; judge, 16701683; elected member of the assembly, 1674; agent for Barbados, 1683; published tracts on the colonies, finance, and general politics, 1664-94.
Edward Littleton: '''Edward Littleton''' (d. [[1733]]), divine and poet : educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge; B.A., 1720; LL.D. comitiis regiis, 1728; assistant-master at Eton, 1720; M.A., 1724; a royal chaplain, 1730: his poems published in Dodsley's Collection (edited 1782), the most celebrated being On a Spider; two volumes of sermons published, 1735.
Edward John Littleton: '''Edward John Littleton''' , first BARON
Hathkrton: '''Hathkrton''' ([[1791]]-[[1863]]), of Rugby and Brasenose College, Oxford; M.P., Staffordshire, 1812-32; created D.C.L. Oxford, 1817; supported Reform Bill: M.P., South Staffordshire, 1832 and 1836; chief secretary to the lord-lieutenant of Ireland, 1833: privy councillor, 1833; supported new Coercion Bill, 1834, but resigned office in consequence of having made indiscreet communications to O'Counell, 1834; created Baron Hatherton of Hatherton, 1835; began his political career as member of the independent country party, and ended it as a whig.
Henry Littleton: '''Henry Littleton''' ([[1823]]-[[1888]]), music publisher ; entered music publishing house of Novello, 1841; manager, 1846; partner, 1861; sole proprietor, 1866; retired, leaving largest business of the kind in the world, 1887.
James Littleton: '''James Littleton''' (d. [[1723]]), vice-admiral ; grandnephew of Sir Thomas Littleton (1647 ?-1710); present as first lieutenant at the battle of La Hogue, 1692; captain, 1693; on the Newfoundland station, 16961697; in the East Indies acting against pirates, 1699; present at Alicante, 1706; in the West Indies, 1709-12; resident commissioner and commander-in-chief at Chatham, 1715; rear-admiral of the red, 1716: vice-admiral of the blue, 1717; M.P., Queensborough, 1722.
Sir Thomas Littleton: '''Sir Thomas Littleton''' ([[1402]]-[[1481]]), judge and legal author: sheriff of Worcestershire, 1447; serjeunt-utlaw, 1453; king's Serjeant, 1455; justice of the common
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Livingstone: '''Livingstone''' pleas, 1466; K.B., 1475. His fame rests on his treatise onTenures written in law- French, ami hi.- text, ith Coke's comment siv (OKI-:, Silt Kiw.vui j.lon: remained the principal authority on English real property law; the filitin jrinctps is a folio published in London without date or title.
Littleton: '''Littleton''' Silt THOMAS, third baronet ([[1647]]?1710), shaker of the House of Commons and treasurer of the navy; educated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; entered Inner Temple, 1671; succeeded to his father's baronetcy, 1681; M.P., Woodstock, 1609-1702; an active whig; a lord of the admiralty, 1697; speaker of the House of Commons, 1698-1700; treasurer of the navy, 1701-10; M.P., Castle Rising, Norfolk, 1702, Chichester, 1707, Portsmouth, 170N-10.
William Ed Littlewood: '''William Ed Littlewood''' fiNSOR ([[1831]]-[[1886]]), miscellaneous writer; of Merchant TaylorsSchool and Pembroke College, Cambridge: B.A., 1854; ordained, 1858: M.A., 1860; published theological and historical works.
William Op Littlington: '''William Op Littlington''' (d. [[1312]]). See WIL-
Liam: '''Liam'''
Marie Litton: '''Marie Litton''' ([[1847]]-[[1884]]), actress ; her real name Lowe; first appeared on the stage, 1868; managed the Court Theatre, 1871-4, the Imperial Theatre, 1878, and; the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 1880; made her reputation in old comedy in such parts as Lady Teazle, Lydia I Languish, and Miss Hardcastle.
Litjlf: '''Litjlf''' or LIGULF (d. [[1080]]), Anglo-Saxon nobleman : friend of Walcher, bishop of Durham; excited envy of bishop's chaplain, Leobwine, by whom he was murdered.
Edward Lively: '''Edward Lively''' ([[1545]]?-[[1605]]), Hebrew professor at Cambridge; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1572; regius professor of Hebrew. 1575; prebendary of Peterborough, 1602; one of the translators of the authorised version, 1604; published A true Chronologic of the... Persian Monarchic 1597, and other works,
Earls of Liverpool: '''Earls of Liverpool''' . See JENKINSON, CHARLES, first EARL, 1727-1808; JENKINSON, ROBERT BANKS, second EARL, 1770-1828; JENKINSON, CHARLES CECIL COPE, third EARL, 1784-1851.
Henry Ltverseege: '''Henry Ltverseege''' ([[1803]]-[[1832]]), painter; lived chiefly in Manchester; painted subject-pictures.
Richard Livesay: '''Richard Livesay''' (d. [[1823]] ?), portrait and landscape painter; exhibited portraits and domestic subjects at Royal Academy, 1776-1821; copied pictures at Windsor for Benjamin West, and taught some of the royal children drawing, 1790: drawing-master to the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, 1796.
James Livesey: '''James Livesey''' ([[1625]] ?-[[1682]]), divine; vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire, 1657-82; published some scholarly sermons.
Joseph Livesey: '''Joseph Livesey''' ([[1794]]-[[1884]]), temperance advocate and philanthropist; brought outThe Moral Reformer a magazine, 1831-3 and 1838-9; issued the Preston Temperance Advocate the first teetotal publication in England, 1834; managed the Preston G uardian 1844-59; theTeetotal Progressionist 1851-2,The Staunch Teetotaler 1867-9; published an autobiography, 1881.
Sir Michael Livesey: '''Sir Michael Livesey''' , first baronet ([[1611]]-[[1663]] ?), regicide; created baronet, 1627: M.P., Queensborough, Kent, 1645; signed Charles I's death-warrant; commissioner of the admiralty and navy, 1660; escaped to the Low Countries at the Restoration.
Lyfing Living: '''Lyfing Living''' , ELFSTAN, or ETHELSTAN (d. 1020), archbishop of Canterbury; bishop of Wells, 999; appointed to Canterbury by Ethelred the Unready , 1013; crowned Edmund Ironside, 1016, and Canute, 1017.
Living: '''Living''' or LYFING (d. [[1046]]), bishop of Crediton ; abbot of Tavistock, Devonshire: accompanied Canute q. v.l to Rome, and brought back his famous letter to the English people; bishop of Crediton, 1027; bishop of Worcester, holding the see in plurality, 1038, the see of Cornwall being merged with that of Crediton, c. 1043.
Livingstone: '''Livingstone''' Sm ALEXANDER (d. [[1450]]?). of iill.-iidar: guardian ot James II of Scotland: aided James I of Scotland's widow in foiling s.r William Criohton, 1439 and 1443: juHticiary of Scotland, 1449; fell into disgrace and was imprisoned.
Alexander Livingstone: '''Alexander Livingstone''' , seventh
Livi: '''Livi''' ;STOXK and first EARL OK Lixi.rm;w (,l. [[1622]]), eldest son of William Livingstone, sixth baron: supported Mary Queen of Soots: lord of the bedcliamber, 1580; succeeded hi* father, 1&92; oommiwioner of taxation, 1594: guardian of Princess Elizabeth, 1696-1C03: privy councillor, 1698; created Earl of Liulithgow, Lord Livingstone and Cullendar, 1600.
Charles Livingstone: '''Charles Livingstone''' ([[1821]]-[[1873]]), missionary and traveller: brother of David Livingstone: emigrated to America and became a missionary, 1840: joined his brother in his African expeditions, 1867-68; appointed English consul at Fernando Po, 1864; the Bight* of Benin and Biafra added to his district, 1867; died near Lagos.
Charlotte Maria Livingstone: '''Charlotte Maria Livingstone''' , OOCNTH* OF NBWBUROH (d. 1755). See RADCLIFKE or RADCLYKFE, CHARLOTTE MARIA.
David Livingstone: '''David Livingstone''' ([[1813]]-[[1873]]), African missionary and explorer; educated himself while working at a cotton factory near Glasgow; attended the medical class at Anderson College and lectures at Glasgow University, 1832; entered the service of the London Missionary Society, studied medicine and science in London: embarked as a missionary for the Cape of Good Hope, 1840; made journeys into the interior, 1841, 1842, and 1843; discovered Lake Ngami, 1849, and the Zambesi in the centre of the continent, 1851; made great exploring expedition from Cape Town northwards through Westcentral Africa to Luanda and back to Quilimane 18621856; visited England, 1856; D.C.L. Oxford and F.R.S.; published his missionary travels, and severed bis connection with the London Missionary Society, 1857; consul at Quilimane, 1858-64; commanded expedition to explore Eastern and Central Africa, 1858; discovered lakes Shirwa and Nyasa, 1859; lost his wife at Shupanga, 1862; visited England, 1864; published "The Zambesi and Its Tributaries 1865; started on expedition to solve the question of the Nile basin, 1865; discovered Lake Bangweolo, 1868; reached Ujiji, 1869; explored the cannibal country, enduring great sufferings, and returned, almost dying, to Ujiji, where he was rescued by Stanley, 1871; reached Unyanyembe, 1872; made further explorations to discover the sources of the Nile, and died at a village in the country of Ilala; buried in Westminster Abbey, 1874.
George Livingstone: '''George Livingstone''' , third EARL OF LINLITHoow (1616-1690), eldest son of Alexander Livingstone, second earl of Linlithgow; M.P., Perthshire, 1654-6; privy councillor, 1660; major-general of the forces in Scotland, 1677-9; justice-general, 1684; deprived of the justice-generalship at the Revolution.
George Livingstone: '''George Livingstone''' , fourth EARL OF LINLITHoow (1652?-1695), eldest son of George Livingstone, third earl of Linlithgow; supported his father against the covenanters; attempted to support King James, 1689; succeeded his father, 1690; privy councillor and commissioner of the treasury, 1692.
Sir Livingstone: '''Sir Livingstone''' 'JAMES, of Barncloich, first

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Kilsyth Viscount: '''Kilsyth Viscount''' ([[1616]]-[[1661]]),a devoted loyalist; raised to the peerage of Scotland as Viscount Kilsyth and Lord Campsie, 1661.
Sir James Livingstone: '''Sir James Livingstone''' , of Kinnaird, first EARL OF NEWBUROH (d. 1670), gentleman of the bedchamber to Charles I, and created Viscount Newbtirgh, 1647: joined Charles II at the Hague, 1650: accompanied Charles's expedition to England, 1651: escaped to France after the battle of Worcester, 1651; captain of the guards, 1660; created Earl of Newburgh, Viscount Kmnaird, and Baron Livingstone of Flacraig, 1660.
James Livingstone: '''James Livingstone''' , first EARL OF OALLANDKR (d. 1674), third son of Alexander Livingstone, first earl of Linlithgow; saw military service abroad; knighted before 1629; created Baron Livingstone of Almond, 1633: accepted office from the covenanters, but secretly favoured Charles I,who created him Earl of Callander, Baron Livingstone and Almond, 1G41; appointed lieutenant-general of
Livingstone: '''Livingstone''' 784
Lloyd: '''Lloyd''' theEngagementarmy raised to liberate the king; escaped to Holland on its failure; took an active part in parliament, 1661-72.
John Livingstone: '''John Livingstone''' ([[1603]]-[[1672]]), Scottish divine ; educated at Glasgow University; licensed to preach, 16SS; banished at the Restoration, 1660; died at Rotterdam; hU Life first published, 1754.
Livingstone: '''Livingstone''' Sm THOMAS, first VISCOUNT OP
Tbviot: '''Tbviot''' ([[1668]]? -[[1711]]), lieutenant-general; born in Holland; succeeded as second baronet; came to England with William of Orange, 1688; appointed colonel of the 1688; commander-in-chief in privy councillor, 1690; major-general on establishment, 1696; created Viscount of Teviot In the peerage of Scotland, 1696; lieutenantgeneral, 1704.
William Livingstone: '''William Livingstone''' , sixth BARON LIVING-
Stone: '''Stone''' (f. 1&92), partisan of Queen Mary ; succeeded to barony, 1653; fought for Mary Queen of Scots at Langside, and accompanied her in her flight, 1568; Mary's agent in England, 1570; advised the king to abolish the regency, 1577.
Ijvingu: '''Ijvingu''' 8 (d. [[1046]]).
Saint Livings: '''Saint Livings''' (d. [[656]] ?), known as the ' Apostle of Brabant; the proof of his existence rests on an epistle and epitaph which he is said to have written; according to late authorities he was of Scottish or Irish race, and an archbishop of Ireland, who went to Ghent, 633, and was martyred at Escha.
Livtu: '''Livtu''' 8, TITDS (.!. [[1437]]), historian; called himself Titus Livius de Frulovisiis, of Ferrara; came to England and found a patron in Humphrey, duke of Gloucester ; naturalised, 1437; his * Vita Henrici Quinti, Begis Invictissimi edited by Hearne, 1716.
Barons Lixnaw: '''Barons Lixnaw''' . See FITZMAURR-K, PATRICK, 1551 ?-1600; FITZMAURICE, THOMAS, 1502-1590; FITZMAURICK, THOMAS, 1574-1630.
Lizab: '''Lizab''' 8, JOHN ([[1787]] 7-[[1860]]), surgeon : educated at Edinburgh University; his best-known work, A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, with Descriptions 1822; professor of surgery in the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, 1831.
William Home Lizabs: '''William Home Lizabs''' ([[1788]]-[[1859]]), painter and engraver; brother of John Lizars; learnt engraving from his father; studied painting at Trustees Academy, Edinburgh; carried on the engraving business after his father's death, 1812; perfected method of etching for book illustration.
Llanoveb: '''Llanoveb''' first BARON ([[1802]]-[[1867]]). See HALL,
Benjamin Sir: '''Benjamin Sir''' .
Llewelyn: '''Llewelyn'''
David Llewelyn: '''David Llewelyn''' (d. [[1415]]).
Thomas Llewelyn: '''Thomas Llewelyn''' ([[1720]] ?-[[1793]]), baptist minister; published anHistorical Account of the British or Welsh Veiwons and Editions of the Bible 1768; prominent in establishment of baptist mission in North Wale*, 1776.
Sign Lleyn: '''Sign Lleyn''' ([[1749]]-[[1817]]).
William Lleyn: '''William Lleyn''' ([[1630]]7-[[1587]]).
Lloyd: '''Lloyd'''
Bartholomew Lloyd: '''Bartholomew Lloyd''' ([[1772]]-[[1837]]), provost of Trinity College, Dublin: educated at Trinity College, Dublin: M.A., 1796; D.D., 1808; Erasmus Smith's professor of mathematics, 1813; regius professor of Greek, 1821, 1828, and 1825: Erasmus Smith's professor of natural and experimental philosophy, 1822; king's lecturer in divinity, 1823 and 1827; provost, 1831-7president of the Royal Irish Academy, 1836; Lloyd Exhibitions founded In his memory, 1839.

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Lloyd: '''Lloyd''' or FLOYD, SIR CHARLES (rf. [[1661]]), royalist; brother of Sir Godfrey Lloyd or Floyd; quartermaster. general of the king's army, 1644; knighted, 1644.
Ohable Lloyd: '''Ohable Lloyd''' 8 ([[1735]]-1 [[773]]), secretary to George Grenville; of Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1761; secretary to George Grenville. 1763; deputy-teller of the exchequer, 1767; published political pamphlets in Grenville's interest, 1763-7.
Charles Lloyd: '''Charles Lloyd''' ([[1748]]-[[1828]]), quaker ; philanthropist; banker of Birmingham; a pioneer in the movement for the emancipation of slaves; published translations from Homer and Horace.
Charles Lloyd: '''Charles Lloyd''' ([[1766]]-[[1829]]), dissenting minister and schoolmaster; held ministries in England till 1793; pastor in Cardiganshire and Suffolk; LL.D. Glasgow, 1809; opened school in London, 1811; chief work,Particulars in the Life of a Dissenting Minister (autobiography), 1813.
Charles Lloyd: '''Charles Lloyd''' ([[1784]]-[[1829]]), bishop of Oxford ; of Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1809; mathematical lecturer, tutor, and censor, Christ Church, Oxford; preacher of Lincoln's Inn, 1819-22; regius professor of divinity, Oxford, 1822-9; bishop of Oxford, 1827-9; the first to publish theBook of Common Prayer with red-lettered rubrics, 1829.
Charles Lloyd: '''Charles Lloyd''' ([[1775]] - [[1839]]), poet ; son of Charles Lloyd (1748-1828); published poems, 1795; lived with Coleridge, 1796-7; his poems appended to an edition of Coleridge's poems, along with verses by Charles Lamb, 1797; cultivated Lamb's society; his 'Desultory Thoughts in London published, 1821; became insane; died at Ohaillot near Versailles.
Charles Dalton Clifford Lloyd: '''Charles Dalton Clifford Lloyd''' ([[1844]]1891 X servant of the crown; grandson of Bartholomew Lloyd; educated at Sandhurst; in police force in British Burmah, 1862-72; resident magistrate for co. Down, 1874; employed to restore order in co. Longford, 1881;concerted scheme (1881) for vigorous administration of Protection of Person and Property Act; inspector-general of reforms to khedive of Egypt, 1883; undersecretary at the home office in Egypt; resigned (1884) because his schemes for prison reform were not supported; again resident magistrate in Ireland, 1885; lieutenantgovernor of Mauritius, 1885-7; consul for Kurdistan, 1889; died at Erzeroum, 1891; his Ireland under the Land League, a Narrative of Personal Experiences published, 1892.
David Lloyd: '''David Lloyd''' ([[1597]]-[[1663]]), author of the 'Legend of Captain Jones; educated at Hart Hall, Oxford: B.A., 1615; fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1618; D.O.L., 1628; canon of Chester, 1639; remembered by his popular jeu Teaprit, The Legend of Captain Jones a burlesque on the adventures of an Elizabethan searover named Jones, 1631.
David Lloyd: '''David Lloyd''' ([[1635]]-[[1692]]), biographer; M.A. Merton College, Oxford, 1659: reader in the Charterhouse, London, 1659; chaplain to Isaac Barrow, bishop of St. Asaph; published The Statesmen and Favourites of England since the Reformation 1665 and 1670; his memoirs of royalist sufferers published, 1668.
David Lloyd: '''David Lloyd''' (d. [[1714]] ?), captain in the navy, 1677; employed by James II as agent and emissary during the reign of William III; retired into private life after James's death.
David Lloyd: '''David Lloyd''' ([[1752]]-[[1838]]), divine and poet; took holy orders, 1778; his Characteristics of Men, Manners, and Sentiments, on the Voyage of Life 1812, an imitation of Young; published Horse Theologicae 1823.
Edward Lloyd: '''Edward Lloyd''' (d. [[1648]] ?). '
Edward Lloyd: '''Edward Lloyd''' (!. [[1688]]-[[1726]]), coffee-house keeper, from whom the great commercial corporation known as Lloyd's derives its name; his coffee-house in Lombard Street the centre of shipbroking and marine insurance business, 1692; issued Lloyd's News a shipping and commercial chronicle, 1696-7, revived as Lloyd's Lists 1726, and still continued.
Edward Lloyd: '''Edward Lloyd''' (d. [[1847]]), captain of the Gambia River; captain in the royal African corps, 1804-12; regarded as the founder of the Gambia River settlement, where he died.
Edward Lloyd: '''Edward Lloyd''' ([[1815]]-[[1890]]), founder of Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper sold books and published cheap literature in London; issued Lloyd's Penny Weekly Miscellany 1842-4, continued usLloyd's Entertaining
Lloyd: '''Lloyd'''
Lloyd: '''Lloyd''' Journaltill 1847; first issuedLloyd's Weekly London Newspaper 1842; bought the Daily Chronicle 1876.
Evan Lloyd: '''Evan Lloyd''' ([[1734]]-[[1776]]), poet; M.A. .1. lege, Oxford, 1757: published The Powers of the I Vn an attack on Warburton and Johnson, 1765,The Curate 1766, andThe Met In* list for which latter satire he underwent imprisonment for libel; friend of Wilkes and Garrick.
George Lloyd: '''George Lloyd''' ([[1560]]-[[1615]]), bishop of Chester: fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge: rector of Heswellin-Wirrall, Cheshire, and divinity reader in Chester Cathedral; bishop of Sodor and Man, 1600, of Chester, 1604; held livings in addition to his sees.
Lloyd: '''Lloyd''' or FLOYD, SIR GODFREY (fl. [[1667]]), mili tary engineer; brother of Sir Charles Lloyd or Floyd; catain in the Dutch service; knighted by Charles II.
John Lloyd: '''John Lloyd''' (rf. [[1682]]), poet: brother of Lloyd; M.A. Wadbam College, Oxford, 1669; published a Paraphrase of the Song of Solomon,.
John Lloyd: '''John Lloyd''' ([[1688]]-[[1687]]), bishop of St. David'*: of Merton College, Oxford; M.A., 1662; precentor of Llandaff, 1672; principal of Jesus College. Oxford, 1673: D.D., 1674; vice-chancellor of Oxford 1682-5; bishop of St. David's, 1686.
John Augustus Lloyd: '''John Augustus Lloyd''' ([[1800]]-[[1864]]), engineer and surveyor; served ou the staff of Simon Bolivar, the liberator of Colombia, as a captain of engineers: surveyed Isthmus of Panama, 1827; F.R.S., 1830; colonial civil engineer and surveyor-general in Mauritius, 1831-49; British charge d'affaires, Bolivia, 1851; died at Tberapia. 427 xxxilL
Julius Lloyd: '''Julius Lloyd''' ([[1830]]-[[1892]]), divine and author: 1657; chief engineer of ports, castles, and fortifications in 1 M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1856: canon of ManEngland, 1661-7. Chester, 1891: author of sermons and essays.
Hannibal Evans Lloyd: '''Hannibal Evans Lloyd''' ([[1771]]-[[1847]]), philo- I T LOY D LUDOVIO LODOWICK ?RWI??ll logist and translator: son of HenryHumphrey Evans uJSSSmSSy Lloyd... l: q; TllLIJ 1.-I, IVl,; 8 r! JfSL'P? I Queen Elizabeth and James I; author of The Pilgrimage of Princes compiled from Greek and Latin author?, 1673. and other compilations and poems, mainly treating of Collectanea Curiosa

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Lloyd: '''Lloyd''' 8m NATHANIEL ([[1669]]-[[1745]]), master of 1 Trinity Hall, Cambridge; son of Sir Richard Lloyd (1634I 1686); of St. Paul's School, London, and Trinity 1 College, Oxford: fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, i 1689; D.O.L., 1696; member of the College of Advocates, 1696; knighted, 1710; master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, i 1710-35; king's advocate, 1716-27.
Nicholas Lloyd: '''Nicholas Lloyd''' ([[1630]]-[[1680]]), historical compiler ; educated at Winchester and Hart Hall and Wadhani I College, Oxford; M.A., 1658; university rhetoric reader, 1666; sub-warden of Wadham College, 1666 and 1670; published a Dictionarium Historicum 1670.
Richard Lloyd: '''Richard Lloyd''' ([[1595]]-[[1659]]), royalist divine; educated at Oriel College, Oxford: B.D., 1628; on outbreak of civil law deprived of his preferments and imprisoned.
Sir Richard Lloyd: '''Sir Richard Lloyd''' ([[1606]]-[[1676]]), royalist ; entered Inner Temple, 1631: attended Charles I in the north, 1639; attorney-general for North Wales and knighted, 1642; justice of Glamorganshire, Brecknockshire, and Radnorshire, 1660; M.P., Radnorshire, 1661. ment in London foreign office, 1813-47; published annals of Hamburg for 1813, 1818; his Theoretisch-praktische Englische Sprachlehre flir Deutsche* (1833) long the standard grammar in several German universities; published translations from various European languages.
Henry Lloyd: '''Henry Lloyd''' , or HENRY HUMPHREY EVANS (1720 ?-1783), historian and soldier: engineer in the Yonng Pretender's expedition to Scotland, 1745; distinguished himself at the siege of Bergen-op-Zoom, 1747, and was made major in the French army, 1747; served first on Austrian side, and afterwards ou Prussian side, in the seven yearswar; in the Russian service, 1774; occupied himself with literary work, 1779-83; died at Hay. Belgium: chief works, History of the War between the King of Prussia and the Empress of Germany and her Allies (vol. i. 1766, vols. ii. and iii. 1782), andA Political and Military Rhapsody ou the Defence of Great Britain 1779.
Hugh Lloyd: '''Hugh Lloyd''' ([[1546]]-[[1601]]), master of Winchester College; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford: B.A., 1566: chancellor of Rochester, 1578; master of Winchester, 1580-7: D.C.L., 1588; Latin phrase-book by him published, 1654.
Hugh Lloyd: '''Hugh Lloyd''' ([[1586]]-[[1667]]), bishop of Llaudaff : M.A. Oriel College, Oxford, 1614; held various livings in Wales, 1617-44: D.D., 1638: a staunch royalist: his benefices sequestered during the civil wars: canon and archdeacon of St. David's, 1644; bishop of Llandaff, 1660-7.
Humphrey Lloyd: '''Humphrey Lloyd''' ([[1610]]-[[1689]]), bishop of Bangor : educated at Jesus and Oriel Colleges, Oxford: M.A., 1635: prebendary of York, 1660: dean of St. Asaph, 1663-74; bishop of Bangor, 1674-89.
Sir Richard Lloyd: '''Sir Richard Lloyd''' ([[1634]]-[[1686]]), judge : fellow of All Souls College, Oxford: D.O.L., 1662; advocate at DoctorsCommons, 1664; admiralty advocate, 1674-86; chancellor of the dioceses of Llandaff and Durham; knighted, 1677; M.P., Durham, 1679-81 and 1686; dean of the arches, 1684-6; judge of the high court of admiralty, 1686-6. LLOYD, HUMPHREY (1800-1881), provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and man of science; son of Bartholomew Lloyd; B.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1819: junior fellow, 1824; M.A., 1827; Erasmus Smith's professor of i published theological works. natural and experimental philosophy, 1831-43: president of Royal Irish Academy, 1846-51; D.C.L. Oxford, 1855; vice-provost, 1862: provost, 1867; published treatises on optics and magnetism, embodying his discoveries.
Jacob Youde William Lloyd: '''Jacob Youde William Lloyd''' ([[1816]]-[[1887]]), genealogist; son of Jacob William Hinde, but assumed name of Lloyd on succeeding to estates, 1857; M.A. Wadham College, Oxford, 1874: convert to Roman Catholicism; served in the pontifical Zouaves; published genealogical works.
Floyd Lloyd: '''Floyd Lloyd''' , or FLUD, JOHN (rf. [[1623]]), composer: took a musical degree at Oxford; attended Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520: his extant compositions in the British Museum Addit. MSS.
John Lloyd: '''John Lloyd''' ([[1568]]-[[1603]]), classical scholar; brother of Hugh Lloyd (1646-1601); of Winchester and New College, Oxford; perpetual fellow, 1679-96; M.A., 1585; edited, with Latin translation and notes, Flavii Joaephi de Maccabaeis liber 1690; D.D., 1595: vcnr of Writtle, K?sex, 1598-1603.
Richard Lloyd: '''Richard Lloyd''' (rf. [[1834]]), divine; educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge; M.A. and fellow, 1790;
Ridgway Robert Syers Christian Lloyd: '''Ridgway Robert Syers Christian Lloyd'''
Codner: '''Codner''' ([[1842]]-[[1884]]), physician and antiquary : M.R.C.S. and L.S.A., 1866; published An Account of the Altars, Monuments, and Tombs in St. Albans Abbey 1873, and wrote many archaeological papers.
Robert Lloyd: '''Robert Lloyd''' ([[1733]]-[[1764]]), poet ; of Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1758; published 'The Actor 1760, and a collection of poems. 1762: edited the St. James's Magazine 1762-3: imprisoned for debt; drudged for the booksellers; his comic opera, The Capricious Lovers performed, 1764; friend of Churchill, Garrick, and Wilkes.
Simon Lloyd: '''Simon Lloyd''' ([[1766]]-[[1836]]), Welsh methodist ; M.A. Jesus College, Oxford, 1779; associated binwelf with the Calvinistic methodist movement after 1788; edited tinWelsh magazine Y Drysorfa 1814: published a biblical chronology, 1816, and a commentary on the Apocalypse, 1828, both In Welsh.
Thomas Lloyd: '''Thomas Lloyd''' ([[1784]]-[[1813]]), colonel : served in the Egyptian campaign, 1801; at Gibraltar, istn". captain,
Lloyd: '''Lloyd''' 786
Lobb: '''Lobb''' 1801; terred at Copenhagen ami throughout the Peninsular campaigns, 1808-10; major, 1810; killed at battle
William Lloyd: '''William Lloyd''' ([[1637]]-[[1710]]), nonjuriug bishop of Norwich; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge; D.D. per literal region 1670; chaplain to the English MerchantsFactory, Portugal: D.D., 1670; prebendary of St. Paul's, 1672-6; bishop of Llandaff, 1675-9, of Peterborough, 1679-85, of Norwich, 1685-91; deprived of bis office for refusing the oath of allegiance to William III, 1691.
William Lloyd: '''William Lloyd''' ([[1627]]-[[1717]]), successively bishop of St. Asaph, of Lichfleld and Coventry, and of Worcester; son of Richard Lloyd (1595-1659); of Oriel and Jesus Colleges, Oxford; M.A., 1646; M.A. Cambridge, IMt; {.rvtiii;iry of Ripon, If,ii3: !).!., M7: prebondavy of Salisbury, 1667: archdeacon of Merioneth, 1668-72; dean of Banger and prebendary of St. Paul's, 1672; bishop of St. Asaph, 1680; tried with the six other bishops on the charge of publishing a seditious libel against the king and acquitted, 1688; bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1692, of Worcester, 1700; being half crazed by excessive study of the apocalyptic visions prophesied to Queen Anne, Barley, Evelyn, and Wbiston; a staunch supporter of the revolution and an excellent scholar; engaged Burnet to undertake The History of the Reformation of the Church of England and gave him valuable assistance; published sermons and controversial pamphlets.
William Forster Lloyd: '''William Forster Lloyd''' ([[1794]]-[[1852]]), mathematician; of Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1818; Greek reader, 1823; mathematical lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford, 1824; Drummond professor of political economy, 1832-7; F.R.S., 1834; published professorial lectures.
William Watkiss Lloyd: '''William Watkiss Lloyd''' ([[1813]]-[[1893]]), classical and Shakespearean scholar; partner in tobacco manufacturing business in London; retired, 1864; member of Society of Dilettanti, 1854: published History of Sicily, to the Athenian War 1872,The Age of Pericles 1875, The Moses of Michael Angelo 1863, Homer, his Art and Age 1848,Shakespeare's "Much Ado about Nothing" ... in fully recovered Metrical Form 1884 (he contended that Shakespeare's prose was disguised blank verse), and other miscellaneous works.
Lluelyn: '''Lluelyn'''

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Llttelyn: '''Llttelyn''' or LLTTELLYN, MARTIN ([[1616]]-[[1682]]), poet, physician, and principal of St. Mary HaU, Oxford; of Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1643; joined the royal army; published Men Miracles, with other Poem; 1646; ejected from Oxford, 1648; physician in London; M.D. Oxford, 1653; F.R.O.P., 1659; principal of St. Mary Hall, 1660-4; physician at High Wycombe after 1664; mayor of High Wycombe, 1671.
Llwyd: '''Llwyd'''
Edward Llwyd: '''Edward Llwyd''' (Jl. [[1328]]-[[1405]]). See IOLO
Ooch: '''Ooch'''
Sir Gruffydd Llwyd: '''Sir Gruffydd Llwyd''' (Jl. [[1322]]), Welsh hero ; grandson of Ednyved Vychan; knighted, 1284; rebelled against the English and was defeated and imprisoned,
Oruffydd Llwyd: '''Oruffydd Llwyd''' (Jl. [[1370]]-[[1420]]), Welsh poet; family bard to Owen Glendower. Two poems by him published.
Hugh Llwyd: '''Hugh Llwyd''' or HUW ([[1533]] ?-[[1620]]), Welsh poet; held commission In the English army and saw service abroad: his best-known production, aPoem on the Fox printed in Cymru Fu,* L 857.
Humphrey Llwyd: '''Humphrey Llwyd''' ([[1527]]-[[1668]]), physician and antiquary; of Brasenote College, Oxford; M.A., 1661; M.P., East Grinstead, 1659, Denbigh boroughs, 1663-7; author of antiquarian works, among them, Commeutarioli Dwcriptlonis Britannicae Fragmentum published at Cologne, 1572 (an English translation. The Breviary of Britain published in London, 1573), andCambria Typoa one of the earliest known maps of Wales.
Llw: '''Llw''' I D or "-OYD, JOHN ([[1568]] ?-lWS), oYwnchester and New College, Oxford; fellow of New College, 1579; M.A., 1585; D.D., 1595; author of an edition of Josephm'sDe Maccabaeis 1690; edited Barlaamus's De Papa? Principatu 1592.
Morgan Llwyd: '''Morgan Llwyd''' ([[1619]]-[[1669]]), Welsh puritan di vine and myst'e writer; grandson or nephew of Husrh Llwyd; served with the parliamentary army in England; founded a nonconformist church at Wrexham, and became it* first minister, c. 1646. His published works rank among the Welsh prose classics.
Richard Llwyd: '''Richard Llwyd''' ([[1762]]-[[1835]]), poet; known as the Bard of Snowdon; Beaumaris Bay his bestknown poem, published, 1800; published other poems, 1804.
Ab Llywelyn Llywakoh: '''Ab Llywelyn Llywakoh''' , otherwise known as
Prydydd: '''Prydydd''' Y MOCH (Jl. [[1160]]-[[1220]]), Welsh bard ; the most illustrious Welsh bard of the middle ages; some of his poems, all of which are historically valuable, printed in the 1 My vyrian Archaiology of Wales
Hen Llywarch: '''Hen Llywarch''' , or the AGED ([[496]] ?-[[646]] ?), British chieftain and bard; not mentioned till several centuries after his death; ancient form of his name Loumarc; probably spent some time at Arthur's court. Twelve poems, six of an historical character and the remainder on moral subjects, are ascribed to him, and were first published with an English translation in 1792.
Llywelyn: '''Llywelyn'''
Ab Seisyll Llywelyn: '''Ab Seisyll Llywelyn''' or SEISYLLT (d. [[1023]] ?), king of Gwynedd; took possession of the throne of North Wales, c. 1018.
Ab Iorwerth Llywelyn: '''Ab Iorwerth Llywelyn''' , called LLYWELYN
Great The: '''Great The''' (d. [[1240]]), prince of North Wales, afterwards called Prince of Wales; son of Owain Gwyuedd; brought up in exile, probably in England; drove his uncle Davydd ab Owain from his territory, 1194; made peace with Gwenwynwyn, 1202; married Joan (d. 1237), King John's illegitimate daughter, 1206; with John's help extended his power to South Wales, 1207; opposed by John with some success, 1208-11; regained his possessions and couquered South Wales, 1212-15; prince of all Wales not ruled by the Normans, 1216; did homage to Henry III, 1218; fought against the English, 1228; submitted to Henry III, 1237; the greatest of the native rulers of Wales.
Ab Grttffydd Llywelyn: '''Ab Grttffydd Llywelyn''' (d. [[1282]]), prince of Wales; son of Gruffydd ab Llywelyn (d. 1244); succeeded (with his elder brother, Owain the Red) his uncle, Davydd ab Llywelyn, as ruler of Wales, 1246; did homage to Henry III, and gave up to him all lands east of the Oonway, 1247; allied himself with Simon de Montfort, 1262; took the offensive against Prince Edward and forced him to a truce, 1263; after renewal of hostilities (1265) agreed to hold the principality of Wales subject to the crown of England, 1267; neglected to do homage to Edward 1, 1272; quarrelled with Gruffydd ab Gwenwynwyn and Davydd III and drove them to England, 1274; signed treaty of Con way, 1277; married to Eleanor de Montfort (d. 1282), 1278; revolted against the English rule and was slain in a skirmish. 1282; the last champion of Welsh liberty.
Ab Rhys Llywelyn: '''Ab Rhys Llywelyn''' , commonly called LLYWELYN
Bren: '''Bren''' (d. [[1317]]), Welsh rebel ; held high office under Gilbert de Clare (1291-1314); revolted against one of the English overlords, 1314; surrendered, 1316; tried, condemned, and hung.
of Llingewydd Llywelyn: '''of Llingewydd Llywelyn''' (or LLEWELYN SIGN) (1620 ?-1616), Welsh bard; disciple of Thomas Llewelyn of Rhegoes; gained his living by transcribing Welsh manuscripts; several of his compositions published in the lolo MSS.
Emmanuel Lobb: '''Emmanuel Lobb''' ([[1594]]-[[1671]]). See SIMKON,
Joseph: '''Joseph'''
Stephen Lobb: '''Stephen Lobb''' (d. [[1699]]), nonconformist divine ; imprisoned for complicity in the Rye House plot, 1683; published controversial pamphlets.

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Theophilus Lobb: '''Theophilus Lobb''' ([[1678]]-[[1763]]), physician ; son of Stephea Lobb; educated for the ministry;
Lobel: '''Lobel''' 787
Lockey: '''Lockey''' studied medicine nnd practise! while acting as nonconformist minister; M.D. Glasgow, 1722; F.R.S., 1729; applied himself wholly to medicine from 1736; L.R.O.P., 740; published religious and medical works.
Hirsch Lobel: '''Hirsch Lobel''' ([[1721]]-[[1800]]).
David Loch: '''David Loch''' (d. [[1780]]), writer on commerce: inspector-general of the woollen manufactures of Scotland, 1776, and afterwards of the fisheries; author of pamphlets advocating the abolition of the wool duties, 1774, and of 'Esnys on the Trade, Commerce, Manufactures, and Fisheries of Scotland 1775.
Qranvillb Oower Loch: '''Qranvillb Oower Loch''' ([[1813]]-[[1853]]), captain in the navy; son of James Loch; entered the navy, 1826; commander, 1837; attained post rank and went to Obina as a volunteer, 1841; published The Closing Events of the Campaign in China 1843; employed at Nicaragua, 1848; C.B., 1848; took prominent part in the second Burmese war, 1852-3; shot while attacking Donabew; buried at Rangoon.
Henry Brougham Loch: '''Henry Brougham Loch''' , first BARON LOCH OP
Drtlaw: '''Drtlaw''' ([[1827]]-[[1900]]), gazetted to 3rd Bengal cavalry, 1844; aide-de-camp to Lord Gough in Sutle campaign, 1845; adjutant of Skinner's (irregular) horse, 1850; served in Crimean war; attached to staff of embassy to China, 1857; private secretary to Lord Elgin when plenipotentiary in China, 1860; seized by Chinese officials, imprisoned and tortured; returned to England in charge of treaty of Tientsin, 1860; private secretary to Sir George Grey (1799-1882); governor of Isle of Man, 1863-82; K.C.B., 1880; commissioner of woods and forests and land revenue, 1882-4; governor of Victoria, 1884-9; governor of the Cape and high commissioner in South Africa, 18891895: raised to peerage, 1895; took leading share in raising and equipping Loch's Horse for service in South Africa, 1899; published Personal Narrative of... Lord Elgin's second Embassy to China 1869. economist;
James Loch: '''James Loch''' ([[1780]]-[[1855]]), economist ; admitted an advocate in Scotland, 1801; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1806; abandoned law and assumed management of several noblemen's estates; M.P. for St. Germains, Cornwall, 1827-30, for Wick burghs, 1830-52.
Lochinvar: '''Lochinvar''' first BARON ([[1599]] 7-[[1634]]). See GOR-
Sir John Don: '''Sir John Don''' , first VISCOUNT KENMURE.
Robert Lochore: '''Robert Lochore''' ([[1762]]-[[1852]]), Scottish poet ; published poems in Scottish vernacular, 1795-6 and 1815; edited the Kilmarnock Mirror c. 1817.
Lock: '''Lock'''
Locke: '''Locke'''
John Locke: '''John Locke''' ([[1632]]-[[1704]]), philosopher; educated at Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1658; Greek lecturer at Oxford, 1660; lecturer on rhetoric, 1662; censor of moral philosophy, 1663; wrote An Essay concerning Toleration which contains his views on religion, 1667; became physician to Anthony Ashley Cooper (afterwards the first Earl of Shaftesbury) and settled in his house, 1667; F.R.S., 1668; M.B., 1675; secretary to the 4 lords proprietors of Carolina, 1669-72; secretary of presentations under Shaftesbury as lord chancellor, 1672; secretary to the reconstructed council of trade, 1673-5; in France, 1675-9; subsequently resided in Oxford until expelled for supposed complicity in Shaftesbury's plots, 1684; lived in Holland, where he became known to the Prince of Orange, 1685-9; commissioner of appeals, 1689-1704; bis first letter on Toleration published in Latin and then in English, 1689; publishedAn Essay concerning Human Understanding 1690 (2nd edit. 1694; 3rd, 1695); his second letter onToleration published, 1690 (a third in 1692, a fourth left unpublished at his death); lived with the Masham family at Gates, Essex, 1691; published treatise On Education 1693, on the Reasonableness of I Christianity 1695, and on the currency question, 1696; iber of the new council of trade, 1696-1700; his Paraphrases of St. Paul's Epistlespublished, 1706-7; irst edition of his collected works, 1714; called by John ,rt Mill theunquestioned founder of the analytic ihilosophy of mind
John Locke: '''John Locke''' ([[1806]]-[[1880]]), legal writer and politian; of Dulwich College and Trinity College, Cambridge: .A., 1832; barrister, Inner Temple, 1833; bencher, 1867; Q.C., 1867: M.P., Southwark, 1867-80; introduced and passed bill (1861) for the admission of witnesses in criminal cases to the same right of substituting an affirmation for an oath as in civil cases; published two legal works.
Joseph Locke: '''Joseph Locke''' ([[1805]]-[[1860]]), civil engineer; aided George Stepbenson in construction of the railway between Manchester and Liverpool (opened, 1830); constructed various lines on his own account in Great Britain, France, Spain, and Germany, 1835-52; F.R.S., 1838; M.P., Honiton, 1847-60; president of the Institution of Civil Kngineers, 1858 and 1859; designer of tbe'Crewe engine
Matthew Locke: '''Matthew Locke''' ([[1630]]7-[[1677]]X musical composer; assisted in the composition of the music for Shirley's masque, Cupid and Death 1653, and D'Avenant'sSiege of Rhodes 1666; createdcomposer in ordinary to his majesty(Charles II), 1661; organist to Queen Catherine's Roman catholic establishment at Somerset House; composed music forMacbeth 1666 and 1669, and for theTempest; published Melotbesia, or Certain General Rules for Playing on a Continued Bass, with a choice collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord or Organ of all sorts 1673.
Locke: '''Locke''' or LOCK, WILLIAM, the elder ([[1732]]-[[1810]]), art amateur and collector of works of art.
William Locke: '''William Locke''' ([[1804]]-[[1832]]), captain in the lifeguards and amateur artist; published illustrations to Byron's works; drowned in the lake of Oomo.
William Locke: '''William Locke''' , the younger ([[1767]]-[[1847]]), amateur artist; son of William Locke the elder; painted historical and allegorical subjects.
Arthur Locker: '''Arthur Locker''' ([[1828]]-[[1893]]), novelist and journalist; son of Edward Hawke Locker; educated at Charterhouse School and Pembroke College, Oxford; B.A., 1851; journalist in Victoria, 1852; returned to England, 1861; editor of the Graphic 1870-91.
Edward Hawke Locker: '''Edward Hawke Locker''' ([[1777]]-[[1849]]), commissioner of Greenwich Hospital; son of William Locker ; educated at Eton; entered the navy pay office, 1795; civil secretary to Sir Edward Pellew (afterwards Viscount Exmouth), 1804-14; secretary to Greenwich Hospital, 1819: civil commissioner, 1824-44; jointeditor ofThe Plain Englishman 1820-3; published Views in Spain 1824, and Memoirs of celebrated Naval Commanders 1832. He established the gallery of naval pictures at Greenwich, 1823.
John Locker: '''John Locker''' ([[1693]]-[[1760]]), miscellaneous writer; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool, London, and Merton College, Oxford; admitted of Gray's Inn, 1719; translated the last two books of Voltaire's Charles XII and wrote the preface, 1731; collected original or authentic manuscripts of Bacon's works, now in the British Museum; F.S.A., 1737.
William Locker: '''William Locker''' ([[1731]]-[[1800]]), captain in the navy; son of John Locker; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool, London; entered the navy, 1746; fought at Quiberon Bay, 1759; commander, 1762; served at Goree and in West Indies, 1763-6: advanced to post rank, 1768; lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1793-1800; compiled materials for a naval history, which he handed over to John Oharnock

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Locker: '''Locker''' -LAMPSON, FREDERICK ([[1821]]-[[1896]]), poet; more commonly known as FREDERICK LOCKER; son of Edward Hawke Locker; clerk in Somerset House (1841) and the admiralty (1842), where he became deputy-reader and precis writer; left government service, c. 1860; published (1857) London Lyrics which he extended and rearranged in subsequent editions, of which the last is dated 1893; took name of Lampsou, 1886 (his second wife's maiden name). He compiled Lyra Elegantiarum a collection of light verse, 1867, Patchwork a volume of prose extracts, 1879, and a catalogue of his choice library at Rowfant, 1886. HisConfidencesappeared posthumously, 1896.
Rowland Lockey: '''Rowland Lockey''' (ft. [[1690]]-[[1610]]), painter ; mentioned in Francis Meres's Wit's Commonwealth 1598.
Thomas Lockey: '''Thomas Lockey''' ([[1602]]-[[1679]]), librarian of the Bodleian and canon of Christ Church, Oxford; educated 3E2
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Loder: '''Loder''' at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1626; prebendary of Chicbester, 1633-60; D.D.; librarian of the Bodleian, 1660-6; designed the catalogue of Selden's books canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 1665-79.
David Lockhakt: '''David Lockhakt''' (d. [[1846]] , botanist ; assistantnaturalist in Tuckey's Congo expedition, 1816; in charge of the gardens at Trinidad, 1818-46; died at Trinidad.
Lockhart: '''Lockhart''' or LOKEET, GEORGE (ft. [[1620]]), proarts at the college of Montaign, Paris, 1516; a Scotsman; author of 4 De Proportione et Proportional itate 1618, and of Termini Georgu Lokert 1524.
Sir George Lockhart: '''Sir George Lockhart''' ([[1630]] ?-[[1689]]), of Carnwath, lord president of the court of session; son of Sir James Lockhart,lord Lee: admitted advocate, 1656; M.P. Lanarkshire (in the English parliament), 1658-9; knighted, 1663; dean of the Faculty of Advocates, 1672; MJ. Lanarkshire (Scottish parliament), 1681-2, and 16861686; lord president of the court of session, 1685; privy councillor, 1686; commissioner of the exchequer, 1686; shot in Edinburgh by a man in favour of whose wife's claim for aliment he had decided.
George Lockhart: '''George Lockhart''' ([[1673]]-[[1731]]), of Carnwath ; Jacobite and author; son of Sir George Lockhart; M.P. for Edinburgh, 1702-7, and 1708-10, for Wigton burghs, 1710-13, and 1713-15; arrested during the rebellion of 1718; imprisoned, but liberated without a trial: confidential agent to Prince James Edward in Scotland, 1718-27; detected and forced to flee to Holland; permitted to return to Scotland, 1728; killed in a duel. His Memoirs of the Affairs of Scotland from Queen Anne's Accession... to the commencement of the Union... 1707 was published anonymously, 1714. HisPapers on the Affairs of Scotland the most valuable sources of the history of the Jacobite movement, appeared 1817.
Sir James Lockhart: '''Sir James Lockhart''' , LORD LEE (rf. [[1674]]), Scottish judge; gentleman of the privy chamber to Charles I, by whom he was knighted; commissioner for Lanarkshire in parliaments of 1630, 1633, 1645, 1661, 1665, and 1669; lord of the articles, 1633; ordinary lord of session, 1646; fought for Charles I, 1648; deprived of his office, 1649; superintended levy for Charles II's invasion of England; imprisoned in the Tower, 1651; restored to his offices, 1661; lord justice clerk, 1671-4.
John Gibson Lockhart: '''John Gibson Lockhart''' ([[1794]]-[[1854]]), biographer of Scott; educated at the high school and university of Glasgow, and Balliol College, Oxford; advocate, 1816; began to contribute to Blackwood's Magazine 1817; met Sir Walter Scott, 1818; publishedPeter's Letters to his Kinsfolk a description of Edinburgh society, 1819; married Scott's daughter Sophia, 1820; edited theQuarterly Review 1825-53; published his Life of Burns 1828; published his famous * Life of Scott 1838; wrote several novels, the most notable being Some Passages in the Life of Adam Blair 1822: edited Motteux'sDon Quixote 1822; translatedAncient Spanish Ballads 1823.
Laurence William Maxwell Lockhart: '''Laurence William Maxwell Lockhart''' (1831-1882), novelist; nephew of John Gibson Lockbart ; educated at Glasgow University and Caius College, Cambridge; B.A., 1855; entered the army, 1855; served before Sebastopol, 1856; MA., 1861; captain, 1864; retired, 1865; published three novels, Doubles and Quits Fair to See and Mine is Thine in Blackwood's Magazine; Times correspondent for the FrancoGerman war, 1870; died at Mentone.
Philip Lockhart: '''Philip Lockhart''' ([[1690]] 7-[[1716]]), Jacobite ; brother of George Lockhart: taken prisoner at the battle of been !--. ni-nt .LOCKHART, Sm WILLIAM (1621-1676), of Lee; soldier and diplomatist; son of Sir James Lockhart, lord Lee; entered the French army and rose to be captain; lieutenant-colonel of Lanark's regiment during the civil war; knighted, 1646; went over to Cromwell's side; a commissioner for the administration of justice in Scotland, 1652; M.P., Lanark, 1653, 1654-5, and 1666-8; English ambassador in Paris, 1666-8, 1673-6; commanded the English forces at Dunkirk and was made governor after the town's 1858; deprived of the office, 1660. Preston, 1716; condemned to death as a deserter, having en previously a half-pay officer in -Lord Mark Ker's
William Lockhart: '''William Lockhart''' ([[1820]]-[[1892]]), Roman catholic divine; B.A. Exeter College, Oxford, 1842; follower of John Henry Newman; received into the Roman communion, 1843; entered the Rosminian Order of Charity at Rome, 1845, and became its procurator-general; edited 'Outline of theLife of Rosmini 1856; wrote second volume of a Life of Antonio Rosmini-Serbati 1886; edited the Lamp
William Ewart Lockhart: '''William Ewart Lockhart''' ([[1846]]-[[1900]]), sub! ject and portrait painter; studied art in Edinburgh: ; R.S.A., 1878; commissioned by Queen Victoria to paint j Jubilee Celebration in Westminster 1887; subsequently devoted himself principally to portraiture. His best works ! are Spanish and Majorca subjects.
Sir William Stephen Alex Lockhart: '''Sir William Stephen Alex Lockhart''' -
Ander: '''Ander''' ([[1841]]-[[1900]]), general ; nephew of Sir John Gibson i Lockhart; lieutenant, 44th Bengal native infantry, 1859; major, 1877; brevet-colonel, 1883; lieutenant-geneI ral, 1894; general, 1896; served in Indian mutiny, 1858I 1869, Bhutan campaigns, 1864-6, Abyssinian expedition, 1867-8, expedition to Hazara Black Mountains, 1868-9; i quartermaster-general in Northern Afghanistan, 1878-80: C.B. (military), 1880; deputy quartermaster-general in ; intelligence branch at headquarters in India, 1880-6; ! brigadier-general in Burmese war, 1886-7; K.O.B. and C.S.I., 1887; assistant military secretary for Indian affairs I at Horse Guards, London, 1889-90; commanded Punjab i frontier force, 1890-5; K.C.S.I., 1895; commanded force i sent to quell rising of tribes of the Tirah, 1897; G.O.B.; ! commander-in-chief in India, 1898.
Lockhart: '''Lockhart''' -ROSS, SIR JOHN, sixth baronet ([[1721]]1790).
Francis Lockler: '''Francis Lockler''' ([[1667]]-[[1740]]), dean of Peterborough and friend of Dryden and Pope; entered Trinity College, Cambridge, 1683; M.A., 1690; chaplain to the English factory at Hamburg; D.D., 1717; dean of Peterborough, 1725; his reminiscences of Dryden and Pope in Spence'sAnecdotes ed. 1820.
John Lockman: '''John Lockman''' ([[1698]]-[[1771]]), miscellaneous writer; author of occasional verses intended to be set to music for Vauxhall; wrote for theGeneral Dictionary 17341741; translated French works; contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine
Sir Frank Lockwood: '''Sir Frank Lockwood''' ([[1846]]-[[1897]]), solicitor-general; graduated at Caius College, Cambridge, 1869; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1872; joined old midland circuit; defended the burglar and murderer Charles Peace, 1879: Q.C., 1882; recorder of Sheffield, 1884; liberal M.P. for York, 1885-97; solicitor-general, 1894-5; several of his sketches reproduced inThe Frank Lockwood SketchBook 1898.
Nicholas Lockyer: '''Nicholas Lockyer''' ([[1611]]-[[1685]]), puritan divine ; B.A. New Inn Hall, Oxford, 1633; incorporated at Cambridge, 1635; M.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1636; took the covenant and became a powerful preacher: B.D. Oxford, 1654; provost of Eton, 1659-60; compelled to leave the country for disregarding Uniformity Act, 1666 and 1670; published theological works.
Sir Charles Locock: '''Sir Charles Locock''' , first baronet ([[1799]]-[[1875]]), obstetric physician; M.D. Edinburgh, 1821; F.R.C.P., 1836; first physician-accoucheur to Queen Victoria, 1840; discovered the efficacy of bromide of potassium in epilepsy; created baronet, 1857; F.R.S.; D.O.L. Oxford, 1864.
Edward James Loder: '''Edward James Loder''' ([[1813]]-[[1865]]), musical composer; son of John David Loder; studied in Germany; his operaNourjahadproduced, 1834; author of musical compositions, including operas and a cantata and Modern Pianoforte Tutor
George Loder: '''George Loder''' ([[1816]] ?-[[1868]]). musician : nephew of John David Loder: went to America, 1836: principal of the New York Vocal Institute, 1844; published 'Pets of the Parterre a comic operetta, 1861, andThe Old House at Home a musical entertainment, 1862; died I at Adelaide.

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John David Loder: '''John David Loder''' ([[1788]]-[[1846]]), violinist: professor of the Royal Academy of Music, London, 1840; leader at the Ancient Concerts, 1845; author of a standard work of instruction for the violin, 1814. L.ODER
Logan: '''Logan'''
John Fawobtt Loder: '''John Fawobtt Loder''' ([[1812]]-[[1863]]), violinist; 1 played the viola in Dimdo's quartet, 1842-53.
Edmund Lodge: '''Edmund Lodge''' ([[1756]]-[[1839]]), biographer; B mantle pursuivaut-at-arms at the College of Arms, IT.sj; F.S.A., 1787; Lancaster herald, 1793, Norroy, 1822, Clarenceux, 1838. His chief work id the series of biographical and historical memoirs attached to Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, engraved from authentic pictures 1821-34.
John Lodge: '''John Lodge''' (rf. [[1774]]), archivist; entered St. John's College, Cambridge, 1716; M.A., 1730: deputyclerk and keeper of the rolls, 1759; chief work, The Peerageof Ireland 1754.
John Lodge: '''John Lodge''' ([[1801]]-[[1873]]). See ELLERTON, JOHN
Lodge: '''Lodge'''
Lodge: '''Lodge''' Sm THOMAS (d. [[1684]]), lord mayor of London ; alderman, 1553; sheriff of London, 1556; master of the GrocersCompany, 1559; chartered ships tosail and traffic in the ports of Africa and Ethiopia a voyage said to have inaugurated the traffic in slaves countenanced by Elizabeth, 1562; lord mayor and knighted, 1562.
Thomas Lodge: '''Thomas Lodge''' ([[1558]] ?-[[1625]]), author ; son of Sir Thomas Lodge, lord mayor of London; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool, London, and Trinity College, Oxford; B.A., 1577; student of Lincoln's Inn, 1678; M.A., 1581; abandoned law for literature; publishedA Defence of Plays a reply to School of Abuse of Stephen Gosson , 1580; publishedAn Alarum against Usurers 1584, and his first romance,The Delectable Historic of Forbonitis and Prisceria 1584; sailed to the islands of Terceras and the Canaries, 1588, and to South America, 1591; issued Scillaes Metamorphosis(verse), 1589 (reissued asA most pleasant Historic of Glaucus and Scilla 1610); issued his second and best-known romance 'Rosalynde. Euphues Golden Legacie 1590 (written during his voyage to the Canaries); his work praised by Spenser and Greene; his chief volume of verse, Phillis: honoured with Pastorall Sonnets, Elegies, and amorous Delights issued, 1593; publishedA Fig for Momus 1695, The Divel Conjured 1596,A Margarite of America ! (romance of the Euphues pattern), 1596,Wits Miserie and Worlds Madnesse 1596; converted to Roman Catholicism; studied medicine; M.D. at Oxford, 1603; published a laborious volume, The Famous and Memorable Workes of Josephus 1602; issuedA Treatise of the Plague 1603; published "The Workes, both Morrall and Natural, of Lucius Aunseus Seneca 1614;ihis last literary undertaking, A learned Summary upon the famous Poeme of William of Saluste, lord of Bartas, translated out of the French published, 1625; excelled as a lyric poet,
William Lodge: '''William Lodge''' ([[1649]]-[[1689]]), amateur artist and engraver; of Jesus College, Cambridge, and Lincoln's Inn; translated Giacomo Barri's Viaggio Pittoresco dItalia 1679; a prolific draughtsman and etcher mainly of topography; painted a portrait of Oliver Cromwell.
Lodvill: '''Lodvill''' or LUDVLLLE, PHILIP (d. [[1767]]), divine : publishedThe Orthodox Confession of the Catholic and Apostolic Eastern Church 1762, the first authoritative work in English on the subject
William Loe: '''William Loe''' (. [[1639]]), compiler ; son of William Loe (d. 1645); of Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge; D.D.; contributed to the university collections of Latin and Greek verses on the birth of Princess Elizabeth, 1685, and of Princess Anne, 1637; compiled from his father's papersThe Merchants Manuell, 1 &c., 1628.
William Loe: '''William Loe''' (d. [[1645]]), divine : M.A. St. Alban Hall, Oxford, 1600: prebendary of Gloucester, 1602; D.D., 1618; pastor of the English Church at Hamburg; publishedSongs of Sion(religious verse), 1620, and quaint prose writings, 1609-23.
Loeghaire: '''Loeghaire''' (d. [[458]]).
Louis Loewe: '''Louis Loewe''' ([[1809]]-[[1888]]), linguist ; bora at ZUlz, Prussian Silesia; educated at Berlin, where he graduated Ph.D.; accompanied Sir Moses Montefiore as his secreI tary to the Holy Land and other places thirteen times between 1839 and 1874; first principal of JewsCollege, 1856; examiner in oriental lau to Royal College of; Preceptors, 1858; principal and director, Judith Theological College, Ramagate, 1868-88; published English translation of J. B. Levinaohn'sBfefl Dammlm conversations between a patriarch of the Greek church and a chief rabbi of the Jews, 1841; translated first two conversations in David Nieto's Matteh Dan 1849; edited the Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Monteflore (published, 1890).
Loewenthal: '''Loewenthal''' or LOWENTHAL, JOH ANN JACOB a810-1876), chess-player; born at Buda-Pesth; expelled from Austro-Huugary as a follower of Kossutb, 1849; settled in London, 1851; chess editor of the * Illustrated News of the Worldand of theEra published Morphy's Games of Chess 1860; edited Chest Player's Magazine 1863-7; manager of the British Chess Association, 1865-9; became a naturalised Englishman.
Capell Lofft: '''Capell Lofft''' , the elder ([[1761]]-[[1824]]), miscellaneous writer; educated at Eton and Peterhouee, Cambridge; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1775; settled at Turin, 1822; died at Moncalieri; author of poems and works on miscellaneous subjects and translations from Virgil and Petrarch, published between 1776 and 1814.
Capell Lofft: '''Capell Lofft''' , the younger ([[1806]]-[[1873]]), classical scholar, poet, and miscellaneous writer; son of Capell Lofft the elder; of Eton and King's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1832: barrister. Middle Temple, 1834; published an ethical Self-Formation, or the History of an Individual Mind 1837; published Ernest an epic poem, 1839, representing the growth, struggles, and triumphs of chartism; died at Millmead, Virginia, U.8.A.
Mary Lofthouse: '''Mary Lofthouse''' ([[1863]]-[[1885]]), water-colour painter; nt,e Forster; associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1884; married Samuel H. S. Lofthouse, 1884.
Lofting: '''Lofting''' or LOFTINGH, JOHN ([[1659]] ?-l [[742]]), inventor; native of Holland; naturalised in England, 1688; patented a fire-engine, 1690; engaged in the manufacture of fire-engines.
Adam Loftus: '''Adam Loftus''' ([[1633]] ?-[[1605]]), archbishop of Armagh and Dublin: educated at Cambridge, probably at Trinity College; archbishop of Armagh, 1563; dean of St. Patrick's, 1565; D.D. Cambridge, 1566; archbishop of Dublin, 1567; lord keeper, 1573-6, 1579, and 1581; lord chancellor, 1581-1605; lord justice, 1582-4, 1597-9, and 1600; assisted in foundation of Trinity College, Dublin; appointed first provost, 1590.
Adam Loftus: '''Adam Loftus''' , first VISCOUNT LOFTUS OF ELY (1568 ?-1643), lord chancellor of Ireland; nephew of Adam Loftus (1633?-1605); prebendary of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 1692; judge of the Irish marshal court, 1597; master of chancery, 1698; knighted, c. 1604; Irish privy councillor, 1608; M.P., King's County, 1613; lord chancellor, 1619; created Viscount Loftus of Ely, 1622; lord justice, 1629.
Dudley Loftus: '''Dudley Loftus''' ([[1619]]-[[1695]]), jurist and orientalist; great-grandson of Adam Loftus (1533 ?-1606): educated at Trinity College, Dublin; B.A., 1638; incorporated B.A. at Oxford, 1639: M.A. University College, Oxford, 1640; M.P. for Naas in Irish House of Commons, 1642-8; deputy-judge advocate, 1661; commissioner of revenue and judge of admiralty, 1654; master in chancery, 1655; M.P., co. Kildare and co. Wicklow, 1659, Bannow, 1661, Fethard, 1692; supplied the Ethiopic version of the New Testament in Walton's Polyglott Bible (1657) and published several translations from the Armenian and Greek, 1657-95.
William Kennett Lofttjs: '''William Kennett Lofttjs''' ([[1821]] ?-[[1858]]X archaBologist and traveller; educated at Cambridge; geologist to the Turco- Persian Frontier Commission, 1849-52; at Babylon and Nineveh on behalf of the Assyrian Excavation Fund, 1853-5; published - Travels and Researches In Chaldaea and Susiana 1857; died on the voyage home from India, where he had been appointed to IVJ? 1
George Logan: '''George Logan''' ([[1678]]-[[1755]]), controversialist; M.A. Glasgow, 1696; moderator of the general assembly, 1740; published ecclesiastical and political works.

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Jambs Logan: '''Jambs Logan''' ([[1674]]-[[1751]]), man of science and Peon's agent In America; accompanied Penn to Pennsylvania as secretary, 1699: secretary to the province, commissioner of property, receiver-general and business agent for the proprietor, 1701; member of the provincial council, 1708-47; a justice of common pleas, 1715; presiding judge in court of common pleas and mayor of Philadelphia, 1723; published The Antidote 1725, and A Memorial from James Logan in behalf of the Proprietor's family and of himself 1726; chief-justice and president of the council, 1731-9; governor, 1836-8; published soient i tic works and translations from the classics; died at Philadelphia.
James Logan: '''James Logan''' ( [[1794]] ?-[[1872]]), author of the 'Scottish Gael; studied at Marischal College, Aberdeen; pubUsbed hisScottish Gael, or Celtic Manners as preserved the Highlanders 1831.
Jambs Richardson Logan: '''Jambs Richardson Logan''' (d. [[1869]]), scientific writer; settled at Penaug; rendered important services to the struggling settlement: contributed geological papers to Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1846: started and edited the Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia 1847-57; published his articles as The Languages of the Indian Archipelago 1857; started and edited the Penang Gazette; died at Penang.
John Logan: '''John Logan''' ([[1748]]-[[1788]]), divine and poet ; entered Edinburgh University, 1762; ordained, 1773; member of the committee for the revision of paraphrases and hymns in use in public worship, 1775; lectured on history in Edinburgh, 1779-80 and 1780-1; published analysis of lectures as Elements of the Philosophy of History 1781; his tragedy Runnamede acted, 1783; his chief poem, the Ode to the Cuckoo pronounced by Burke the most beautiful lyric in the language.
Sir Robert Logan: '''Sir Robert Logan''' (d. [[1606]]), of Restalrig ; supposed Gowrie conspirator; supported the cause of Mary gueen of Scots. After his death, George Sprott confessed knowledge of letters written by Logan in connection with the Gowrie plot, and on that evidence his bones were exhumed (1609) and sentence of forfeiture for high treason passed against him.
Logan: '''Logan''' Sm WILLIAM EDMOND ([[1798]]-[[1875]]),
Omm: '''Omm''' lliii geologist; barn in Montreal; graduated at Edinburgh, 1817; head of the geological survey of Canada, 1842-70; P.R.S., 1851; knighted, 1856; hisGeology of Canada published, 1863.
David Loggan: '''David Loggan''' ([[1635]]-[[1700]] ?), artist and engraver ; born at Danzig; came to England before 1653; engraver to Oxford University, 1669, naturalised and published his Oxonialllustrata 1675,Cautabrigia Illustrata 16761690; engraver to Cambridge University, 1690.
Samuel Loggon: '''Samuel Loggon''' ([[1712]]-[[1778]]?), writer T' M.A. Balliol College, Oxford, 1736; author of a popular schoolbook, M. Corderii Oolloquia (21st edit. 1830).
John Bernard Logos: '''John Bernard Logos''' ([[1780]]-[[1846]]) X , X muIician ; born at Kaiserslautern in the Palatinate; came to England, c. 1790; invented the chiroplast an apparatus to facilitate the position of the hands on the pianoforte; established chiroplast school at Berlin by invitation of the Prussian government, 1821.
Lolng: '''Lolng''' 8ECH (d. [[704]]), king of Ireland ; first mentioned in the annals, 672; slain in battle,
Look Lok: '''Look Lok''' , or LOCKE, HENRY ([[1653]]?-[[1608]]?), poet; grandson of Sir William Lok; educated probably at Oxford; contributed sonnet to the Essayes *j5pticby James VI of Scotland, 1691; bis EccleBiasticus... paraphristically dilated in English Poesie ... wnereunto are annexed sundrie Soneta of Christian Passions printed by Richard Field, 1597. of Sir ;travelled through almost all the hristianity; governor of the Cathay Company, 1577; consul for the Levant Company at Aleppo, m V: tra, n * Utai lnto En * llsh P* rt of Peter Martyrt HUtone of the West Indie* 1613.
Sir William Lok: '''Sir William Lok''' ([[1480]]-[[1550]]), Londoii merchant ; sent Henry VIII and Cromwell letters of intelligence from Bergen-op-Zoom and Antwerp, 1532-7; sheriff of London, 1548; knighted, 1548.
Montez Lola: '''Montez Lola''' , COUNTESS VON LANDSPELD (d. 1861).
Daniel Lombard: '''Daniel Lombard''' ([[1678]]-[[1746]]), divine: born at Angers; naturalised in England, 1688; of Merchant TaylorsSchool, London, and St. John's College, Oxford; fellow, 1697-1718; B.A., 1698; chaplain at Hanover to the Princess Sophia and the embassy, 1701; D.D., 1714; chaplain to Caroline, princess of Wales, 1714: chief work, 4 Succinct History of Ancient and Modern Persecutions published 1747.
Peter Lombard: '''Peter Lombard''' (d. [[1626]]), Irish Roman catholic prelate; educated at Westminster and Louvaiii University: D.D., 1594; provost of Cambrai Cathedral; archbishop of Armagh and primate of all Ireland, 1601; died at Rome; author of De Regno Hiberniae, Sanctorum Insula. Oommentariue published, 1632.
Pierre Lombart: '''Pierre Lombart''' ([[1620]]?-[[1681]]), engraver and portrait-painter; born in Paris; came to England, c. 1640; returned to France after 1660; died at Paris.
John Lombe: '''John Lombe''' ([[1693]]7-[[1722]]), half-brother of Sir Thomas Loinbe; sent by his brother to Italy to make himself acquainted with the processes of silk-throwing; said to have been poisoned by jealous Italian workmen,
Sir Thomas Lombe: '''Sir Thomas Lombe''' ([[1685]]-[[1739]]), introducer of silk-throwing machinery into England; patented his new invention, 1718; sheriff of London and knighted, 1727.
Londesborough: '''Londesborough''' first BARON ([[1805]]-[[1860]]). See
Albert Denison: '''Albert Denison''' .
Henry Op London: '''Henry Op London''' (d. [[1228]]). See LOUNDRKS.
De Henry: '''De Henry''' .

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John Op London: '''John Op London''' (fl. [[1267]]).
John Op London: '''John Op London''' (d. [[1311]]). See JOHN OP LON-
Don: '''Don'''
John London: '''John London''' ([[1486]] ?-[[1643]]), visitor of monasteries ; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford; fellow of New College, 1505-18; D.O.L. and prebendary of York, 1519; treasurer of Lincoln Cathedral, 1522: warden of New College, 1526; attached himself to Cromwell; a commissioner for the visitation of monasteries, 1535-8; after Cromwell's death (1640) attached himself to Stephen Gardiner, and became canon of Windsor; convicted of perjury, stripped of his dignities, and committed to prison, where he died.
Richard Op London: '''Richard Op London''' (ft. [[1190]]-[[1229]]). See
De Templo Richard: '''De Templo Richard''' .
William London: '''William London''' (ft. [[1658]]), bibliographer; his Catalogue of the most vendible Books in England 1668, and Catalogue of New Books by way of Supplement to the former 1660, the earliest bibliographical catalogues of value.
Marquises Op Londonderry: '''Marquises Op Londonderry''' . See STEWART,
Robert: '''Robert''' first MARQUIS, [[1739]]-[[1821]] : STEWART, ROBERT, second MARQUIS, 1769-1822; STEWART, CHARLES WILLIAM, third MARQUIS, 1778-1854.
Earls Op Londonderry: '''Earls Op Londonderry''' . See RIDOEWAY, SIR
Thomas: '''Thomas''' first EARL, [[1665]] ?-[[1631]] ; PITT, THOMAS, first
Earl: '''Earl''' of the second creation, [[1688]] V-[[1729]]. J
Amelia Long: '''Amelia Long''' , LADY FARNBOROUQH ([[1762]]-[[1837]]), daughter of Sir Abraham Hume of Wormleybury, Hertfordshire; married Charles Long, afterwards first baron Farnborough, 1793; art connoisseur and horticulturist,
Ann Long: '''Ann Long''' ([[1681]]7-[[1711]]), granddaughter of Sir James Long; a celebrated beauty; acquainted with Swift.
Lady Catharine Long: '''Lady Catharine Long''' (d. [[1867]]), novelist and religious writer; daughter of Horatio Walpole, third earl of Orford: married Henry Lawes Long, 1822; her novel, 'Sir Roland Ashton directed against the tractariau movement, 1833; published religious works, 1846-63. LOtfQ 791
Longfield: '''Longfield'''
Charles Long: '''Charles Long''' , fln-t BARON FARXBOROUOH (1761-1838), politician: of Emmanuel College, Cambridge; M.P., Rye, 1789-96, Midburst, 1796, Wendover, 1802, aud Hasleinere, 1806-26; joint-secretary to the treasury, 1791l*i il; F.R.S., 1792; a lord commissioner of the treasury, 1804; privy councillor, 1806; secretary of state for Irelaud, 1806; joint-payniaster-geueral, and subsequently sole occupant of tbe office, 1810-26; Q.C.B. (civil), 1820: created Baron Farnborougb, 1820; assisted George III and George IV in tbe decoration of tbe royal palaces.
Charles Edward Long: '''Charles Edward Long''' ([[1796]]-[[1861]]), genealogist and antiquary: grandson of Edward Long; of Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1822; published works, including Royal Descents 1845.
Dudley Long: '''Dudley Long''' ([[1748]]-[[1829]]).
Edward Long: '''Edward Long''' ([[1734]]-[[1813]]), author; of Gray's Inn; in Jamaica as private secretary to Sir Henry Moore, tbe lieutenant-governor, and subsequently judge of tbe vice-admiralty court, 1767-69; bifi chief work, The History of Jamaica issued anonymously, 1774.
Edwin Longsden Long: '''Edwin Longsden Long''' ([[1829]]-[[1891]]), painter and royal academician; R.A., 1881; excelled as a painter of oriental scenes.
George Long: '''George Long''' ([[1780]]-[[1868]]), police magistrate : barrister, Gray's Inn, 1811; magistrate at Great Marlborough Street police court, 1839-41: recorder of Coventry, 18401842; magistrate at Maryleboue police court, 1841-69; published legal works.
George Long: '''George Long''' ([[1800]]-[[1879]]), classical scholar; B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1822; fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1823; professor of ancient languages in tbe university of Virginia at Charlottesville, 1824-8; professor of Greek, University College, London, 1828-31; edited Quarterly Journal of Education 1831-6; honorary secretary of the Royal Geographical Society (which he helped to found in 1830), 1846-8; editedPenny Cyclopaedia 1833-46; professor of Latin, University College, London, 1842-6: publishedTwo Discourses on Roman Law in which subject he surpassed all his English contemporaries, 1847: established and edited theBibliotheca Classica 1861-8: published his translation of Marcus Aurelius, 1862, of the Discourses of Epictetus 1877.
Sir James Long: '''Sir James Long''' , second baronet ([[1617]]-[[1692]]), royalist; nephew of Sir Robert Long; served in the royalist army; succeeded to baronetcy, 1673.
James Long: '''James Long''' ([[1814]]-[[1887]]), missionary; went to India in the service of the Church Missionary Society, 1846; wrote a preface, adversely criticising the English press at Calcutta, to an English version of Niladarpana Nntaka a sort of oriental Uncle Tom's Cabin 1861; indicted for libel and imprisoned; author of various books, pamphlets, and contributions to periodical literature dealing with Anglo-Indian questions,

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John Long: '''John Long''' ([[1648]]-[[1689]]), archbishop of Armagh; of Eton and King's College, Cambridge; archbishop of Armagh and primate of all Ireland, 1684; Irish privy councillor, 1685.
John St Long: '''John St Long''' . JOHN ([[1798]]-[[1834]]), empiric; studied drawing and painting at Dublin, 1816-22; set up practice in London and became fashionable, 1827; twice tried for manslaughter through tbe deaths of his patients; chief work, A Critical Exposure of the Ignorance aud Malpractice of Certain Medical Practitioners in their Theory and Treatment of Disease 1831.
Sir Lislebone Long: '''Sir Lislebone Long''' ([[1613]]-[[1659]]), speaker of the House of Commons; educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford; B.A., 1631; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1640; M.P. (parliamentariau), Wells, 1645-53, 1654-5, and 1659, Somerset, 1656-8; knighted, 1655; recorder of London, a master of requests, and treasurer of Lincoln's Inn, 1656; appointed speaker, 9 March 1659, but died 16 March,
Sir Robert Long: '''Sir Robert Long''' (d. [[1673]]), auditor of the exchequer; M.P., Devizes, 1625, Midhurst, 1640; knighted, 1660; chancellor of the exchequer, 1660-7; M.P., Boroughbridge, 1661: auditor of tbe exchequer, 1662: privy councillor, 1G72.
Robert Ballard Long: '''Robert Ballard Long''' ([[1771]]-[[1816]]), lieutenantgeneral; sou of Edward Long (1734-1818); "Ideated at Harrow and Gottingeu University; captain, MTVtaff in Flanders, 1793-4; deputy adjutant-general, 1794-6: lieutenant-colonel, 1798; colonel on tbe staff in Ppain, 1808, present at Corufta, 1809; brigadier-general in Wellington's army in Portugal, 1810-11; lieutenantgeneral, 1821.
Roger Long: '''Roger Long''' ([[1680]] -[[1770]]), divine and astronomer; of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; fellow, 1708; MJL, 1704; D.D., 1728; F.R.S., 1729; master of Pembroke Hall, 1733; vice-chancellor of the nnlvewity, 1788 and 1769; published instalment* of an important work on astronomy, 1742-64 (completed by Richard Duntborne, 1784); first Lowndean professor of astronomy and geometry, 1750.
Samuel Long: '''Samuel Long''' ([[1638]]-[[1683]]), speaker of the Jamaica House of Assembly; served in the expedition which conquered Jamaica, 1655; clerk of the House of Assembly, 1661; speaker, 1672-4; chief- justice, 1674; died at St. Kutberiue, Jamaica.
Thomas Long: '''Thomas Long''' , the elder ([[1621]]-[[1707]]), divine; educated at Exeter College, Oxford; B.A., 1648; B.D., 1660; prebendary of Exeter, 1661-1701; a voluminous controversial writer.
Thomas Long: '''Thomas Long''' , the younger ([[1649]]-[[1707]]), son of Thomas Long the elder; educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford; M.A., 1670; prebendary of Exeter, 1681; deprived at the revolution,
William Long: '''William Long''' ([[1817]]-[[1886]]), antiquary; educated at Balliol College, Oxford; M.A., 1844; F.S.A.; published 'Stonehenge and its Burrows 1876.
William Longbeaed: '''William Longbeaed''' (d. [[1196]]). See FITZ-
William Osburt: '''William Osburt''' .
William Op Longchamp: '''William Op Longchamp''' (d. [[1197]]), bishop of Ely and chancellor to Richard I; chancellor of the kingdom, 1189; bishop of Ely, 1189; justiciar, 1190; joined Richard I while in prison in Germany, 1193; Richard I's intermediary in England, France, Germany, and at home, 1194-5; a faithful servant to Richard I; died at Poitiers.
Sir Henry Errington Longden: '''Sir Henry Errington Longden''' ([[1819]]-[[1890]]), general; educated at Eton and tbe Royal Military College, Sandhurst: entered the army, 1836; captain, 1843: served in the Sikh wars, 1846-6 and 1848-9, in tbe Indian mutiny, 1867-8; colonel, 1859; adjutant-general in India, 1866-9; major-general, 1872: lieutenant-general, 1877; retired with honorary rank of general, 1880; K.C.B. and O.S.L
Longden: '''Longden''' Sm JAMES ROBERT ([[1827]]-[[1891]]), colonial administrator; acting colonial secretary in the Falkland islands, 1845; president of tbe Virgin islands, 1861: governor of Dominica, 1865: governor of British Honduras, 1867; governor of Trinidad, 1870; K.C.M.G., 1876: governor of Ceylon, 1876-83; G.C.M.G., 1883.
Longespee: '''Longespee''' or LTJNGESPE~E (Lo.soswoRD), WIL-
Dk Liam: '''Dk Liam''' , third EARL OP SALISBURY (d. [[1226]]), natural son of Henry II by an unknown mother; according to a late tradition by Rosamond Clifford Fair Rosamond) ; received earldom of Salisbury, 1198; lieutenant of Gascouy, 1202; warden of the Cinque porte. 1204-6: warden of the Welsh marches, 1208: counselled King John to grant the Great Charter, 1215; joined the dauphin Louis, 1216, but returned to the English allegiance, 1217; faithfully served his nephew, Henry III, 1218-26.
Longespee: '''Longespee''' or LUNGE8PEE, LUNGESPEYE, or
William Dk Lungespere: '''William Dk Lungespere''' , called EARL OP SALIS-
Bury: '''Bury''' ([[1212]]?-[[1250]]X son of William de Longespee (d. 1226); knighted, 1233: witnessed the confirmation of the Great Charter, 1236: accompanied Earl Richard of Cornwall to the crusade, 1240; accompanied Henry II to Gascony, 1242: went again to the crusades, 1247; killed at the battle near Mansourah, 1260. xxxlv. 118.
Mountifort Longfield: '''Mountifort Longfield''' ([[1802]]-[[1884]]), Irish judge; M.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1828: LL.D.. 1881; professor of political economy at Trinity College, 1882-4; regius professor of feudal and English law, Dublin University, 1834-84: Q.C., 1841; judge of the landed estates court, 1868-67; Irish privy councillor, 1867.
Longland: '''Longland''' 792
Lopez: '''Lopez'''
John Longland: '''John Longland''' ([[1473]]-[[1547]]), bishop of Lincoln: educated at Magdalen College, Oxford: principal of MagMa? Hall, Oxford, 1606: D.D., 1511; dean of Salisbury, 1614canon of Windsor, 1519; bishop of Lipooln, 1521: chancellor of the university of Oxford, 1532-47; printed .ermons (1617, 1536, and 1638) andTrea Condones (. v:,
William Lonoland: '''William Lonoland''' ([[1330]] ?-[[1400]] ?). See LANOi.Ai.

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Charles Thomas Longley: '''Charles Thomas Longley''' ([[1794]]-[[1868]]). archbishop of Canterbury: educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford; student, 1812: M.A., 1818: D D 1829: bead-master of Harrow, 1829-36; bishop of KiDon, 1836-66, of Durham, 1866-60; archbishop of York, 1860-8, of Canterbury, 1862-8; published sermons pnhlishi bnrines*,
Thomas Longley: '''Thomas Longley''' (d. [[1437]]).
Thomas Longman: '''Thomas Longman''' ([[1699]]-[[1755]]), founder of the hlishing house of Longman: bought a bookseller's *, 1784: increased his business by the purchase of in wnnd literary properties.
Thomas Longman: '''Thomas Longman''' ([[1730]] - [[1797]]), publisher : nephew of Thomas Longman (1699-1755); taken into partnership, 1753: succeeded to the business, 1755.
Thomas Longman: '''Thomas Longman''' ([[1804]]-[[1879]]), publisher ; son of Thomas Norton Longman: educated at Glasgow; became partner in the firm, 1834, and its head, 1842; published tor Macaulay and Disraeli.
Thomas Norton Longman: '''Thomas Norton Longman''' ([[1771]]-[[1842]]), publisher: son of Thomas Longman (1730-1797): succeeded to the business, 1797: took Owen Rees Into partnership, on which the firm became one of the greatest In London: published for Wordsworth, Southey, Scott Lay of the Laet Minstrel), and Moore: became sole proprietor of Edinburgh Review 1826.
William Longman: '''William Longman''' ([[1813]]-[[1877]]), publisher : son of Thomas Norton Longman: became a partner in the business, 1839: compiled A Catalogue of Works in all Departments of English Literature, classified, with a general Alphabetical Index (2nd edit. 1848); promoted the publication of Peaks. Passes, and Glaciers 1859-62: published hisHistory of the Life and Times of Edward III 1869; president of the Alpine Club, 1871-4: published A History of the three Cathedrals dedicated to St. Paul in London 1873.
Barak Longmate: '''Barak Longmate''' ([[1738]]-[[1793]]), genealogist and heraldic engraver; published fifth edition of Collins's 4 Peerage 1779, and a Supplement 1784; edited Pocket Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1788.
Barak Lonomate: '''Barak Lonomate''' ([[1768]]-[[1836]]), compiler: son of Barak Longmate (1738-1793); editedPocket Peerage ixis: assisted John Nichols and other antiquaries in their researches.
John Longmttir: '''John Longmttir''' ([[1803]]-[[1883]]), Scottish antiquary ; rt tidied at Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.: LL.D., 1859; his most important work, a revised edition of Jamieaon'sScottish Dictionary 1879-82; published venes and two guide-books.
Long: '''Long''' 8TROTHER, JOHN (d. [[1471]]), lord treasurer of England; a knight of the order of St. John of Jerusalem; castellan of Rhodes, 1463; English prior of the order of St. John, 1460: lord treasurer to Henry VI, 1470; tried and beheaded after the battle of Tewkesbury.
Long: '''Long''' 8WORD.
William Longtteville: '''William Longtteville''' ([[1639]]-[[1721]]), friend of th" poet Samuel Butler; barrister, Inner Temple, 1660, and treasurer, 1696; a six-clerk in chancery, 1660lf.78; Parquhar indebted to him for part of hisTwin Hlvate
Maria Theresa Longworth: '''Maria Theresa Longworth''' ([[1833]] ?-[[1881]] authored and plaintiff in the Yelverton case; married to William Oliarle* Yelverton, afterwards the fourth Viscoon t A von more, by a priest at the Roman catholic chapeURoKtrevor, Ireland, 1867; the marriage repudiated by Yelverton (who afterwards married the widow of Pro fessor Edward Forbes, 1858); the validity of Misl,im'vortli's marriage established in the Irish court, 1861, but annulled in the Scottish court, 1862; the Scottish judgment confirmed in the House of Lords, 1864; published several novels, 1861-75, andThe Yelverton Correspondence fec., 1863.
Earls of Lonsdale: '''Earls of Lonsdale''' . See LOWTHKR, JAMKS, first EAKL, 1736-1802; LOWTHXR, WILLIAM, second EARL, 1757-1844; LOWTHKR, WILLIAM, third EARL, 1787-1872.
Lonsdale: '''Lonsdale''' first VISCOUNT ([[1635]]-[[1700]]). See
Sir John Lovvthkr: '''Sir John Lovvthkr''' .
Henry Lonsdale: '''Henry Lonsdale''' ([[1816]]-[[1876]]), biographer: studied medicine at Edinburgh, 1834; became partner of Dr. Robert Knox (1791-1862), 1840; fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, 1841; published biographies, including The Worthies of Cumberland 1867-76, A Sketch of the Life and Writings of Robert Knox, the Anatomist 1870.
James Lonsdale: '''James Lonsdale''' ([[1777]]-[[1839]]), portrait-painter; first exhibited at Royal Academy, 1802; helped to found Society of British Artists; portrait-painter in ordinary to Queen Caroline.
James Gylby Lonsdale: '''James Gylby Lonsdale''' ([[1816]]-[[1892]]), son of John Lonsdale (1788-1867); educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford; fellow, 1838-64; took holy orders, 1842; professor of classical literature, King's College, London, 1865-70; published with Samuel Lee prose translation of Virgil, 1871, and of Horace, 1893.
John Lonsdale: '''John Lonsdale''' ([[1788]]-[[1867]]), bishop of Lichfleld ; educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge; fellow of King's College, 1809; prebendary of Lincoln, 1827, of St. Paul's, 1828, principal of King's College, London, 1839; archdeacon of Middlesex, 1842; bishop of Lichfleld, 1843; prepared for press, in conjunction with Archdeacon Hale, The Four Gospels, with Annotations 1849.
William Lonsdale: '''William Lonsdale''' ([[1794]]-[[1871]]), geologist; entered the army, 1812; fought at Waterloo, 1815; retired soon after 1815 and studied geology: curator and librarian to the Geological Society, 1829-42: joint originator with Murchison and Sedgwick of the theory of the independence of the devonian system.
John Lookup: '''John Lookup''' (fl. [[1740]]), theologian ; a disciple of John Hutchinson (1674-1737); published an essay on the Trinity, 1739, and a translation of Genesis, 1740.
George Loosemore: '''George Loosemore''' (. [[1660]]), organist and composer; son of Henry Loosemore; organist of Trinity College, Cambridge; Mus. Doc., 1665; composed anthems.
Henry Loosemore: '''Henry Loosemore''' ([[1600]] ?-[[1670]]), organist and composer: Mus. Bac. Cambridge, 1640; organist of Exeter Cathedral, 1660; composed litanies and anthems.

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John Loosemore: '''John Loosemore''' ([[1613]] ?-[[1681]]), organ-builder; brother of Henry Loosemore; designed organ for Exeter Cathedral; also made virginals.
Looten: '''Looten''' (LOTEN), JAN ([[1618]]-[[1681]]), landscapepainter; native of Amsterdam; came to London early in Charles IPs reign.
Henry Charles Lopes: '''Henry Charles Lopes''' , first BARON LUDLOW (1828-1899), judge; educated at Winchester and Balliol College, Oxford; B.A., 1849; barrister, Inner Temple, 1852; bencher, 1870; treasurer, 1890; Q.C., 1869: conservatiye M.P. for Lannceston, 1868-74, and Frome, 1874; justice in high court, 1876; knighted, 1876; sat successively in common pleas and queen's bench divisions, and was advanced to court of appeal, 1885; privy councillor, 1886; raised to peerage, 1897. !H, first baronet
Sir Manasseh Massei Lopes: '''Sir Manasseh Massei Lopes''' (1755-1831), politician: descended from a family of Spanish Jews; born in Jamaica; conformed to church of England; M.P., Romney, 1802; created baronet, 1805; M.P., Barnstaple, 1812; imprisoned for bribery and corruption, 1819; M.P., Westbury, 1823 and 1826-9.
Roderigo Lopez: '''Roderigo Lopez''' (d. [[1594]]), Jewish physician ; native of Portugal; settled in England, 1559; first house physician at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; member of
Lord: '''Lord''' 793
Louis: '''Louis''' Royal Colletre of Physicians before 1669; chief physician to Queen Elizabeth, 1586; implicated in the plot to murder Antonio Perez and Queen Elizabeth; tried, found guilty, and executed at Tyburn, 1594; possibly the original of Shakespeare's Shylock.
Henry Lord: '''Henry Lord''' (yf. [[1630]]), traveller ; of Magdalen Hall, Oxford; English. chaplain at Surat, 1624; publishedA Display of two forraigne Sects in the East Indies fcc., 1630.
John Keast Lord: '''John Keast Lord''' ([[1818]] - [[1872]]), naturalist ; entered the Royal Veterinary College, London, 1842; received his diploma, 1844; served in the Crimea as veterinary surgeon to the artillery of the Turkish contingent, 1855-6; naturalist to the boundary commission sent to British Columbia, 1858; employed in archaeological and scientific researches in Egypt; first manager of the Brighton Aquarium, 1872; author of The Naturalist in Vancouver's Island 1866, and aHandbook of SeaFishing
Percival Barton Lord: '''Percival Barton Lord''' ([[1808]]-[[1815]]), diplomatic agent; B.A. Dublin, 1829; M.B., 1832; studied medicine at Edinburgh; assistant-surgeon under East India Company, 1834; accompanied the commercial mission under Sir Alexander Burnes to Cabul, penetrated into Tartary, 1837; political assistant to William Hay Macnaghten, 1838; killed in action at Purwan, 1840; author of Popular Physiology 1834, and Algiers, with Notices of the neighbouring States of Barbary 1835.
Thomas Lord: '''Thomas Lord''' (fl. [[1796]]), ornithologist ; published Lord's Entire New System of Ornithology 1791-6.
James Lorimer: '''James Lorimer''' ([[1818]]-[[1890]]), jurist and political philosopher; educated at the universities of Edinburgh, Berlin, Bonn, and the academy of Geneva; member of the Faculty of Advocates of Scotland, 1845; published 4 Political Progress not necessarily Democratic 1857, and the sequel Constitutionalism of the Future 1865; appointed to the chair of The Law of Nature and of Nations Edinburgh, 1865; published The Institutes of Law 1872, and The Institutes of the Law of Nations 1883-4.
Peter Lorimer: '''Peter Lorimer''' ([[1812]]-[[1879]]), presbyterian divine ; entered Edinburgh University, 1827; professor of theology in the English presbyterian college, London, 1844, and principal, 1878; chief work,John Knox and the Church of England 1875.
Sir John Wentworth Loring: '''Sir John Wentworth Loring''' ([[1775]]-[[1852]]), admiral; born in America; entered the navy, 1789; lieutenant, 1794; present in actions off Toulon, 1795; employed off France, 1806-13; C.B., 1815; lieutenantgovernor of the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, 18191837; K.O.B., 1840; vice-admiral, 1840: admiral, 1851.
Thomas Lorkln: '''Thomas Lorkln''' ([[1528]] ?-l [[691]]), regius professor of physic at Cambridge; educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; M.A., 1555; M.D., 1560; fellow of Queens College, of Peterhouse, 1664-62; publishedRecta Regula et Victus ratio pro studiosis et literatis 1662; regius professor of physic, 1564.
Thomas Lorkyn: '''Thomas Lorkyn''' (d. [[1626]]), M.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1604; secretary to the embassy at Paris, 1623; drowned at sea, 1625.
Paul Lorraln: '''Paul Lorraln''' (d. [[1719]]), ordinary of Newgate, 1698-1719; compiled the official accounts of the dying speeches of criminals; published * The Dying Man's Assistant 1702, and a translation of Muret's Rites of Funeral 1683.
Michael Lort: '''Michael Lort''' ([[1725]]-[[1790]]), antiquary; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1750; senior fellow, 1768; F.S.A., 1756; regius professor of Greek at Cambridge, 1769-71; F.R.S., 1766; D.D. and prebendary of St. Paul's, 1780. The results of his antiquarian researches appeared in works like Chalmers's Biographical Dictionary and Nichols's Literary Anecdotes
Lorte: '''Lorte''' Sm ROGER, first baronet ([[1608]]-[[1664]]), Latin poet; B.A. Wadham College, Oxford, 1627; published Bpigrammatum liber primus 1646; created baronet, 1662.
Sir Nigel Loryno: '''Sir Nigel Loryno''' or NELE (. [[1388]]). soldier : knighted for bravery at Sluys, 1340; one of the original kBlfUi of the Garter, 1344; present at Poitiers, 1388; served in France and Spain, 1364-9.
Herbert Ob Losinga: '''Herbert Ob Losinga''' ([[1054]] 7-[[1119]]), first bishop of Norwich and founder of the cathedral church; bis native place and the signification of hi* surname a matter of dispute; educated in the monastery at Fecamp, Normandy; Benedictine monk, e. 1075; prior of Fecamp, 1088; abbot of Ramsey, 1088: bishop of Tbetford, 1091; removed the see from Tbetford to Norwich, 1094; bis sermons and letters edited and translated by Goulburn and Symonds, 1878.
Losinga: '''Losinga''' or DE LOTHARINGIA, ROBERT (rf. 1095), bishop of Hereford; a native of Lotharingia or the southern Netherlands: doubtless a relative of Herbert de Losinga; wrote astronomical works: crossed to England and became one of the royal clerks: bishop of Hereford, 1079.
Marquises Lothian: '''Marquises Lothian''' or. See KKRR, ROBERT, first MARQUIS, 1636-1703; KKRR, WILLIAM, second MARQUIS, 16627-1722; KKHU, WILLIAM HENRY, fourth MARQUIS, d. 1775.
Earls of Lothian: '''Earls of Lothian''' . See KKRR, MARK, first EARL, i. 1609; KKRK, WILLIAM, third EARL, 1606 7-1675; KKRR, ROBKRT, fourth EARL, 1636-1703.
Lothian: '''Lothian''' ninth MARQUIS OF ([[1833]]-[[1900]]). 8e*

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Schomberg Hknry Kkrr: '''Schomberg Hknry Kkrr''' .
William Lothian: '''William Lothian''' ([[1740]]-[[1783]]), divine and historian; D.D. Edinburgh, 1779; published a history of the Netherlands, 1780.
Lathrop Lothropp: '''Lathrop Lothropp''' , or LOTHROP, JOHN (d. 1653), independent divine; sailed for Boston, 1634; died at Barns taple. Massachusetts, where he ministered, 16391653.
Earls of Loudon: '''Earls of Loudon''' .
Charles Loudon: '''Charles Loudon''' ([[1801]]-[[1844]]), medical writer; M.R.C.S., 1826; M.D. Glasgow, 1827; published medical works, 1826-42.
Jane Loudon: '''Jane Loudon''' ([[1807]]-[[1858]]), horticultural and miscellaneous writer; nie Webb; publishedThe Mummy, a Tale of the Twenty-second Century which may have furnished some of the ideas of Lytton's Coming Race 1827: married John Claudius Loudon, 1830; published The LadiesCompanion to the Flower Garden 1841, and other horticultural works.
John Claudius Loudon: '''John Claudius Loudon''' ([[1783]]-[[1843]]), landscapegardener and horticultural writer; F.L.S., 1806; his Encyclopaedia of Gardening published, 1822, Encyclcpasdia of Agriculture 1825, Encyclopaedia of Plants 1829; edited Gardener's Magazine 1826-43; began to compile the Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture 1832; began to publish bis Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum 1833; established Architectural Magazine 1834;Suburban Gardener and Villa Companion 1836; published Encyclopaedia of Trees and Shrubs 1842.
Earls of Loudoun: '''Earls of Loudoun''' . See CAMPBELL, JOHN, first
Earl: '''Earl''' [[1598]]-[[1663]] ; CAMPBELL, HUGH, third EARL, d. 1731; CAMPBELL, JOHN, fourth EARL, 1705-1782.
John Graham Lough: '''John Graham Lough''' ([[1806]]-[[1876]]X sculptor ; first exhibited at Royal Academy, 1826.
Loughborough: '''Loughborough''' first BARON HASTINGS OF. See
Sir Edward Hastings: '''Sir Edward Hastings''' , d. [[1573]].
Barons Loughborough: '''Barons Loughborough''' . See HASTINGS, HEXRY, d. 1667; WEDDKRBURN, ALEXANDER, EARL OF ROSSLTK, 1733-1805.
Robert Lougher: '''Robert Lougher''' (d. [[1685]]), civilian ; fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1583: B.C.L., 1568; principal of New Inn Hall, 1664-70 and 1575-80; D.O.L,and regius professor of civil law, 1565; M.P., Pembroke, 1579; master in chancery, 1574.
Sir Thomas Louis: '''Sir Thomas Louis''' , first baronet (17TO-[[1807]]), rearadmiral; entered the navy, 1770: in active service, 17781780; advanced to post rank, 1783; present at the battle
Lound: '''Lound''' 794
Lovell: '''Lovell''' of Ux Nile, 1798: acted under Nelson, 1799-1802; rearadmiral. 1804: performed brilliant service at battle of St. Domingo, 1806; rewarded with a baronetcy; dial off the crat of Egypt
Thomas Lound: '''Thomas Lound''' ([[1802]]-[[1861]]X amateur painter; occasionally exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Henry de Loundres: '''Henry de Loundres''' (rf. [[1228]]), archbishop of Dublin from 1212: papal legate to Ireland, 1217-20; d, 1219-2 justiciary in Ireland, M,
Louth: '''Louth''' first EAKL o (d. [[1328]]). See BERMINOHAM,
John Sir: '''John Sir''' .
Gilbert of Louth: '''Gilbert of Louth''' (d. [[1163]] ?).
Loutherbourgh: '''Loutherbourgh''' (LOUTHERBOURG), PHILIP JA MKS (PHILIPPE JACQUES) DK (1740-1812), painter and royal academician; born at Fulda, Germany; studied at Paris under Francis Casanova; exhibited at the Salon, 1763; member of the Academic Royale, 1767; came to England, 1771; assisted Garrick as designer of scenery and costume: exhibited at Royal Academy, 1772; R.A., 1781: painted landscapes, marine subjects, and battle ; IMH, LO VAT, twelfth BARON ( 1667 V- 1 747). See ERASER, SIMON.
Christopher Love: '''Christopher Love''' ([[1618]]-[[1651]]), puritan minister; of New Inn Hall, Oxford; M.A., 1642: tried, condemned, and executed for plotting against the Commonwealth, 1651; published controversial pamphlets and sermons.
David Love: '''David Love''' ([[1750]]- [[1827]]), pedlar-poet; issued verses in single sheets and chap-books: wrote the Life, Adventures, and Experience of David Love(3rd edit. 1823).

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James Love: '''James Love''' ([[1722]]-[[1774]]).
Sir James Frederick Love: '''Sir James Frederick Love''' ([[1789]]-[[1866]]), general: entered the army, 1804; served in the Coruna retreat, 1809; captain, 1811: present at Ciudad Rodrigo, 1812; wounded at Waterloo, 1815; saved Bristol during the rioteof 1831: lieutenant-colonel, 1834; British resident at Zante, 1835-8; colonel, 1838; governor of Jersey, 1852-6; inspector-general of infantry, 1857-62; general, 1864; G.O.B. and K.H.
John Love: '''John Love''' ([[1695]]-[[1750]]), grammarian and controversialist; educated at Glasgow University; master of Dumbarton grammar school, 1721; issued Two Grammatical Treatises 1733; published, in conjunction with others, an edition of Buchanan's Latin version of the 'Psalms 1737; rector of Dalkeith grammar school, 1739.
John Love: '''John Love''' ([[1757]]-[[1826]]), presbyterian divine ; educated at Glasgow University; founded the London Missionary Society, 1795; D.D. Aberdeen, 1816; letters, sermons, and addresses by him published posthumously.
Nicholas Love: '''Nicholas Love''' ([[1608]]-[[1682]]X regicide: educated at Wadham College, Oxford; M.A., 1636; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1636; M.P., Winchester, 1645; one of the judges at Charles I's trial, but did not sign the deathwarrant: M.P., Winchester, in the Rump Parliament of 1659; escaped to Switzerland at the Restoration; died at Vevey.
Richard Love: '''Richard Love''' ([[1596]]-[[1661]]), dean of Ely ; fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge, before 1628: D.D. and prebendary of Lichfield, 1634; master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1632; vice-chancellor, 1633-4; Lady Margaret professor of divinity, 1649; dean of Ely, 1660; contributed commendatory verse* to Quarles'sEmblems
William Edward Love: '''William Edward Love''' ([[1806]]-[[1867]]), lyphonlst: mimicked sounds made by musical instruments, beast*, birds. Mi insects: gave public performances in England, Itortliiiil. France, United States, West Indies, and South America, 1826-66.
John Loveday: '''John Loveday''' ([[1711]]-[[1789]]), philologist and antiquary: M.A. Magdalen College, Oxford, 1734; collected pictures, book., and antiquities, and assisted in literary "******.
John Loveday: '''John Loveday''' ([[174]]J-[[1809]]), scholar : son of John Loveday (1711-1789); educated at Magdalen College, Oxford; assisted Dr. Chandler in the preparation ofMartnoraOxonimisia 1763; D.O.L., 1771. slat
Robert Loveday: '''Robert Loveday''' (.f. [[1665]]), translator; studied at Cambridge; translated into English the first three parts of La Calpreuede's Cleopatra as Hymen's Praeludia, or Love's Master-Piece 1652-4-5.
Samuel Loveday: '''Samuel Loveday''' ([[1619]]-[[1677]]), baptist minister and author of religious pamphlets.
William Lovegrove: '''William Lovegrove''' ([[1778]]-[[1816]]), actor: first appeared in London, 1810.
John Lovekyn: '''John Lovekyn''' (d. [[1368]]), lord mayor of London ; traded in salted fish; sheriff of London, 1342; M.P. for the city, 1347-8 and 1365; lord mayor, 1348, 1358, 1365, and 1366.
Lovel: '''Lovel'''
Philip Lovel: '''Philip Lovel''' (d. [[1259]]), treasurer and justice; treasurer, 1262; justice itinerant, 1255; prebendary of St. Paul's.
Francis Lovelace: '''Francis Lovelace''' ([[1618]]7-[[1675]]?), governor of New York; deputy-governor of Long island, 1664 or 1665; governor of New York and New Jersey, 1668; his paternal, but autocratic government not relished by the Dutch, and city surrendered to the Dutch fleet in his absence, 1673; arrested at Long island, sent back to England, and examined; died shortly afterwards.
John Lovelace: '''John Lovelace''' , third BARON LOVKLACK of Hurley (1638 ?-1693), M.A. Wadham College, Oxford, 1661; M.P., Berkshire, 1661-70; succeeded to barony, 1670; arrested on account of the Rye House plot, 1683; embraced the cause of William III; overpowered and imprisoned by James II's supporters, 1688; captain of the gentlemen pensioners, 1689..
John Lovelace: '''John Lovelace''' , fourth BARON LOVELACE of Hurley (d. 1709), cousin of John Lovelace, third baron ; entered House of Lords, 1693; guidon of the horse guards, 1699; governor of New York and New Jersey, 1709; died at New York.
Richard Lovelace: '''Richard Lovelace''' ([[1618]]-[[1668]]), cavalier and poet; educated at Charterhouse School and Gloucester Hall, Oxford; M.A., 1636 (incorporated at Cambridge, 1637); wroteThe Scholar, a comedy 1636; contributed to 'Musarum Oxoniensium Charisteria 1638; repaired to court, and served in the Scottish expeditions, 1639; wrote his famous song,Stone walls do not a prison make when imprisoned (1642) for supporting the Kentish Petition rejoined Charles I, 1645; served with the French king, 1646; again imprisoned, 1648; while in prison prepared for press his Lucasta; Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, Songs, &c. published, 1649; known almost exclusively by a few lyrics.
Lovell: '''Lovell'''
Daniel Lovell: '''Daniel Lovell''' (d. [[1818]]), journalist ; proprietor and editor of the Statesman 1806-18; imprisoned for libel, 1811-15; heavily fined, 1817, for traducing the ministerial journal, theCourier
Francis Lovell: '''Francis Lovell''' , first VISCOUNT LOVELL ([[1454]]1487 ?), descended from Philip Lovel; son of John, eighth baron Lovell of Tichmarsh, Northamptonshire; knighted, 1480; summoned to parliament as ninth Baron Lovell of Tichmarsh, 1482; supporter of Richard III; created Viscount Lovell, privy councillor, and K.G., 1483; lord chamberlain, 1483-5; attainted, 1485; fought for Lambert Simnel, 1487, and seems to hare escaped to his own house, where he died of starvation.
George William Lovell: '''George William Lovell''' ([[1804]]-[[1878]]), dramatic author; his first play, The Avenger produced, 1836; his most famous play, The Wife's Secret originally produced at New York. 1846, brought out in London, 1848.
Sir Lovell Benjamin Badoock Lovell: '''Sir Lovell Benjamin Badoock Lovell''' (formerly BADCOCK) (1786-1861 X major-general; descended from Sir Salathiel Lovell; educated at Eton; entered the army, 1805; served in the Montevideo expedition, 1807, in the Peninsular campaign, 1809-14; captain, 1811; lieutenant-colonel, 1826: one of the military reporters at the siege of Oporto and in the Miguelite
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Lowe: '''Lowe''' war in Portugal; published Rough Leaves from a Journal ill Spain and Portugal 1835; K.H., 1835; assumed surname of Lovell, 1840; major-general, 1854; K.O.B., 1866.
Maria Anne Lovell: '''Maria Anne Lovell''' ([[1803]]-[[1877]]), actress and dramatist, nt* Lacy; first appeared on the stage, 1818; represented Belvidera at Covent Garden, London, 1822: married George William Lovell, 1830; retired from the stage; her Ingomar the Barbarian produced at Drury Lane, 1851, and The Beginning and the Bnd at the Haymarket, 1855.
Lovell: '''Lovell''' or LOVEL, ROBERT ([[1630]]? -[[1690]]), naturalist; brother of Sir Salathiel Lovell; M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1659; published hisEnchiridion Botanicum 1659, andA Compleat History of Animals and Minerals 1661.
Robert Lovell: '''Robert Lovell''' ([[1770]]7-[[1796]]), poet; son of a quaker; probably engaged in business at Bristol; made acquaintance of Southey (with whom he published Poems by Biou and Moschns 1794) and Coleridge, and participated in their project for a pautisocratic colony on the banks of the Susquehanna.
Sir Salathiel Lovell: '''Sir Salathiel Lovell''' ([[1619]]-[[1713]]), judge; brother of Robert Lovell (1630?-1690); barrister, Gray's Inn, 1656; ancient, 1671; serjeant-at-law, 1688; recorder of London, 1692-1708; knighted, 1692; king's serjeant, 1695; judge on the Welsh circuit, 1696; fifth baron of the exchequer, 1708.
Sir Thomas Lovell: '''Sir Thomas Lovell''' (d. [[1524]]). speaker of the House of Commons; probably related to Francis, first viscount Lovell; fought at Bosworth on side of Henry Tudor, afterwards Henry VII, 1485; created chancellor of the exchequer for life, 1485; M.P., Northamptonshire, 1485; speaker, 1485-8; knighted, 1487; president of the council, 1502; K.G., 1503; constable of the Tower, 1509; abandoned public life, 1516.
Samuel Lover: '''Samuel Lover''' ([[1797]]-[[1868]]), song-writer, novelist, and painter; applied himself to portraiture, especially miniature-painting; secretary to Royal Hibernian Academy, 1830; produced the best-known of his ballads, * Rory oMore 1826; published Legends and Stories of Ireland illustrated by himself, 1831; helped to found the Dublin University Magazine 1833: miniature-painter in London, 1835; associated with Dickens in founding Bentley's Magazine; published Rory oMore, a National Romance 1837; dramatised it and wrote other plays; published Songs and Ballads 1839, and his second and best-known novel, Handy Andy 1842; gave an entertainment called Irish Evenings in England, Canada, and (1846) United States; produced selection of Irish lyrics, 1858; produced parodies entitled Rival Rhymes 1859; Volunteer Songs 1869.
Richard Lovett: '''Richard Lovett''' ([[1692]]-[[1780]]), author of works on electricity; declared himself able to cure disease by the aid of electricity (1758).
William Lovett: '''William Lovett''' ([[1800]]-[[1877]]), chartist; secretary of the British Association for Promoting Co-operative Knowledge, 1830; arrested and tried for rioting, 1832; assisted in drafting parliamentary petitions and bills, 1836-8; arrested for his manifesto against the police, tried and imprisoned, 1839-40; opened a bookseller's shop, and published Chartism; a new Organisation of the People the best book on the organisation of the chartist party, 1841; member of the council of the Anti-Slavery League, 1846; published school-books on elementary science.
Edward Lovibond: '''Edward Lovibond''' ([[1724]]-[[1775]]), poet; entered Magdalen College, Oxford, 1739; contributed well-known articles to the World a weekly newspaper started by Edward Moore; his best-known piece, The Tears of Old May-day published, 1754; his Poems on several occasions published by bis brother, 1785.
David Low: '''David Low''' ([[1768]]-[[1855]]), bishop of Ross, Moray, and Argyll; educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen; bishop of the united dioceses of Roes, Argyle, and the Isles, to which Moray was added (1838), 1819-50; LL.D., 1820; effected separation of Argyll and the Isles from Ron and Moray, 1847; D.D. Hartford College, Connecticut, and Geneva College, New York, 1848. *
David Low: '''David Low''' ([[1786]]-[[1869]]X professor oficultre; educated at Edinburgh University; publishedObterv*! 008 n the Present State of Landed Property and on " %.W?" of landholder and the Farmer 1817; establishedQuarterly Journal of Agriculture 1816, editing it, 1828-72; profeMor of agriculture in Edinburgh University, 1831-54; formed an agricultural museum; published The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands 1842, and works on agriculture.
George Low: '''George Low''' ([[1747]]-[[1796]]), naturalist* educated at Aberdeen and St. Andrews Universities; studied the natural history and antiquities of the Orkney Isles; bis manuscripts never printed, but freely used by other antiquaries.
James Low: '''James Low''' (d. [[1862]]), lieutenant-colonel, Madras army; Siamese scholar; captain, 1826; retired as lientenant-colonel, 1846; in civil charge of Province Wellesley; published A Dissertation on tb Soil and Agriculture of Peuang 1828, a grammar of the Siamese language, and treatises on Siamese literature.
Sir John Low: '''Sir John Low''' ([[1788]]-[[1880]]), general in the Indian army and political administrator; educated at St. Andrews University; lieutenant, Madras native infantry, 1805; captain, 1820; resident of Cawnpore; political agent at Jeypore, 1825, at Gwalior, 1830, at Lucknow, 1831; governor-general's agent in Rajpootana and commissioner at Ajmere and Mbairwar, 1848-52; resident to the nizam at Hyderabad, 1852; member of the council, 1853; major-general, 1854; gave valuable assistance in Indian mutiny, 1867-8; K.C.B., 1862; general, 1867; G.C.S.I., 1873.
Sampson Low: '''Sampson Low''' ([[1797]]-[[1886]]), publisher ; brought out first number of PublishersCircular 1837 (his sole property, 1867); issued theEnglish Catalogue 1753-82; retired from business, 1875.
William Low: '''William Low''' ([[1814]]-[[1886]]), civil engineer ; engaged under Brunei in construction of Great Western Railway; colliery engineer; M.I.O.E., 1867.
Charles Fuge Lowder: '''Charles Fuge Lowder''' ([[1820]]-[[1880]]), vicar of St. Peter's, London Docks; educated at Exeter College, Oxford; M.A., 1845; joined the mission at St. George'siu-the-East, 1866; riots in the congregation being produced by his high church views, built a new church, St. Peter's, London Docks (consecrated, 1866); known as 4 Father Lewder; published accounts of his ministry at St. George's; died at Zell-am-See, Salzburg, Austria.
Edward Lowe: '''Edward Lowe''' (d. [[1682]]X composer and organist ; organist of Christ Church, Oxford, 1630-56; one of the organists at the Chapel Royal, London, 1660-82; published A Short Direction for the performance of Cathedrall Service &c., 1661; professor of music at Oxford, 1661; composed anthems.
Edward William Howe Dk Lancy Lowe: '''Edward William Howe Dk Lancy Lowe''' (1820-1880), major-general; son of Sir Hudson Lowe ; educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst; entered the army, 1837; captain, 1845; served in second Sikh war, 1848-9; in Indian mutiny, 1857-8; lieutenantcolonel, 1868; C.B.,1869; major-general, 1877.
Sir Hudson Lowe: '''Sir Hudson Lowe''' ([[1769]]-[[1844]]), lieutenant-general and governor of St. Helena; gazetted ensign, 1787; captain, 1795; served at Toulon and in Corsica, Elba, Portugal, Minorca, and Egypt; berved in Italy, 1805-12; served with BlUcher; knighted, 1817; major-general, 1814; served in Italy, 1816; while governor of St. Helena (1816-21) bad custody of Napoleon; K.C.B., 1816; his treatment of Napoleon the subject of an attack by Barry Edward O'Meara, at one time Napoleon's medical attendant at St. Helena, 1822; governor of Antigua, 1823; on the staff in Ceylon, 1826-30; lieutenant-general, 1830. TheLowe Papers which supplied the materials for Forsy tb'sCaptivity of Napoleon at St. Helena(1853), are In the British Museum.
Jambs Lowe: '''Jambs Lowe''' (d. [[1865]]), journalist and translator; edited The Critic of Literature, Science, and the Drama 1843-63; projected aSelected Series of French Literature(one volume issued, 1853).
Lowe: '''Lowe''' 7%
Lowtheb: '''Lowtheb'''
James Lowe: '''James Lowe''' (f. [[1866]]), a claimant to the invention at the screw-propeller: patented improvement* in propelling Tends 1838 and 1852. His propeller was used in tte nary, bat be never obtained any compensation for it.

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John Lowe: '''John Lowe''' (d. [[1467]]), bishop successively of St. Asaph and Rochester; prior of Augustiuian eremites at London and provincial for England, 1428; bishop of St. Asapn, 1433, of Rochester, 1444.
John Lowe: '''John Lowe''' ([[1760]]-[[1798]]X Scottish poet; entered Edinburgh University, 1771; went to the United States, 1773; took orders and obtained a living as a clergyman of the church of England; his chief lyric, Mary's Dream. 1
Mauritius Lowe: '''Mauritius Lowe''' ([[1746]]-[[1793]]), painter : one of the flnt students in the school of the Royal Academy; gold medallist, 1769; obtained the travelling allowance for study at Rome, 1771; exhibited at Royal Academy and Society of Artists; befriended by Dr. Johnson.
Peter Lowe: '''Peter Lowe''' ([[1550]] ?-[[1612]] ?), founder of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; studied at Paris; published the Whole Oovrseof Chirurgerie 1597: settled in Glasgow, 1598; founded the Glasgow Faculty, 1599.
Richard Thomas Lowe: '''Richard Thomas Lowe''' ([[1802]]-[[1874]]), naturalist ; educated at Christ's College, Cambridge; B.A., 1825; English chaplain at Madeira, 1832-54: published A Manual Flora of Madeira 1857-72; drowned in the wreck of the Liberia, in which he was returning to
Robert Lowe: '''Robert Lowe''' , first VISCOUNT SHKRBROOKE( [[1811]]189JX politician; educated at Winchester and University College, Oxford; M.A., 1836; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1842; went to Sydney, where he practised, 1842; in the legislative council for New South Wales, 1843-50; returned to England and became leader-writer in the 4 Times 1850; M.P., Kidderminster, 1862-9; joint-secretary of the board of control, 1852-5; vice-president of board of trade and paymaster-general, 1855-8; privy councillor, 1856; M.P., Calne, 1859-67; vice-president of the committee of council on education, 1859-64; his best speeches made during the reform debates, 1866-7; first M.P. for London University, 1868-80; chancellor of the exchequer, 1868-73; D.C.L. Oxford, 1870; home secretary, 1873-4; created Viscount Sherbrooke of Sherbrooke in Warlingham, Surrey, 1880; published Poems of a Life 1884; G.C.B., 1885.
Thomas Lowe: '''Thomas Lowe''' (d. [[1783]]), vocalist and actor ; first appeared at Drury Lane, London, 1740; associated with the production of Handel's oratorios, 1742-50; lessee and manager of Marylebone Gardens, London, 1763-8; at Sadler's Wells, 1772-83.
Mark Anthony Lower: '''Mark Anthony Lower''' ([[1813]]-[[1876]]), antiquary ; son of Richard Lower (1782-1865); mainly instrumental in founding the Sussex Archaeological Society, 1846; author of Patronymics Britannica. A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom 1860, and antiquarian works on Sussex.
Richard Lower: '''Richard Lower''' ([[1631]]-[[1691]]), physician and physiologist; brother of Thomas Lower; educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford student, 1649; M.A., 1655; M.D., 1666; F.R.S., 1667; F.R.O.P., 1676; the most noted physician of his time in London; the flrst to perform the operation of direct transfusion of blood from one animal into the veins of another; author of three medical treatises, the chief being Tractatus de OordeUm
Richard Lower: '''Richard Lower''' ([[1782]]-[[1885]]), Sussex poet; his best-known production,Torn Cladpole's Jurney to Lunnon printed as a sixpenny pamphlet, 1830; published Stray Leaves from an Old Tree 1862.
Thomas Lower: '''Thomas Lower''' ([[1633]]-[[1720]]), quaker sufferer; fc"* 1*1 of Richard Lower (1631-1691); educated at Winchester College: became a quaker; imprisoned, with occasional periods of liberty, 1673-86: married a stepdaughter of George Fox (1624-1691) iiMrtateA.AiaawS fought for Charles I, 1640-*; knighted, 1645; lived in Cologne and Holland, 1655-61: publishedThe Enchanted Lovers; a Pastoral 1658; published a sumptuous Relation... of the Voyage and Residence which the most mighty... Prince Charles II... hath made in Holland 1660.
Robert Lowick: '''Robert Lowick''' (d. [[1696]]), conspirator; fought for James II, 1689; implicated in theAssassination plot tried and executed.
John Lowin: '''John Lowin''' ([[1676]]-[[1659]]), actor ; his name spelt Lowine, Lowen, Lowyn, and Leweu; joined the kind's company, 1603; acted with Shakespeare, Burbage, John Heming, Condell, Ac., 1603-11; shared with Taylor the management of the king's players, 1623-42; acted in the chief plays of Shakespeare, Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, and Massinger.
Moses Lowman: '''Moses Lowman''' ([[1680]]-[[1752]]), nonconformist divine: studied at Leyden and Utrecht; chief work, Dissertation on the Civil Government of the Hebrews 1740.
Thomas Lowndes: '''Thomas Lowndes''' ([[1692]]-[[1748]]), founder of the Lowndes chair of astronomy in Cambridge; provostmarshal of South Carolina, 1725-7, 1730-3; entrusted his duties to a deputy and never visited the colony, but advanced schemes for its improvement; published pamphlet advocating a project for supplying the navy with salt, 1746; left his property to found a chair of astronomy in Cambridge University.
William Lowndes: '''William Lowndes''' ([[1662]]-[[1724]]), secretary to the treasury; first connected with the treasury, 1679; secretary, 1695; M.P., Seaford, 1695-1714, St. Mawes, 1714, East Looe, 1722-4; credited with originating the phrase, 4 ways and means
William Thomas Lowndes: '''William Thomas Lowndes''' (d. [[1843]]), bibliographer; published The Bibliographer's Manual the first systematic work of the kind in England, 1834, and 4 The British Librarian 1839-42.
Lowrie: '''Lowrie''' alias WEIR, WILLIAM (d. [[1700]] ?). See
Lawrie: '''Lawrie'''
John Lowry: '''John Lowry''' ([[1769]]-[[1850]]), mathematician ; contributed to Thomas Leybourn's Mathematical Repository (1799-1819); his tract on spherical trigonometry appended to vol. ii. of Dalby's Course of Mathematics
Joseph Wilson Lowry: '''Joseph Wilson Lowry''' ([[1803]]-[[1879]]), engraver ; son of Wilson Lowry; illustrator of scientific works; engraver to the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland; F.R.G.S.
Wilson Lowry: '''Wilson Lowry''' ([[1762]]-[[1824]]), engraver ; studied in the Royal Academy schools; engraver of architecture and mechanism, devising ingenious instruments for the work; discovered the secret of biting in steel successfully; the first to use diamond points for ruling; executed the plates for Dr. Rees's 4 Cyclopaedia; F.R.S., 1812.
Lowth: '''Lowth''' orLOUTH, ROBERT ([[1710]]-[[1787]]), bishop of London; son of William Lowth; educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford; M.A., 1737; professor of poetry at Oxford, 1741-50: archdeacon of Winchester, 1750; published his lectures on Hebrew poetry, 1753; created D.D. Oxford, 1753; prebendary of Durham, 1765; F.R.S., 1765; bishop of Oxford, 1766-77; bishop of London, 1777; dean of the Chapel Royal, 1777; privy councillor, 1777; wrote a life of William Wykeham, 1768, a short introduction to English grammar, 1762, and a new translation of Isaiah, 1778.
Simon Lowth: '''Simon Lowth''' ([[1630]] ?-[[1720]]), nonjuring clergyman; M.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1660; D.D., 1689; deprived of his livings, 1690; wrote in defence of the nonjuriug schism and an episcopal succession against any right of deposition by a civil magistrate,
William Lowth: '''William Lowth''' ([[1660]]-[[1732]]), theologian; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool, London, and St. John's College, Oxford; fellow; M.A., 1683; B.D., 1688; prebendary of Winchester, 1696: best-known work, 4 Commentary on the Prophets 1714-25.

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Sir Gerard Lowther: '''Sir Gerard Lowther''' (d. [[1624]]), Irish judge : third son of Sir Richard Lowther (1529-1607): judge of the common pleas in Ireland from 1610 till death; knighted, 1818.
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Lucas: '''Lucas'''
Sir Lowther: '''Sir Lowther''' (JKHARD ([[1589]]-[[1680]]), Irish judge; podnon of tbe elder Sir Gerard Lowther, being natural eon of the elder Sr Gerard's brotber, Sir Christopher Gerard; educated at Queen's College, Oxford; barrister, G ray's Inn, 1614; baron of the Irish exchequer, 1628; knighted, 1681; chief-justice of the common pleas in Ireland, 1634; at first on Charles I's side, but subsequently joined the parliament; commissioner of the great real In Ireland, 1654.
Henry Lowther: '''Henry Lowther''' , third VISCOUXT LONSDALK (d. 1751), sou of Sir John Lowtber, first viscount Lons dale; lord of tbe bedchamber; constable of the Tower, 1726; lord privy seal, 1733-5.
James Lowther: '''James Lowther''' ,EARL OF LoxHrALK([[1736]]-[[1802]]), M.P., Cumberland, 1757-61, 1762, 1768, 1774-84, Westmoreland, 1761, Cockermoutb, 1769; created Earl of Lonsdale, 1784, and Viscount and Baron Lowther of Whitehaven, 1797; unrivalled in the art of electioneering.
Lowther: '''Lowther''' Sm JOHN, first VISCOUNT LOXSDALE (1655-1700), educated at Queen's College, Oxford; succeeded to baronetcy, 1676; barrister, Inner Temple, 1677; M.P., Westmoreland, 1676-96; actively supported William of Orange; vice-chancellor and privy councillor, 1689; first lord of tbe treasury, 1690-2; created Baron Lowtber and Viscount Lomxlale, 1636; lord privy seal, 1699; his * Memoirs of the Reign of James II privately printed, 1808.
Lowther: '''Lowther''' Sm RICHARD ([[1529]]-[[1607]]), lord warden of the west marches; knighted, 1566; assisted Mary Queen of Scots, 1568-72; lord warden of the west marches, 1591.
William Lowther: '''William Lowther''' , first EARL OP LOXSDALE of the second creation (1757-1844), succeeded his third cousin, James Lowther, earl of Lonsdale, as Viscount Lowther by special patent, 1802, and created Earl of Lonsdale, 1807; patron of Wordsworth,
William Lowther: '''William Lowther''' , second EARL OP LOXSDALK of the second creation (1787-1872), of Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1808; M.P., Cockermouth, 1808-13, Westmoreland, 1813, 1818, 1820, 1826, and 1832; junior lord of the admiralty, 1809; on the treasury board, 1813-26; first commissioner of woods and forest*, 1828; president of board of trade, 1834-5; postmaster-general, 1841; summoned to the House of Lords in his father's barony, 1841; succeeded to the earldom, 1844; president of council, 1852.
Loyd: '''Loyd'''
Samuel Jones Loyd: '''Samuel Jones Loyd''' , first BAROX OVERSTOXE (1796-1883), of Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.P., Hythe, 1819-26; M.A., 1822; succeeded to bis father's banking business (London and Westminster Bank, founded 1834), 1844; D.C.L. Oxford, 1864; created Baron Overstone of Overstone and Fotheringay, 1860 authority on banking and finance; the Bank Act of 184 substantially based on his principles; influenced curreu politics on the financial side
Henry Richards Lttard: '''Henry Richards Lttard''' ([[1825]]-[[1891]]), registrary of the university of Cambridge; fellow of Trinitj College, 1849; M.A., 1850; vicar of Great St. Mary V Cambridge, 1860-87; registrary of the university, 1862 contributed a Life of Person to the Cambridge Essays, 1856, and to the ninth edition of theEncyclopaedia Britannica contributed to the master of the rolls series; a frequent contributor of articles on mediae and classical scholars to theDictionary of Nationa Biography (vols. i-xxxii.)
John Luard: '''John Luard''' ([[1790]]-[[1875]]), lieutenant-colonel author of tbeHistory of the Drees of the Britis Soldier; served in the navy, 1802-7; in the arm: through tbe Peninsular campaigns 1810-14; as lieu tenant fought at Waterloo, 1815; retired as major, 1834 published Views in India, St. Helena, and bar Nicobar, 1835, and History of tbe Dress of tbe British Soldier 1852.
John Dalbiac Ltjard: '''John Dalbiac Ltjard''' ([[1830]]-[[1860]]),artiKt ; gon o John Luard; educated at Sandhurst; in the army 1848-53; studied art, and exhibited paintings at Roya Academy, 1855-8.
Sik John William Lubbock: '''Sik John William Lubbock''' , third baronet 803-1865), astronomer and mathematician: of Eton and 'rinlty College, Oambiidge; partner in hi* father bank, 825; F.H.H., 1829; treasurer and vice-president of tbe toyal Society, 1830-6 and 1838-47; Bakerlan lecturer, 886; first vice-chancellor of London University, 1837842; succeeded to baronetcy, 1840; compared in detail idal observation* with theory; mainly directed hi* refearcbe* in physical astronomy towards the simplification f methods; foremost among English mathematicians in dopting Laplace's doctrine of probability.
Thomas Luby: '''Thomas Luby''' ([[1800]]-[[1870]]). mathematician : educated at Tilnity College, Dublin; M.A., 1836; D.D., 1840; senior fellow, 1867; filled various college offices; wrote mathematical text-books.
Lucan: '''Lucan''' titular EAKL op (d. [[1693]]). See SARUFIKLD, A1RICK.
Couxikss Op Lucan: '''Couxikss Op Lucan''' (d. [[1814]]). Sec BlXGHAM,
Maroarkt: '''Maroarkt'''
Lucan: '''Lucan''' third EARL OF ([[1800]]-[[1888]]). See BINOHAW, jtoROK OHARLFS.
Cyprian Lucar: '''Cyprian Lucar''' (fl. [[1600]]), mechanician and uthor; of Winchester and New College, Oxford; fellow jf New College before 1564; entered Lincoln's Inn, 1568; Bsued work on artillery, 1588, andA Treatise named Lucar Solace dealing with mensuration, geometry, and ractical mechanics, 1590.
Anthony Lucas: '''Anthony Lucas''' ([[1633]]-[[1693]]), Jesuit ; studied at St. Omer; joined Jesuits, 1662; professor of theology In he college at Liege, 1672; rector of the English College at Rome, 1687; provincial of his order, 1693; involved in a controversy with Sir Isaac Newton respecting the prismatic spectrum.
Sir Charles Lucas: '''Sir Charles Lucas''' (d. [[1648]]), royalist : knighted, 1638; taken prisoner at Marston Moor, 1644; lieutenantgeneral of the cavalry, 1645; played foremost part in defence of Colchester, and on its capitulation was condemned to death by court-martial, 1648.
Charles Lucas: '''Charles Lucas''' ([[1713]]-[[1771]]), Irish patriot; pubshedPharmacomastix 1741; Interested himself in municipal reform in Dublin and issuedDivelina Libera: an Apology for the Civil Rights and Liberties of the Commons and Citi7X*u8 of Dublin 1744; behaved during his candidature for the parliamentary lepresentatiou of Dublin city in such a way as to cause tbe government to prevent bis going to the poll, to declare him an enemy of his country, and to condemn him to Imprisonment, 1748; escaped to London; studied medicine at Paris, Rhelms, and Leyden; M.D. Leydcu, 1752; published a successfulEssay on Waters 1756; L.R.C.P., 1760; M.P., Dublin, 1761-71; contributed to theFreeman's Journal from 1763; the Wilkes of Ireland

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Charles Lucas: '''Charles Lucas''' ([[1769]]-[[1854]]), miscellaneous writer and divine; educated at Oriel College, Oxford; published novels and poems between 1795 and 1810.
Charles Lucas: '''Charles Lucas''' ([[1808]]-[[1869]]), musical composer ; principal of the Royal Academy of Music, 1859-66: composed an opera, symphonies, string quartets, anthems, and songs.
Frederick Lucas: '''Frederick Lucas''' ([[1812]]-[[1855]]), Roman catholic journalist and politician; brother of Samuel Lucas (18111865); brought upas a quaker; student at University College, London; barrister. Middle Temple, 1835: became a Roman catholic, 1830. and published Reasons for becoming a Roman Catholic started theTablet 1840; M.P., co. Meatb, 1852; identified himself with the nationalist party; at the suggestion of Pope Pius IX began to write a Statement of the condition of affairs In Ireland (1854). which appears In the second volume of Lucas's Life by bis brother.
Henry Lucas: '''Henry Lucas''' (d. [[1663]]X founder of the Luounan professorship; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1636; M.P., Cambridge University, 1640; left money to endow a nrofeFgorsbip of tbe mathematical sciences at Cambridge, xxxiv. 236J
Henry Lucas: '''Henry Lucas''' (. [[1795]]), poet: son of Charles Lucas (1713-1771); educated at Trinity College, Dublin; M.A., 1762; wrote occasional vene.
Lucas: '''Lucas''' 798
Ludlam: '''Ludlam'''
Luca: '''Luca''' 8, HORATIO JOSEPH ([[1839]]-[[1873]]), artist ; exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Salon, Pans; excelled in the art of etching.
James Lucas: '''James Lucas''' ([[1813]]-[[1874]]X'the Hertfordshire hermit tod an eccentric life at his house near Hitchin, abjured washing, slept on cinders, associated mainly with tramps, bat was visited out of curiosity by many well-known j am
John Lucas: '''John Lucas''' ([[1807]]-[[1874]]), portrait-painter; apprenticed to Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1836); began to exhibit at Royal Academy, 1828; painted contemporary celebrities and court beauties,
John Templeton Lucas: '''John Templeton Lucas''' ([[1836]]-[[1880]]), artist; son of John Lucas (1807-1874); exhibited landscapes at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, and the Suffolk Street Gallery, 1869-76; published a farce and (1871) a volume of fairy tales.
Louis Arthur Lucas: '''Louis Arthur Lucas''' ([[1861]]-[[1876]]), African traveller; educated at University College, London; started to explore the Congo, 1876; reached Khartoum, 1876; arrived at Lardo; not permitted by Gordon to undertake so difficult an expedition, which was likely to be certain destruction; navigated the northern portion of Lake Albert Nyanza; died on the steamboat voyage from Suakim to Suez; buried at Jeddah.
Margaret Bright Lucas: '''Margaret Bright Lucas''' ([[1818]]-[[1890]]), sister of John Bright (1811-1889); married Samuel Lucas (1811-1866), 1839: aided her husband in his public projects; visited America and began to take interest in temperance reform and women's suffrage, 1870; president of the British Women's Temperance Association.
Richard Lucas: '''Richard Lucas''' ([[1648]]-[[1716]]), prebendary of Westminster: M.A. Jesus College, Oxford, 1672; D.D., 1691; prebendary of Westminster, 1697; published his Enquiry after Happiness a popular devotional work, 1685, and other religions works.
Richard Cockle Lucas: '''Richard Cockle Lucas''' ([[1800]]-[[1883]]), sculptor ; exhibitor at the Royal Academy, 1829-69; his best works medallion portraits, executed in marble, wax, and ivory: published An Essay on Art, especially that of Painting 1870.
Robert Lucas: '''Robert Lucas''' ([[1748]]7-[[1812]]), divine and poet; of Trinity College, Cambridge: D.D., 1793; held a living in Worcestershire, and others in Northamptonshire; published Poems on Various Subjects 1810, containing a translation of the Homeric hymn to Ceres (Demeter).
Samuel Lucas: '''Samuel Lucas''' ([[181]] 1-[[1866]]), journalist and politician: brother of Frederick Lucas; married Margaret Bright, sister of John Bright, 1839; member of the Anti-Cornlaw League; published Plan for the Establishment of a General System of Secular Education in the County of Lancaster 1847; edited the Morning Star 1866-66.
Samuel Lucas: '''Samuel Lucas''' ([[1818]]-[[1868]]), journalist and author ; educated at Queen's College, Oxford; M.A. and barrister, Inner Temple, 1846; started theShilling Magazine 1864; published essays and poems.
Samuel Lucas: '''Samuel Lucas''' ([[1806]]-[[1870]]), amateur painter; exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1830.
Theophilus Lucas: '''Theophilus Lucas''' (ft. [[1714]]), biographer ; author of an entertaining work entitled Memoirs of the Lives, Intrigues, and Comical Adventures of famous gamblers and sharpers from Charles II to Anne, published, 1714.
Sir Thomas Lucas: '''Sir Thomas Lucas''' (rf. [[1649]]), brother of Sir Charles Lncas (d. 1648) fq.T.; distinguished himself on the king's side In Ireland in the civil war; knighted, 1628; Irish privy councillor, 1642.
William Lucas: '''William Lucas''' ? (A [[1789]]), African explorer; thres yean a slave at Morocco, having been captured when a boy; vice-consul at Morocco till 1786; travelled in Africa in the service of the newly formed Association for Promoting African Exploration, 1788-9; published his account of Africa in theReportsof the African Association.
Lucius: '''Lucius''' a legendary hero ; called the first Christian king in Britain; supposed to have lived In the second century. No record of his existence appears till three or four centuries after his supposed death. His legend owes its detail to Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Philip Luckombe: '''Philip Luckombe''' (d. [[1803]]), miscellaneous writer and conchologist: edited dictionaries and cyclopaedias, and wrote on printing.
Charles Lucy: '''Charles Lucy''' ([[1814]]-[[1873]]), historical painter; studied at Paris and at the Royal Academy, London; exhibited his first historical painting,The Interview between Milton and Galileo 1840: painted historical subjects and some portraits, frequently engraved.

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Godfrey Db Lucy: '''Godfrey Db Lucy''' (f. [[1204]]), bishop of Winchester ; son of Richard de Lucy; became a royal clerk and received many ecclesiastical preferments; archdeacon of Derby, 1182; canon of York and archdeacon of Richmond; justice itinerant for the district beyond the Trent and the Mersey, 1179; bishop of Winchester, 1189-1204.
Richard De Lucy: '''Richard De Lucy''' (d. [[1179]]), chief justiciary ; maintained the cause of Stephen in Normandy against Geoffrey of Anjou: recalled to England, 1140: chief justiciary jointly with Robert de Beaumont, earl of Leicester (1104-1168) , 1163-66; sole chief justiciary, 1166-79; excomimnicated by Thomas Becket in 1166 and 1169 for his share in drawing up the constitutions of Clarendon (1164); commanded for Henry II in the insurrection of 1173.
Sir Richard Lucy: '''Sir Richard Lucy''' , first baronet ([[1592]]-[[1667]]), son of Sir Thomas Lucy (1532-1600); B.A. Exeter College, Oxford, 1611; created baronet, 1618; M.P. for Old Sarum in the Long parliament, 1647, for Hertfordshire in Cromwell's parliament, 1654 and 1656.
Sir Thomas Lucy: '''Sir Thomas Lucy''' ([[1532]]-[[1600]]), owner of Charlecote, Warwickshire; educated by John Foxe, the rtyrologist, whose puritan sentiments he adopted; inherited the great Warwickshire estate, 1552; rebuilt his manor-house at Charlecote, 1558-9; knighted, 1565; M.P., Warwick, 1671 and 1584; alleged to have prosecuted Shakespeare for deer-stealing, 1585; Shakespeare's Justice Shallow.
Sir Thomas Lucy: '''Sir Thomas Lucy''' ([[1585]]-[[1640]]), grandson of Sir Thomas Lucy (1532-1600); of Magdalen College, Oxford; student of Lincoln's Inn, 1602; knighted, 1614: M.P., Warwickshire, 1614, 1621, 1624, 1625, 1626, 1628, and 1640; friend of Lord Herbert of Cherbury see HERBKRT, EDWARD, first BARON HERBERT OF OHERBURY.
William Lucy: '''William Lucy''' ([[1594]]-[[1677]]), bishop of St David's ; of the Oharlecote family; educated at Trinity College, Oxford; B.A., 1613; entered Caius College, Cambridge, 1615; B.D., 1623; bishop of St. David's, 1660; inhibited the archdeacon of Brecon from holding visitations in his diocese; published controversial works.
Alexander Luders: '''Alexander Luders''' (d. [[1819]]), legal writer; probably of German extraction; barrister, Inner Temple, 1778; bencher, 1811; author of historico-legal writings, published, 1785-1818.
Simon Ludford: '''Simon Ludford''' (d. [[1574]]), physician : Franciscan ; at dissolution of the monasteries became an apothecary; M.D. Oxford, 1560; F.R.O.P., 1563.
Henry Ludlam: '''Henry Ludlam''' ([[1824]]-[[1880]]), mineralogist; bequeathed his fine collection of minerals to the Geological Museum, Jermyn Street, London.
Isaac Ludlam: '''Isaac Ludlam''' (d. [[1817]]), rebel ; prominent in the 'Derbyshire insurrectionpromoted by Jeremiah Brandreth, 1817; arrested, tried, and executed.
Thomas Ludlam: '''Thomas Ludlam''' ([[1776]]-[[1810]]), governor of Sierra Leone; son of William Ludlam; retired, 1807; died at Sierra Leone.
Thomas Ludlam: '''Thomas Ludlam''' ([[1727]]-[[1811]]), theologian and essayist; brother of William Ludlam; M.A. St John's College, Cambridge, 1752; attacked Calvinistic writers in the Orthodox Churchman's Review; most of his essays included inEssays, Scriptural, Moral, and Logical by William and Tboi_a.s Ludlam, 1807.
William Ludlam: '''William Ludlam''' ([[1717]]-[[178]]SX mathematician; brother of Thomas Ludlam (1727-1811); M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1742; BJ., 174D;
Ludlow: '''Ludlow''' 799
Lumley: '''Lumley''' Liuacre lecturer in physic, 1767-9; published mathematical and theological works; hisRudiments of Mathematics (1785) still used at Cambridge in 1815.
Baros Ltjdlow: '''Baros Ltjdlow''' ([[1828]]-[[1899]]). See LOPKS HKXRY
Charlks: '''Charlks'''
Edmund Ludlow: '''Edmund Ludlow''' ([[1617]]7-[[1692]]), regicide; B.A. Trinity College, Oxford, 1636; fought at Edgehill, 1642; M.P., Wiltshire, 1646; one of the chief promoters of Pride's Purge, 1648; one of the king's judges who signed the death-warrant; member of council of state, 1649 and 1650; lieutenant-general of the horse in Ireland and a commissioner for the civil government of Ireland, 1650-5; after the proclamation of Cromwell as Protector refused to acknowledge his authority or to give security for peaceable behaviour, 1656; allowed to retire to Essex: M.P., Hindon, 1659; on the recall of the Long parliament (7 May 1659) made member of the committee of safety, of the council of state, and commander-in-cbief of the Irish army; impeached by the restored parliament, 1660; surrendered to proclamation summoning all Charles I's judges to surrender, 1660; allowed his liberty by providing sureties; escaped to Switzerland; came to England in hope of being employed by William III, 1689; proclamation published by William III for bis arrest; escaped abroad and died at Vevey. Ludlow's Memoirs the composition of his exile, were first printed, 1698-9. Their chief value lies in their account of the republican party's opposition to Cromwell and of the factions which caused the overthrow of the republic after its restoration in 1659.
George Ludlow: '''George Ludlow''' ([[1596]]-[[1655]]), younger brother of Roger Ludlow; a prominent and influential colonist; held large grants of land in Massachusetts; member of the council, 1642-55.
George James Ltjdlow: '''George James Ltjdlow''' , third and last EARL
Ludlow: '''Ludlow''' ([[1758]]-[[1842]]), general ; entered the army, [[1778]] ; captain, serving in America, 1781-2; served in Flanders, where be lost his left arm, 1793-4; in the Vigo expedition (1801), the Egyptian campaign (1801), the Hanover expedition (1805), and the Copenhagen expedition (1807); succeeded his brother in the peerage (of Ireland), 1811; general, 1814; G.O.B., 1815; created Baron Ludlow (peerage of United Kingdom), 1831.
Roger Ludlow: '''Roger Ludlow''' (. [[1640]]), deputy-governor of Connecticut; of Balliol College, Oxford; assistant of the Massachusetts colony, 1630-4; deputy- governor, 1634-5; deputy-governor of Connecticut, 1639; appointed to codify the laws of Connecticut, 1646; bis code established, 1650; commissioner in the congress of the United Colonies of New England, 1651, 1652, and 1653; said to have finally settled in Ireland.
Lughaidh: '''Lughaidh''' (d. [[507]]), king of Ireland ; ardrigh after the battle of Ocha, 484.
Lugid: '''Lugid''' or MOLUA, SAINT ([[554]] ?-[[608]] ?), first abbot of Clonfertmulloe, alias Kyle, in Queen's County: bis name also spelt Lua, Luaid, Luanus, Lugdach, Lugdaigh Lughaidb, Lugidus, Lugeth, and Moluanus; trained under St. Comgall at Bangor; the Bollandistsand Fleming's life of him both untrustworthy.
Sir Samuel Luke: '''Sir Samuel Luke''' (rf. [[1670]]), parliamentarian knighted, 1624; M.P., Bedford, 1640; belonged to the presbyterian section of the popular party; present at Edgehill, 1642, and Chalgrove Field, 1643; scoutmaster general of the army of the Earl of Essex, 1643-5; took no part in public affairs during the Commonwealth and protectorate; the supposed original of Butler's Sir Hudibras.

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Stephen Luke: '''Stephen Luke''' ([[1763]]-[[1829]]), physician: studied medicine in London and Paris; M.D. Aberdeen, 1792 mayor of Falmouth, where he practised, 1797; L.R.C.P. 1815; M.D. Cambridge, 1821; pb3'sician extraordinary fc George IV, 1828; contributed to Thomas Beddoes'sCon tributions to Physical and Medical Knowledge 1799.
Henry Lukin: '''Henry Lukin''' ([[1628]]-[[1719]]), nonconformist divine published religious works.
Lionel Lukin: '''Lionel Lukin''' ([[1742]]-[[1834]]), inventor of lifeboats invented an nnsubmergible boat, 1785; his boat in little demand; published a description of Ins lifeboat, 1790.
Luthlach Lulach: '''Luthlach Lulach''' , LULAO. LAHOULAN.
Dulach: '''Dulach''' or GULAK (d. [[1068]]), king of Scots; eon of iilcomgan, mormaer of Moray; bis mother probably Gruocb, the wife, after Gilcomgao's death, of Macbeth q. v.; succeeded to the monnaership of Moray, 1067; set up an king by the people of Alban; slain by treachery: juried at lona.
Joseph Raw Lumby: '''Joseph Raw Lumby''' 8ON ([[1831]]-[[1895]]), author and ivine; M.A.Magdalen College, Cambridge, 1861; D.D., 879; ordained priest, 180: Tyrwhltt Hebrew scholar, 861; classical lecturer at Queens 861; member of Old Testament Revisit ellow and dean of St. Catharine's College, 874; vicar of St. Edward's, Cambridge, 1875; Non-Man profeffor of divinity, 1879; prebendary of York, 1887; Lady Margaret professor of divinity, 1892; helped to found Early English Text Society: edited literary, historical, nd religious works.
Lumi: '''Lumi''' 8DEN.
Lumisden: '''Lumisden''' or LUM8DEN, ANDREW ([[1720]]-[[1801]]). Jacobite; private secretary to Prince Charles Edward, 1745; present at Culloden, 1746; included in the Act of Attainder; escaped to France; under-secretary to the Chevalier de St. George at Rome, 1757; principal secretary, 1762-6; allowed to return to England, 1773; pardoned, 1778; published work on the antiquities of Rome, 1797.
Benjamin Lumley: '''Benjamin Lumley''' ([[1811]]-[[1875]]), author and manager of the opera in London; solicitor, 1832; supern tended the finances of Her Majesty's Theatre, 1836-41; took over the management, 1842; bis position shaken by the opening of the Royal Italian Opera House, Covent Garden, 1847; saved for a time from disaster by the engagement of Jenny Lind, 1847-9; his theatre closed, 1853-5, reopened, 1856, closed, 1858; returned to the practice of the law; published a standard book, Parliamentary Practice on Passing Private Bills 1838, and Sirenia 1862, andAnother World, or Fragments from the Star City of Montallayah by Hermes 1873, romances; published Reminiscences 1864.
George Lumley: '''George Lumley''' , fourth BARON LUMLEY (rf. 1508), grand-nephew of Marmaduke Lumley; fought on the Yorkist side; knighted, 1462; M.P., Northumberland, 1467; knight-banneret, 1481; submitted to Henry VII, 1485.
George Lumley: '''George Lumley''' (d. [[1537]]), son of John Lumley, fifth (or sixth) baron Lumley; took part with bis father in the northern insurrection of 1536: surrendered, arraigned, and executed.
Henry Lumley: '''Henry Lumley''' ([[1660]]-[[1722]]), general and governor of Jersey; brother of Richard Lumley, first earl of Scarborough; entered the army, 1685; colonel, 1692; brigadier-general, 1693; at siege of Namur, 1695; majorgeneral, 1696; M.P., Sussex, 1701 and 1703; lieutenantgeneral and governor of Jersey, 1703; fought at Blenheim, 1704, Ramillies, 1706, Oudenarde, 1708, and Malplaquet, 1709; general, 1711; M.P., Arundel, 1716; resigned bis command, 1717.
John Lumley: '''John Lumley''' , fifth (or sixth) BARON LUMLKT (1493-1544), fought at Flodden, 1513: summoned to parliament, 1614: present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520; a leader in the Pilgrimage of Grace, 1636.
John Lumley: '''John Lumley''' , first BARON LTTMLEY of the second creation (1534 7-1609), son of George Lumley (d. 1637) ; of QueensCollege, Cambridge; K.B., 1553; high steward of Oxford University, 1559; implicated in toe Ridolfl plot; imprisoned, 1569-73; founded a surgery lecture in the Royal College of Physicians, 1583; member of the Elizabethan Society of Antiquaries; collected portraits and books.
Marmaduke Lumley: '''Marmaduke Lumley''' (rf. [[1450]]), bishop successively of Carlisle and Lincoln; LL.B. Cambridge: precentor of Lincoln, 1425; archdeacon of Northumberland, 1425; chancellor of Cambridge University, 1437; master of Trinity Hall, 1429-43; bishop of Carlisle, 1429-50; lord high treasurer of England, 1447; bishop of Lincoln, 1450.
Richard Lumley: '''Richard Lumley''' , first VWCODNT Lux LEY OF
Waterford: '''Waterford''' (d. [[1661]]?), grandson of Anthony Lumley,
Lumley: '''Lumley''' 800
Lupus: '''Lupus''' brother of John Lumley, fifth (or sixth) baron Lumley fq. v.: knighted, 1616: created Viscount Lumley of Vaferford (peerage of Ireland). 1628; royalist in the civil war. f xxxiv. 275
Richard Lumley: '''Richard Lumley''' , first EARL OP SCARBOROUGH (d. 1721), grandson of Richard Lumley, first viscount Lumley of Waterford; educated as a Roman catholic: master of the horse to Queen Catherine, 1680-2; created Baron Lumley of Lumley Castle, 1681; treasurer to Charles II's queen, 1684: Monmouth captured by hi* troop of horse, 1686; became a protestant, 1687; signed the invitation to William of Orange, 1688; privy councillor, 1689; created Viscount Lumley, 1689, and Earl of Scarborough, 1690; fought at the Boyne, 1692; major-general, 1692; lieutenant-general, 1694: retired from active service, 1697: chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, 1716-17: joint vice-treasurer of Ireland, 1717.
Sir William Lumley: '''Sir William Lumley''' ([[1769]]-[[1850]]), general ; educated at Eton; entered the army, 1787; lieutenantcolonel, 1795; served during the Irish rebellion, 1798, and in Egypt, 1801; major-general, 1805; took part in recapture of Cape of Good Hope, 1806, in the operations in South America, 1806-7; joined Wellington's army in the Peninsula, 1810: lieutenant-general, 1814; governor and commander-in-chief at Bermuda, 1819-25; G.C.B., 1831; general, 1837.
Lumsden: '''Lumsden'''
Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden: '''Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden''' ([[1821]]-[[1896]]), lieutenant-general; ensign, 1838: interpreter and quartermaster to 33rd Bengal native infantry, 1842; lieutenant, 69tb, 1842; served in Sutlej campaign, 1845; assistant to (Sir) Henry Montgomery Lawrence, then resident at Lahore, 1846; charged with formation of corps of guides for frontier service; introduced khaki uniform into Indian army; captain, 1853; went on mission to Oandahar, 1867-8: lieutenant-colonel, 1858; O.B. (civil), 1859; severed connection with guides, and as brigadiergeneral commanded Hyderabad contingent, 1862: colonel, 1862; left India, 1869; major-general, 1868; K.C.S.I., 1873; retired as honorary lieutenant-general, 1875.
Sir James Lumsden: '''Sir James Lumsden''' ([[1598]]?-[[1660]] ?), military commander; entered the service of Gustavus Adolphus; in England soon after 1639; taken prisoner at Dunbar, 1660; set free, 1652.
Matthew Lumsden: '''Matthew Lumsden''' ([[1777]]-[[1835]]), orientalist; professor of Persian and Arabic in Fort William College, India, 1808; published A Grammar of the Persian Language 1810; secretary to the Calcutta Madressa, 1812; published A Grammar of the Arabic Language vol. i. 1813; in charge of the company's press at Calcutta, 18141817; secretary to the stationery committee, 1818; travelled through Pers: a, Georgia, and Russia to England, 1830.

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Robert Lumsden: '''Robert Lumsden''' (d. [[1651]]), brother of Sir James Lnmsden; served under Gustavus Adolphus and in the civil war; killed at storming of Dundee.
William Lumsden: '''William Lumsden''' (fl. [[1651]]), brother of Sir James Lumsden; served under Gustavus Adolphus and in the civil war; present at Mars ton Moor, 1644, and at Dunbar, 1660.
Vinoenzo Lukabdi: '''Vinoenzo Lukabdi''' ([[1769]]-[[1806]]), 'first aerial traveller in the English atmosphere born probably at Lucca; secretary to the Neapolitan ambassador in England; made bis first balloon ascent, 1784; published An Account of Five Aerial Voyages in Scotland 1786.
John Lund: '''John Lund''' (fl. [[1785]]), humorous poet.
Egron Lundgren: '''Egron Lundgren''' 8ELLIF ([[1815]]-[[1875]]), watercolour painter; born at Stockholm; studied at Stockholm and Paris; accompanied Sir Colin Campbell's relief WfMdtttou on the campaign in Oudh, and made sketches on the ipot, 1867: member of the Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1865; settled in Sweden: published Letters from Spain and Italy and Letters from India 1870; died at Stockholm. LU5DIE, JOffN (d. 1662?). poet; professor of humanity, Aberdeen, 1631; author of Latin poems.
Sir Alan Lundln: '''Sir Alan Lundln''' , EARL OF ATHOLL (d. [[1268]]).
Robert Lundy: '''Robert Lundy''' (. [[1689]]), governor of Londonderry: supported William III, 1689, yet advised the surrender of Londonderry to James II; turned out by the citizens who undertook their historic defence under Ueorge W T alker (1618-1690): his conduct found faulty by the House of Commons; excepted from William's Act of Indemnity, 1690.
Joseph Lunn: '''Joseph Lunn''' ([[1784]]-[[1863]]), dramatic author; his burlesque, The Sorrows of Werther produced at Coveut Garden, 1818; his Family Jars Fish out of Water 4 Hide and Seek and Roses and Thorns produced at the Haynwrket between 1822 and 1825; adapted other plays from the French.
Henry Lunsford: '''Henry Lunsford''' ([[1611]]-[[1643]]), brother of Sir Thomas Lunsford; lieutenant-colonel, 1640; killed at the siege of Bristol.
Sir Herbert Lunsford: '''Sir Herbert Lunsford''' (fl. [[1640]]-[[1665]]), brother of Sir Thomas Lunsford; captain, 1640; present at Edgehill, 1642; knighted, 1645.
Sir Thomas Lunsford: '''Sir Thomas Lunsford''' ([[1610]]?-[[1653]]?), royalist colonel; committed a murderous assault upon Sir Thomas Pelham, 1633; outlawed for failing to appear to receive judgment, 1637; pardoned, 1639; joined Charles I's army 1639: lieutenant of the Tower, 1641; removed on petition from the Commons; knighted, 1641; made prisoner at Edgehill, 1642; released, 1644; went to Virginia, 1649, where he died.
Thomas Luny: '''Thomas Luny''' ([[1759]]-[[1837]]), marine painter; studied under Francis Holman; exhibited at the Society of Artists, 1777-8, at the Royal Academy, 1780-93.
Lupo: '''Lupo''' or LUPUS, THOMAS, the elder ** [[1628]] ?), musician; member of the royal band, 1579.
Thomas Lupo: '''Thomas Lupo''' , the younger (fl. [[1598]]-[[1641]]), probably first cousin of Thomas Lupo the elder; one of her majesty's violins, 1598; in Prince Henry's band of musicians, 1610; many compositions assigned to him, some possibly by the elder Thomas Lupo.
Lup: '''Lup''' 8ET, THOMAS ([[1498]] ?-[[1530]]), divine ; of St. Paul's School, London, and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; B.A. Paris; read the rhetoric and humanity lecture founded by Wolsey at Corpus Ohristi College, Oxford, 1520; M.A. Oxford, 1521; helped More, Erasmus, and Linacre to prepare their works for the press, and himself produced religious works and translations.
Donald Lupton: '''Donald Lupton''' (d. [[1676]]), miscellaneous writer; chaplain to the English forces in the Low Countries and Germany; hack author in London, 1632; puol shed 'Emblems of Rarieties 1636, and biographical and other works, 1632-58.
Roger Lupton: '''Roger Lupton''' (d. [[1640]]), provost of Eton and founder of Sedbergh school in Yorkshire; B.A Cambridge, 1483; canon of Windsor, 1500; provost of Eton, 1504-35; founded a free school in his native town of Sedbergh, 1528, and scholarships and fellowships at St. John's College, Cambridge, 1528 and 1536.
Thomas Lupton: '''Thomas Lupton''' (fl. [[1583]]), miscellaneous writer ; best-known work, A Thousand Notable Things of Sundry Sortes a variety of enigmatic and grotesque recipes and nostrums, 1579.
Thomas Goff Lupton: '''Thomas Goff Lupton''' ([[1791]]-[[1873]]), engraver; studied mezzotint-engraving under George Clint; exhibited crayon portraits at Royal Academy, 1811-20: mainly responsible for the introduction of steel for mezzotint-engraving; employed by Turner on the Liber Studiorum; engraved the plates for The Harbours of England with text by Ruskin, published, 1856.
William Lupton: '''William Lupton''' ([[1676]]-[[1726]]), divine; fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, 1698; M.A. Queen's College, Oxford, 1700; D.D., 1712; preacher of Lincoln's Inn and afternoon preacher at the Temple, 1714; prebendary of Durham, 1715; published single sermons,
Hugh Lupus: '''Hugh Lupus''' , EARL OF CHKSTKR (d. [[1101]]). See
Hugh: '''Hugh''' op AVRANCHKS.
Lusoombe: '''Lusoombe''' 801 L.UXBOROUGH
Michael Henry Thornhill Luscombe: '''Michael Henry Thornhill Luscombe''' (1776-1846), bishop: of Catherine Hull, Cambridge; M.A., 1805; incorporated at Oxford and D.O.L., 1810: consecrated to a continental bishopric by the bishops of the Scottish episcopal church, and appointed embassy chaplain at Paris, 1825: helped to found the Christian Remembrancer 1841: publishedThe Church of Home Compared with tin 1 IibK the Fiither- of tin- Church and tlie Church of England 1839, and sermons; died at Lausanne.
Lush: '''Lush''' Sm ROBERT ([[1807]]-[[1881]]), lortl justice : entered Gray's Inn, 1836; published an edition ofThe Act for the Abolition of Arrest on Mesne Process 1838; barrister, Gray's Inn, 1840; published The Practice of the Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster iu Actions and Proceedings over which they have a common Jurisdiction which became the standard book on common law practice, 1840: Q.O. and bencher, 1857; succeeded to the court of queen's bench, 1865; privy councillor, 1879; succeeded to the court of appeal, 1880.

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Charles Lushington: '''Charles Lushington''' ([[1785]]-[[1866]]), brother of Stephen Lushingtou; in the service of the East India Company in Bengal, 1800-27; M.P., Ashburton, 1833-41, Westminster, 1847-52; published aHistory of Calcutta's Religious Institutions 1824, and Dilemmas of a Churchman 1838.
Edmund Law Lushington: '''Edmund Law Lushington''' ([[1811]]-[[1893]]), Greek scholar; of Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge: senior classic and senior chancellor's medallist, 1832; professor of Greek at Glasgow, 1838-75; hon. LL.D. Glasgow, 1875: lord rector of Glasgow University, 1884; he married (1842) Cecilia Tennyson, sister of Lord Tennyson, the epilogue to whoseIn Memoriamis an epithalamium on the marriage.
Henry Lushington: '''Henry Lushington''' ([[1812]]-[[1855]]), chief secretary to the government of Malta; of Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge; fellow, 1836: M.A., 1837; barrister, Inner Temple, 1840; chief secretary to the government of Malta, 1847-55; published verse and prose works, 1828-55; died at Paris.
Lushington: '''Lushington''' Sm JAMES LAW ([[1779]]-[[1869]]), general; brother of Stephen Rumbold Lushiugton; entered the Madras army, 1797; rose to be general; chairman of the East India Company, 1838-9; M.P. successively for Petersfleld, Hastings, and Carlisle.
Stephen Lushington: '''Stephen Lushington''' ([[1782]]-[[1873]]), civilian; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; B.A. and fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1802; M.A.; barrister, Inner Temple, 1806; M.P., Great Yarmouth, 1806-8, Ilchester, 1820-6, Tregony, Cornwall, 1826-30, Winchelsea, 1830-1, Tower Hamlets, 1832-41; judge of the consistory court of London, 1828, of the high court of admiralty, 1838-67; privy councillor, 1838; dean of arches, 1858-67; reformer and abolitionist; some of his speeches and judgments published separately.
Sir Stephen Lushington: '''Sir Stephen Lushington''' ([[1803]]-[[1877]]), admiral ; nephew of Stephen Lushington (1782-1873); entered navy, 1816; present at Navariuo, 1827; distinguished at the reduction of Kastro Morea, 1828; superintendent of the Indian navy, 1848-52; commanded naval brigade at Sebastopol, 1854; K.O.B. and rear-admiral, 1856; lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1862-5: admiral, 1865; G.C.B., 1867.
Stephen Rumbold Lushington: '''Stephen Rumbold Lushington''' ([[1776]]-[[1868]]), Indian official; educated at Rugby; assistant in military, political, and secret department, Madras, 1792; translator to board of revenue, 1793: deputy Persian translator to government, and Persian translator to revenue board, 1794; secretary to board of revenue, 1798; left the service, 1807; M.P., Rye, 1807-12, Canterbury, 18121830 and 1835-7; privy councillor, 1827; governor of Madras, 1827-35; hon. D.O.L. Oxford, 1839; published life of his father-in-law, Lord Harris, 1840.
Thomas Lushington: '''Thomas Lushington''' ([[1590]]-[[1661]]), divine; educated at Oxford; M.A. Lincoln College, Oxford, 1618; prebendary of Salisbury, 1631; D.D., 1632; published a commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, 1646; 'Logica Analytica de Principiis 1660.
John Lutteeell: '''John Lutteeell''' (d. [[1335]]), theologian: D.D. Oxford; chancellor of Oxford University, 1317-22; pre bendary of Salisbury, 1319, of York, 1334; *aid to have written theological, philosophical, and mathematical works: died at Avignon.
Luttichuy: '''Luttichuy''' 8, ISAAC ([[1618]]-[[1673]]), painter; brother of Simon Luttichuy*; removed from London to Amsterdam before 1643, where he died,
Simon Luttichuys: '''Simon Luttichuys''' ([[1610]]-[[1663]]?), painter of portraits and still-life: removed before 1650 from London to Amsterdam, where he died.
Luttrell: '''Luttrell''' or LUTTEREL, EDWARD (Jl. [[1670]]17111), crayon painter and mezzotint-engraver; invented a method of laying a ground on copper on which to draw in crayons; one of the earliest of English mezzotintengravers.
Henry Luttrell: '''Henry Luttrell''' ([[1655]] 7-[[1717]]), colonel ; brother of Simon Luttrell; assisted James II, bat subsequently joined William III: enlisted Iri-h papists for the Venetian republic, 1693; shot dead in Dublin.
Henry Luttrell: '''Henry Luttrell''' ([[1766]]7-[[1851]]), wit and poet of society; a natural son of Henry Lawes Luttrell, second earl of Carhampton; M.P., Ion mines, co. Wexford, in the Irish parliament, 1798: introduced to London society through the Duchess of Devonshire; famous as a conversationalist and diner-out: published Advice to Julia, a Letter in Rhyme 1820 (third and improved edition as Letters to Julia in Rhyme 1822), and Crockford House a satire on high play, 1827.
Henry Lawes Luttrell: '''Henry Lawes Luttrell''' , second EARL OP OAR-
Hampton: '''Hampton''' ([[1743]]-[[1821]]), soldier and politician, entered the army, 1757: deputy adjutant-general to the forces ID Portugal, 1762: M.P., Bossiney, 1768-9, and 1774-84, Middlesex, 1769-74; major-general, 1782; M.P., Old Leighton, in the Irish parliament, 1783; succeeded his father in the (Irish) peerage, 1787: lieutenant-general of the ordnance in Ireland. 1789; M.P., Plympton Earls, 1790-4; commander of the forces in Ireland, 1796-7; master-general of the ordnance, 1797-1800; M.P., Ludgershall, 1817-21.
Jambs Luttrell: '''Jambs Luttrell''' ([[1751]] 7-[[1788]]), captain in the navy; brother of Henry Lawes Luttrell, second earl of Carhampton; M.P. for Stockbridge. Hampshire, 1775-84; engaged in active service, 1782; surveyorgeneral of the ordnance, 1783-8; M.P., Dover, 1784.
John Luttrell: '''John Luttrell''' , afterwards LUTTRELL-OL-
Mius: '''Mius''' third earl of Carhampton (d. [[1829]]); brother of Henry Lawes Luttrell, second earl of Carhampton; captain in the navy, 1762; a commissioner of the excise, 1784; took the name and arms of Olmius, 1787; succeeded to peerage, 1821.
Narcissus Luttrell: '''Narcissus Luttrell''' ([[1667]]-[[1732]]), annalist and bibliographer; educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1675; collected valuable manuscripts and fugitive poetical tracts, broadsides, and slips relative to his own time; compiled in manuscript A Brief Historical! Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 printed, 1857.
Simon Luttrell: '''Simon Luttrell''' (d. [[1698]]), colonel ; brother of Henry Luttrell (16657-1717); an adherent of James II; M.P., co. Dublin, in Irish parliament, 1689; served in Italy as brigadier under Oatinat, and in Catalonia under the Duke de Venddme.
Temple Simon Luttrell: '''Temple Simon Luttrell''' (d. [[1803]]), third son of Simon Luttrell, first earl of Carhampton; M.P., Milborne Port, Somerset, 1774-80; arrested at Boulogne, 1793; imprisoned in Paris, 1793-5; died in Paris. prepared Reports of Cases in the Common Pleas 1704 (published, 1718).
Thomas Iutwyohe: '''Thomas Iutwyohe''' ([[1676]]-[[1734]]), lawyer ; son of Sir Bdward Lutwyche; of Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford; barrister, Inner Temple, 1697; treasurer, 1722;M.P., Appleby, 1710-16, Callington, 1722-7 Agmondesham, 1728-34.
Henrietta Luxborough: '''Henrietta Luxborough''' , LADY (d. [[1766]]). 3 F
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George Luxford: '''George Luxford''' ([[1807]]-[[1854]]), botanist; pubFlora of Reigate 183H: sub-editor of the Westminster Review edited the Phytologist 1811-54; lecturer on botany in St. Thomas's Hospital, 1846-51.
Charles Scott Luxmoore: '''Charles Scott Luxmoore''' ([[1794]] ?-[[1854]]), dean of St. Asaph: son of John Luxmoore (1756-1830): M.A. St John's College, Cambridge, 1818; a notable t; dean of St. Asaph and chancellor of the diocese; prebendary of Hereford, and holder of three rectories at the same time.
John Luxmoore: '''John Luxmoore''' ([[1756]]-[[1830]]), bishop successively of Bristol. Hereford, and St. Asaph; of Eton and King's College, Cambridge: M.A., 1783; D.D. Lambeth, 1795: dean of Gloucester, 1799-1808; bishop of Bristol, 1807, of Hereford, 1808, of St. Asaph, 1815.
Lyall: '''Lyall'''
Alfred Lyall: '''Alfred Lyall''' ([[1795]]-[[1865]]), philosopher and traveller: brother of George Lyall; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge: B.A., 1818: edited theAnnual Register 1822-7; publishedRambles in Madeira and Portugal 1827, and Principles of Necessity and Contingent Truth 1830: vicar of Godmersham, 1837; rector of Harbledown, 1848: criticised John Stuart Mill inAgouistes 1856; contributed to theHistory of the Medieval Churchin vol. xi. of theEncyclopaedia Metcopolitana
George Lyall: '''George Lyall''' (rf. [[1853]]), politician and merchant ; succeeded to his father's shipowning and merchant's business, 1805; assisted to reformLloyd's Registerof shipping, 1834; M.P. for the city of London, 1833-5 and 1841-7; chairman of the East India Company, 1841.
Robert Lyall: '''Robert Lyall''' ([[1790]]-[[1831]]), botanist and traveller ; M.D. Edinburgh; spent many years in Russia; published 1 The Character of the Russians and a detailed History of Moscow 1833, and narrative of travel, 1825; British agent in Madagascar, 1826-8; collected plants and specimens; died at Mauritius.
William Rowe Lyall: '''William Rowe Lyall''' ([[1788]]-[[1857]]), dean of Canterbury; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1816; conducted the * British Critic 1816-17; reorganised theEncyclopaedia Metropolitana 1820; Warburtonian lecturer, 1826; helped to edit theTheological Library vols. i-xiv., 1832-46; archdeacon of Moidstone, 1841; dean of Canterbury, 1845. ! JO
William Lyde: '''William Lyde''' ([[1622]]-[[1706]]).
John Lydoate: '''John Lydoate''' ([[1370]] ?-[[1451]] ?), poet; ordained priest, 1397; celebrated civic ceremonies in verse at the request of the corporation of London; began his Troy Book(finished, 1420) at request of the Prince of Wales (afterwards Henry V), 1412; acted as court poet, and found a patron in Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, from 1422; rewarded with hinds and money; spent the later part of his life at Bury monastery; describes himself as Chaucer's disciple; shows to best advantage in his shorter poems on social subjects. His chief poems areFalls of Princes written between 1430 and 1438, first printed, 1494,Troy Book written between 1412 and 1420, first printed, 1513, * The Story of Thebes written, c. 1420, first printed, c. 1500. He wrote also devotional, philosophical, scientific, historical, and occasional poems, besides allegories, fables, and moral romances. One prose work,The Damage and Destruccyon in Realmes written in 1400, is assigned to him.
Thomas Lydiat: '''Thomas Lydiat''' ([[1572]]-[[1646]]), divine and chronologer; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford fellow of New College, 1593: M.A., 1599; chrouographer and cosmographer to Henry, prince of Wales, to whom he dedicated his Emendatio Temporum,* 1609; in Dublin, iMnaahlf fellow of Trinity College and M.A., 1609-1 ! first contrived the octodesexcentenary period; published chronological work* in Latin, 1605-21; some of his manuscript* printed after his death.
Ed Ward Lye: '''Ed Ward Lye''' ( [[1694]]-1 [[767]]), Anglo-Saxon and Gothic Mr: educated at Hertford College, Oxford; B.A., 1718; ordained, 1717; published, with additions, the Ety aotogtcum Anglicanumof Francis Junius, and si to it an Anglo-Saxon grammar, 1743; published Hacrorum Evangeliorum Versio Gothica with a Latin translation and a Gothic grammar, 1750; his AngloSaxon and Gothic dictionary published, 1772.
Lee Lye: '''Lee Lye''' , or LEIGH, THOMAS ([[1621]]-[[1684]]), nonconformist minister; B.A. Wadham College, Oxford, 1641; migrated * Emmanuel College, Cambridge; M.A., 1646: refused to sign the engagement, 1651; ejected from All Hallows, Lombard Street, London, 1662; a popular and successful instructor of children; wrote educational works for children.
Lyell: '''Lyell'''
Charles Lyell: '''Charles Lyell''' ([[1767]]-[[1849]]), botanist and student of Dante; educated at St. Andrews and Peterhouse, Cambridge; M.A., 1794; studied mosses; published translations of Dante, 1835, 1842, and 1845.
Sir Charles Lyell: '''Sir Charles Lyell''' , first baronet ([[1797]]-[[1875]]X geologist; son of Charles Lyell (1767-1849); M.A. Exeter College, Oxford, 1821; studied geology under Dr. Buckland; began the series of continental tours which formed the foundation of his best-known works, 1818; entered Lincoln's Inn, 1819; secretary of the Geological Society, 1823-6; F.R.S., 182G; published vol. i. of his 'Principles of Geology 1830 (vol. ii. 1832, vol. iii. 1833, whole work in four smaller volumes, 1834), finally discrediting the catastrophic school of geologists; professor of geology, King's College, London, 1831-3; president of the Geological Society, 1835-6 and 1849-50; published Elements of Geology supplementary to the Principles and more a descriptive text-book, 1838 (6th edit. 1865); lectured in the United States, 1841 and 1852; published Travels in North America, with Geological Observations 1845; knighted, 1848; publishedA Second Visit to the United States of North America 1849; D.O.L. Oxford, 1854; publishedThe Antiquity of Man 1863; created baronet, 1864; publishedThe Student's Elements of Geology 1871.
William Lyford: '''William Lyford''' ([[1598]]-[[1653]]), nonconformist divine; educated at Magdalen College, Oxford; B.A., 1618; B.D., 1631; held Calvinistic views; author of theological works.
Frederick Lygon: '''Frederick Lygon''' , sixth EARL BEAUCHAMP (1830-1891), of Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1856; fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1852-6; M.P., Tewkesbury, 1857-63; a lord of the admiralty, 1859; M.P., Worcestershire, 1863-6; succeeded to earldom, 1866; D.C.L. Oxford, 1870; lord steward of the household, 1874-80; privy councillor, 1874: paymaster of the forces, 1885-6 and 1886-7; helped to found Keble College, Oxford.
William Lygon: '''William Lygon''' , first EARL BBAUCHAMP ([[1747]]1816), of Christ Church, Oxford; M.P., Worcester, 1775-1806; created Baron Beauchamp of Powycke, Worcestershire, 1806, and Viscount Elmley and Earl Beauchamp, 1816.
Lyhert: '''Lyhert''' otherwise LYART, LE HERT, or LE
Walter Hart: '''Walter Hart''' (d. [[1472]]), bishop of Norwich ; fellow of Exeter and Oriel Colleges, Oxford: provost of Oriel College, Oxford, 1444; bishop of Norwich, 1446; when English ambassador to Savoy prevailed on the antipope, Felix V, to resign his claim to the papacy, 1449.
Lyle: '''Lyle'''
David Lyle: '''David Lyle''' (. [[1762]]), stenographer; his 'The Art of Short-hand improved 1762, of little practical value.
Robert Lyle: '''Robert Lyle''' , second BARON LYLE (d. [[1497]] ?), justiciary of Scotland; engaged on embassies to England, 1472, 1484, and 1485; a lord in council, 1485; great justiciary of Scotland, 1488; ambassador to Spain, 1491; an auditor of the exchequer, 1492.
Thomas Lyle: '''Thomas Lyle''' ([[1792]]-[[1859]]), Scottish poet: educated at Glasgow University; took the diploma of surgeon, 1816: remembered solely for the song, Let us haste to Kelvin Grove first published, 1820.

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John Lyly: '''John Lyly''' ([[1554]] ?-[[1606]]), dramatist and author of 'Euphues of Magdalen College, Oxford; M.A., 1575; studied also at Cambridge, being incorporated M.A., 1679; published, in London, the first part of his Euphues, the Anatomy of Wit 1579, and the second part, Euphues and his England 1580; wrote light plays to be performed
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Lynne: '''Lynne''' at court by the children's acting companies of tin- (Impel Hoyul iiinl St. luil, London, includingOampaspe* and 'Sapho and Phao produced, 1584; championed the cause of the bishops in the Martin Mar-Prelate controversy In a pamphlet, Pappe with an Hatchet 1589: M.P., Hindon, 1589, Aylesbury, 1593 and 1601, Appleby, 1597: his 'Euphues interesting for its prose style, which is characterised by a continuous straining after antithesis and epigram, and received the name of Euphuism Lyly's style beeume popular and influenced some writers, while it was ridiculed by others, Shakespeare among them. His best plays areAlexander and Cumpaspe 1584, Miilus 1692, and Endymion," 1591; they contain attractive lyrics, which were first printed in mount's collected edition of the plays, 1632.
Hubert Lynam: '''Hubert Lynam''' ([[1796]]-[[1845]]), miscellaneous writer; of Christ's Hospital and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1821; assistant-chaplain and secretary to the Magdalene Hospital, London, 1832; wrote a history of the reign of Qeorge III and of the Roman emperors, but is chiefly remembered as an editor of such authors as Kolliu, Skelton, Paley, and Johnson. His moot complete compilation was The British Essayist 30 vols. 1827.
Dominio Lynch: '''Dominio Lynch''' (rf. [[1697]] ?), Dominican friar; joined the order of St. Dominic; lived for many years in the convent of St. Paul at Seville; professor of theology in the College of St. Thomas, 1674; published a scholastic work in Latin, 1666-46.
Henry Blosse Lynch: '''Henry Blosse Lynch''' ([[1807]]-[[1873]]), Mesopotauiian explorer: brother of Thomas Kerr Lynch; volunteer in the Indian navy, 1823; employed on the survey of the Persian Gulf; Persian and Arabic interpreter to the gulf squadron, 1829-32; second in command of the expedition under Francis Kawdon Chesney to explore the Euphrates route to India, 1834; in full command of it, 1837; decorated by the shah, 1837; assistant to the superintendent of the Indian navy, 1843-51; captain, 1847; master attendant in Bombay dockyard, 1849; distinguished himself in second Burmese war, 1851-3; C.B., 1853; retired and settled in Paris, 1856; conducted the negotiations with Persia that led to the treaty of Paris, 1867; died at Paris.
James Lynch: '''James Lynch''' ([[1608]] ?-[[1713]]), Roman catholic archbishop of Tuam; educated at the English College, Rome; archbishop of Tuam, 1669; accused of violating the statute of premunire and forced to retire to Spain; returned to Ireland, 1685; settled at Paris, 1691; died at the Irish college, Paris.
John Lynch: '''John Lynch''' ([[1599]] ?-[[1673]]?), Irish historian; educated by the Jesuits; secular priest, 1622; archdeacon of Tuam; died probably at St. Malo; author of Latin works on Irish history, including Cambrensis Eversus trans. 1795 and 1848-62.
Patrick Edward Lynch: '''Patrick Edward Lynch''' (d. [[1884]]), lieutenantgeneral in the English army; brother of Thomas Kerr Lynch; entered the Indian army, 1826; employed in Persia and Afghanistan, 1840-1 and 1868; lieutenantgeneral and retired, 187&
Richard Lynch: '''Richard Lynch''' ([[1611]]-[[1676]]), Jesuit ; educated in Irish college of Compostella: joined Jesuits, 1630; rector of the Irish college of Seville, 1637; published Univena Philosophia Scholastica 1654, and Latin sermons.
Theodora Elizabeth Lynch: '''Theodora Elizabeth Lynch''' ([[1812]]-[[1885]]), poetical and prose writer; daughter of Arthur Foulks; married, in Jamaica, Henry Mark Lynch, 1836; returned to England after her husband's death and wrote seventeen volumes (1846-65) of poems and fiction for young people, frequently with a West Indian setting.
Sir Thomas Lynch: '''Sir Thomas Lynch''' (rf. [[1684]] ?), governor of Jamaica; grandson of John Aylmer, bishop of London; served in Jamaica expedition, 1655; provost-marshal of Jamaica, 1661; member of council, 1663; president, 1664; lieutenant-governor and knighted, 1670; recalled, 1676; sent out again, 1682; died in Jamaica.
Thomas Kerr Lynch: '''Thomas Kerr Lynch''' ([[1818]]-[[1891]]), Mesopotamian explorer; educated at Trinity College, Dublin; accompanied his brother, Henry Blosse Lynch, in second Euphrates expedition, 1837-42; travelled extensively in Mesopotamia and Persia; consul-general for Persia in London; published A Visit to the Suet Canal !.
Thomas Tore Lynch: '''Thomas Tore Lynch''' ([[1818]]-[[1871]]), hymn-writer : his Hymns for Heart and Voice: the Rivulet 1855, attacked as pantheistic; composed several tunes for them, and wrote his Memoirs(published, 1874) and other proee work*.
Richard Lynche: '''Richard Lynche''' (ft. [[1596]]? -[[1601]]). See LlNCHE.
Sir Humphrey Lynde: '''Sir Humphrey Lynde''' ([[1579]] [[1636]]), puritan controversialist; of Westminster School ami Christ Chun lj Oxford; B.A., 1600; knighted, 1618: M.P., Brwkuock, 1626; wrote numerous controversial works, including Via Tuta, the Safe Way 16*8.
Lyndhtjrst: '''Lyndhtjrst''' first BARON ([[1772]]-[[1868]]). See
John Copley: '''John Copley''' Boroumm.
Lynd: '''Lynd''' 8AY, Sin DAVID ([[1490]]-[[1555]]).
William Lyndwood: '''William Lyndwood''' ([[1376]]?- [[1446]]), civilian, canonist, and bishop of St. David's; his name is variously spelt Lyndewode, Lindewood, Lyndwood, and Liudwood; educated at Qonville Hall, Cambridge: fellow of Pembroke Hall; removed to Oxford, where he took LL.D. degree; prebendary of Salisbury, 1412, of Hereford, 1422; dean of the arches, 1426; archdeacon of Oxford, 1433; keeper of the privy seal, 1433; bishop of Hereford, 1442; completed hia Proviuciale a digest of the synodal constitutions of the province of Canterbury from Stephen Laugton to Henry Chichele, the principal authority for English canon law, 1433 (first printed, c. 1470-80).
Richard Lyne: '''Richard Lyne''' (ft. [[1570]]-[[1600]]), painteJ 1T an(leiigraver; one of the earliest native artists In England whose works have been preserved; employed by Matthew Parker; drew and engraved map of the university of Cambridge, published, 1674; mentioned by Meres in Palladis Tamia(1598) as among the leading painters of the time.
Lynedoch: '''Lynedoch''' first BARON ([[1748]]-[[1843]]). See GKAHAM,
Thoma: '''Thoma''' a
Lynford: '''Lynford''' or LINFORD, THOMAS ([[1650]]-[[1724]]), divine; of Christ's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1674; fellow of Christ's College, 1675; canon of Westminster, 1700; archdeacon of Bamstaple, 1709-24; published sermons andSome Dialogues between Mr. Godden and others &c,, 1687.
Richard Lyngard: '''Richard Lyngard''' ([[1598]]?-[[1670]]). See LlN

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Gard: '''Gard'''
George Lynn: '''George Lynn''' , the elder ([[1676]]-[[1742]]), astronomer and antiquary; communicated his astronomical observations and meteorological registers to the Royal Society, 1724-40.
George Lynn: '''George Lynn''' , the younger ([[1707]]-[[1758]]), barrister. Inner Temple; son of George Lynn the elder; F.SJL, 1726.
Samuel Ferris Lynn: '''Samuel Ferris Lynn''' ([[1836]]-[[1876]]), sculptor; exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1856-75; member of the Institute of Sculptors, 1861; associate of the Royal Hibernian Academy.
Thomas Lynn: '''Thomas Lynn''' ([[1774]]-[[1847]]), writer on astronomy ; in the naval service of the East India Company; examiner in nautical astronomy to the company's officers; author ofSolar TablesStar TablesAstronomical Tables 'A new Method of finding the Longitude 1826, and 'Practical Methods for finding the Latitude 1833.
Walter Lynn: '''Walter Lynn''' ([[1677]]-[[1763]]), medical writer and inventor; brother of George Lynn the elder; BjL. Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1698; M.B., 1704; medical works; chiefly remembered by his proposed provements of the steam-engine, described In The Case of Walter Lynn, M.B. 1726.
Nicholas Op Lynne: '''Nicholas Op Lynne''' (ft. I[[860]]).
Walter Lynne: '''Walter Lynne''' (ft. [[1650]]), printer and translator ; an ardent reformer; printed and translated about nineteen religious works; patronised by Cranmer.
Lyon: '''Lyon''' 804
Lysons: '''Lysons'''
Mr Lyon: '''Mr Lyon''' .. AGNES ([[1762]]-[[1840]]), Scottish poetess: ri,s L'Amy: married the Rev. Dr. James Lyou, 1786; solely remembered by the song, You've surely beard of famous Niel. 1
George Francis Lyon: '''George Francis Lyon''' ([[1795]]-[[1832]]), captain in the nary and traveller; entered the navy, 1808; travelled in Africa in the interests of the government, 1818-20: publishedA Narrative of Travels in North Africa 1821: took part in Parry's arctic expedition, 1821-3, publishing a narrative, 1824; unsuccessfully attempted to reach Repulse Ray, 1824; hon. D.O.L. Oxford, 1825; went to Mexico and South America; died at sea.
Hart Lyon: '''Hart Lyon''' (more correctly HIRSCH LOBKL or
Lrwix: '''Lrwix''' ) ([[1721]]-[[1800]]), chief rabbi; born at Resha, Poland: chief rabbi of the London congregation of German and Polish Jews, 1757-63: subsequently rabbi of Halberstadt, Mannheim, and Berlin; died at Berlin.
Sir James Frederick Lyon: '''Sir James Frederick Lyon''' ([[1775]] - [[1842]]), lieutenant-general: born on a homeward bound transport from America after Bunker's Hill, where his father was killed; entered the army, 1791: lieutenant, 1794: in Egypt as major, 1801: as lieutenant- colonel in the Peninsula. 1808-11; K.C.B., 1815; G.O.H., 1817; commander of the troops in the Windward and Leeward islands, 1828-33; lieutenant-general, 1830.
Janet Lyon: '''Janet Lyon''' , LADY GLAMMIS (d. [[1537]]). See
Janet Douglas: '''Janet Douglas''' .
John Lyon: '''John Lyon''' , seventh BARON GLAMMIS ([[1510]]?1558), son of John, sixth lord Glammis, by Janet Douglas Sq. v.; tried for conspiring to effect the death of ames V, 1637: imprisoned, 1537-40; held a command in the Scottish army, 1545.
John Lyon: '''John Lyon''' , eighth BARON GLAMMIS (d. [[1678]]), lord high chancellor of Scotland; son of John, seventh baron Glammis; partisan and kinsman of Morton; lord chancellor of Scotland, 1573; accidentally slain in a street brawL
John Lyon: '''John Lyon''' ([[1614]]?-[[1692]]), founder of Harrow School; obtained charter for the foundation of a free grammar school for boys in Harrow, 1572; drew up statutes and course of study for the school, 1590.
Lyon: '''Lyon''' or LYOTTN, JOHN (ft. [[1608]]-[[1622]]), of Auldbor, the supposed author ofTeares for the Death of Alexander, Earle of Dunfermeling (first printed, 1622); eon of Sir Thomas Lyon (d. 1608)
John Lyon: '''John Lyon''' , ninth EARL OP STRATHMORE ([[1737]]1776), married Mary Eleanor Bowes, a member of a distinguished border family, 1767; took his wife's surname; Scots representative peer.
John Lyon: '''John Lyon''' ([[1702]]-[[1790]]X antiquary ; M.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1732; minor canon of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 1740: published nothing; reputed a learned ecclesiologist; took care of Swift in his last illness.
John Lyon: '''John Lyon''' ([[1734]]-[[1817]]), historian of Dover; took holy orders; his principal work is a History of the Town and Port of Dover 1813-14; published works on electricity, 1780-96.
Lyon: '''Lyon''' Sm PATRICK OF CARSE (d. [[1695]] ?), lord of session; second cousin of Patrick Lyon, first earl of Btrathmore; professor of philosophy at St. Andrews; member of the Faculty of Advocates, 1671lord of session as Lord Carse, 1683-8; a lord justiciary, 1684-8; deprived of both offices at the revolution, 1688.

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Patrick Lyon: '''Patrick Lyon''' , first EARL OP STRATH MOHK and third EAKL OK KINOHORNK (1643-1696), succeeded to his estates, 1660; restored the fortunes of his family by a course of self-denial; privy councillor, 1682; lord of session, 1686-9; took the oath to King William III, 1690.
Bib Thomas Op Balddckie Lyoh: '''Bib Thomas Op Balddckie Lyoh''' and AULDBAR,
of Glammis Maktkr: '''of Glammis Maktkr''' (d. [[1608]]), lord high treasurer of Scotland; son of John Lyon, seventh baron Glammis; a main contriver of the raid of Ruthven of MMsjcaped to Ireland, 1588; pardoned, 1585; lord high treasurer, 1686-V6; lord of session, 1686; knighted, 1590; deprived of his office for favouring Botbwell, 1691; reappointed, 1693.
William Lyon: '''William Lyon''' (d. [[1617]]), bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross; educated at Oxford; first protcstant bishop of Ross, 1582; bishop of Cork and Cloyne, 1584 (three sees united, 1687); foiled machinations of Jesuits and friars; recommended the strict exclusion of foreign priests.
Edmund Lyons: '''Edmund Lyons''' , first BARON LYONS ([[1790]]-[[1858]]), admiral: entered the navy, 1803; present at the passing of the Dardanelles, 1807; saw active service in East Indies, 1810-11; commander, 1812; employed in the Mediterranean, 1828-33; K.O.H. and minister plenipotentiary at Athens, 1835; created baronet, 1840; minister to the Swiss confederation, 1849-51; rear-admiral, 1850: minister at Stockholm, 1851-3; second in command of the Mediterranean fleet, 1853-55; commander-in-chief. 1855-8; military G.C.B., 1865; created Baron Lyons of Christchurch, 1856; rear-admiral, with temporary rank of admiral, while in command in the Mediterranean, 1857.
Israel Lyons: '''Israel Lyons''' , the elder (rt. [[1770]]), hebraist ; a Polish Jew settled at Cambridge: instructed members of the university in Hebrew; author ofThe Scholar's Instructor: an Hebrew Grammar, with Points 1735.
Israel Lyons: '''Israel Lyons''' , the younger ([[1739]]-[[1775]]), mathematician and botanist; sou of Israel Lyons the elder ; publishedA Treatise of Fluxions 1758, and Fasciculus Plantarum circa Oantabrigiam 1763; lectured on botany at Oxford, 1764; appointed by the board of longitude to accompany Captain Phipps as principal astronomer in his arctic expedition, 1773.
John Charles Lyons: '''John Charles Lyons''' ([[1792]]-[[1874]]), antiquary and writer on gardening; educated at Pembroke College, Oxford; published aTreatise on the Management of Orchidaceous Plants 2nd ed. 1845; interested in local antiquities and literature, publishing The Grand Juries of Westmeath from 1727 to 1853, with an Historical Appendix 1853.
Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons: '''Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons''' , second
Baron: '''Baron''' and first EARL LYONS ([[1817]]-[[1887]]), diplomatist; son of Edmund Lyons, first baron Lyons; of Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1843; unpaid attache at Athens, 1839; paid attache, 1844; transferred to Dresden, 1852; appointed to Florence, 1853; secretary of that legation, 1856; British minister at Washington, 1858-65; K.O.B., 1860; G.O.B., 1862; ambassador at Constantinople, and privy councillor, 1865-7, at Paris, 1867-87; created Viscount Lyons of Christchurch, 1881, and Earl Lyons, 1887.
Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons: '''Robert Spencer Dyer Lyons''' ([[1826]]-[[1886]]), physician; educated at Trinity College, Dublin; M.B., 1848; licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 1849; chief pathological commissioner to the army in the Crimea, 1855; investigated pathological anatomy of Lisbon yellow fever, 1857; joined St. George's Hospital, Dublin; professor of medicine in the Roman catholic university medical school; M.P., Dublin, 1880-5; published two medical works and a book on forestry,
Edward Lysaght: '''Edward Lysaght''' ([[1763]]-[[1811]]), Irish songwriter; educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; M.A., 1788; called to the English and Irish bars, 1788; practised first in England and afterwards in Ireland; commissioner of bankruptcy in Ireland and police magistrate for Dublin; wrote poems (published posthumously, 1811), political squibs, and pamphlets. LY8ARDE, NICHOLAS (d. 1570).
Daniel Lysons: '''Daniel Lysons''' ([[1727]]-[[1800]]), physician; M.A. Magdalen College, Oxford, 1751; fellow and B.O.L. of All Souls College, Oxford, 1755; M.D., 1769; published medical works.
Daniel Lysons: '''Daniel Lysons''' ([[1762]]-[[1834]]), topographer ; nephew of Daniel Lysons (1727-1800); of St.. Mary Hall, Oxford; M.A., 1785; his principal work, The Environs of London 1792-6; held family living of Rodmarton, 1804-33; in conjunction with his brother Samuel Lysons (1763-1819) began aMagua Britannia... Account of the... Counties of Great Britain dealing with ten counties from Bedfordshire to Devonshire, in alphabetical order, 1806-22.
Lysons: '''Lysons'''
Sir Daniel Lysons: '''Sir Daniel Lysons''' ([[1816]]-[[1898]]), general ; son of Daniel Lysons (1762-1834); ensign, 1K34; lieutenant, 1837; served in Canada: received company in 3nl West India regiment, 1843: brigade-major of 23rd Vlsh fusiliers in Barbados, 1845-7, and in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1847-8; major, 1849; in Crimea, 1854-6; lieutenant-colonel, 1851; brevet-colonel and O.B., 1855; assistant adjutant-general at headquarters in England, 1856; in Canada in connection with the Trent affair, 1861; major-general, 1868; quartermaster-general at headquarters, 1876; lieutenant-general and K.O.B., 1877; general, 1870; commanded Aldewbot division, 1880-3; G.C.B., 1886; constable of the Tower, 1890; publishedInstructions for Mounted Kifle Volunteers 1860.
Samuel Lysons: '''Samuel Lysons''' ([[1763]]-[[1819]]), antiquary ; P.S.A., 1786; F.R.S., 1797; barrister, Inner Temple, 1798; keeper of the Tower *of London records, 1803; vicepresident and treasurer of the Royal Society, 1810; antiquary professor in the Royal Academy, 1818; assisted his brother, Daniel Lysons (1762-1834), on the 'Magna Britannia His greatest work,Reliquiae Britanuicc-RomanBD, containing Figures of Roman Antiquities discovered in England with plates, was published,1801-17.
Samuel Lysons: '''Samuel Lysons''' ([[1806]]-[[1877]]), antiquary ; son of Daniel Lysons (1762-1834); BA. Exeter College, Oxford, 1830; honorary canon of Gloucester Cathedral, 1867; published antiquarian works connected with Gloucestershire, 1832-68.
Lyster: '''Lyster''' Sin RICHARD (d. [[1554]]), chief-justice of the court of king's bench: reader at the Middle Temple, 1515; solicitor-general, 1522-6; chief -baron of the exchequer, 1529; knighted, 1529; chief-justice of the king's bench, 1546-52.
Henry Lyte (horticulturist): '''Henry Lyte''' ([[1529]] ?-[[1607]]), botanist and antiquary; student at Oxford, c. 1546; published a transla-. tion through the French of the Cruydeboeckof Rembert Dodoens, with the title, A niewe Herball or Historic of Plantes 1578; publishedThe Light of Britayue; a Recorde of the honorable Originall and Antiquitie of Britaine 1588.
Henry Francis Lyte: '''Henry Francis Lyte''' ([[1793]]-[[1847]]), hymnwriter; lineal descendant of Henry Lyte; educated at Trinity College, Dublin; took holy orders; published Poems, chiefly Religious 1833, and other works; chiefly remembered for his hymns, the best of which appear in most hymnals; died at Nice.
Thomas Lyte: '''Thomas Lyte''' ([[1568]]7-[[1638]]), genealogist; educated at Sherborne School; drew up themost royally ennobled Genealogy of James I, now lost, which he presented to the king, 1610; compiled Lyte pedigrees.
Lyttelton: '''Lyttelton''' or LITTLETON, SIR CHARLES, second baronet (1629-1716), governor of Jamaica; sou of Sir Thomas Lyttelton (1596-16501; fought in the royalist army; escaped to France, 1648; cupbearer to Charles II, 1650; knighted, 1662; governor of Jamaica, 1662-4; founded first town of Port Royal; summoned the first legislative assembly, 1664; major of the yellowcoated maritime regiment, the precursor of the marine forces; governor of Harwich and Landguard Fort at time of great sea-fight with the Dutch, 1672; M.P., Bevdley, 1685-9; succeeded his brother as second baronet, 1693.
Charles Lyttelton: '''Charles Lyttelton''' ([[1714]]-[[1768]]), antiquary and bishop of Carlisle; grandson of Sir Charles Lytteltou ; of Eton and University College, Oxford; barrister, Middle Temple, 1738; ordained, 1742; F.RJS., 1743; D.C.L., 1745; F.S.A., 1746; dean of Exeter, 1747; bishop of Exeter, 1762; president of the Society of Antiquaries, 1765; contributed to thePhilosophical Transactions (1748 and 1750). and to Archaeologia (vols. i-iii.).
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Ton: '''Ton''' of Muuslow ([[1589]]-1G45).
George Lyttelton: '''George Lyttelton''' , first BARON LYTTKLTON (1709-1773), descended from William, sou of Sir Thomas Littleton ( 1402-1481); educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; M.P., Okehamptou, 1735-56; opposed Walpolc; a lord of the treasury, 1744-54; with his cou
Lytton: '''Lytton''' nections, Pitt and the Grcnvilles, composedOobhamite party; succeeded to baronetcy, 1751; privy councillor, 1754; chancellor of the exchequer for a short peri-l. 1766; creaU-d JJaron Lytteltou of Frankley, 1756; oppose! the rej.eal of the Stamp Act, 1766: friend of Pope and * liberal patron of literature; his beet poem, the monody on the death of bis wife, 1747; published, among numerous other works, Dialogues of the Dead 1760, and "The History of the Life of Henry the Second, and of the Age in which he lived 1767-71.
George William Lyttelton: '''George William Lyttelton''' , fourth HA ICON
Lyttelton: '''Lyttelton''' of Frankley of the second creation ([[1817]]1876), son of William Henry Lyttelton, third baron Lyttelton; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; succeeded to peerage, 1837; M.A., 1888; LL.D., 1862; D.O.L., 1870; the centre of the intellectual life of Worcestershire from 1839: P.R.8., 1840: principal of Queen's College, Birmingham, 1846; tinder-secretary of state for the colonies, 1846; chairman of the Canterbury Association, a church of England corporation which established Canterbury, New Zealand, 1850; first president of the Birmingham and Midland Institute, 1853; chief commissioner of endowed schools, 1869; privy councillor, 1869; K.O.M.G., 1869; killed himself in an attack of constitutional melancholia; published, together with Mr. Gladstone, a volume of translations, 1839.
Lyttelton: '''Lyttelton''' Sm HENRY, second baronet ([[1624]]1693), son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton (1596-1660); educated at Balliol College, Oxford; taken prisoner at the battle of Worcester, 1651; M.P., Lichfleld, 1678-9. LnT
James Lyttelton: '''James Lyttelton''' (rf. [[1723]]).
Sir Thomas Lyttelton: '''Sir Thomas Lyttelton''' ([[1402]]-[[1481]]). See LIT-
Tleton: '''Tleton'''
Sir Thomas Lyttelton: '''Sir Thomas Lyttelton''' , first baronet ([[1596]]1650), royalist; educated at Balliol College, Oxford; B.A., 1614; created baronet, 1618; M.P., Worcester, 1621-2, 1624-5, 1625, 1626, 1640; colonel of the Worcestershire horse and foot, 1642; imprisoned, 1644-6.
Sir Thomas Lyttelton: '''Sir Thomas Lyttelton''' ([[1647]] ?-[[1710]]). See
Littleton: '''Littleton'''
Thomas Lyttelton: '''Thomas Lyttelton''' , second BARON LYT-
Telton: '''Telton''' ([[1744]]-[[1779]]), commonly called the wicked Lord Lyttelton; son of George, first baron Lyttelton; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; M.P., Bewdley, 1768-9; took his seat in the House of Lords, 1774; prominent in debates on American affairs, 1774-8; wanied in a dream (24 Nov. 1779), which was exactly fulfilled, that he would die in three days; a notorious profligate.
William Hen Ry Lyttelton: '''William Hen Ry Lyttelton''' , first BARON LYT-
Tblton: '''Tblton''' of Frankley of the second creation ([[1724]]-[[1808]]), educated at Eton College and St. Mary Hall, Oxford; barrister, Middle Temple, 1748: M.P., Bewdley, 1748-66, and 1774-6: governor of South Carolina, 1765-62, of Jamaica, 1762-6; ambassador to Portugal, 1766-71; created Baron Westcote of Balamare, co. Longford (Irish peerage), 1776; a commissioner of the treasury, 1776-82; bon. D.O.L., 1781; created Baron Lyttelton of Frankley (peerage of Great Britain), 1794: chief published work 'An Historical Account of the Constitution of Jamaica 1792.
William Henry Lyttelton: '''William Henry Lyttelton''' , third BARON
Lyttelton: '''Lyttelton''' of Frankley of the second creation ([[1788]]1837), son of William Henry Lyttelton, first baron Lyttelton of the second creation: educated at Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1805; M.P., Worcestershire, 18071820; D.C.L., 1810; succeeded to the title on death of his half-brother, George Fulke, second baron, 1828: a whig and an eloquent orator.
William Henry Lyttelton: '''William Henry Lyttelton''' ([[1820]]-[[1884]]),canon of Gloucester; sou of William Henry Lytteltou, third baron Lyttelton: of Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1841; honorary canon of Worcester, 1847; canon of Gloucester, 1880; published religious works.
Edward George Earle Lytton Lytton: '''Edward George Earle Lytton Lytton'''
Hulwkr: '''Hulwkr''' -, first BARON LYTTON ([[1803]]-[[1873]]), novelist; educated at private schools under a tutor, and then successively at Trinity College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge: published a small volume of poeuis; chancellor- medallist,
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Macalpine: '''Macalpine''' 182*: B.A., 1826; frequented the fashionable circles of London and Paris; married Rosina Wheeler, 1827 see LTTTOIC, ROSINA BULWKR-LYTTON, LADY; supported himself by energetic literary labour; wrote for all kinds of periodicals, from Quarterly Reviews to Keepsakes; published Falkland 1827, 1el hum one of his best novels, 1828, andThe Disowned 1828; publishedDevereux 18,Paul Clifford 1830; edited theNew Monthly 1831-2; M.P., St Ives, Huntingdonshire, 1831, Lincoln, 1832-41: a reformer in politics and a steady supporter of authorscopyrights and the removal of taxes upon literature: publishedEugene Aram 1832,Godolphin 1833, The Last Days of Pompeii 1884, ami Hieuzi 1835; separated from his wife (legal separation, 1836), who spent her remaining years ((. 1882) in lawsuits directed against her husband, and in publishing a long series of attacks upon him; the Lady of Lyons produced at Co vent Garden, 1838, andRichelieu 1839; produced Money at the Hayumrket, 1840; undertook, in conjunction with others, The Monthly Chronicle 1841; published The Last of the Barons 1843, and The New Union a romantic story in heroic couplets, 1846; brought out Harold 1848; joined the conservatives and returned to politics; M.P., Hertfordshire, 1852-66; published My Novel 1863; lord rector of Glasgow University, 1856 and 1858; secretary for the colonies, 1858-9; created Baron Lytton of Knebworth, 1866; published anonymously * The Coming Race an ingenious prophecy of the society of the future, 1871, and The Parisians 1873.
Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton: '''Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton''' , first EARL or LYTTON (1831-1891), statesman and poet; son of Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first baron Lytton; educated at Harrow and Bonn; private secretary to his uncle, Lord Dalling, at Washington and Florence; paid attache at the Hague and Vienna; pub" Clytemnestra The Earl's Return and other poems, under the pseudonym of Owen Meredith, 1855; published 'The Wanderer a volume of lyrics, 1857, and Lucile (a poem), 1860: consul-general at Belgrade; second secretary at Vienna, 1862; secretary of legation at Copenhagen, 1863; transferred to Athens, 1864, and to Lisbon, 1865; employed successively at Madrid and Vienna, 1868-72; published * Chronicles and Characters 1868; Orval, or the Fool of Time the sole representative in English literature of the great Polish school of mystical poetry, 1869; secretary to the embassy at Paris, 1872-4; British minister at Lisbon, 1872; succeeded to his father's title, 1873; published Fables in Song 1874; viceroy of India, 1876-80; proclaimed Queen Victoria empress of India at Delhi, 1877; did admirable work in famine of 1877-8; responsible for the Afghan war, 1879; effected memorable internal reforms, but his administration regarded at home as a failure; ambassador at Paris, an office in which he won great popularity, 1887-91; King Poppy his most original and best poem, published, 1892; takes high rank as a prose writer in his minutes and despatches. rTTON, LADY
Kos Lytton: '''Kos Lytton''' 1NA BULWER-LY: (1802-1882), novelist: nir. Wheeler; married by Ed ward George Earle Lyttou Bulwer-Lytton, first baron Lyttou , against his mother's wishes, 1827; a woman of excitable temperament; became estranged from her husband (1836) and was legally separated from him; wrote a long series of attacks upon him, publishing (1839), Cheveley, or the Man of Honour a novel in which she made her husband the villain.

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Lyveden: '''Lyveden''' first BARON ([[1800]]-[[1873]]). See SMITH,
Vernon Robert: '''Vernon Robert''' .
Nicholas Lyzarde: '''Nicholas Lyzarde''' (d. [[1570]]), sergeant-painter ; painter to the court in time of Henry VIII and Edward VI; sergeant-painter to queens Mary and Elizabeth. M
Joseph Maas: '''Joseph Maas''' ([[1847]]-[[1886]]), vocalist; studied at Milan, 1869-71; public singer in London, 1871; principal tenor at her majesty's opera; created the part of the Chevalier des Grieux in Massenet'sMauonat Drury Lane, 1886.
Bab: '''Bab''' or MABBE, JAMES ([[1572]]-[[1642]]?), Spanish scholar; grandson of John Mab; fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1594-1633; M.A., 1698; secretary to Sir John Dlgby. ambassador at Madrid, 1611-13; published translations from the Spanish, includingThe Rogue, or the Life of Guzman de Alfarache 1622, and someDevout Contemplations, by Fr. Ch. de Fonseca 1629. or MABBE, JOHN (d. 1682), chamberlain of London; freeman of the GoldsmithsCompany; chamberlain of Ixmdon, 1577-82; wrote Remembrances, faithfuHic printed out of his own hand writing, etc. licensed, 1583.
Catherine Charlotte Maberly: '''Catherine Charlotte Maberly''' ([[1805]]187*), novelist; nee Prittie; married William Leader Maberly, 1830; wrote eight novels, published between 1840 and 1856.
Frederick Herbert Maberly: '''Frederick Herbert Maberly''' ([[1781]]-[[1860]]), politician; of Westminster Scbool and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1809; led by his fanatical zeal against catholic emancipation into eccentric and violent conduct, which caused the magistrates and the home secretary anxiety about the public peace, 1812-36.
William Leader Mabekly: '''William Leader Mabekly''' (1 [[798]]-1 [[885]]), secretary of the general post office; entered the army, 1816lieutenant-colonel; M.P., Westbury, 1819-20, Northampton, 1820-30, Shaftcsbury, 1831-2, Chatlium, 1832-4joint secretary of the general post office, 1836-54; opposed all Rowland Hill's schemes of reform; transferred to the board of audit, 1864, where he rcinuiued till 1866; retired Iroui the army, 1881.
Mab: '''Mab''' 8
John Macadam: '''John Macadam''' ([[1827]]-[[1865]]), chemist; studied medicine at Glasgow University and chemistry at Edinburgh; M.D. Glasgow; lecturer on chemistry and natural science in the Scottish College, Melbourne, 1855; member of the legislative assembly of Victoria, 1869-64; postmaster-general, 1861; lecturer in chemistry in Melbourne University, 1861-2; died at sea on his way to New Zealand. McADAM, JOHN LOUDON (1756-1836), themacadamiser of roads; began experiments in roadmakiug in Ayrshire; continued them at Falmouth, where he resided after 1798 as agent for revictualling the navy in the western ports; arrived at the conclusion that roads should be constructed of broken stone; surveyor-general of the Bristol roads, 1816: published Present State of Road-making 1820; general surveyor of roads, 1827; his process adopted in all parts of the civilised world, his name becoming the synonym for the invention.
Arthur Macalister: '''Arthur Macalister''' ([[1818]]-[[1883]]), Australian politician; emigrated to Australia, I860; represented Ipswich in the first Queensland parliament, 1860; secretary for lands and works, 1862; premier and colonial secretary, 1866-7, 1874-6; speaker, 1870-1; agent-general for Queensland in London, 1676-81. McALL, ROBERT STEPHENS (1792-1838), congregational minister; ordained, 1823; a brilliant preacher; published sermons and poems.
Hamilton Macallttm: '''Hamilton Macallttm''' ([[1811]]-[[1896]]), painter: studied at Royal Academy, where he exhibited between 1876 and 1896.
Maccabeus Macalpine: '''Maccabeus Macalpine''' , MACHABEUS,
Maccabe: '''Maccabe''' or MACHABE, JOHN (f. [[1557]]), Scottish reformer and professor of theology at Copenhagen; prior of Dominican? at Perth, 1532-4; imbibed reformation principles and fied to England; passed to the continent; professor in Copenhagen, 1642; assisted to translate Luther's bible into Danish, 1550; author of Latin theological works; died at Copenhagen.
Macanwakd: '''Macanwakd''' 807
Macaulay: '''Macaulay'''
Hugh Boy Macanward: '''Hugh Boy Macanward''' ([[1580]]?-[[1635]]), Iri-h historian; belonged to a clan, eight of whom, dour: between 1587 and 1696, were poets; studied at th- i ciscan convent of Donegal, at Salamanca, and in Paris; first professor of theology in the IrUh college of St. Anthony at Louvain, 1616: made collections for a complete Irish martyrolory and hagiology, which John Colgan used for his Acta Sanctorum Hiberaia; died at Louvaiu.
James Macardell: '''James Macardell''' ([[1729]]7-[[1765]]X mezzotintengraver; studied under John Brooks; engraved over forty plates after Sir Joshua Reynolds and twentyfive after Hudson.
Macarius: '''Macarius''' called SCOTUS (*. [[1153]]), abbot; migrated to Germany from Scotland, 1139; abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. James, near WUrzburg; author of De Laude Martyrum
Macarthur: '''Macarthur''' or McARTHUR, SIR EDWARD (1789-1872), lieutenant-general; son of John Macarthur (1767-1834): born in England; lived as a boy at Parramatta, near Sydney: entered the army, 1 wi.; saw action in the Peninsula, 1812-14, in Canada, 1814; captain, 1821: assistant adjutant-general in Ireland, 1837; deputy adjutant-general in the Australian colonies, 18411855; commander of the troops in Australia, with rank of major-general, 1855-60; acting governor of Victoria, 1856; K.G.B., 1862; lieutenant-general, 1866.
Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur: '''Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur''' ([[1788]]-[[1861]]), nephew of John Macarthur (1767-1834); born in England; emigrated to New South Wales, 1805; engaged in the wool trade; police magistrate at Parramatta; member of the legislative council, 1843.
James Macarthur: '''James Macarthur''' ([[1798]]-[[1867]]), son of John Macarthur (1767-1834): born at Oamden, New South Wales; published New South Wales, its Present State and Future Prospects 1838; member of the legislative council of New South Wales, 1839, 1848, and 1851; engaged in the exploration of Gippsland, 1840.
John Macarthur: '''John Macarthur''' ([[1794]]-[[1831]]), son of John Macarthur (1767-1834); of Caius College, Cambridge; appointed chief-justice of New South Wales; died before assuming office.
John Macarthur: '''John Macarthur''' ([[1767]]-[[1834]]), 'the father' of New South Wales; born in England; entered the army, 1788; accompanied the New South Wales corps to Sydney, 1790: commandant at Parramatta, 1793-1804; turned his attention to agriculture and to improving the colonial breed of sheep: tried at Sydney for high misdemeanors in connection with the liquor traffic and acquitted, 1808; planted the first vineyard in the colony, 1817: member of the first legislative council of New South Wales, 1825-31; created the Australian wool and wine trade. McARTHUR, JOHN (1755-1840X author; entered navy, 1778; secretary to Lord Hood, 1791; publishedA Treatise of the Principles and Practice of Naval CourteMartiaV 1792 (the second edition, 1805, entitled * Principles and Practice of Naval and Military Courts- Martial long the standard work); commenced publication, in conjunction with James Stanier Clarke, of the Naval Chronicle 1799; chief work, Life of Lord Nelson also in conjunction with Clarke, 1809.
Sir William Macarthur: '''Sir William Macarthur''' ([[1800]]-[[1882]]), son of John Macarthur (1767-1834): born at Parramatta member of New South Wales legislative council, 1849 and 1864; knighted, 1855. McARTHUR, SIR WILLIAM (1809-1887), lord mayor of London; a woollen draper of Londonderry; com menced exporting woollen good? to his brother in Sydney transferred headquarters of his business to London, 1857 M.P., Lambeth, 1868-85: sheriff of London, 1867: alder man, 1872; lord mayor, 1880; one of the founders of the London Chamber of Commerce, 1881; K.O.M.G., 1882.

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George Macartney: '''George Macartney''' ([[1660]] ?-[[1730]]). See MAC
Cartney: '''Cartney'''
George Macartney: '''George Macartney''' , first EARL MACARTNEY (1737-1806), diplomatist and colonial governor; M.A Trinity College, Dublin, 1759; envoy extraordinary at St etersburg, 1764-7: M.P., Antrim, in Irish House of Commons; chief secretary for Ireland, 1769-71; captaingeneral and governor of the Oaribbee Island*, 1775 a: reated Baron Macartney of Llsaanoure (Irish peerage), 776; governor ami president of Port St.George(MadrM), 780-6; IrUh privy councillor, 1788; created Earl Macartney and Viscount Macartney of Dervook in the rish peerage, 1702: ambaMador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Pekin, 1792-4; gWMM of the Gape of 3ood Hope, 1796-8; wrote An Account of an Embassy to Russia A Political Account of Ireland and Journal f the Embassy to China all published in Barrow's Memoir of him (vol. ii.)
James Macartney: '''James Macartney''' ([[1770]]-[[1848]]), anatomist; pprenticed as surgeon in Dublin; studied at Hunterian chool of medicine, London, and at Guy's, St. Thomas's, and St. Bartholomew's hospitals; M.R.C.8.,1800; F.R.S., 811; M.D. St. Andrews, 1813; professor of anatomy and urgery, Dublin University, 1813-37; hon. P.R.O.P. Ireand, 1818: hon. M.D.Cambridge, 1833: published anatomical works.
Aulay Macaulay: '''Aulay Macaulay''' ([[1758]]-[[1819]]X miscellaneous writer; brother of Zacbary Macaulay; M.A. Glasgow, 1778; took orders; published sermons and iscellaneous essays, 1780.
Mrs Macaulay: '''Mrs Macaulay''' . CATHARINE, after her second marriage known as CATHARINE MACAULAY GRAHAM 1731-1791 X historian and controversialist; nle Sawiridge; married George Macaulay, M.D. (d. 1766X 1760: mblished vol. i. of her History of England 1763: settled it Bath, 1774; married William Graham, brother of James Graham (1745-1794), the quack doctor, 778; visited North America, 1784; stopped ten days with Washington, 1785; her most famous production,The listory of England from the Accession of James I to that of the Brunswick Line* (i. 1763, ii. 1766, iii. 1767, iv. 1768, v. 1771, vi. and vii. 1781, viii. 1783X now almost forgotten.
Oolin Campbell Macaulay: '''Oolin Campbell Macaulay''' ([[1799]]-[[1853]]X son of Aulay Macaulay; educated at Rugby; contributed to the transactions of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society.
Sir James Buchanan Macaulay: '''Sir James Buchanan Macaulay''' ([[1793]]-[[1859]]), Canadian judge; born at Niagara, Ontario; lieutenant, Glengarry fencibles, 1812, serving during the American war: admitted to the Canadian bar, 1822; judge of the court of king's bench, Canada, 1829: chief-justice of court of common pleas, 1849-56, subsequently judge of the court of error and appeal; chairman of commission to revise and consolidate statutes of Canada and Upper Canada; O.B., 1868; knighted, 1859.
John Macaulay: '''John Macaulay''' (d. [[1789]]X divine : minister successively of South Uist, 1746, LUmore, 1756, Inverary, 1765, and Oardross, 1775; mentioned in Boswell's account of Johnson's Tour to the Hebrides in 1773
Kenneth Macaulay: '''Kenneth Macaulay''' ([[1723]]-1 [[779]]), alleged author of a History of St. Kilda; M.A. Aberdeen, 1742: minister of Harris in the Hebrides and other places in Scotland; sent by the kirk on a special mission to St. Kilda, 1759; published History of St. Kilda a? his own composition, 1764: doubts thrown on his authorship by Dr. Johnson; probably did no more than supply the materials to Dr. John Macphersou of Skye, the real author. )X, f ~
Thomas Babington Macaulay: '''Thomas Babington Macaulay''' , first BARON
Macaulay: '''Macaulay''' ([[1800]]-[[1859]] x historian ; son of Zachary Macaulay; educated at private schools and Trinity College, Cambridge; fellow of Trinity College, 1824; barrister, Gray's Inn, 1826; his first article (on Milton) published in the Edinburgh Review 1825: became a mainstay of the Edinburgh Review; a nmmMiair In bankruptcy, 1828; liberal M.P., Calne, 1830, Leeds, 1831: a commissioner of the board of control, 1832, secretary, 1833: member of the supreme council of India, 1834-8; president of the commission for composing a criminal code for India, 1835 (published 1837, becoming law 1860): returned to London and engaged in literature and politics, 1838: began bis History of England 1839; M.P., Edinburgh, 1839-47, and 1852-6; secretary of war, 1839-41; publishedLays of Ancient Rome,* 1842: a collective edition of theEdinburgh essays published, 1843: proposed and carried the copyright bill of forty-two years, which is still law;
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Maccall: '''Maccall''' paymaster of the forces, 1816-7; published vols. i. and ii SObe'HJstotj, ,,f (;:.-.A of Rothley, , 1848, vols. iii. and iv. 1855; lord rector t'niverity. l*4t; -rv.i-l IS. iron MHM:I!:I 1857: buried in Westminster Abbey. Hie writings were largely coloured by bis whig sympathies and dislike of speculation. His complete works appeared in eight volumes, 1866.
Zaohary Macaulay: '''Zaohary Macaulay''' ([[1768]]-[[1838]]), philanthropist rion of John Macanlay; when manager of at: in Jamaica, became deeply impressed with the BB of the slave population; governor of Sierra Leone, 179J-9: secretary to the Sierra Leone Company, 17991808: edited the Christian Observer an organ specially levoted to the abolition of the British slave-trade, and to t lie destruction of the slave-trade abroad, 1802-16: secretary to the African Institute, 1807-12; helped to form Anti-Slavery Society, 1823; did much for the abolitionist cause. His works, consisting chiefly of papers issued by the societies to which he belonged, are anonymous. McATJLEY, CATHARINE (1787-1841), foundress of the Order of Mercy: founded the House of our Blessed Lady of Mercy in Dublin, 1827, which became a flourishintr ( Koui.in catholic) order of Sisters of Mercy, and spread to England, 1839, Newfoundland, 1842, United States, 1843, Australia, 1845, Scotland and New Zealand, 1849, and South America, 1856. M'AVOY, MARGARET (1800-1820), blind lady; became blind, 1816; could distinguish colours and decipher printed or clearly written manuscript forms of letters by her touch.
Macbain: '''Macbain''' Sm JAMES ([[1828]]-[[1892]]), Australian statesman; born in Scotland; migrated to Melbourne, 1853; partner in Gibbs, Ronald & Co., a firm of mercantile and squatting agents which was bought by the Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company; of that company Miii-bain was chairman of Australian directorate, 1865-90; member of the legislative assembly, 1864; member of the cabinet, without portfolio, 1881-3: president of the legislative council, 1884; knighted, 1886; K.C.M.G., 1889; died at Toorak.
Alexander Macbeaw: '''Alexander Macbeaw''' (d. [[1784]]), one of the six amanuenses whom Johnson employed on the Dictionary; assisted when starving by Johnson, who wrote a preface for his Dictionary of Ancient Geography 1773; admitted to the Charterhouse, 1780.
Forbes Macbean: '''Forbes Macbean''' ([[1725]]-[[1800]]), lieutenant-general, royal artillery; educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; present at Fontenoy, 1745; adjutant at Woolwich, 1755-9; distinguished himself at Miuden, 1759, at Warburg, 1760, and at Fritzlar, 1761: inspector-general of Portuguese artillery, 1765-9; served in Canada, 17691773, and 1778-80; lieutenant-general, 1798: left valuable manuscript notes relating to the earlier history of the royal artillery.
Macbeth: '''Macbeth''' (d. [[1057]]), king of Scotland : commander of the forces of Duncan, king of Scotland, whom he slew, and whose kingdom he took, 1040; defeated by Siward, earl of Northumbria, 1054; defeated and slain by Malcolm III, Oanmore, 1057.
Norman Macbeth: '''Norman Macbeth''' ([[1821]]-[[1888]]), portrait-painter; i-tudied in the Royal Academy schools, London, and in Paris; exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy from 1845; RJSJL, 1880.
Fiachra Macbrady: '''Fiachra Macbrady''' (.l. [[1712]]), Irish poet ; author of poems in Irish, printed in the Antbologia Hibernica
Philip Macbeady: '''Philip Macbeady''' (ft. [[1710]]), Irish scholar ; a protcstaut clergyman and famous wit; translated sermons into Irish and wrote Irish poems.
David Macbride: '''David Macbride''' ([[1726]]-[[1778]]), medical writer; eon of Robert McBride; studied in Edinburgh and London; secretary to the Medico- Philosophical Society, Dublin, 1762; published Experimental Essays 1764; suggested a method for treating scurvy by an infusion of malt, and advocated the use of lime-water in certain part* of the process of tanning; published Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Physic (Dublin UtoUX 1773. McBRIDE, JOHN (1651 7-1718), Irish presbyterian divine; graduated at Glasgow, lt73; received presby terian ordination, 1680: minister of Belfast, 1694-1718; moderator of (oncral synod of Ulster, 1(597: refused oath of abjuration, 1703, in consequence of which his ministry was often interrupted; an able preacher; published controversial tracts.
John Macbride: '''John Macbride''' (rf. [[1800]]), admiral : son of Robert McBride; entered the navy, 1764; lieutenant, 1761; took part in the action off Ushant, 1776, off Cape St. Vincent, 1780; M.P., Plymouth, 1784; rear-admiral and commander-in-chief in the Downs, 1793; admiral, 1799.
John Alexander Paterson Macbride: '''John Alexander Paterson Macbride''' , (1819-1890), sculptor; worked in the studio of Samuel Joseph; exhibited at the Liverpool Academy from 1836; executed chiefly portrait busts and monuments for Liverpool Institution.

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John David Macbride: '''John David Macbride''' ([[1778]]-[[1868]]), principal of Magdalen Hall, Oxford; son of John Macbride (d. 1800) ; educated at Exeter College, Oxford; fellow, 1800; M.A., 1802; interested in oriental literature; both principal of Magdalen Hall (named Hertford College, 1874) and lord almoner's reader in Arabic, 1813-68: his principal literary work,The Mohammedan Religion explained 1857. McBRIDE, ROBERT (1687-1759), son of John McBride (1651?-1718); ordained minister of Ballymoney, 1716; took the side of subscription in the sy nodical controversies of 1720-6.
Maoilin Macbrtjaidedh: '''Maoilin Macbrtjaidedh''' (d. [[1602]]), Irish historian and poet, commonly called MAOILIX the younger; belonged to a family of hereditary historians; ollamh (chief chronicler) to the chiefs of the O'Gradys and the O'Gorinans; author of a number of Irish poems, some in a very difficult metre called dan direch.
Tadho Macbrtjaidedh: '''Tadho Macbrtjaidedh''' ([[1570]]-[[1652]]), Irish poet ; called by Irish writers Tadhg MacDaire; ollamh to Donpgh O'Brien, fourth earl of Thomond, 1603; president of Munster, 1605; author of numerous Irish poems, some of them in defence of the northern Irish poetry against southern; flung over a cliff and killed by a Cromwellian, to whom his estate had been granted.
Oathaoir Maccabe: '''Oathaoir Maccabe''' (d. [[1740]]), Irish poet and harper; name written MacCaba in Irish; friend of the poet O'Carolan; author of Irish poems. M'CABE, EDWARD (1816-1885), cardinal and Roman catholic archbishop of Dublin; educated at Maynooth; ordained, 1839; bishop of Gadara as assistant to Cardinal Cullen, 1877; archbishop of Dublin, 1879; created cardinal, 1882; denounced agrarian agitation.
William Bernard Maccabe: '''William Bernard Maccabe''' ([[1801]]-[[1891]]), author and historian; connected with the Irish press from 1823; became member of the staff of the London Morning Chronicle 1833; published A Catholic History of England 3 vols. (closing with the Norman Conquest), 1847-54; wrote historical romances; edited Dublin Telegraph 1852. M'CABE, WILLIAM PUTNAM (1776?-1821), United Irishman; went about Ireland as an organiser; joined French invaders, and on their capitulation escaped to Wales; assumed name of Lee (his real name having been inserted in the Irish Banishment Act), and started cotton mill near Rouen; encouraged by Napoleon; visited England and Ireland on business, and is said to have had tiairbreadth escapes from arrest.
Hugh Maccaghwell: '''Hugh Maccaghwell''' ([[1571]]-[[1626]]), sometimes known as Aodh mac aingil, Roman catholic archbishop of Armagh; went to Salamanca, where he was famous us a reader in theology; taught at the Irish Franciscan College of St. Anthony of Padua at Louvain, 1616; reader n theology at the convent of Ara Coeli, Rome, 1623; consecrated archbishop of Armagh at Rome, 1626; died just as he was prepared to go to Ireland; published Latin theological works.
William Maccall: '''William Maccall''' ([[1812]]-[[1888]]), author; M.A. lasgow, 1833; joined the Unitarian ministry: wrote for the press and published works of individualist ethics.
Maccartain: '''Maccartain''' hUt
Maoconmidhe: '''Maoconmidhe'''
William Maccartain: '''William Maccartain''' ( . [[1703]]), Irish poet; Roman catholic and royalist; wrote a poetical address to Sir Jiimos FitzEdmoud Cotter, the real murderer of John Lisle; author of Irish poems. M'CARTHY, 8m CHARLES (1770?-1824), governor of Sierra Leone; served in the West Indies with the Irish brigade, 1794-6; lieutenant-colonel, royal African corps, 1M1 1; governor of Sierra Leone, 1812-24; knighted, 1820; mortally wounded in a battle with the Ashantees.
Oormac Laidhir Ogb Maccarthy: '''Oormac Laidhir Ogb Maccarthy''' (d. [[1536]]X Irish chieftain and lord of Muskerry.
Denis Florence Maccarthy: '''Denis Florence Maccarthy''' ([[1817]]-[[1882]]), poet; a descendant of the Irish sept of Maccauras; espoused the repeal movement and contributed political verse to the Nation; published admirable translations j of Calderon's plays, 1848-73, Ballads, Poems, and Lyrics 1850, andThe Bell-founder and Under-glimpses 1867.
Maccarthy: '''Maccarthy''' or MACCARTY, DONOUGH, fourth
Ok Olancarty Eakl: '''Ok Olancarty Eakl''' ([[1668]]-[[1734]]), sent by his mother, his guardian after his father's death, to Christ Church, Oxford, 1676: decoyed to London by his uncle, Ju-tin MacCarthy, titular viscount Mountcashel; married at the age of sixteen; became a Roman catholic, 1685; poiioa! James II's cause in Ireland; member of the Irish House of Lords, 1689; made prisoner at the capitulation of Cork, 1690; escaped from the Tower of London, 1694; went to St. Germaius; arrested in London, and committed to Newgate, 1698; pardoned; resided on an island in the Elbe, near Altona; died at Praals-Hoff.
John George Maccarthy: '''John George Maccarthy''' ([[1829]][[1892]]), Irish land commissioner and author: M.P., Mallow, 1874-80; one of the two commissioners for carrying out the Land Purchase Act, 1885: published legal pamphlets and works dealing with Irish questions.
Justin Maccarthy: '''Justin Maccarthy''' , titular VISCOUNT MOUNT-
Cashel: '''Cashel''' (d. [[1694]]), uncle of Douough MacCarthy, fourth earl iof Olancarty; served under Tyrconnel in Ireland, 1687; took Bandon, disarmed the protestauts in Cork, and was created Viscount Mountcashel by James II, 1689; taken prisoner at the battle of Newtown Butler,, 1689; escaped to France though on parole; commanded with distinction the Irish regiments sent to France at the demand of Louis XIV; died at Bareges.
Nicholas Tuite Maccarthy: '''Nicholas Tuite Maccarthy''' , called the ABBK DE LkviQXAC (1769-1833), Jesuit preacher; born in Dublin; taken to Toulouse, 1773: studied at Paris and received the tonsure; ordained, 1814; joined Jesuits, 1820; one of the most eloquent of French preachers; died at Annecy.
Robert Maccarthy: '''Robert Maccarthy''' , VISCOUNT MUSKKRRY and titular EARL OF CLANCARTT (d. 1769).. son of Donough MacCarthy, fourth earl of Clancarty; entered the navy; goveniorof Newfoundland, 1733-5: unsuccessfully attempted to recover the family estates (forfeited by his father's attainder); left the navy: went over to France and devoted himself to the Stuart cause, 1741; excluded from the Act of Indemnity, 1747; died at Boulogne.
Reagh Maccarthy: '''Reagh Maccarthy''' , FLORENCE (FINEEN) (1562 V-1640 ?), Irish chieftain; served on the side of the crown during Desmond's rebellion; suspected of intriguing with Spain, and committed to the Tower, 1589; liberated, 1591; returned to Ireland, 1593; again charged with disloyalty and plotting, arrested, sent to England and imprisoned, 1601-14, 1617-19, and 1624-6: wrote during his imprisonment a treatise on the history of Ireland in prehistoric times (published, 1858).
Maccartney: '''Maccartney''' or MACARTNEY. GEORGE ([[1660]]?1730), general; accompanied his regiment to Flanders, 1706, and afterwards to Spain, commanding a brigade at Alman.a, 1707; distinguished himself at Malplaquet, 1709; major-general and acting engineer at the siege of Douay, 1710; dismissed from his appointments on Marlborough's fall; second to Charles Mohun, fifth baron, in his duel with James Douglas, fourth duke of Hamilton ; accused of giving the murderous thrust which caused the duke's death, 1712; escaped to Holland: surrendered and arraigned for murder, and found guilty as an accessory, 1716; immediately restored to his military rank and promoted lieutenaut-generaL
Maccarwell: '''Maccarwell''' or MACCERBHAILL, DAVID (d. 1289), archbishop of Oashel: dean of Oubel; elected archbishop, 1253; Involved In disputes with the crown, 1266-81; founded the Cistercian abbey of the Rock of Oashel, e. 1270. M'CAUL, ALEXANDER (1799-1863), divine: BJL Trinity College, Dublin, 1819; M.A., 1831; D.D., 1837; in Poland under the London Society for proistianity among the Jews, 1821-32; settled in ublished Old Path* a weekly pamphlet on moting London; published Old Path* a weekly pamphlet Jewish ritual, 1837-8; principal of the Hebrew College, 1840; professor of Hebrew and rabbinical literature at King's College, London, 1841, and of divinity al.*o, 1846; prebendary of St. Paul's, 1845: published aHebrew Primer 1844, and religious works. McCAUSLAND, DOMINIOK (1806-1873), religions writer: B.A. Trinity College, Dublin; called to the Irish bar, 1835: LL.D., 1859; Q.O., 1860; published religions works, the most popular being Sermons in Stones 1856. McCHEYNE, ROBERT MURRAY (1813-1843), Scottish divine; educated at Edinburgh University; licensed as a preacher, 1835; a member of the committee sent to Palestine by the church of Scotland to collect information about the Jews, 1839; published (jointly with Dr. Andrew Bonar) * Narrative of a Mission of Inquiry to the Jews 1842; a fine preacher: several of his hymns constantly used in the Scottish churches.
Earls of Macclesfield: '''Earls of Macclesfield''' . See GERARD, CHARLES, flrst EARL, d. 1694; GRRARD, CHARLES, second EARL, 16597-1701; PARKER, THOMAS, first EARL of the second creation, 1666?-1732; PAUKKR, GEORGE, second EARL, 1697-1764. McCLTTEE, JOHN (d. 1794?), commander in the Bombay marine and hydrographer; surveyed Persian Golf, the bank of soundings off Bombay, the Pelew islands, the Sulu Archip"!.K'o, and part of the New Guinea coast, 1785-93; settled in the Pelew islands, 1793; sailed for China, taken ill at Macao, eventually sailed for Calcutta, and was never again heard of. McCLTJRE, SIR ROBERT JOHN LE MESURIER (1807-1873), vice-admiral; educated at Eton and Sandhurst; entered navy, 1824; made an Arctic voyage, 18361837; lieutenant, 1837; served in Canada, 1838-9, the West Indies, 1839-48; commander in the search for Sir John Franklin, 1850-4; discovered the NorthWest passage, but had to abandon his ship, 1854; courtmartialled and honourably acquitted; knighted and made captain: served in China and the Straits of Malacca, 1856-61; C.B., 1859; vice-admiral on the retired list, 1873.
John Maccodrum: '''John Maccodrum''' (. [[1750]]), Gaelic poet; last bard of the Macdonalds: his satirical and political verses, the most popular being Old Age and * Whisky never collected. xxxv. 5J
Maccois: '''Maccois''' 8E, ERARD, or URARD (d. [[1023]]), Irish chronicler; poet to Maelsechlaiun or Malachy II (. 1022); five poems and one prose composition in Irish, partly historical, attributed to him; sometimes confused with another MacCoisse, who wrote a poem preserved in theBook of Leinster McCOMB, WILLIAM (1793-1873), poet; bookseller in Belfast, 1828-64; establishedMcComb's Presbyterian Almanac 1840; his Poetical Works collected, 1864. McCOMBIE. WILLIAM (1809-1870), journalist: began to write while a farm labourer, 1835: joined North of Scotland Gazette 1849; editedAberdeen Daily Free Press 1853-70; published miscellaneous works, 1838-69. McCOMBIE. WILLIAM (1805-1880), cattle-breeder: educated at Aberdeen University: reformed cattle-breeding, and was one of the largest fanners in Aberdeeushire; M.I, West Aberdeen, 1868-76; publishedCattle and Cattle-Breeders 1867. . MACCONMIDHE, GILLABRIGHDE (. I860), historian and poet; hereditary poet to the O'Neills; hi* chief I work a lament on the death of Brian O'Neill, flrst printed I with an English translation, 1849. Other literary member ol the family lived between 1420 and 1583. McCONNELL. 810

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Maodiarmid: '''Maodiarmid''' McCONWELL, WILLIAM (1833-1867), humorous book-illustrator.
Henry Maccormac: '''Henry Maccormac''' ([[1800]]-[[1886]]), physician; studied at Dublin, Paris, and Edinburgh: M.D. Edinburgh, 1834; in charge of the Belfast hospitals during the cholera, 18SS; retired from practice, 1866: author of medical works, many of which advocate the fresh-air treatment of consumption. McCORWCK, CHARLES (1755?- 1807), historian and biographer: educated at St. Mary Hall, Oxford; B.O.L., 1794; abandoned law for literature: continued Hume and Smollett's histories to 1783, and wrote a Memoir of Edmund Burke famous for its party virulence, 1797.
Joseph Maccorjuck: '''Joseph Maccorjuck''' ([[1733]]-[[1799]]), Scottish divine ; M.A. St. Andrews University, 1750; ordained, 1758: D.D., 1760; edited theState Papers and Letters addressed to William Oarstares, to which is prefixed the Life of William Caratare* 1774: moderator to the general assembly, 1782; principal of the United College of St. Andrews, 1783: dean of the Chapel Royal, London, 1788. McCORMICK, ROBERT (1800-1890), naval surgeon, explorer and naturalist; entered the navy as assistantsurgeon, 1823; served on various stations; accompanied the Antarctic expedition commanded by Captain Sir James Olark Ross, 1839-43; conducted a search for Sir John Franklin. 1852: publishedNarrative of a Boat Expedition up the Wellington Channel 1854; deputyinspector of hospitals, 1859; published Voyages of Discorery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas and round the World 2 vols. 1884. McCOSH, JAMES (1811-1894), philosopher: educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh: M.A. Edinburgh, 1834; licensed by presbytery of Ayrshire; officiated at Arbroath, 1835-8, and Brechin, 1838-50: adoptedfree-kirkprinciples; published Method of the Divine Government 1850; professor of logic at Queen's College, Belfast, 18511868; president of Princeton College, New Jersey, 1868IMI,Mlil professor of philosophy, 1868, till death; LL.D. Aberdeen, 1850, and Harvard, 1868: Litt.D. Queen's College, Belfast, and D.D. His publications include 'Intuitions of the Mind inductively investigated 1860, Laws of Discursive Thought 1870, Scottish Philosophy 1874, and Psychology 1886-7. McCOY, SIR FREDERICK (1823-1899), naturalist and geologist; studied medicine at Dublin and Cambridge; employed by Sir Richard John Griffith to make palieontological investigations required for theGeological Map of Ireland: professor of mineralogy aud geology, Queen's College, Belfast; professor of natural science in new university of Melbourne, 1854: founded National Museum of Natural History and Geology, Melbourne: F.G.S., 1862; F.R.S., 1880; hou. D.Sc. Cambridge, 1880: K.C.M.G., 1891. He arranged and issued, 1854, description of fossils in Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge, and published zoological and palaeontological works. MrCRACKEN, HENRY JOY (1767-1798), united Irishman: lielped to form the first society of United Irishmen in Belfast, 1791; commanded the rebels in co. Antrim, 1798; tried aud executed.
John Maccreery: '''John Maccreery''' ([[1768]]-[[1832]]), printer and poet wrote anil printed in Liverpool The Press: a ioein published a* a specimen of Typography 1803 (second part piibh-hwl in London, 1827): removed to London, where he printed the Bibliomania for Dibdiu; died in Paris. McCMZ, THOMAS, the elder (1772-1835 X sottish xeceding divine and ecclesiastical historian: entered Edinburgh University, 1788: ordained. 1796: ejected from his pastorate, 1809: published his Life of John Knox1812 a work of genius and erudition: D.D., 1813: professor of divinity, Edinburgh, 1816-18: published a history of the reformation in Italy, 1827, in Spain, 1829; and other biographical and historical works. McCRIE, THOMAS, the younger (1797-1875), Scottish dirine and author; son of Thomas McOrie the elder TO: edocatod at Edinburgh University; ordained, 820; D.D. Aberdeen, and LL.D. Glasgow before 1810: profeMor of church history and systematic thcologv at the London ColUe of the Enelish Presbyterian Church 1856-66; published historical and religions works 18401872.
James Maccuairt: '''James Maccuairt''' (fl. [[1712]]), Irish poet: became blind early; composed Irish joems and SOUL'S. McCTTLLAGH, JAMES (1809-1847), mathematician; educated at Trinity College, Dublin: professor of mathematics, Dublin University, 1836; secretary of council to the Royal Irish Academy, 1840-2, aud secretary to the Academy, 1842-6: professor of natural philosophy, 1843; committed suicide. The most important of his scanty remains is the memoir on surfaces of the second order, read to the Royal Irish Academy, 1843.
Horatio Macculloch: '''Horatio Macculloch''' ([[1805]]-[[1867]]), landscapepainter; pupil of William Home Lizars: associate of the Scottish Academy, 1834; academician, 1838; the most popular landscape-painter of his day in Scotland; exhibited only once at Royal Academy, London, 1844. McCULLOCH, Sm JAMES (1819-1893), Australian politician; opened a branch of Messrs. Dennistoun & Go's business in Melbourne, 1853: nominee member of the Victoria chamber, 1854; member of the first elective legislative assembly, 1857; formed a government, of which he held the portfolio of trades aud customs, 1857; resigned, and was elected member for East Melbourne, 1858; treasurer, 1859-60: member for Mornington, 1862: pre ) mier, 1863-8, 1868-9, 1870-1, 1875-7; knighted, 1869; j agent-general in London, 1872-3; K.C.M.G., 1874; settled ! finally in England, 1877.
John Macculloch: '''John Macculloch''' ([[1773]]-[[1835]]), geologist : studied medicine at Edinburgh; M.D.,1793; chemist to the board of ordnance, 1803; L.R.C.P., 1808: gave up practice as a physician, 1811; geologist to the trigonometrical survey, 1814; president of the Geological Society, 1816-17; F.R.S., 1820; commissioned to prepare a geological map of Scotland (published shortly after his death), 1826: chief works, A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland, including the Isle of Man still a classic in geology, 1819,A Geological Classification of Rocks 1821, and Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland 1824. McCTJLLOCH, JOHN RAMSAY (1789-1864), statistician and political economist: educated at Edinburgh University; devoted himself to the study of economics and wrote the articles on that subject for theScotsman 1817-27; edited the Scotsman, 1 1818-20; contributed to the Edinburgh Review 1818-37; delivered the Ricardo memorial lectures in London, 1824; published Principles of Political Economy 1825; professor of political economy, London University, 1828-32; expounded the celebratedwagesfund theory in anEssay on the Circumstances which determine the Rate of Wages and the Condition of the Labouring Classes 1826: published A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation 1832, and a number of statistical and economical works between 1841 and 1860: comptroller of the stationery office, 1838-64. McCTJLLOCH, WILLIAM (1816-1885), resident at Manipur: son of John Ramsay McOulloch: entered the army, 1834; employed in India, 1835-67; political agent at Manipur, 1845-63, and 1864-7; retired from the army as lieutenant-colonel, 1861; publishedAccount of the Valley of Muunipore and the Hill Tribes 1859.
Andrew Maccttrtln: '''Andrew Maccttrtln''' (in Irish MacOruitin) (. 1749), Irish poet: hereditary ollamh to the O'Briens: two of his poems, one in praise of Sorley MacDonnell (written, c. 1720), the other an address to.a fairy chief, still remembered in Clare.
Hugh Macgtjrtin: '''Hugh Macgtjrtin''' ([[1680]] ?-[[1765]]), Irish antiquary : succeeded his cousin, Andrew MacCurtin, as ollamh to the O'Briens: studied in France; tutor for seven years to the dauphin; returned to Ireland, 1714: works include The Elements of the Irish Language 1728, aud an English-Irish Dictionary, a valuable record of the vermicular of its day, 1732.
John Macdiarmid: '''John Macdiarmid''' ([[1779]]-[[1808]]), journalist and author; studied at Edinburgh and St. Andrews Universities: settled in London, 1801: edited theSt. James'g Chronicle: author of two works on military topics, published in 1805 and 1806. xxxv. 23? M'DIARMID 811
Macdonai: '''Macdonai''' D M'DIARMID, JOHN (1790-1852), Scottish journalist; editor of theDumfries and Galloway Courier 1K17; published his bcrap- Book 1820; started the Dumfries Magazine 1825; became owner of the Couri. edited, with memoirs, Cowper's Poems 1817, and tiol.l*mith's Vicar of WakefleltV 1823.
Alexander Macdonald: '''Alexander Macdonald''' , third LORD or THK
Islks: '''Islks''' and tenth EAHL OK Ross (d. [[1449]]), eldest son of Donald Macdonald, second lord of the Isles; imprisoned ns a rebel, 1427-9; destroyed Inverness, but was eventually defeated by James I of Scotland and again imprisoned, 1429; later gave loyal obedience to the king; juaticiar of Scotland north of the Forth, 1438.
Macdonald: '''Macdonald''' or MACDONNELL, ALEXANDER or
Alaster: '''Alaster''' (l. [[1647]]), general; joined the insurgent*, 1641; with Moutrose in Scotland, 1644-6; being defeated, escaped to Ireland, 1647; killed by treachery,
Alexander Macdonald: '''Alexander Macdonald''' or MAClAN OF GLKN-
Cok: '''Cok''' . [[1692]]), chief of his clan; joined Claverbouse, 1689; took part in the rising of the northern highlands; bidden to take the oath of allegiance within a stipulated time; when that period had almost elapsed, made a vain effort to find a magistrate to administer the oath; finally persuuded Sir Colin Campbell to administer the oath five days later; his tardy action ignored and the clan destroyed in their home in the valley of Glencoe, 1692. An inquiry was made, but, although the massacre of Glencoe was condemned, none of the ugeutp were brought to justice.
Alexander Macdonald: '''Alexander Macdonald''' or ALESTAIR OK
Glkxoaury: '''Glkxoaury''' (d. [[1724]]).
Alexander Macdonald: '''Alexander Macdonald''' , ALASDAIR MAC-
Mha: '''Mha''' iGHSTin ALASDAIR ([[1700]] 7-[[1780]]?), Gaelic poet ; educated at Glasgow University; assisted the Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge in the Highlands; published anEnglish and Gaelic Vocabulary 1741; became a Roman catholic and joined the Chevalier, 1745; became thesacer vates of the rebellion of 1745; served through the campaign, 1745-6; his collected poems, a fine contribution to martial literature, published as Ais-eiridh na Sean Chanoin Albannaich 1751.
Alexander Macdonald: '''Alexander Macdonald''' ([[1736]]-[[1791]]), Scottish catholic prelate; entered the Scots College, Rome, 1764; ordained, 1764; joined the mission in Scotland and was stationed at Barra, 1765-80; vicar-apostolic of the highland district, 1780.
Alexander Macdonald: '''Alexander Macdonald''' ([[1756]]-[[1837]]), Gaelic scholar; educated at the Roman catholic seminary of Bourblach and at the Scots College, Rome: ordained, 1778: returned to Scotland, 1782; published Phingateis, give Hiberuia Liberate 1820; contributed to the Gaelic dictionary published under the direction of the Highland Society of Scotland, 1828.
Alexander Macdonald: '''Alexander Macdonald''' ([[1791]] ?-[[1860]]), Scottish antiquary; employed in the Register House, Edinburgh; principal keeper of the register of deeds and probate writs, 1836; supplied note? for theWaverley Novels editor of the Maitlund Club publications.
Andrew Macdonald: '''Andrew Macdonald''' ([[1755]] V-[[1790]]), dramatist and verse-writer; educated at Edinburgh University: ordained to the Scottish episcopal church, 1775; resigned his charge and came to London; his most successful tragedy, Vimonda produced 1787, published 1788. His Miscellaneous Works appeared. 1791.

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Angus Macdonald: '''Angus Macdonald''' ([[1834]]-[[1886]]), medical writer ; M.D. Edinburgh, 1864; practised and lectured in Edinburgh; published medical works.
Archibald Macdonald: '''Archibald Macdonald''' ( [[1736]]-[[1814]]), author ; a Benedictine monk and Roman catholic pastor; published defence of the authenticity of Mucpherson'sOssian 1805.
Sir Archibald Macdonald: '''Sir Archibald Macdonald''' , first barouet([[1747]]1826), judge: lineal descendant of the old Lords of the Isles; student of Christ Church, Oxford, 1764; B.A., 1768; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1770; M.A., 1772: K.O., 1778; M.P., Hindon, 1777, Newaistle-under-Lyme, 17801793; solicitor-general, 1784-8: knighted, 1788; attorneygeueral, 1788-92; lord chief baron of the exchequer, 1793-1813; privy councillor, 17P3; created baronet, 1813.
Ok Thk Lord: '''Ok Thk Lord'''
Earl: '''Earl''' or BOM (d. [[1410]] ?), eldest son of first lord of the W: made perwith Henry IV, 1406; claimed the earl
Donald Macdonald: '''Donald Macdonald''' , second
Islks: '''Islks''' and ninth EARL or BOM John Macdonald, manent alliance with Henry IV, di.m.,1 Ron, but after the battle'ofHariaw (1411 )rorn-n, it-red his claim and became rascal to the Scottish throne, 1412.
Duncan George Forbes Macdonald: '''Duncan George Forbes Macdonald''' ([[1823]]?1884), agricultural engineer and miscellaneous writer; son of John Macdonald (1779-1849); published What Farmers may do with the Land 1862; member of the government survey staff in British North America; publishedBritish Columbia and Vancouver's Island 1862; drainage engineer of improvement* to the enclosure commissioners for England and Wales; engineer-ln-chief to the inspector-general of highland destitution.
Flora Maodonald: '''Flora Maodonald''' (17J2-[[1790]]), Jacobite heroine : daughter of Ranald Macdonald, farmer at Milton, South Uist (Hebrides): while in 1746 on a visit to the Clanraualds in Benbecula (Hebrides), met Prince Charles Edward in flight after Culloden; helped the prince to reach Skye; imprisoned in the Tower of London after Prince Charles Edward's escape; released by the Act of Indemnity, 1747; married Allan Macdonald, 1760: emigrated to North Carolina, 1774; returned to Scotland, 1779.
Hugh Macdonald: '''Hugh Macdonald''' ([[1701]]-[[1773]]), Scottish catholic prelate; ordained, 1725; vicar of the highland district and bishop of Diana in Numidia, 1731; escaped to Paris after the rebellion of 1745; returned to Scotland, 1749; apprehended, 1755; sentenced to banishment, but sentence not carried out, 1766.
Hugh Macdonald: '''Hugh Macdonald''' ([[1817]]-[[1860]]), Scottish poet; wrote verses in the Gbisgow Citizen joining its staff, 1849; joined theGlasgow Sentinel 1855; edited the Glasgow Times; wrote, for those journals, Rambles round Glasgow and Days at the Coast afterwards published in book form; literary editor of the Morning Journal (Glasgow), 1858-60.
John Macdonald: '''John Macdonald''' , OP ISLA. first LORD OF TOT
Isles: '''Isles''' (d. [[1386]]?), joined Edward Baliol, [[1335]] ; transferred his allegiance to David II, 1341; joined Baliol again when the king objected to his assumption of the title of Lord of the Isles; persuaded to take an oath of obedience, 1369.
John Macdonald: '''John Macdonald''' , fourth and last LOKD OK THE
Isles: '''Isles''' and eleventh EARL OK Ross (d. [[1498]]?), son of Alexander, third lord of the Isles; rebelled against King James II of Scotland, but came to terms, and was made one of the wardens of the marches, 1467; one of the ambassadors who helped to bring about the treaty with the English signed at Westminster, 1463; summoned to answer for treasonable acts, and sentence of attainder passed against him, 1475; pardoned, 1476; finally retired to the monastery of Paisley.
John Macdonald: '''John Macdonald''' ([[1620]]7-[[1716]]?), known in the highlands as Ian Loin, Gaelic poet and warrior: assisted Moutrose, 1645-50; composed a Lament in his honour, 1650; became absorbed in local politics; pensioned by the government, 1660; present at Killiecrankie, 1689; celebrated the triumph of the highlauders in his poem, 'Rinrory
John Macdonald: '''John Macdonald''' ( fl. [[1778]]X gentleman's servant ; became known as Beau Macdonald; spent some years in Bombay, and travelled in India and Europe with bis employers, 1768-78; settled at Toledo, 1778; published Travels In Various Parts 1790.
John Macdonald: '''John Macdonald''' ([[1727]]-[[1779]]), Scottish catholic prelate; nephew of Hugh Macdonald (1701-1778); entered the Scots College, Rome, 1743; ordained, 1762; returned to Scotland, 1753; vicar-apostolic of the highland district of Scotland, 1773-9.
Sir John Macdonald: '''Sir John Macdonald''' ([[1782]]-[[1830]]). See KIN
Xeir: '''Xeir'''
John Macdonald: '''John Macdonald''' ([[1769]]-[[1831]]), lieutenant-colonel and military engineer: son of Flora Macdouakl; as ensign, Bengal engineers, surveyed the Dutch settlements in Sumatra, 1783: remained there as military and civil engineer until 1796; employed in England during the French wars; F.U.S., 1800: author of military and technical engineering works, and of a book on AngloIndian administration.
Macdonald: '''Macdonald''' 812
Macdonnell: '''Macdonnell'''
John Macdonald: '''John Macdonald''' ([[1779]]-1 [[849]]), called the ' Apostle of tl..- North; M.A. King's College, Aberdeeii, 1801: ordained missionary minister. 1806; visited Ireland, 1824; wined the secession party, 1843: author of sermons, published 1880, and a volume of Gaelic verse, 1848,
Sir John Macdonald: '''Sir John Macdonald''' (d. [[1850]]), adjutant-general at the Hone Guards; a connection of Flora Maodonald : entered the army, 1795; served in Ireland and and on the continent: held important staff ap. daring t he Peninsular campaign; deputy ad;ral at the Horse Guards, 1820-30; adjutant1830-50; G.O.B., 1847.

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John Macdonald: '''John Macdonald''' ([[1818]]-[[1889]]), Scottish catholic prelate: Jit the Scots seminary, Ratisbon, 1830-7; at the Scots College, Rome, 1837-40; vicar-apostolic of the northern district of Scotland, 1869; bishop of Aberdeen, 1878.
Macdonald: '''Macdonald''' Sm JOHN ALEXANDER ([[1815]]1891), the organiser of the dominion of Canada: of Scottish origin: born at Kingston, Canada; admitted to the bar, 18S6; member for Kingston in the House of Assembly, 1844-54; commissioner for crown lands, 1847; attorney-general for Upper Canada, 1854; leader of the House of Assembly, 1856-91: premier, 1857; succeeded, despite strong opposition, in making Ottawa the capital, 1859; led the federation movement, and went to England as a delegate, 1866; mainly responsible for the British North America Act, 1867: C.B.. 1867; first prime minister of the Dominion, 1867; one of the commissioners of the treaty of Washington, 1871; privy councillor of the United Kingdom, 1872; premier and minister of the ulterior, 1878-91; also president of the council and superintendent of Indian affairs, 1883; G.C.B., 1884.
Lawrence Macdonald: '''Lawrence Macdonald''' ([[1799]]-[[1878]]), sculptor: entered the TrusteesAcademy, Edinburgh, 1822; went to Rome, and helped to found the British Academy of Arts there, 1823: returned to Edinburgh, 1827; exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1829; member of the Scottish Academy, 1829-58; died at Home; noted for his portrait busts.
Patrick Macdonald: '''Patrick Macdonald''' ([[1729]]-[[1824]]), amateur musician: educated at Aberdeen University; ordained missionary, 1756; chief work,A Collection of Highland Vocal Airs never hitherto published 1784.
Ranald Macdonald: '''Ranald Macdonald''' ([[1756]]-[[1832]]), Scottish catholic prelate; educated at the Scots College, Douay; returned to Scotland, 1782; D.D.; vicar-apostolic of the highland district, 1819, and of the western district, 1827.
William Bell Macdonald: '''William Bell Macdonald''' ([[1807]]-[[1862]]), linguist; educated at Glasgow University: graduated, 1827; surgeon on a flag-ship in the Mwiitcrranean, 1828-31: famous linguist; published uiUc-clhuiL-ous works.
William Russell Macdonald: '''William Russell Macdonald''' (HST-HM), miscellaneous writer; editor of, part proprietor of, and contributor to, various periodicals; later wrote books for the young.
Alasta Macdonell: '''Alasta Macdonell''' 1R RUADH, known as
Spy Picklkthk: '''Spy Picklkthk''' ( [[1725]] V-[[1761]]), thirteenth chief of Glengarry: went to France, 1738, and joined Lord Drummond's regiment of royal Scots guards, 1743; employed by highland chiefs on secret mission to Prince Charles, 1745; captured by English and imprisoned in Tower of London, 1745-7: acted, under pseudonym ofPickle as spy on Charles, 1749-54; succeeded as chief of clan, 1754.
Maodonell: '''Maodonell''' or MACDONALD, ALXANDERr
Ok Glexoariiy Alestair: '''Ok Glexoariiy Alestair''' (d. [[1724]]), Jacobite: surnatned Dubb from his dark complexion: joined Claverhouse, 1689; one of the leaders at Killiecrankie, 1689; reluctantly took the oath to William III, 1691; joinel Mar and fought at Sheriff in uir, 1715; a trustee for managing the Chevalier's affairs in Scotland, 1720.
Alexander Macdonell: '''Alexander Macdonell''' ([[1762]]-[[1840]])!' ist Koman catholic bishop of Upper Canada educated at the Scot* College, Valladolid; ordained, 1787; while mispriest, helped to form Romanist peasants into U* 1st Glengarry feudbles (disbanded, 1801); obtained a grant of land in Canada for the men; again raised a regiment of Glengarry fencibles, which did good service for Upper Canada in the United States war, 1812; organised the colony, and devoted himself to missionary work in Upper Canada: vicar-apostolic of Upper Canada, 1819; bishop of Uegiopolis or Kingston, 1826; died at Dumfries; was buried in Kingston Cathedral, Canada,
Macdonell: '''Macdonell''' or MACDONNELL, ALEXANDKR
Ok Glkngarry Ranaldson: '''Ok Glkngarry Ranaldson''' (d. [[182]]H), colonel, highlaud chieftain; brother of Sir James Macdouell; major in the Glengarry fencibles infantry, 1795-1801; lived in feudal style; the original, to some extent, of Scott's Fergus Maclvor in Waverley; perished by shipwreck.
Macdonell: '''Macdonell''' Sm JAMES (d.[[1857]]), general : brother of Alexander Ranaldson Macdonell of Glengarry; fought in Naples, Sicily, and Egypt, 1804-7; lieutenantcolonel, 1809; in the Peninsula, 1812-14: present at Waterloo, and K.C.B., 1815; commanded hi Canada, 18381841; lieutenant-general, 1841; general. 1854; G.C.B., 1855.
James Macdonell: '''James Macdonell''' ([[1842]]-[[1879]]), journalist ; on the staff of the Daily Review in Edinburgh, 1862; editor of the Newcastle Northern Daily Express; on the staff of the Daily Telegraph 1865-75; special correspondent in France, 1870-1; leader-writer on the Times 1875; made a special study of French politics; his France since the First Empire published, 1880.
Cormao Macdonlevy: '''Cormao Macdonlevy''' (fl. [[1459]]), physician; called in Irish MacDuinntshleibhe; translatedGualterusand other medical works into Irish; hereditary physician to the O'Douuells, like other members of the family (1200-1586).
Alexander Macdonnell: '''Alexander Macdonnell''' or ALASTER (d. 1647).
Alexander Macdonnell: '''Alexander Macdonnell''' , third EARL OP
Antrim: '''Antrim''' (d. [[1696]] ?), brother of Randal Macdonuell, second earl of Antrim; joined the rebellion in Ireland; represented Wigan at intervals, 1660-83; succeeded to the earldom, 1683: marched to the relief of Londonderry, but was mistaken for the enemy, 1689.
Alexander Macdonnell: '''Alexander Macdonnell''' ([[1798]]-[[1835]]), chessplayer; merchant at Deinerara, 1820-30; secretary to the West India Committee of Merchants, 1830; studied chess under William Lewis (1787-1870); admitted the best English player from 1833; beaten by the French player, Labourdonnais, 1834..
Sir Alexander Mcdonnell: '''Sir Alexander Mcdonnell''' , first baronet (1794-1875), commissioner of national education in Ireland; educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; student till 1826; M.A., 1820; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1824; renounced the bar and became chief clerk hi the chief secretary's office, Ireland; resident commissioner of the board of education, Ireland, 1839-71; privy councillor of Ireland, 1846; created baronet, 1872.
John Macdonnell: '''John Macdonnell''' ([[1691]]-[[1754]]), Irish poet; began a translation of Homer into Irish and a History of Ireland; some of his Irish poems printed,
Sir Randal Macdonnell: '''Sir Randal Macdonnell''' , first VISCOUNT
Dunluce: '''Dunluce''' and first EARL OF ANTRIM (rf. [[1636]]), called Arrannch; son of Sorley Boy MacDonnell; joined O'Neill's rebellion, 1600; submitted to Mountjoy, the lord-deputy, 1602: created Viscount Dunluce, 1618, and Earl of Antrim, 1620.

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Randal Macdonnell: '''Randal Macdonnell''' , second VISCOUNT DUN-
Luck: '''Luck''' second EARL and first MARQUIS OF ANTRIM ([[1609]]1683), son of Sir Randal MacDounell, first viscount Dunluce and first earl of Antrim; introduced at court, 1634; married the Duke of Buckingham's widow, 1636: sent by the king to raise forces in Scotland, 1639; took his seat in the Irish House of Lords, 1640: frequently imprisoned as a suspect, 1642-5; ordered to lay down his arms, 1646; retired to Ireland; allowed to return to England, 1650: pardoned, 1663.
Sir Richard Graves Macdonnell: '''Sir Richard Graves Macdonnell''' ([[1814]]1881), colonial governor; educated at Trinity College, Dublin; MJL, 1836; called to the Irish bar, 1838; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1841; chief-justice of the Gambia, 1843; LL.B., 1845: governor of the British settlements
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Maofahlan: '''Maofahlan''' on the Gambia, 1847-52; governor of St Lucia, 1852-3; O.B., 1852; administrator and captain-general of M. Vincent, 1853-5; governor of South Australia, 1855-62; knighted, 1856; lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 1864-5: governor of Jtong Kong, 1865-72: K.C.M.G., 1871; died at Hyeres.
Robert Mcdonnell: '''Robert Mcdonnell''' (i[[828]]-i[[889]]x surgeon: B.A. and M.B. Trinity College, Dublin, 1850; volunteered as civil surgeon in Crimean war, 1855; medical superintondent of Mountjoy government prison, 1867-67; F.R.S., 1865; president of Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 1885-8.
Sorley Boy Macdonnell: '''Sorley Boy Macdonnell''' (OAROLUB FLAVUS) (1505 ?-1590), Scoto-Irish chieftain, lord of the Route and constable of Dunluce Castle; appointed to lordship of Route district, 1558; made overtures to Elizabeth regardins? the Scottish settlement on the Antrim coast, 1560: worsted by Shane O'Neill, 1564-7: defeated by Earl of Essex, 1575; after some success was forced to escape to Scotland, 1585; admitted his lack of legal right in Ulster, 1586, and submitted to government,
Allan Macdougall: '''Allan Macdougall''' ([[1750]] ?-[[1829]]), Gaelic poet ; published Gaelic verses, 1798; family bard to Colonel MacDonald, laird of Glengarry.
Sir Duncan Macdotjgall: '''Sir Duncan Macdotjgall''' ([[1787]]-[[1862]]), lieutenant-colonel, 79th Cameron highlanders; ensign, 1804; served at the Cape of Good Hope, in the Peninsula; and in the American war, 1814-15; entrusted, as commander of 79th foot at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with organisation of colonial militia, 1825; quartermaster-general and second in command of British auxiliary legion of Spain, 1835; prominent figure in the volunteer movement; buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. McDOUGALL, FRANCIS THOMAS (1817-1886), bishop of Labuau and Sarawak; studied medicine at Malta university, King's College, London, and London University; subsequently entered Magdalen College, Oxford; B.A., 1842; ordained, 1845; missionary in Borneo, 1847-67; bishop of Labuau, 1855-68; archdeacon of Huntingdon, 1870; canon of Ely, 1871, of Winchester, 1873; archdeacon of the Isle of Wight, 1874.
Sir John Macdougall: '''Sir John Macdougall''' ([[1790]]-[[1865]]), vice-admiral ; entered the navy, 1802; repeatedly in boat actions, 18031809; lieutenant, 1809; commander, 1820; captured the Bogue ports, Canton, 1847; K.C.B., 1862; vice-admiral, 1863.
Sir Patrick Leonard Macdotjgall: '''Sir Patrick Leonard Macdotjgall''' ([[1819]]1894), general; educated at Military Academy, Edinburgh, and at Sandhurst; lieutenant, 36th foot, 1839; major, 1849; major-general, 1868; lieutenant-general, 1877; colonel, 2nd battalion West India regiment, 1881: and of Leinster regiment, 1891; general, 1883; served in Canada, 1844-54; superintendent of studies at Sandhurst, 1854-8, but served in Crimea, 1854-5; adjutantgeneral of Canadian militia, 1865-9; deputy-inspectorgeneral of auxiliary forces at headquarters, 1871; head of intelligence branch of war office, 1873-8: K.O.M.G., 1877; commander in North America, 1877-83; retired, 1885; principal work, The Theory of War 1856.
Andrew Macdowall: '''Andrew Macdowall''' , LORD BANKTON ([[1685]]1760), Scottish judge; educated at Edinburgh University; admitted advocate, 1708; became judge, with the title Lord Bankton, 1756; author of An Institute of the Laws of Scotland in Civil Righto 1751-3. M'DOWALL, WILLIAM (1815-1888), journalist and antiquary; appointed to the editorial staff of theScottish Herald 1843; editedDumfries and Galloway Standard 1846-88; publishedHistory of Dumfries 1867, The Man of the Woods and other Poems 1844, and Mind in the Face 1882. McDOWELL, BENJAMIN (1739-1824), presbyterian divine: born at Elizabethtown, New Jersey; educated at Princeton and Glasgow universities: joined the established church of Scotland; ordained, 1766; influential in Dublin presbyteriauism; D.D. Edinburgh, 1789; author of controversial works.
Patrick Macdowell: '''Patrick Macdowell''' ([[1799]]-[[1870]]), sculptor; exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1822 and 1826-9; entered the Academy Schools, 1830; R.A., 1846; executed _ other worka, Girl going to the Bath,* 1841, and Kuropa for the Albert Memorial, 1870.
William Macdowell: '''William Macdowell''' ([[1590]]-[[1666]]), diplomat*; educated at St. Andrews University; profcMor of philosophy at Groningen, 1614; LI-.D. (ironingea, 1626; president of the council of war in Groningen and Prieland, 1627: ambassador to England, 1629, 1680, and 16J6; Charles II V resident agent at the Hague, I860; defeated the proposals of the envoys of the EngllHb parliament to the assembly of the States-General, 1661; bis Answer to English envoys published, 1611.
Thank Macduff: '''Thank Macduff''' or EARL OF Fint (jf. [[1066]]?), a half or wholly mythical personage; advanced the cause of Malcolm Caumore against the warper Macbeth
Daniel Mace: '''Daniel Mace''' (d. [[1763]]), textual critic ; presbyterian minister; published anonymously The New Testament in Greek and English... corrected from the Authority of the most authentic Manuscript* a precursor of the modern critical text*, 17W.
Thomas Mace: '''Thomas Mace''' ([[1619]] 7-[[1709]] ?), musician ; an accomplished lutenist,ithough deaf; devised a lute of fifty strings, 1672; published Music's Monument 1676.
Evan Maceachen: '''Evan Maceachen''' ([[1769]]-[[1849]]), Gaelic scholar: entered the Scots College, Valladolid, 1788: ordained there, 1798; misMouer in Scotland, 1798-1838: his most important work,Gaelic Translation of the New Testament (unpublished).
Maceggan Macegan: '''Maceggan Macegan''' , MACEOOAN, or MACK-
Owen Egan: '''Owen Egan''' or EUGENIUS (d. [[1603]]), bishop-designate of ROBS, co. Cork; probably educated at an Irish Roman catholic seminary in Spain; encouraged rebellion in Ireland, 1600; went to Spain again and gained influence with Philip III, persuading him to assist Tyrone's rebellion, 1601; as a reward for this made vicar-apostolic by the pope; prevented Charles Blount, eighth baron Mountjoy, from entirely crushing the rebellion, 1602; exercised great power, but was slain in an encounter with the English at Cladach.
Francis Maceroni: '''Francis Maceroni''' ([[1788]]-[[1846]]X aide-de-camp to Murat and mechanical inventor; aide-de-camp to Murat, king of Naples, 1814; Murat's envoy in England, 1816; settled in England, 1816; published a biography of Joachim Mnrat, king of Naples, 1817; meddled in American, Spanish, and Neapolitan politics, 1819-26. A 'steam-coach his most important invention, experimented with, 1833. M'EWEN, WILLIAM (1735-1762), Scottish secessionist; ordained, 1754; published religious works.
Ebenezer Macfait: '''Ebenezer Macfait''' (d. [[1786]]), Greek scholar, mathematician, physician, and miscellaneous writer.
James Macfarlan: '''James Macfarlan''' ([[1832]]-[[1862]]), poet : a professional pedlar; walked from Glasgow to London to publish a volume of lyrics, 1853; published other volumes of poems, 1864, 1856, and 1866; contributed to Household Words. 1
James Macfarlan: '''James Macfarlan''' ([[1800]]-[[1871]]), presbyterian minister; son of John Macfarlan (d. 1846); licensed, 1831: published an English version of the Prophecies of Ezekiel 1845.
James Macfarlan: '''James Macfarlan''' ([[1845]]-[[1889]]), presbyterian minister; sou of James Macfarlan Q800-1871); educated at Edinburgh Academy and University, 1868-64; minister of Ruthwell, 1871-89.

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John Macfarlan: '''John Macfarlan''' (d. [[1846]]), Scottish advocate; brother of Patrick Macfarlan; friend of Sir Walter Scott; author of two religious pamphlets,
Patrick Macfarlan: '''Patrick Macfarlan''' ([[1780]]-[[1849]]), Scottish divine; brother of John Macfarlan: licensed, 1803: joined secessionist*, 1843: moderator of the free general assembly, 1846; published religious works.
Walter Macfarlan: '''Walter Macfarlan''' (rf. [[1767]]), antiquary: devoted himself to Scottish antiquarian research: his materials used by Douglas in his Peerage of Scotland
Macfarlane: '''Macfarlane''' 814 McGLASHAN
Mrs Macfarlane: '''Mrs Macfarlane''' . (fl. [[1716]]-[[1719]]), murderess; nrt Straiten: married John Mm-furlimo, writer to the sicm-t; for some unknown reason shot Captain Oayley at her boose in Edinburgh, 1716; not appearing to stand her trial (1717), was outlawed and reuiuined In hiding, probably till her death.
Charles Macfarlane: '''Charles Macfarlane''' (d. [[1858]]X miscellaneous writer: travelled in Italy, 1816-27: in Turkey, 1827-9; settled in London and supported himself by literary work, 1829; again travelled abroad, 1847-8; nominated a poor brother of the Charterhouse, 1867; his best worksCivil and Military History of England(8 vols.), 1838-44, and The Book of Table Talk 1836.
Duncan Macfarlane: '''Duncan Macfarlane''' ([[1771]]-[[1857]]), principal of Glasgow University; educated at Glasgow University; ordained, 1792; D.D., 1806; principal of Glasgow University, 1824; as moderator, defended the established church in the disruption year, 1843.
John Macfarlane: '''John Macfarlane''' ([[1807]]-[[1874]]), Scottish divine ; educated at Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities; ordained, 1831; LL.D., 1842; promoted presbyterian church extension in England; published religious works.
Patrick Macfarlane: '''Patrick Macfarlane''' ([[1758]]-[[1832]]), Gaelic scholar; translated religious books into Gaelic for the Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge; published a collection of Gaelic poems, 1813, and a vocabulary of Gaelic and English, 1815.
Robert Macfarlane: '''Robert Macfarlane''' ([[1734]]-[[1804]]), miscellaneous writer; M.A. Edinburgh; editor of the Morning Chronicle and London Packet; accidentally run over and killed; author of a Latin translation of the first book of Ossian's * Temora 1769, and of vols. i. and iv. of a 'History of George III 1770 and 1796.
Robert Macfarlane: '''Robert Macfarlane''' , LORD ORMIDALE ([[1802]]1880), senator of the College of Justice; educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh: writer to the signet, 1827; advocate at Edinburgh, 1838; sheriff of Renfrewshire, 185S; lord of session as Lord Ormidale, 1862; wrote on procedure of court of session.
George Macfarren: '''George Macfarren''' ([[1788]]-[[1843]]), dramatist and theatrical manager; his first play performed, 1818; produced a play almost every year after 1818; took the Queen's Theatre, London, 1831; stage-manager of the Surrey Theatre, and then of the Strand Theatre, London; first suggested the Handel Society; editor and proprietor of the Musical World 1841.
Sir George Alexander Macfarren: '''Sir George Alexander Macfarren''' ([[1813]]1887), musical composer: son of George Macfarren; studied at the Royal Academy of Music, 1829-36; his symphony in performed, 1830; other compositions performed, 1830-7; professor of harmony and composition at the Royal Academy of Music, 1837-46 and 1851-75; the Devil's Opera one of his best dramatic works, produced, 1838; founded the Hnndel Society, 1844; conductor at Covent Garden, 1845; became blind, 1860; composed operas, 1860-73; his first oratorio,St. John the Baptist performed, 1873; principal of the Royal Academy of Marie, and professor of music, Cambridge, 1875-87; knighted, 1883.
Robert Andrew Mactie: '''Robert Andrew Mactie''' ([[1811]]-[[1893]]), free-trade advocate: educated at Leith and Edinburgh; engaged in business as sugar refiner at Edinburgh and Liverpool, where he assisted in founding chamber of commerce; M P Leith Burghs, 1868-74; F.R.O.I. and F.R.S.E.; published works dealing with patents, copyright, and political questions.
Duald Macfirbis: '''Duald Macfirbis''' ([[1585]]-[[1670]]), Irish historian ; composed a treatise on Irish genealogy, finished, 1650; in Dublin translating Irish manuscripts for Sir James Ware , 1655-66; stabbed at Duuflin while on his way to Dublin; the last of the hereditary sennachies of Ireland.
Florence Macflynn: '''Florence Macflynn''' or FLANN (d. [[1256]])', archbuhop of Tnam; also called FIACHA O'FLYN; consecrated arcnbUhop, 1250; went to England to plead the cause of the Irish church, 1266. M'OAUIET, JAMES WILLIAM (d. 1867), professor pi natural philosophy to the board of national education In Ireland, 1836-56; In Canada, 1856-66; on the council : of the InventorsInstitute, and editor of the * Scientific Review; published scientific works. M'GAVIN, WILLIAM (1773-1832), controversialist; partner in a firm of cotton uieBgliaiits, 1813; Glasgow agent for the British Linen Coinauy's bank, 1822 f belonged to the anti-burgher communion; contributed controversial letters to theGlasgow Chronicleunder the title of the Protestant 1818-22, afterwards issued in book form; author of other controversial works, McGEE, THOMAS D'AROY (1825-1868), Irish-Canadian statesman and poet; emigrated to America, 1842; editedBoston Pilot London correspondent for theNation secretary to the committee of the Irish Confederation, 1847; escaped to America on the rout of the Young Irelandparty, 1848; founded theAmerican Gelt and conducted it, 1850-7; started theNew Era at Montreal; member for Montreal in legislative assembly, 1858-62; president of the council, 1864; a warm advocate of federation; member for Montreal West, and minister of agriculture and emigration, 1867; openly denounced Irish disloyalty, and was shot in Ottawa; chief work,Popular History of Ireland 1862.
Oonall Macgeoghegan: '''Oonall Macgeoghegan''' (ft. [[1635]]). See MA
Oeoghkoax: '''Oeoghkoax'''
James Macgeoghegan: '''James Macgeoghegan''' ([[1702]]-[[1763]]), historian ; related to Oonall Macgeoghegan; educated in France, becoming an abbe; publishedHistoire del'Irlande voLi. 1758, vol. ii. 1762, vol. iii. 1763; died at Paris.
Roche Macgeoghegan: '''Roche Macgeoghegan''' , also called ROCHUS DB
Oruce: '''Oruce''' ([[1580]]-[[1644]]), Irish Dominican and bishop of Kildare; studied at the Irish College, Lisbon; Dominican provincial of Ireland, 1622; bishop of Kildare, 1629-44; constantly persecuted and forced to live in hiding.
Andrew Macgeorge: '''Andrew Macgeorge''' ([[1810]]-[[1891]]), antiquarian writer and historian; educated at Glasgow University; practised as an ecclesiastical lawyer, 1836-89; caricaturist and author of works on heraldry and antiquarian subjects,
Hamilton Montgomery Macghl: '''Hamilton Montgomery Macghl''' ([[1807]]1880), united presbyterian divine, educated at Glasgow University; ordained, 1837; home mission secretary of the united presbyterian church, 1865-8; foreign mission secretary, 1868-80; D.D. Glasgow, 1870; author of 4 Songs of the Christian Creed and Life 1876.
Stevenson Macgill: '''Stevenson Macgill''' ([[1765]]-[[1840]]), professor of theology at Glasgow; educated at Glasgow University; ordained, 1796; D.D. Aberdeen and Marischal College, 1803; professor of theology, Glasgow, 1814; moderator of the general assembly, 1828; dean of the Chapel Royal, London, 1835. M'GILL, WILLIAM (1732-1807), Scottish divine; M.A. Glasgow College; ordained. 1761; published essay on The Death of Christ 1786; the discussion of his supposed heterodoxy by the presbytery gave rise to Burus'a satire, The Kirk's Alarm
Charles Macgillivray: '''Charles Macgillivray''' R.([[1804]] ?-[[1867]]), M.D., 1853; lecturer in Gaelic at the Glasgow Institution, 1859; translated the Pilgrim's Progress into Gaelic (translation published, 1869).

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John Macgillivray: '''John Macgillivray''' ([[1822]]-[[1867]]), naturalist; son of William MacGillivray; studied medicine at Edinburgh; naturalist on various government surveying expeditions, 1842-55; after 1855 studied natural history in Australasian islands; died at Sydney.
William Macgillivray: '''William Macgillivray''' ([[1796]]-[[1852]]), naturalist; M.A. Aberdeen, 1815; dissector to the lecturer on comparative anatomy, Aberdeen; assistant and secretary to the regius professor (Robert Jameson ) of natural history, Edinburgh, 1823; conservator of the Royal College of SurgeonsMuseum, Edinburgh, 1831-41; professor of natural history, Aberdeen, 1841; best-known work, A History of British Birds 1837-52.
Giolla Cuddy Mac: '''Giolla Cuddy Mac''' ([[1618]]-[[1693]]). See ABCHDEKIN,
Richard: '''Richard''' McGLASHAN, ALEXANDER (d. 1797 Scottish violinist; edited A Collection of Scots Measures, HornI pipes, Jigs fcc., 1781. McGLASHAN si:,
Macilwain: '''Macilwain''' McGLASHAN, JOHN (d. 18G6), legal Edinburgh solicitor; went to New Zealand, 1865, where h.-tli.-l: published legal works, 1831-44.
John Macgowan: '''John Macgowan''' ([[1726]]-[[1780]]), baptist mlnUter; pastor of the meeting-house, Devonshire Square, 1766-80; chief work, Infernal Conferences, or Dialogues of Devils, by the Listener 1772.
Augustin Macgradoigh: '''Augustin Macgradoigh''' ([[1349]]-[[1405]]), also called MAGRAIDIN; Irish chronicler; canon-regular of St. Austin; continued the O'Brlan annals to 1406.
Macgregoe: '''Macgregoe''' Sin CHARLES METOALPE ([[1840]]1887), major-general; educated at Marlborough; took part in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, 1857-8; served In China, 1860-1: took part In the Abyssinian expedition, 1867-8; compiled theOazetteer of Central Asia for the Indian government, 1868-73; made expeditions to obtain information about the Afghan frontier, 1875; served in the second Afghan war, 1878-9; K.O.B., 1881; quartermaster-general of India, 1880; general officer commanding the Punjaub frontier force, 1885; major-general, 1887; published accounts of his travels in Afghanistan and Beloochistan, 1879 and 1882, and works suppressed by the Indian government, 1884 and 1885-6; died at Cairo.
Sir Qregor Macgregoe: '''Sir Qregor Macgregoe''' (ft. [[1817]]), calling himself His Highness Gregor, Cacique of Poyais, South American adventurer; said to have served in youth in British army; went to Oaraccas to aid in the struggle for South American independence, 1811; general of brigade, Venezuelan army, 1812; distinguished himself In the campaign of 1813-21; general of division, 1817; assumed the title of cacique and settled among the Poyaia Indians, 1821; failed in his schemes for colonising the mosquito territory; restored to the rank of general of division, Venezuelan army, 1839; died probably at Oaraccas.
James Macgregoe: '''James Macgregoe''' (d. [[1551]]), dean of Lismore; notary public, 1511; dean of Lismore, 1514; collected Gaelic poetry (selection edited, 1862).
John Macgeegoe: '''John Macgeegoe''' ([[1797]]-[[1857]]), statistician and historian; emigrated to Canada and settled in Prince Edward island: member of the House of Assembly: high sheriff, 1823; travelled over America collecting statistics; joint-secretary of the board of trade in London, 1840; M.P., Glasgow, 1847; promoter of the Royal British Bank, 1849; absconded shortly before it stopped payment; died at Boulogne: best-known works, My Note-book 1835, and The Resources and Statistics of Nations 1835.
John Macgregoe: '''John Macgregoe''' , known as ROB ROY ([[1825]]1892), philanthropist and traveller: entered Trinity College, Dublin, 1839; proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge, 1844; B.A., 1847; M.A., 1850; barrister, Inner Temple, 1851; travelled widely, 1848-57; went for his first solitary cruise in his Rob Roy canoe, 1865; publishedA Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe 1866; made other cruises, 1866, 1867, and 1868; member of the London school board, 1870 and 1873; actively promoted philanthropic schemes iii London. McGREGOE, JOHN JAMES (1775-1834), historian and topographer; edited Munster Telegraph and subsequently Church Methodist Magazine: literary assistant to the Kildare Place Education Society, Dublin, 1829.
Macgregoe: '''Macgregoe''' or CAMPBELL, ROBERT, commonly called ROB ROY (1671-1734), highland freebooter; nominally a grazier, though deriving his principal income from cattle-lifting and exacting money for affording protection against thieves; a man of some education; penal acts enforced against him and his clan for their conduct at the revolution, 1693; accused of fraudulent bankruptcy, 1712; followed with his men in the wake of the rebel army, but did not join it, 1715; surrendered to the Duke of Atholl, 1717; escaped and continued his depredations; apprehended and sentenced to be transported to Barbados, but pardoned, 1727; eventually became a Roman catholic and a peaceful subject. Authentic particulars of his life are to be found In Scott's Introduction to Rob Roy McGRIGOE, SIR JAMES, first baronet (1771-1858), army surgeon; studied medicine at Aberdeen and Edin burgh Universities; M.A. Aberdeen, 1788; surgeon to de Burgh's regiment (Oonnaoght rangers), 1791; saw service in Flanders, West Indies, and India: superintending surgeon to the European and Indian troops going to Egypt, 1801: M.D. Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1804: inspector-general of hospitals, 1809: chief of the medical Ktaff of Wellington's army in the Peninsula, 1811: knighted, 1814: director-general of the army medical de1816-61; K.R.K., 1810: created baronet, 1810: MH. LL.D. Edinburgh; K.OJJ., 1860; author of medical reports. xxxv. lot) McORIGOE, JAMES (1819-1861), lieutenant-colonel n tin- Indian army: nephew of Sir James McGrigor q. v.; distinguished hiuuwlf in the Indian mutiny. 1857-8: major, 1868; lieutenant-colonel, 1862; drowned while bathing at Aden.
Macguiee: '''Macguiee'''
John Machabe: '''John Machabe''' (d. [[1667]]).
Roger Machado: '''Roger Machado''' (..[[1511]]V), diplomatist and Clarenceux king-of-arms; present at Edward IV's funeral, 1483; Richmond herald and Norroy king-of-arms, 1485; Clarenceux king-of-arms, 1494; employed on diplomatic missions in France, 1494-6.
John Machale: '''John Machale''' ([[1791]]-[[1881]]), archbishop of Tuam ; educated at Maynooth; lecturer on theology there, 1814; coadjutor bishop of Killalu, 1825; visited Rome, 1831; archbishop of Tuam, 1834; induced by his dislike of everything English to oppose Newman; quarrelled with Archbishop Cullen; translated the Pentateuch Into Irish, 1801, also some of Moore's melodies and part of the Iliad, 1844-71.
Thomas Machen: '''Thomas Machen''' (15C8-1C14), M.A. Magdalen College, Oxford, 1592, and fellow; student of Lincoln's Inn, 1589; M.P., Gloucester, 1614. McHENEY, JAMES (1785-1845 ). poet and novelist; emigrated to the United States, 1817; settled In Philadelphia, 1824; United States consul in Londonderry, 1842-5; best known by his novel, O'Halloran, or the Insurgent Chief 1824.
Maohin: '''Maohin''' or MACHYN, HENRY ([[1498]]7-[[1563]] ?), diarist; kept a valuable diary of the years 1660-63 (published by the Oamdeu Society, 1848).
John Machin: '''John Machin''' ([[1624]]-[[1664]]), ejected nonconformist: converted after entering Jesus College, Cambridge, 1645; B.A., 1649; received presbyteriau ordination, 1649; lectured at different towns, 1660-61: ejected from curacy of Whitley Chapel, Great Bud worth, Cheshire, 1662.
John Machin: '''John Machin''' (d. [[1751]]), astronomer: F.R., 1710; professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, 1713-51; left unpublished writings.
Lewis Machin: '''Lewis Machin''' (ft. [[1608]]), author, in collaboration with Gervase Markham, of a comedy,The Dumbe Knight 1608.
Machin: '''Machin''' or MACHAM, ROBERT (ft. [[1344]] legendary discoverer of Madeira; supposed to have fled from England with Anna Dorset, daughter of an English noble, and landed on an island at a port which he called Machico; Madeira was discovered by Genoese sailors in the Portuguese service prior to the date of Machin's voyage.
William Dk Machlinia: '''William Dk Machlinia''' (ft. [[1482]]-[[1490]]), printer : probably a native of Mechlin: printer in England after 1482; about twenty-two books aligned to his press.
John Machon: '''John Machon''' ([[1572]]-[[1640]]?), B.A. Magdalen College, Oxford, 1594; canon of Lichfield, 1631.

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Op Glkxcoe Macian: '''Op Glkxcoe Macian''' (d. [[1692]]). See MACDONALD,
Alexander: '''Alexander''' M'lAN, ROBERT RONALD (1803-1866), historical painter: while studying art, was on the stage till 1839; exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1836: associate of the Royal Scottish Academy, 1862; painted chiefly pictures of highland life and history.
George Macilwain: '''George Macilwain''' ([[1797]]-[[1882]]), medical writer: studied under Abernethy at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London: F.R.O.S., 1843; held various surgical appointments in London: published Memoir* of John Abernethy 1853, and medical treatises. McIL WRAITH 810
Mackellar: '''Mackellar''' McttWRATTH, Sm THOMAS (1836-1900), premier of Queensland: educated as engineer at Glasgow University: went (1864) to Victoria, where he found employment on railways; engaged in pastoral pursuits in Queensland: member of legislative assembly for Marnnon, 1869: minister for works and mines, 1874;. member for Mulgrave,1878: premier, 1879-88: colonial treasurer, 18791881; colonial secretary, 1881-3: K.O.M.U., 182: annexed New Guinea to Queensland, 1H83: came to Great Britain: hon. LL.D. Glasgow, 1883; member for North Brisbane, 1888: premier, colonial secretary, and treasurer, 1888; resigned premiership, 1888, but retained seat in cabinet without portfolio; colonial treasurer, 1890; premier, 1893: returned (1893) to England, where he died.
Macintosh: '''Macintosh'''
Charles Macintosh: '''Charles Macintosh''' ([[1766]]-[[1843]]), chemist and inventor of waterproof fabrics: studied chemistry while a counting-house clerk; started the first alum works in Scotland, 1797; connected with the St. Rollox chemical works till 1814; patented his waterproof invention, 1823, and started works in Manchester (still continued); F.RJ9., 1823.
Donald Macintosh: '''Donald Macintosh''' ([[1743]]-[[1808]]), Scottish nonjuring bishop; clerk for the Gaelic language to the Scottish Society of Antiquaries, 1786-9: ordained, i789; acted as a missionary or untitled bishop of Jacobite episcopacy; Gaelic translator and keeper of Gaelic records to the Highland Society of Scotland, 1801: the last representative of the nonjuring Scottish episcopal church: compiled A Collection of Gaelic Proverbs the first ever made.
Duncan Ban Macintyre: '''Duncan Ban Macintyre''' ([[1724]]-[[1812]]), Gaelic poet; joined the Hanoverian forces, 1746; present at the battle of Falkirk, 1746: published the first edition of his poems, 1786 (other editions, 1790 and 1804): some of his poems translated into English; vividly described highland scenery.
Hugh Mackail: '''Hugh Mackail''' ([[1640]] 7-[[1666]]). Scottish martyr; educated at Edinburgh University; ordained, 1661; apprehended for his preaching, 1662; escaped to Holland: joined a covenanters* rising in Scotland, 1666; tortured and hanged in Edinburgh.
Mackail: '''Mackail''' or MACKAILLE, MATTHEW (fl. [[1657]]1696), medical writer; M.D. Aberdeen, 1696; published medical works.
Matthew Mackail: '''Matthew Mackail''' (d. [[1734]]). sou of Matthew Mackail (fi. 1657-1696); studied medicine at Leyden; professor of medicine, Aberdeen, 1717.
John Fielder Mackarness: '''John Fielder Mackarness''' ([[1820]]- X [[1889]]), bishop of Oxford: educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford; BJL, 1844; honorary canon of Worcester, 1854-8; prebendary of Exeter, 1868; bishop of Oxford, 1870-88; ii liberal in politics.
Mrs Mackabness: '''Mrs Mackabness''' . MATILDA ANNE ([[1826]]-[[1881]]), author; daughter of James Robinson Planche; published her best-known story, A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam,* 1849; married the Rev. Henry S. Mackarness (d. 1868), brother of John Fielder Mackarness
Alexander Maokay: '''Alexander Maokay''' ([[1808]]-[[1852]]), journalist; barrister, Middle Temple, 1847; on the staff of the Morning Chronicle 1 till 1849; sent to India by the chambers of commerce of the big cities in the north to inquire into the cultivation of cotton, 1851; hisWestern World, or Travels in the United States in 1846-7 1849, long the most complete work on the subject.
Alexander Mackay: '''Alexander Mackay''' ([[1816]]-[[1895]]), educational mar; M.A. King's College, Aberdeen, 1840: LL.D., 1866; first Free church minister of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, 1844-67; studied local geology, and was F.R.G.S., 1859; published educational works, including Manual of Modern Geography 1861.
Alexander Murdoch Mackay: '''Alexander Murdoch Mackay''' ([[1849]]-[[1890]]) missionary; studied engineering subjects at Edinburgh University; draughtsman in an engineering firm at Berlin, 1873-6: joined the mission to Uganda, 1876, and gained great inttueuce over the natives; died at Usambiro.
Andrew Mackay: '''Andrew Mackay''' ([[1760]]-[[1809]]), mathematician: keeper of Aberdeen Observatory, 1781; LL.D. Aberdeen. 1786; mathematical examiner to the Trinity House (1806-9) and to the East India Company: chief works, The Theory and Practice of finding the Longitude at Sea or on Land* 1793,A Collection of Mathematical Tables 1804, andThe Complete Navigator 1804.
Angus Mackay: '''Angus Mackay''' ([[1824]]-[[1886]]), colonial journalist and politician: taken by his parents to New South Wales, 1827; editor of the Atlas 1847: represented the 'Empireat the gold fields, 1851: member for Sandhurst burghs, Victoria, 1868-79 and 1883-6: minister of mines, 1870: launched theSyduey Daily Telegraph 1879: died at Sandhurst burghs. McKAY, ARCHIBALD (1801-1883), poet and topographer: his most popular poemsMy First Bawbee 'My ain Couthie Wife and Drouthy Tarn 1828; author of A History of Kilmarnock 1848.
Charles Mackay: '''Charles Mackay''' ([[1814]]-[[1889]]), poet and journalist; educated at Brussels; private secretary to William Cockerill, 1830-2: assistant sub-editor of the 'Morning Chronicle 1834-44; editor of theGlasgow Argus 1844-7, of the Illustrated London News 1862-9; special correspondent ofThe Timesat New York, 1862-5; wrote his song, The Good Time Coming 1846, of which 400,000 copies were circulated: published songs at intervals from 1834-90 (collected, 1859 and 1868), his 'Gossamer and Snowdrift being posthumous, 1890; LL.D. of Glasgow, 1846: published numerous prose works.
Sir Donald Mackay: '''Sir Donald Mackay''' , of Far, first BARON RKAY (1591-1649), succeeded to the headship of the clan, 1614; knighted, 1616; created baronet, 1627: served the King of Denmark with distinction, 1627-9; created Baron Reay, 1628; transferred his regiment to Gustavus Adolphus, 1629; present at the battles of Leipzig (1631) and Lutzen (1633); returned to Denmark, 1643; joined King Charles I, 1644: captured at Newcastle, 1644; set free, 1645; retired to Denmark (1648), where he died.
Hugh Mackay: '''Hugh Mackay''' ([[1640]]7-[[1692]]), of Scourie, general: served with his regiment abroad, 1660-73; transferred his services to the States-General, 1673: colonel of Scots Dutch regiments, 1680; summoned to England to aid against Monmouth, 1685; privy councillor of Scotland; returned to Holland, remaining there on the recall of the regiment by James II, 1687; in command of the English and Scots division in the expedition of William of Orange, 1688; commander-in-chief of the forces in Scotland, 1689: defeated Olaverhouse at Killiecrankie, 1689; induced the surrender of the forces of Cannon, Claverhouse's successor, 1689; led the attack at Steinkirk, where he was slain.
James Townsend Mackay: '''James Townsend Mackay''' ([[1775]] 7-[[1862]]), botanist; curator of the botanical garden, Trinity College, Dublin, 1806-62; published his Flora Hibernica 1836: LL.D. Dublin University, 1850; discovered plants new to the British isles.
John Mackay: '''John Mackay''' , second BARON RKAY (fl. [[1650]]), son of Sir Donald Mackay of Far, first baron Reay: took part in royalist insurrections in Scotland, 1649 and 1654.
Mackintosh Mackay: '''Mackintosh Mackay''' ([[1800]]-[[1873]]), Gaelic scholar; educated for the ministry; superintended the printing of the Gaelic dictionary of the Highland and Agricultural Society, 1828; published thePoemsof Robert Mackay, Rob Donn, 1829; at the disruption joined the Free church; minister of the Gaelic church at Melbourne, 1854, uud Sydney, 1856; returned to Scotland.
Robert Mackay: '''Robert Mackay''' , commonly called ROB DONN (the Brown) (1714-1778), Gaelic poet; acted as herd, gamekeeper, and boman; in the Reay fencibles, 1759-67; wrote poems, chiefly elegies and satires, in the Sutherlandshire dialect.

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Robert William Maokay: '''Robert William Maokay''' ([[1803]]-[[1882]]), philosopher and scholar; educated at Winchester and Braseuose College, Oxford; M.A., 1828; publishedThe Progress of the Intellect as exemplified in the Religious Development of the Greeks and Hebrews 1860, and other learned works.
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Mary Mackellae: '''Mary Mackellae''' ([[1834]]- [[1890]] ), highland poetess : nie Cameron: married John MarkclUr, rap coasting ves.-el; obtained judicial separation from liiui; settled in Edinburgh, c. 178G; herPoems aul iik. Gaelic and English contributed to newspapers and periodicals, published, 1880: translated into Gaelic the second series of Queen Victoria's Leaves from our Journal In the Highlands
Patrick Mackellar: '''Patrick Mackellar''' ([[1717]]-[[1778]]), colonel, military engineer: clerk in the ordnance service, 1735; employed in Minorca, 1739-64 and 1763-78: engineer in ordinary, 1751; served in Braddock's campaign in North America. 1764; chief engineer of the frontier fort*!, 1766; taken prisoner and confined in Quebec and Montreal, 1766-7: second and then chief engineer at the capture of Louisburg, 1768: chief engineer to Wolfe, 1769; in the expedition against Martinique, 1761-2, and the attack on Havanuah, 1762; director of engineering and colonel at Minorca, 1777.
William Mackelvte: '''William Mackelvte''' ([[1800]]-[[1863]]), united presbyterian divine; studied for the ministry as a secessionist at Edinburgh University: ordained, 1829; promoted union of secession and relief churches; best-known work 'Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church (published, 1873).
John Macken: '''John Macken''' ([[1784]]7-[[1823]]), poet; merchant at Ballyconnell: joint-editor of the Enniskillen Chronicle 1808: in London, 1818; assisted in compilingHuntingdon Peerage 1821; returned to Ireland and resumed his joint-editorship of the Euuiskillen Chronicle 1821; published verse.
John Mackenna: '''John Mackenna''' or JUAN ([[1771]]-[[1814]]), Chilian general; left Ireland and entered the Royal Academy of Mathematics at Barcelona, 1784: entered an Irish engineer corps in the Spanish army, 1787; served against the French, 1787-8 and 1794; went to Peru, 1796; governor of Osoruo, 1797-1808: joined revolution, 1810: provisional governor of Valparaiso and commander-in-chief of artillery and engineers, 1811-14; brigadier-general, 1813; banished, 1814; killed in a duel at Buenos Ayres.
Nial Mackenna: '''Nial Mackenna''' (fl. [[1700]]), Irish poet and harper ; author of the celebrated song, Little Celia Couuellan
Theobald Mackenna: '''Theobald Mackenna''' (d. [[1808]]). Irish catholic writer; secretary to the catholic committee in Ireland; the mouthpiece of the seceders after 1791; opposed Wolfe Tone's views in a pamphlet, 1793; disappointed with the results of the union; suggested raising the Irish catholic church to an establishment, 1806; issued political pamphlets,
Mackenzie: '''Mackenzie''' first BARON OP KINTAIL ([[1764]]-[[1816]]). See HUMBKRSTON, FRANCIS MACKENZIE, first BARON SEAFORTH and MACKENZIE.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie: '''Sir Alexander Mackenzie''' ([[1755]] ?-l [[820]]), North American explorer; explored the then unknown north-west, 1789; started from Fort Cbippewayan, a trading port at the head of Lake Athabasca, with the object of reaching the Pacific coast, 1792; published an account of his voyages, 1801; knighted, 1802; resided in Canada and represented Huntingdon county in the provincial parliament; returned to Scotland, where he died.
Alexander Mackenzie: '''Alexander Mackenzie''' ([[1822]]-[[1892]]), first liberal premier of the Canadian Dominion; emigrated to Canada, 1842; builder and contractor at Sarnia, 1848; edited Lambtou Shield 1852; member for Lambton in the provincial parliament, 1861-7, and in the Dominion House of Commons, 1867; premier and minister of public works, 1873-8; resigned the leadership of the opposition, 1880; member for East York, 1882-92; died at Toronto; upheld the connection between Canada and Great Britain.
Charles Frederick Mackenzie: '''Charles Frederick Mackenzie''' ([[1825]]-[[1862]]), bishop of Central Africa; brother of William Forbes Mackenzie; educated at Caius College, Cambridge: M.A., 1851: fellow; accompanied John William Coleuso to Natal as his archdeacon, 1855; chaplain to the troops round Durban, 1858; head of the universities mission to Central Africa, 1860: consecrated bishop at Cape Town, 1861; settled at Magomero in the Maugauja country: often reported to force to help the Manganja; diedat'Malo.
Colin Mackenzie: '''Colin Mackenzie''' ([[1713]]7-[[1821]]), colonel in the Madras engineers, Ind:;tn.u.u.juary and topographer: erred in the Madras engineer, against Tippoo Sahib, 2 and 1799; surveyed Mysore. 1799-1806: iarreyorgeueral of Madras, 1807: commanding engineer in Java, 1811-16: O.B., 1H15: Hurveyor-general rf India, 1819; made valuable collection* of Indian antiquities, iwcriptiou?, and manuscript*.
Colin Mackenzie: '''Colin Mackenzie''' ([[180]]- [[1881]] ), lieutenant-general in Indian army: cadet of infantry on Madran establishment, 1826; served in Ooorg campaign, 1834, and in Straits of Malacca, 1836; assistant political agent at Peshawar, 1840: served with distinction at Kabul: brevet-captain: attended conference between Akbar Khun and Sir William Hay Macuaghten and was taken prisoner; on being released, chowu by Akbar Khan an one of the hostages to be given up to him; raised Sikh regiment during the last Sikh campaign: brigadierk" n nil in command of Kllichpur division of Hyderabad contingent, 1853; dangerously wounded at Bolaruin in mutiny of a cavalry regiment against orders which the government subsequently condemned as ill-judged, 1866; returned temporarily to England; agent to governorgeneral with Nawab Nazim of Bengal: C.B., 1867; failed to obtain divisional command owing to censure in ItoUrum case, and finally left India, 1873.
Dugal Mackenzie: '''Dugal Mackenzie''' (d. [[1688]] ?X Scottish author : educated at Aberdeen and Paris Universities: some Latin poems and epigrams attributed to him.
Eneas Mackenzie: '''Eneas Mackenzie''' ([[1778]]-[[1832]]), topographer: became baptist minister and ultimately printer and publisher: founded the MechanicsInstitution, Newcastle; published several topographical works.
Frederick Mackenzie: '''Frederick Mackenzie''' ([[1788]]7-[[1854]]), watercolour painter and topographical draughtsman: employed in making topographical and architectural drawings; exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1804-28; member of the Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1823.
George Mackenzie: '''George Mackenzie''' , second EARL OK SKAPORTH (d. 1651), succeeded, 1633; of royalist inclination, but with the covenanters, 1639-40: sometimes supported and sometimes opposed Montrose, 1640-6; joined Charles II in Holland, 1649; died at Schiedam.
Sir George Mackenzie: '''Sir George Mackenzie''' ([[1636]]-[[1691]]), of Rosehaugh, king's advocate; studied at St. Andrews, Aberdeen, and Bourges Universities: called to the bar at Edinburgh, 1659; distinguished himself in the trial of the Marquis of Argyll, 1661; knighted; M.P., Ross, 1669: king's advocate, 1677; privy councillor, 1677; called 'Bloodyfrom his severe treatment (1679-86) of the covenanters: resigned for a short time, 1686; again in office, 1688; opposed the dethronement of James II, and to escape the consequences retired from public life: founded the library of the Faculty of Advocates, opened 1689; author of moral essays and legal and historical works of a bigoted character.
Georoe Mackenzie: '''Georoe Mackenzie''' , first VIHTOUNT TARBAT, first EARI. OP CROMARTY (1630-1714). statesman; educated at St. Andrews and Aberdeen Universities; succeeded to the family estates, 1654: as a royalist had to remain in exile till 1660; lord of session as Lord Tarbat: planned Lauderdale's downfall by means of the act of billeting 1662; deprived of office, 164; appointed lord justice-general of Scotland, 1678; chief minister of the 1 king in Scotland, 1682-8; created Viscount Tarbat, 1685: , joined the new government, 1689; secretary of state, 1702-4; created Earl of Cromarty, 1703: advocated hc union; published miscellaneous pamphlets,
George Mackenzie: '''George Mackenzie''' ([[1669]]-[[1725]]), Scottish biographer; son of George Mackenzie, second earl of Seaforth ; studied medicine at Aberdeen, Oxford, and Paris: M.D. Aberdeen: chief work, Lives and Character* of the most Eminent Writers of the Scots Nation vol. L 1708, vol. ii. 1711, and vol. iii. 1722.
George Mackenzie: '''George Mackenzie''' , third EARL OF CROMAKTT (d. 1766), succeeded, 1731; joined Prince Charles Hdward, 1745: taken prisoner, tried, and sentenced to death, 1746; pardoned, 1749. Sfl
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George Mackenzie: '''George Mackenzie''' ([[1741]]-[[1787]]), brother of John Mackenzie, baron Macleod; present at the defence of Gibraltar, 1780; lieutenant-colonel, 1783; died at Walla jabad.
George Mackenzie: '''George Mackenzie''' ([[1777]]-[[1856]]X meteorologist ; began a register of atmospheric changes, 1802: formed his primary cycle of the winds 1819; author of reports or Manuals of the weather.
Sir George Steuart Mackenzie: '''Sir George Steuart Mackenzie''' , seventh baronet (1780-1 848 X of Coul, mineralogist; succeeded to baronetcy, 1796: discovered identity of diamond and carbon, 1800: F.R.S.; studied mineralogy and geology in Iceland, 1810; in the Faroe islands, 1812; joint author of Travels in Iceland 1811; wrote geological and miscellaneous works.
Henry Mackenzie: '''Henry Mackenzie''' ([[1745]]-[[1831]]), novelist and miscellaneous writer; educated at Edinburgh High School and University: attorney for the crown in Scotland; his novels,The Man of Feeling 1771,The Man of the World, 1 1773, andJulia de Ronbigne," 1777, published anonymously; produced a successful tragedy, "The Prince of Tunis 1773; superintended the periodicals, The Mirror 1779-80, andThe Lounger,* 1785-7; wrote on contemporary politics, 1784-93; comptroller of taxes for Scotland, 1804-31; hisWorksissued, 1807 and 1808; called by Scott the Northern Addison
Henry Mackenzie: '''Henry Mackenzie''' ([[1808]]-[[1878]]), bishop suffragan of Nottingham; educated at Merchant Taylors School, London, and Pembroke College, Oxford; ordained, 1834; M.A., 1838; prebendary of Lincoln, 1858; sub-dean and canon-residentiary, 1864; archdeacon of Nottingham, 1866; D.D., 1869; bishop suffragan of Nottingham, 1870-8.
James Mackenzie: '''James Mackenzie''' ([[1680]]9-[[1761]]), physician; studied at Edinburgh and Leydeu Universities; published 'The History of Health and the Art of preserving it 175&
James Archibald Stuart Mackenzie: '''James Archibald Stuart Mackenzie''' -
Wortley: '''Wortley''' -, first BARON WHAKXCLIPFE ([[1776]]-[[1845]]).
John Mackenzie: '''John Mackenzie''' ([[1648]]?-[[1696]]), Irish divine: ordained presbyterian minister, 1673; chaplain of Walker's regiment during the siege of Londonderry, 1689; wrote narrative of siege, 1690.
John Mackenzie: '''John Mackenzie''' , BARON MACLEOD, COUNT
Cromarty: '''Cromarty''' in the Swedish peerage ([[1727]]-[[1789]]), majorgeneral in the British army; great-grandson of George Mackenzie, first viscount Tarbat and first earl of Oromarty ; joined Prince Charles Edward, 1745; captured, 1746; pardoned, but deprived of his title and estates, 1748; joined a Swedish regiment, 1 750; present at the battle of Prague as a volunteer of the Prussian army and aide-de-camp to Marshal Keith see KEITH, JAMKB FRANC IN EHWARD, 1767: returned to England, 1777; raised highland regiment, and as its colonel embarked with it for India, 1779: served in India till 1783; majorgeneral, 1783; his estates restored, 1784.
John Mackenzie: '''John Mackenzie''' ([[1806]]-[[1848]]), Gaelic scholar; collected popular songs; book-keeper in Glasgow University printing-office, 1836; published Beauties of Gaelic Poetry 1841; translated theological works into Gaelic.
John Kenneth Mackenzie: '''John Kenneth Mackenzie''' ([[1860]]-[[1888]]), medical missionary; obtained medical diplomas, London and Edinburgh, 1874; sent by the London Missionary Society to Hankow as a medical missionary, 1876; founded a medical school for native students at Tieu-tsin; died at Tien-tsin.
Kenneth Mackenzie: '''Kenneth Mackenzie''' , fourth EARL OP SKA-
Forth: '''Forth''' (d. [[1701]]), succeeded to the earldom, [[1678]]; followed James II to France, 1689; served in the siege of Londonderry, 1689; created by James titular Marquis of Seaforth; failed to make terms with William Ill's government, 1690; imprisoned till 1697; died in Paris.
Kenneth Mackenzie: '''Kenneth Mackenzie''' ([[1754]]-[[1833]]). See Dou
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Kenneth Douglas Mackenzie: '''Kenneth Douglas Mackenzie''' ([[1811]]-[[1873]]), colonel: ensign in the Gordon highlanders, 1831: c tared William Smith O'Brien in the Irish insurrection, 1848; served in Crimea, 1854-6; went to India, 1857; employed in the expedition to China, 1860; colonel, 9; assistant quartermaster-general at the Horse Guards, 1870.
Maria Elizabeth Frederioa Mackenzie: '''Maria Elizabeth Frederioa Mackenzie'''
Lady Hood Stewart: '''Lady Hood Stewart''' ([[1783]]-[[1862]]).
Sir Morell Mackenzie: '''Sir Morell Mackenzie''' ([[1837]]-[[1892]]), physician; studied medicine at the London Hospital, at Paris, Vienna, and Pesth; specialised on throat diseases; M.D. London, 1862; helped to found the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat, Golden Square, London, 1863; summoned to Berlin to attend the crown prince of Germany, afterwards the Emperor Frederick III, 1887; knighted, 1887: justified his conduct in regard to the German physicians and his general treatment of the case in Frederick the Noble 1888, an injudicious work, for which he was censured by the Royal College of Surgeons, 1889; published Manual of Diseases of the Throat and Nose vol. i. 1880, vol. ii. 1884. McKENZIE, MURDOCH, the elder (rf. 1797), hydrographer; surveyed the Orkney and Shetland isles, 1749; admiralty surveyor till 1771; F.R.S., 1774; published A Treatise on Marine Surveying 1774, and the results of his work on the Scottish and Irish coasts, 1776. McKENZIE, MURDOCH, the younger (1743-1829), commander in the navy; nephew of Murdoch M'Kenzie the elder; admiralty surveyor, 1771-88; commander, 1814.
Robert Mackenzie: '''Robert Mackenzie''' ([[1823]]-[[1881]]), miscellaneous writer; journalist and author of historical works.
Robert Shelton Mackenzie: '''Robert Shelton Mackenzie''' ([[1809]]-[[1880]]), miscellaneous writer; contributed poems to the Dublin and London Magazine publishedLays of Palestine,* 1828; journalist in London after 1830; engaged in literary work in New York, 1852; settled at Philadelphia (1857), where he died; remembered chiefly for his compilations, including valuable editions of the Noctes Ambrosianae 1861-3, and of Maginn's Miscellaneous Works 1855-7.
Samuel Mackenzie: '''Samuel Mackenzie''' ([[1785]] - [[1847]]), portraitpainter; studied in Raeburn's studio at Edinburgh: contributed to the exhibitions of Associated Artists, Edinburgh, 1812-16, and to the Royal Institution, Edinburgh, 1821-9; member of the Scottish Academy, and contributed to its exhibitions, 1829-46; especially successful in his female portraits.

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Thomas Mackenzie: '''Thomas Mackenzie''' , LORD MACKENZIE ([[1807]]1869), Scottish judge; studied at St. Andrews and Edinburgh Universities; called to the Scottish bar, 1832; solicitor-general, 1851; raised to the bench with the title Lord Mackenzie, 1854; retired, 1864: author of Studies in Roman Law, with Comparative Views of the Laws of France, England, and Scotland 1862.
William Mackenzie: '''William Mackenzie''' , fifth EARL OF SKAFORTH (d. 1740), joined the Pretender, 1715: served throughout the war and escaped to France, 1716; accompanied George Keith, tenth earl Marischal, in his expedition to the highlands, 1719; again escaped to France; pardoned and returned to Scotland, 1726.
William Mackenzie: '''William Mackenzie''' ([[1791]]-[[1868]]), ophthalmic surgeon; studied chiefly at Glasgow and Vienna; Waltonian lecturer, Glasgow University, 1828; surgeonoculist to the queen in Scotland, 1838; helped to raise ophthalmic surgery to a high place among the special branches of medical science: his most important work, Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye 1830.
William Bell Mackenzie: '''William Bell Mackenzie''' ([[1806]]-[[1870]]), of Magdalen Hall, Oxford; M.A., 1837; published religious works.
William Forbes Mackenzie: '''William Forbes Mackenzie''' ([[1807]]-[[1862]]), of Portmore, Peeblesshire, politician; brother of Charles Frederick Mackenzie; called to the bar, 1827; M.P. Peeblesshire, 1837-62; lord of the treasury, 1845-6; author of the Forbes Mackenzie Act (for the regulation of public-houses in Scotland), 1H52.
William Lyon Mackenzie: '''William Lyon Mackenzie''' ([[1795]] - [[1861]]), leader of Canadian insurgents; a native of Dundee; emigrated to Canada, 1820; conducted theColonial Advocate at Toronto, 1824-34 -..member of the Upper Canada legislative assembly for th county of York, 1828-30, aixi
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Mackreth: '''Mackreth''' 1834-6; mayor of Toronto, 1834; led an insurrection j (1837) which failed, and ended in bis imprisonment for a year, but which drew the attention of the home government to colonial abuses; member of the united provinces legislature, 1850-8.
Benjamin Mackerell: '''Benjamin Mackerell''' (d. [[1738]]), Norfolk an- I tiquary; librarian of the Norwich public library, 17161732. McKERROW, JOHN ( 1 789-1867), presbyteriau divine; educated at Glasgow University; ordained by the seoetfsiou church, 1813; published works on the history of his church. McKERROW, WILLIAM (1803-1878), presbyterian divine; educated at Glasgow University; ordained and ministered in Manchester, 1827-69; supported Manchester liberal movements; started the Manchester Examiner and Times 1846; member of the first Manchester school board, 1870.
Frederick Mackeson: '''Frederick Mackeson''' ([[1807]]-[[1853]]), lleutenantoolouel; in the East India Company's service: commissioner at Peshawur; received a Bengal cadetship, 1825; accompanied Sir Alexander Burues to Cabul, 1837; distinguished himself in the Sikh wars; commissioner at Feshawur, 1851-3; employed in quieting the frontier tribes; assassinated by a native. McKEWAN, DAVID HALL (1816-1873), watercolour painter; studied under David Cox the elder ; member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water-colours, 1850; painted landscapes and interiors.
Mackgill: '''Mackgill''' or MACGILL, JAMES (i. [[1579]]), of Nether Rankeillour, clerk register of Scotland; educated at St. Andrews University; admitted advocate, 1550; appointed clerk register and an ordinary lord of session, 1554; at first adhered to Queen Mary, but was concerned In Riccio's (Kizzio's) murder, 1565, and afterwards became her opponent; member of the new council, 1578. McKIE, JAMES (1816-1891), Burns collector; bookseller at Kilmarnock; started the Kilmaruock Journal and the Kilmarnock Weekly Post; collected rare editions of Burns, and published facsimiles; author of works connected with Burns.
John Mackie: '''John Mackie''' ([[1748]]-[[1831]]), physician; studied at Edinburgh University; spent much time abroad, where be occasionally practised; published a Sketch of a New Theory of Man 1819. McKINLAY, JOHN (1819-1872), Australian explorer; emigrated to New South Wales, 1836; left Adelaide to trace the fate of O'Hara Burke, and Wills, and to explore, 1861; proved that Lake Torrens did not exist; struck the coast at Gulf Carpentaria, 1862; beaded another expedition to explore the northern territory, 1865.
Daniel Mackinnon: '''Daniel Mackinnon''' ([[1791]]-[[1836]]), colonel and historian of the Coldstream guards; brother of William Alexander Mackinnon; entered the guards, 1804; on the continent, 1805-14; wounded at Waterloo, 1815: colonel, 1830; published a famous Origin and History of the Coldstream Guards 1832.
Daniel Henry Mackinnon: '''Daniel Henry Mackinnon''' ([[1813]] - [[1884]]), soldier and author; B.A. Trinity College, Dublin; entered the army, 1836; served in Afghanistan, 1838-9; in the Sikh war, 1846; major-general, 1878; published Military Services and Adventures in the Far East 1849.
Sik William Mackinnon: '''Sik William Mackinnon''' , first baronet ([[1823]]1893), founder of British East Africa Company; engaged In mercantile firm in Glasgow; went to India, 1847, and with a partner founded firm of Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co. for coasting trade in Bay of Bengal; took great Ert in founding Calcutta and Burmah (after 1862, itish India) Steam Navigation Company, 1866; negotiated with Sultan Seyyid Barghash, 1878, for lease of laud now called German.East Africa (sanction declined by British government); chairman of Imperial British East Africa Company, 1888-95; territory taken over by British government, 1895; shared largely in promoting Sir H. M. Stanley's expedition for relief of Emin Pasha, 1886; founded East African Scottish mission, 18'Jl; C.1.&, 1882; created baronet, 1889.
William Alexander Mackinnon: '''William Alexander Mackinnon''' (17W1870), legislator; brother of Daniel Mackinnon; M.., Dunwich, 1K30-1, Lymlngton, 1881-41, Bje, 1853, 1867, and 1859-66; publishedOn Public Opinion In Great Britain and other Parts of toe World 1828; rewritten M Hiatory of Civilisation 1846.
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Sik James Mackintosh: '''Sik James Mackintosh''' ([[1766]]-[[1832]]), philosopher ; educated at Aberdeen University; studied medicine at Edinburgh: obtained his diploma, 1787; moved to London, 1788; became a regular contributor to the Oracle iK-longing to John Bell (1746-1831); published Vindiciro Gallica- 1791, in answer to Burke Reflections on the French Revolution; on becoming known to Burke, adopted his view of the French revolution; barrister. Lincoln's Inn, 1796; lectured on The Law of Nature and Nations 1799; recorder of Bombay, 1804-6: judge In the vice-admiralty court, Bombay, 1806-11; M.P., Nairn, 1813, Knaresborough, 1819; professor oflaw and general politics at Haileybury, 1818-24; published Dissertation on the Progress of Ethical Philosophy 1830; commissioner of the board of control, 1 830; wrote History of England in Larducr's - Cabinet Cyclopedia,* 1830, History of the Revolution in England in 1688 published, 1834, and other historical works.
William Mackintosh: '''William Mackintosh''' ([[1662]]-[[1743]]), of Borlum, Inverness-shire; brigadier in James Edward the Old Pretender's service; educated at King's College, Aberdeen; prominent In the Jacobite rising, 1714; confined in Newgate, 1715; escaped to France, 1716; returned to Scotland probably in 1719; again captured and imprisoned for life in Edinburgh Castle; published work on tillage In Scotland, 1729.
Charles Macklin: '''Charles Macklin''' ([[1697]]7-[[1797]]), actor and stage-manager; played in London at Lincoln's Inn Theatre, 1730, at Drury Lane, 1733-44, and 1744-8; made his reputation by his interpretation of the character of Shylock; appeared in Dublin (under Sheridan's auspices), 1748-50, and again, 1761 and 1763-70; at Ooveut Garden, London, 1750-3, 1761, 1772, 1775, 1781-9; retired from the stage, 1789. Of his dramatic productions,Love a la Mode a farce (1759) and The Man of the World (1781), one of the best comedies of the century, are the most notable.
Maria Macklin: '''Maria Macklin''' (d. [[1781]]), actress ; daughter of Charles Macklin; appeared first at Drury Lane in * Richard III 1743; left the stage, 1777; Portia, Desde moua, and Rosalind among her parts.
Jambs Mackness: '''Jambs Mackness''' ([[1804]]-[[1851]]), medical writer: passed the College of Surgeons, 1824; M.D. St. Andrews, 1840; member of the council of the British Medical Association, 1847; published medical works.
James Macknight: '''James Macknight''' ([[1721]]-[[1800]]), biblical critic; educated at Glasgow and Lcyden universities; ordained, 1763; published a Harmony of the Gospels 1766, which became celebrated: D.D. Edinburgh, 1759; main promoter of the declaratory act of assembly, 1782; issued a Translation of all the Apostolical Epistles 1795.
Thomas Macknight: '''Thomas Macknight''' ([[1829]] - [[1899]]), political writer; studied medicine at King's College, London; editor (1866-99) of Belfast Northern Whig which became mainstay of liberal party in Ireland, though it opposed home rule; published Life and Times of Kdniuud Burke 18681860, and other political and historical works.
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Alexander Heriot Mackonochie: '''Alexander Heriot Mackonochie''' ([[1825]]1887), divine; of Wadham College, Oxford; ordained, 181!): M.A., 1851; adopted advanced ritualistic view?, and was subjected to a series of lawsuits promoted by the Church Association, 1867-82. McKOWEN, JAMES (1814-1889), Ulster poet; employed in bleachworks at Belfast; contributed racy poems to various Irish newspapers; his " Ould Irish Jigknown throughout Ireland.
Sik Robert Mackreth: '''Sik Robert Mackreth''' ([[1726]]-[[1819]]), club proprietor; at first a billiard-marker, and then a waiter, at White's Club; proprietor of White's, 1761: bookmaker 3 u 2
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Maclean: '''Maclean''' and usurer: M.P. for Castle Rising through the nomination of the Earl of Orford, his debtor, 1774-1802; proceeded against ami found guilty for taking advantage of a minor, 1786, and for assaulting John Scott (afterwards Lord KMon), 1792; knighted for his services in parliament, 1795.
Magnus Mackulloch: '''Magnus Mackulloch''' (Jl. [[1480]]), reputed continuator of Fordun's Scotichrouicon; copied for the archbishop of St. Andrews the Scotichronlcon 1483-84; probably wrote the additions at the cud, which bring the narrative down to 1460.
Mackworth: '''Mackworth''' Sin HUMPHRY ([[1657]]-[[1727]]), politician and capitalist: of Magdalen College, Oxford; barrister, Middle Temple, 1682: knighted, 1683; M.P., Cardiganshire, 1701, 1702-6 and 1710-13; deputy-governor of a large mining company; accused of peculation and found guilty by the House of Commons, 1710; one of the founders of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; author of political and financial pamphlets.
John Macky: '''John Macky''' (rf. [[1726]]), government agent or spy ; discovered James IPs intended expedition to England, 1692; inspector of the coast from Dover to Harwich, 1693: published A View of the Court of St. Germains from the Year 1690 to 1695 1696; directed the packetboat Bervlce from Dover to France and Flanders, 16971702, and 1706-8; suspected by the government and imprisoned; released at accession of George I; died at Rotterdam. His Memoirs of the Secret Services of John Macky, Ksq. published, 1733, is an important contribution to contemporary history.
Ewen Maclachlan: '''Ewen Maclachlan''' ([[1775]]-[[1822]]), Gaelic poet and scholar; educated at Aberdeen University; head-master of Aberdeen grammar school, 1810-22; author of some Gaelic poems, also Attempts in Verse 1807, and Metrical Effusions 1816.
Lauohlan Maclachlan: '''Lauohlan Maclachlan''' (rf. [[1746]]), fifteenth chief of the ancient Argyllshire clan; succeeded his father, 1719; joined Prince Charles Edward, 1745; killed at Oulloden, 1746. McLACHLAN, THOMAS HOPE (1845-1897), landscape-painter; B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1868; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1868; abandoned law for art, 1878. His picture,Ships that pass in the Night is in the National Gallery.
Archibald Maclaine: '''Archibald Maclaine''' ([[1722]]-[[1804]]), divine; brother of James Maclaine; co-pastor to the English church at the Hague, 1747-96; translated Mosheim's 'Ecclesiastical History 1765 (last reprint, 1826).
Maclaine: '''Maclaine''' or MACLEAN, JAMES ([[1724]]-[[1750]]), gentleman highwayman; spent his patrimony and took to the highway, 1748; arrested, 1750; tried and hanged.
Archibald Maclaren: '''Archibald Maclaren''' ([[1755]]-[[1826]])* dramatist ; entered the army, 1765; served In the American war; returned to Scotland: on his discharge joined a troop of strolling players; joined Dumbartonshire Highlanders, 1784; discharged after serving in Guernsey and Ireland; author of numerous dramatic pieces, two prose works describing the Irish rebellion, 1798-1800, and a few poems.
Charles Maclaren: '''Charles Maclaren''' ([[1782]]-[[1866]]), editor of the 'Scotaman established theScotsman 1817; editor, 1820-46; edited the sixth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britanuica 1823; published geological works. fxxxv 194*1 McLAREN, DUNCAN (ISOO-lSSe), politician member of the Edinburgh town council, 1833, provost, 1851-4 M.P., Edinburgh, 1866-81; wrote on political questions. xxxv. 1941 McLAREN, WILLIAM (1772-1832), Scottish poet; weaver, manufacturer, and tavern-keeper; published verse. 1817 and 1827.
Thomas Maclauchlan: '''Thomas Maclauchlan''' ([[1816]]-[[1886]]), Scottish presbyterian divine, and Gaelic scholar: M.A. Aberdeen, 1833: ordained, 1837; supported the non-intrusiouistn at the dimiption, 1843; LL.D. Aberdeen, 1864; moderator of tlie Free Church Assembly, 1876; maintained the authenticity of Maophcrson's Osniau: edited theBook of the Dean ol Llttuore 1863.
Colin Maclaurin: '''Colin Maclaurin''' ([[1698]]-[[1746]]), mathematician and natural philosopher: educated at Glasgow: professor of mathematics in the Marischal College, Aberdeen, 17151726; F.R.S., 1719; deputy-profcor;it Edinburgh University, 1725: organised the defence of Edinburgh against the rebels, 1745; the one mathematician of first rank trained in Great Britain in the eighteenth century. His most noted works are * Geometria Organica, sive Descriptio Linearum Curvarum Universalis 1720, A Treatise of Fluxions 1742, A Treatise of Algebra, with an Appendix De Linearum Geometricarum Proprietatibus Generalibus published, 1 748, and An account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy published, 1748.
John Maclaurin: '''John Maclaurin''' ([[1693]]-[[1754]]), presbyterian divine; brother of Colin Maclaurin; studied at Glasgow and Leyden; ordained, 1719; a leader of the intruslonists*; a famous preacher and controversialist; hisSermons and Essays published, 1756.
John Maclaurin: '''John Maclaurin''' , LORD DIIKOIIORN ([[1734]]-[[1796]]), Scottish judge; son of Colin Maclauriu; educated at Edinburgh High School and University; advocate, 1756; senator of the College of Justice, with the title Lord Dreghorn, 1788-96; published satirical poems and legal works.
Maclean: '''Maclean'''
Alexander Maclean: '''Alexander Maclean''' ([[1840]]-[[1877]]), painter; studied at Rome, Florence, and Antwerp; exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1872-7.
Allan Maclean: '''Allan Maclean''' ([[1725]]-[[1784]]), colonel; in the Scots brigade in the Dutch service: taken prisoner, 1747; served in America, 1757-83; commanded the operations against Quebec, 1776-7; colonel, 1782. McLEAN, ARCHIBALD (1733-1812), baptist minister; a printer and bookseller by trade; successively a presbyterian and Sandemanian; became a baptist minister, 1768; author of religious and controversial works (collected, 1823).
Charles Maclean: '''Charles Maclean''' (. [[1788]]-[[1824]]), medical and political writer; entered the service of the East India Company; appointed surgeon to East Indiameu voyaging to Jamaica and India; settled in Bengal, 1792; ordered to leave India for making an insinuation in an Indian newspaper against a magistrate, 1798; went to Hamburg and was forcibly detained by Napoleon, 1803; left the service on failing to obtain promotion; travelled for the Levant Company, 1815-17; lecturer on the diseases of hot climates to the East India Company; published medical works. McLEAN, SIR DONALD (1820-1877), New Zealand statesman; emigrated to Sydney, e. 1837; went to New Zealand and devoted himself to the study of the Maori language; local protector for the Taranaki district; employed in difficult negotiations with the Maoris from 1844; resident magistrate for the Taranaki district, 1850; entered the legislative assembly, 1866; obtained the admittance of Maoris to the assembly, 1867; native minister and minister for colonial defence, 1869-76; brought about a final peace with the natives, 1870; K.C.M.G., 1874; died in New Zealand.
John Maclean: '''John Maclean''' ([[1828]]-[[1886]]), first bishop of Saskatchewan: M.A. Aberdeen, 1851; ordained, 1858, and went to Canada under the Colonial and Continental Church Society, 1858; archdeacon of Assiniboia, 1866; bishop of Saskatchewan, 1874; founder of the Alberta University.
John Maclean: '''John Maclean''' ([[1835]]?-[[1890]]), actor; first appeared on the stage at Plymouth, 1869; in London, 1861; thenceforth acted constantly at the Gaiety and other theatres.
Sir John Maclean: '''Sir John Maclean''' ([[1811]]-[[1895]]), archaeologist; entered ordnance department of war office, 1837; ke of ordnance records in Tower of London, 1855-61, and deputy-chief auditor of army accounts, 1865-71; knightec 1871; works include Parochial and Family History c Deanery of Trigg Minor 1868-79.
Maclean: '''Maclean''' Mils. LET1TIA ELIZABETH {It 1838).

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Maoleab: '''Maoleab''' 821
Macleod: '''Macleod'''
Maclear: '''Maclear''' Sui THOMAS ([[1794]]-[[1878]]), astronomer; studied medicine iu London; M.R.C.S., 1815; F.RJ5., 1831; studied astronomy; royal astronomer at Cape of Good Hope, 1834-70; occupied with the re-measurement and extension of Lacaille's arc, 1837-47; made valuable astronomical, meteorological, magnetic, anl tidal observations; knighted, I860; became blind, 1876; bU more important observations recorded in theCape Catalogues; died at Mowbray, Cape Town.
Alexander Macleay: '''Alexander Macleay''' (17G7-[[1848]]), entomologist and colonial statesman: chief clerk in the prisoners-ofwar office, London, 1 795: secretary of the transport board, 1806-18; F.H.S., 1809: colonial secretary for New South Wales, 1825-37; first speaker in the first legislative council, 1843-6; died at Sydney; possessed a fine collection of insects.
Macleay: '''Macleay''' Sm GEORGE ([[1809]]-[[1891]]), Australian explorer and statesman: son of Alexander Macleay ; explored South Australia with Sturt: speaker of the legislative council of New South Wales, 1843-6; K.O.M.G., 1875.
James Robert Macleay: '''James Robert Macleay''' ([[1811]]-[[1892]]), of the foreign office; son of Alexander Macleay; secretary and registrar to the British and Portuguese commission at the Cape of Good Hope for the suppression of the slave trade, 1843-58.
Kenneth Macleay: '''Kenneth Macleay''' , the elder (fl. [[1819]]), antiquary; physician in Glasgow; published Historical Memoirs of Kob Roy and the Clan MacGregor 1818.
Kenneth Macleay: '''Kenneth Macleay''' , the younger ([[1802]]-[[1878]]), miniature-painter; son of Kenneth Macleay the elder ; entered the TrusteesAcademy, Edinburgh, 1822; one of the original members of the Royal Scottish Academy, founded, 1826: employed by Queen Victoria to paint figures Illustrative of the highland clan costumes (selection published as Highlanders of Scotland 1870.)
Sir William Macleay: '''Sir William Macleay''' ( [[1820]]-[[1891]] Australian statesman and naturalist: nephew of Alexander Macleay ; emigrated to Australia, 1839; member of the legislative assembly, 1854-74; formed a valuable entomological museum, afterwards presented to the New South Wales University; member of the legislative council; knighted, 1889.
William Sharp Macleay: '''William Sharp Macleay''' ([[1792]]-[[1865]]), zoologist: son of Alexander Macleay; educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge: M.A., 1818; secretary to the board for liquidating British claims in France on the peace of 1815: commissary judge in Havana, 1830-7; went to New South Wales, 1839, where he enlarged his father's collection of insects; chief work, 'Hone Entomologies propounding the circular or quinary system of classification, 2 vols., 1819 and 1821.
Mrs Maclehose: '''Mrs Maclehose''' . AGNES ([[1759]]-[[1841]]), the 'Clarindaof Robert Bums; nte Craig; grandniece of Colin Maclaurin: married James Maclehose, a Glasgow lawyer, 1776; separated from him, 1780; moved to Edinburgh, 1782; first met Burns, 1787; entered into a familiar correspondence with him and sent him verses; her ambiguous relations with Burns were interrupted for a while by his marriage to Jean Armour, 1788, but were continued till 1791. Mrs. Maclehose went to Jamaica to join her husband, but soon returned, 1792; corresponded with Burns till 1794; the whole correspondence between Burns and herself published, 1843. McLELLAN, ARCHIBALD (1797-1854), coachbuilder and amateur of works of art; a leading Glasgow citizen. His collection of pictures forms the nucleus of the Corporation Galleries of Art at Glasgow.
John Maclellan: '''John Maclellan''' ([[1609]] ?-l[[651]]), of Kirkcudbright ; covenanting minister; M.A. Glasgow, 1629; after ordination ministered in Ireland and Scotland; snpixsed to possess the gift of prophecy; prophesied the disaster of Hamilton's force in England, 1648; member of the assembliescommissions, 1642, 1645, and 1649.
Sir Robert Maclellan: '''Sir Robert Maclellan''' , of Bombie, first BARON
Kikkcuubhiuht: '''Kikkcuubhiuht''' (d. [[1641]]), succeeded his father as Baron of Bornbie, 1608; gentleman of the bedchamber to James I and Charles I; knighted by Jam* I and cr ed Baron Kirkcudbright (8 Charles I; created McLENHAH, JOHN FERGUSON (188T-18H1). Moiolegist; educated at Aberdeen University and Trinity College, Cambridge: B.A., 1853: wrote for the Leader for two years; called to the Scottish bar, 1867; contributed tin- article onLawto tlieEncyclopedia Britannic* (8th edition), 1K57; parliamentary draughtsman for Hootland. 1871; LL.D. Aberdeen, 1874; author ofPrimitive Marriage 1866, a book tliat gave immenie impetus to research, and other works; originated theory that exogamy was the primitive form of marriage, polyandry and monandry being successive development*,
Alexander Macleod: '''Alexander Macleod''' ([[1817]]-[[1891]]), presbyterian divine: educated at Glasgow University; ordained, 1844: D.D., 1866; moderator of tlie presbyterian church of England, 1889; author of articles and essays on rellgtou* subjects.
Allan Macleod: '''Allan Macleod''' ( . [[1805]]), political writer : editor and owner of the London Albion Journal; author of virulent pamphlets. McLEOD, SIR DONALD FRIBLL (1810-1872), Indian administrator; son of Duncan Macleod; born at Calcutta: came to England, 1814; educated at Haileybury; returned to Calcutta, 1828; after holding subordinate posts became commissioner of the Trans-Sutlej states, 1849-54; at Lahore during the mutiny, 1857-8; lieutenant-governor of the Punjab, 1866-70; K.C.8.I., 1866. McLEOD, DUNCAN (1780-1856), lieutenant-general; relative of Neil MoLeod; second-lieutenant, Bengal engineers, 1795; chief engineer for Bengal; lieutenantgeneral, 1851.
Sir George Husband Baird Macleod: '''Sir George Husband Baird Macleod''' ([[1828]]1892), surgeon; son of Norman Macleod the elder; studied medicine at Glasgow (M.D., 1853), Paris, and Vienna; senior surgeon of thecivil hospital at Smyrna during the Crimean war; regius professor of surgery, Glasgow, 1869; knighted, 1887. McLEOD, JOHN (17777-1820), naval surgeon and author; surgeon in the navy, 1801: on the Trusty, a slave trade boat, 1803: concerned in the capture of a French ship and tried for piracy: employed on foreign service till 1817; M.D. St. Andrews, 1818; surgeon to the Royal Sovereign yacht, 1818-20: published Narrative of a Voyage in His Majesty's late Ship Alceste to the Yellow Sea, along the coast of Corea 1817, and A Voyage to Africa, 1820.
John Macleod: '''John Macleod''' ([[1757]]-[[1841]]), presbyterian divine and Gaelic scholar; educated at Aberdeen University: ordained, 1779: D.D., 1795; superintended publication of Gaelic bible, 1826; general editor of the Gaelic dictionary, 1828.
Sir John Macpherson Macleod: '''Sir John Macpherson Macleod''' ([[1792]]-[[1881]] X Indian civilian: educated at Haileybury and Edinburgh University; writer in Madras civil service, 1811; commissioner (1832) for government of Mysore, of which province he organised the financial and political administration; K.O.S.I., 1866; privy councillor, 1871.
Mary Macleod: '''Mary Macleod''' ([[1569]]- [[1674]]), Gaelic poetess ; called Poetess of the Isles; her poems chiefly panegyrics of the Macleods.
Neil Macleod: '''Neil Macleod''' , eleventh of Assynt ([[1628]] 7-[[1697]] ?), betrayed Moutroee to his enemies, 1650; imprisoned for having delivered up Montrose. 1660-6: pardoned, 16W; again imprisoned in consequence of a feud with the Mackenzies, 1672; tried on four charges, although acquitted on two: was deprived of his estates, 1690.
Sir Norman Macleod: '''Sir Norman Macleod''' (ft. [[1650]]X founder of the Macleods of Berncra and Muiravonside: joined forces of Charles II, 1650; present at the battle of Worcester, 1661, and tried for high treason; camped; wa mtm lieutenant-colonel and employed by Charles II to carry information to his adherents; knightud at the Restoration,
Norman Macleod: '''Norman Macleod''' , the elder ([[1783]]- [[1862]]), clenry man of the church of Scotland; ordained, 1806; D.D.
Macleod: '''Macleod'''
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Nouman Macleod: '''Nouman Macleod''' , the younger ([[1812]]-[[1872]]), Scottish divine: sou of Nor man Mucleod the elder; studied divinity at Edinburgh, 1831: ordained, 1838: remained in the church at the disruption, 1843: one of the founder* of the Evangelical Alliance, 1847; editor of the Edinhtinrh Christian Instructor 184: chaplain to Queen Victoria, 1857-72: D.D. Glasgow, 1858: editor of 'Good Words 180-72: made a tour in Palestine and pul.li-lied an account of it, entitledEastward 1866: visited the mission stations in India, 1867; published Peeps at the Far East 1871.
Roderick Macleod: '''Roderick Macleod''' (rf. [[1852]]), physician : educated at Edinburgh University; M.D., 1816; F.R.C.P., 1836: (iiilstoniun lecturer, 1837; consiliariu*, 1839; editor and proprietor of the London Medical und Physical Journal 1822.
Muircheartach Macliac: '''Muircheartach Macliac''' (rf. [[1015]]), Irish poet ; chief poet to Brian (926-1014): present at the battle of Cloutarf, 1014; a legend of Cam Conaill in the Book of Leinster is attributed to him and considered genuine.
Daniel Maclise: '''Daniel Maclise''' ([[1806]]-[[1870]]), historical painter ; first studied art at the Cork Academy, 1822; unobserved made a clever drawing of Sir Walter Scott, while in a bookshop at Cork; opened a studio as a portrait-painter; went to London, 1827; came into notice in London by his portrait of Charles Kean, 1827; entered the Academy schools, 1828; exhibited at the Royal Academy, 18291870; contributed series of character portraits, including all the great literary men and women of the time, under the pseudonym of Alfred Croquis, toEraser's Ma.My.ine, 1 1830-8: R.A., 1840; occupied in painting the two frescoes in the Royal Gallery in the House of Lords, Wellington and Bllicher at Waterloo and The Death of Nelson," 1857-66: refused presidency of Royal Academy; designed book illustrations for Tennyson (1860), and for some of his friend Dickens's Christmas books; his frescoes the greatest historical paintings of the English school.
Flann Maclonan: '''Flann Maclonan''' (d. [[896]]), Irish historian and poet; author of a poem contained in theBook of Leiuster; two other poems attributed to him.
Macmakon: '''Macmakon''' Silt CHARLES ([[1824]]-[[1891]]), captain; son of Sir William MacMahon: in the army, 18421851: served in India and Canada, and (1851) attained a captaincy; entered the Melbourne police, 1853; chief commissioner till 1858: member of the legislative assembly at Melbourne, 1861-86; speaker, 1871-7 and 1880; knighted, 1875.
Heber Macmahon: '''Heber Macmahon''' , EVER, or EMER, usually latinised as E.MEKUS MATTHBUS (1600-1650), bishop of Clogher and general in Ulster; educated at the Irish college, Douay, and at Louvain; ordained priest 1625; bishop of Clogher, 1643: a leader among the confederate catholics: general of the Ulster army against Cromwell, 1650; defeated at Scariffhollis, taken prisoner, and executed,
Hugh Oge Macmahon: '''Hugh Oge Macmahon''' ([[1606]]?-[[1644]]), Irish conspirator; joined the northern conspiracy, 1641; planned the assault on Dublin Castle, was betrayed by an accomplice, and arrested; imprisoned in Dublin and in the Tower of London; escaped, 1644; retaken, tried, and executed.
John Henry Macmahon: '''John Henry Macmahon''' ([[1829]]-[[1900]]X scholar; M.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1856: took holy orders, 1883: cliaplain to lord-lieutenant, and, from 1890, to Mount joy prison; published classical translations and other works. M'MAHOK, THOMAS O'BRIEN (. 1777), Irish miscellaneous writer.
Sir Thomas Westropp Macmahon: '''Sir Thomas Westropp Macmahon''' , third baronet (1813-1892), general; entered the army, 1829; served in the Sutlej campaign, 1846: major, 1847; served through the Crimean war; succeeded to baronetcy, 1860; general, 1880. 1U, MA, CMAHOH 8m WILL IAM, first baronet (17767), Irish judge: called to t lie Irish bar, 1799; master of the roll*, 1814-37; received a baronetcy, 1814.
Tkmknck Macmantts: '''Tkmknck Macmantts''' I'.KLLEW ([[1823]] ?- [[1860]]), Irish patriot: member of the82 club, 1844; joined the physical force movement, 1848; took part in the Tipperary civil war: arri'stol and transported to Van Diemen's Land, 1849; escaped (1852) to San Francisco, where he died.
William Macmichael: '''William Macmichael''' ([[1784]]-[[1839]]), physician ; of Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1807: Radcliffe travelling fellow, 1811: M.D., 1816: F.R.C.P., 1818; censor, 1822, registrar, 1824-9; published (1819)Journey from Moscow to Constantinople an account of his travels, 1814-17; publishedThe Gold-headed Cane 1827: physician in ordinary to William IV, 1831; published also medical works.
Angus Macmillan: '''Angus Macmillan''' ([[1810]]-[[1865]]), discoverer of Gippsland, Australia; emigrated to Australia, 1829; explored the country south-west of Sydney, afterwanls called Gippsland, 1839-41; died in Australia, xxxv. 2301
Daniel Macmillan: '''Daniel Macmillan''' ([[1813]]-[[1857]]), bookseller and publisher: founder of the firm of Macmillan & Co., London; took service with a Cambridge bookseller, 1833-7, and with Messrs. Seeley of Fleet Street, London, 1837-43: set up for himself with his brother Alexander, at first in i London, but soon re-settled at Cambridge, 1843: added I publishing to the bookselling business at Cambridge, 1844; published Kingsley's Westward Ho 1 1855, and Tom Brown's School Days 1857.
John Macmillan: '''John Macmillan''' ([[1670]]-[[1753]]), founder of the reformed presbyterian church; studied at Edinburgh University; ordained, 1701; deposed for schismatical practices, 1703; retained his church and manse; resigned in order to terminate the insults to which his appointed successor was subjected, 1715: minister to the 'remnantafterwards called Macmillanites, 1706-43; first pastor of theReformed Presbyterians 1712; published controversial pamphlets.
Florence Macmoyer: '''Florence Macmoyer''' (d. [[1713]]), last keeper of the book of Armagh, written in 807; schoolmaster; pledged theBook of Armagh of which he was custodian, as a member of the Clan MacMoyre, to pay his expenses to London, 1680; a witness, probably perjured, at trial of Oliver Plunket, 1681; imprisoned till after 1683; theBook of Armagh was ultimately sold to Trinity College, Dublin.
Diarmaid Macmtjrchada: '''Diarmaid Macmtjrchada''' (Dermod MacMurrough) (1110? - 1171), king of Leinster, succeeding 1126; claimed the south of Ireland, 1134: ravaged the south with great cruelty and abducted DerTorgill, wife of the lord of Breifne, 1152: was defeated and banished by a combination of chieftains, 1166: his offer to become Henry IPs vassal, if assisted in the restoration of his kingdom, accepted; returned to Ireland, 1167, having prevailed on Ricliard de Clare (Strongbow) to assist him, Henry II being unwilling to afford him direct help; took Waterford and Dublin with the aid of various Norman nobles; claimed to be king of all Ireland, McMTTRDO, SIR WILLIAM MONTAGU SCOTT (1819-1894), general: studied at Sandhurst; lieutenant, 22nd foot, 1841; quartermaster-general in Scinde, 18421847; aide-de-camp to Sir Charles James Napier, 1849; served against Afridis, 1851; brevet lieutenantcolonel, 1853; organised transport service in Crimea: aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria and brevet-colonel, 1855; C.B., 1857; colonel commandant of military train, 1857; lieutenant-general, 1876; general, 1878; K.C.B., 1881.
Macmttrrogh: '''Macmttrrogh''' or MACMTIRCHAD, ART ([[1357]]1417), styled also CAVANAOH; Irish chief; descended from Donall, illegitimate son of Diarmaid or Dermod MacMurchada; frequently in arms against the English government for private reasons; a reward offered for his capture by Richard II.
Macnab: '''Macnab''' Sm ALLAN NAPIER, first baronet (1798-1862), Canadian soldier and politician; born at Newark, now Niagara, Ontario; joined the army and then the navy at the time of the American invasion, 1813-15; called to the Canadian bar, 1826; member of the House of Assembly, 1830, and speaker, 1837-41, 1844-8, and 1862; with the militia in the rebellion, 1837-8; knighted, 1838; created baronet, 158. xxxv. 236J
Macnab: '''Macnab'''
Mac: '''Mac''' HERSON
Henry Gray Macnab: '''Henry Gray Macnab''' or (JHBY ([[1761]]-1 publk-ist: studied medicine at Montpellier; pn-jiui eilnriitioual scheme on Owenite lines, but died at Paris before it was put into practice; published works on McNAB, WILLIAM RAMSAY {1844-1889), nist; M.D. Edinburgh, 1866; professor of botany, Dublin Royal College of Science, 1872-89; scientific superintendent of Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, and Swimy lecturer on geology at British Museum: author, of botanical papers and text-books.
Macnaghten: '''Macnaghten''' or MACNATJGHTON, JOHN (rf. 1761), criminal; educated at Dublin University: sought to marry Miss Knox, an heiress of Prehen, Londonderry,, and persuaded her to go through the ceremony with him; being forbidden to communicate with her by her family, he and his accomplices attacked the couch by which she was travelling to Dublin, and shot her; captured, tried, and liangcd at Strabane.
Sir William Hay Macnaghten: '''Sir William Hay Macnaghten''' , first , baronet (1793-1841), diplomatist: educated at Charterhouse School; went to India in the East India Company's service, 1809: studied Hindustani, Persian, and other Asiatic tongues; judge and magistrate of Shahabod, 1820; registrar of the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut for: nine years; published works on Indian law, 1825-0; secretary to Lord Vi11iam Bentinck, 1830-3; In charge of the secret and political departments of the secretariat, 1833-7; accompanied Lord Auckland to the north-west i provinces, 1837; appointed envoy and minister to the Afghan court at Cabul, 1 Oct. 1838; accompanied expe- I dition which placed ShahSoojah on Afghan throne; found difficulty in acting with the military authorities; created baronet and a provisional member of the council of India, 1840; nominated governor of Bombay, 1841; meanwhile j rebellion broke out anew in Afghanistan, and Macuaghten I unsuspectingly accepted the terms of the insurgents, which were not adhered to; he was shot at Cabul by, Akbar Khan, the deposed ameer's son, at a meeting with the chiefs to discuss the situation. McNAIR, WILLIAM WATTS (1849-1889), traveller; joined Indian survey department, 1867; accom- i panied Aghan field force, 1879-80; attempted to visit ! Kafristan disguised as native doctor, but failed, 1883; continued his survey work; died at Mussooree.
Leonard Macnally: '''Leonard Macnally''' ([[1752]]-[[1820]]), playwright ' and political informer; called to the Irish bar, 1776: barrister, Middle Temple, 1783; edited The Public Ledger and wrote plays; joined the United Irishmen, but secretly; betrayed them to the government, 1794-1820; took briefs for the defence in government prosecutions, and disclosed their contents to the crown lawyers; his conduct only discovered after his death; author of dramatic pieces, legal works, and the song,Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill

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James Macnamara: '''James Macnamara''' ([[1768]]-[[1826]]), rear-admiral; entered the navy, 1782: served on foreign stations; commander, 1793: served under Nelson, 1795-6; tried for manslaughter, having mortally wounded Colonel Montgomery in a duel, but was acquitted, 1803: served in the North Sea; rear-admiral, 1814. McNAMARA, THOMAS (1808-1892% Irish catholic divine; helped to establish Castlekuock College, co. Dublin, 1834, and acted as its superior, 1804-8; rector of the Irisli College in Paris, 1868-89; wrote works for the catholic clergy.
John Macnaughton: '''John Macnaughton''' (d. [[1761]]). See MAC-
Naohtkn: '''Naohtkn'''
Macnee: '''Macnee''' Sm DANIEL ([[1806]]-[[1882]]), portraitpainter; employed by William Home Lizars; an academician of the newly founded Royal Scottish Academy, 1830: portrait-painter at Glasgow, 1832; exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1840-81; president of the Royal Scottish Academy, 1876; knighted, 1877. McNEILE, HUGH (1795-1879), dean of Ripon; M.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1821; D.D., 1847; ordained, 1820; canon of Chester, 1845-68: dean of Ripon, 1868-76; a strong evangelical; published sermons and religious works. McNEILL, DUNCAN, first BARON OOLONSAY and OROXSAY (1793-1874), Scottish judge; educated at St. Andrews and Edinburgh Universities; called to the Scottish bar, 1816; solicitor-general for Scotland, 1H34-5, 18 11-2; M.P., Argyllshire. 1848-51; lord advocate, 1R421846: ordinary lord of tewion M Lord Oolonsay and Oronsay, 1851; lord justice-general, 1852-67; created Baron Oolonsay and Oroway, 1887.
Hector Macneill: '''Hector Macneill''' ([[1746]]-[[1818]]), Scottish poet; filled a succession of subordinate port* with commercial firms in West Indies, 1761-76: assistant-secretary ou board flagships In naval expeditions, 1 780-6; subsequently fallal to obtain remunerative employment; lived with friends in Scotland and Jamaica: wrote, among poems, Scotland's Scaith, or the History of Will and. 1795. and The Waes oWar, or the Upshot of the History of Will and Jean 1796. McNEILL, SIR JOHN (1795-1883), diplomatist; brother of Duncan McNetll, first baron Tolonsay; M.D. Edinburgh, 1814: surgeon on the East India Company's Bombay establishment, 1816-36; envoy and minister plenipotentiary to the Khali at Teheran, 18S6: failed to prevent the shah from attacking the Afghans, 1838; eventually brought about treaty of commerce between Great Britain and Persia, 1M41; "olmiruian ul the board of supervision of the working of the Scottish 1'our Law Act, 1845-78; on commission of inquiry into the commissariat department and general organisation of troops in Crimea, 1855; privy councillor, 1857; died at Cannes.
Sir John Benjamin Macneill: '''Sir John Benjamin Macneill''' ([[1793]]7-[[1880]]), civil engineer; one of Td ford's chief assistant* in road and bridge making; made known his plan ofsectioplanography 1837: professor of civil engineering at Trinity College, Dublin, 1842-52; knighted, 1844: constructed railway lines in Scotland, and was surveyor to the Irish railway commission; on becoming blind withdrew from professional pursuits; author of works on engineering.
Macneven: '''Macneven''' or MACNEVIN, WILLIAM JAMES (1763-1841), United Irishman; educated at Prague; studied medicine tin-re and practised in Dublin, 1784; joined the United Irishmen, 1797; urged French intervention, and, his memorial falling into the hands of the English, was arrested, 1798; to allay the severity with which the government suppressed the rebellion, disclosed the conspiracy and offered to submit to banishment for life: eventually confined in Fort George, Scotland, till 1802; physician in New York, 1805; held various medical appointments in the College of Physicians and Surgeons there, 1808-39; champion of the Irish in America: died at New York.
Donald Macnicol: '''Donald Macnicol''' ([[1735]]-[[1802]]X pnsbyterian divine and author; graduated at St. Andrew?, 1756: published a defence of the highlands against Dr. Johnson's 'Journey to the Hebrides 1779.
Macni: '''Macni''' 8H, ROBERT ([[1802]]-[[1837]]), author and physician; M.D. Glasgow, 1825; contributed his one masterpiece in fiction,The Metempsychosis toBlackwood 1826; published The Philosophy of Sleep 1830. xxxv. 2531
Maconochie: '''Maconochie''' afterwards MACONOCHIE -WEL-
Alexander Wood: '''Alexander Wood''' , LORD MRAUOWBANK ([[1777]]-[[1861]]), Scottish judge: son of Allan Maconochie; admitted advocate, 1799; solicitor-general, 1813: lordadvocate, 1816; M.P., Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 1817-18, Kilrenny district of burghs, 1818-19; raised to the Scottish bench as Lord Meadowbank, 1819: resigned, 1843; assumed the additional surname of Welwood on succeeding to his cousin's estates, 1854.
Allan Maconochie: '''Allan Maconochie''' , LORD MKAHOWBANK ([[1748]]1816), Scottish jmlge: educated at Edinburgh University; admitted advocate, 1770; professor of public law, Edinburgh, 1779-96: took his seat on the Scottish bench as Lord Meadowbank, 1796; author of legal and agricultural works.
James Macphail: '''James Macphail''' (fl. [[1785]]-[[1805]]X gardener : invented a new method of growing cucumbers; published horticultural works.
David Macpherson: '''David Macpherson''' ([[1746]]-[[1816]]X historian and compiler: deputy-keeper in London of public records; edited NVyntoun's Orygynal Cronykil of Scotland 17W; assisted in preparing for publication Rotull Scotia* (voL I. and part of vol. li.)
Macpherson: '''Macpherson''' 824
Macsparran: '''Macsparran'''
Duncan Macpherson: '''Duncan Macpherson''' (d. [[1867]]). army surgeon :ui-l writer: surgeon to the army In Madras, 1836, in China. 1840-2, in Russia, 1855: inspector-general of the medical wrvioe of Madras, 1857; chief work,Antiquities of Kertoh nnl U. ir.-hcs in the Cimmerian Botpboruft 1887; died at Merkura, Coorg.
Kwen Macpherson: '''Kwen Macpherson''' (d. [[1756]]), of Cluny: Jacobite: before the outbreak of the rebellion supported the government, but on being pressed joined Prince Charles Edward. 1746: helped the prince to escape: tied to France, 1766; died at Dunkirk.
Kwen Macpherson: '''Kwen Macpherson''' ([[1804]]-[[1884]]), son of Ewen Maophcrson ( f. 1756): captain in the 42nd highhuiclt-rs: interested himself in the highland volunteer movi-nu-nt; C.B.
Macpherson: '''Macpherson''' Sm HERBERT TAYLOR ([[1827]]1886), major-general, Bengal staff corps; served under Havi-lnck at Lucknow. gaining the V.O., 1867: transferred to the Indian army, 1H65: commanded a division in the Afghan war. 1878 9: K.C.B., 1879: major-general and present at Tel-el-Kebir, 1882: commander- in-chief at Madras 1886: sent to organise the pacification of Burmah, 1886: fell ill and died on his way from Promt- to Rangoon.
James Macpherson: '''James Macpherson''' . [[1700]]), the Banff freebooter; of gipsy parentage; wandered about Scotland with his mother till captured, 1700: executed on the charge of going up and doune the country armed: said to have played a rant before his execution, the words of which are probably wrongly attributed to him.
James Macpherson: '''James Macpherson''' ([[1736]]-[[1796]]), the alleged translator of the Ossianic poems; studied at Aberdeen and Edinburgh Universities; said to have composed over four thousand verses while at college; publishedThe Highlander 1758, andFragments of Ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands 1760; issued two epic poems, Pingal 1762, and Temora 1763, which he alleged to be translated from the Gaelic of a poet called Ossian; was generally believed to have wholly invented the poems; never seriously rebutted the charge of forgery: attacked by Dr. Johnson in his Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland 1775: secretary to the governor of Pensacola, West Florida, 1764-6; publishedOriginal Papers containing the Secret History of Great Britain from the Restoration till the Accession of George I 1775; employed by North's ministry to defend their American policy, from 1766; M.P., Oamelford, 1780-96; London agent to Mohammed Ali, nabob of Arcot, 1781. After Macpherson's death a committee was appointed by the Highland Society of Scotland to investigate the Ossianic poems, 1797. They reported that while a great legend of Fiugul and Ossian existed in Scotland, Macpherson had liberally allied his originals and inserted passages of his own. Subsequent investigation has confirmed the committee's conclusions.
John Macpherson: '''John Macpherson''' ([[1710]]-[[1765]]), presbyterian minister: M.A. Aberdeen, 1728: D.D., 1761: work on the Ancient Caledonians published, 1768.
Macpherson: '''Macpherson''' 8m JOHN, first baronet ([[1745]]1881X governor-general of India: educated at Edinburgh University; writer under the East India Company at Madras, 1770-6: dismissed in consequence of his conduct while on a secret mission to England for the nabob of the Carnatic in 1768, 1777; reinstated, 1781; M.P., Cricklade, 1779-82, Horsham, 1796-1802; member of the supreme council at Calcutta, 1782: governor-general of India, 1786-6; created baronet, 1786.
John Macpherson: '''John Macpherson''' ([[1817]]-[[1890]]), physician: brother of Samuel Charters Macpherson and of William Macpherson: M.A. and hon. M.D. Aberdeen: studied medicine in London and abroad, 1835-9 member Royal College of Surgeons, 1839; in the East India Company's service, 1839-64, becoming inspectorgeneral of hospitals; published medical works.

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Mac: '''Mac''' ! HERSON, PAUL ([[1766]]-[[1846]]), Soottfeh abbe tortied at the Scot* Colleges in Rome and Valladolid; procurator of the mission in Scotland, 1791; agent of the Scottish clergy at Rome, 1793-8 and 1800-11; first I Beotttah rector of the Sooto College in Rome, 1820-6 and lW4-4; died at Rome.
Samuel Charters Macpherson: '''Samuel Charters Macpherson''' ([[1806]]-1 [[860]]), political agent in India: brother of John Macpherson I (1817-1890) ami of William Macpherson; ! studied at Edinburgh University and at Trinity College, Cambridge: cntt-n-i the Indian army, 1827; despatched to obtain info.-mntion about the K howls in Gumsur. 1837-9: principal assistant to the agent, completely I reforming the tribe, 1842-4: governor-general's agent for suppression of human sacrifice in Orissa. 1845; agent at Gwalior: prevented Gwalior tribes from joining the i mutiny, 1867; died in India.
Macpherson: '''Macpherson''' VILLIAM([[1812]]-[[1893]]), legal writer : brother of John Macpherson (1817-1890), and of Samuel Charters Macpherson; of Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge; barrister, Inner Temple, 1837; M.A., 1838; master of equity in the supreme court, Calcutta, 1848-59: edited the Quarterly Review 1860-7; secretary to the Indian law commission, 1861-70; in the India office as legal adviser, 1874-9, and as secretary in the judicial department, 1879-82; chief work, Procedure of the Civil Courts of India 1850.
Lachlan Macqttarie: '''Lachlan Macqttarie''' (d. [[1824]]), mjjor-general and governor of New South Wales: entered the army, 1777; served in America and Jamaica, 1777-84, India, China, and Egypt, 1787-1807; governor of New South Wales, 1809-21; personally encouraged exploration in the colony: his administration attacked at home for his i efforts on behalf of the convict population.
James Macqtteen: '''James Macqtteen''' ([[1778]]-[[1870]]), geographer; manager of a sugar plantation in the West Indies, 1796; a student of African geography; edited Glasgow i Courier 1821; wrote in London on politics, geography, j economics, and general literature.
John Fraser Macqtjeen: '''John Fraser Macqtjeen''' ([[1803]]-[[1881]]), lawyer; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1838; bencher, 1861; official reporter of Scottish and divorce appeals in the House of { Lords, 1860-79; compiled 4 vols. of appellate reports, ! 1801-5; Q.C., 1861: published legal works,
Robert Macqueen: '''Robert Macqueen''' , LORD BRAXFIKU ([[1722]] 1799), Scottish judge; educated at Edinburgh University; admitted advocate, 1744; ordinary lord of session as Lord i Braxfield, 1776; lord of justiciary, 1780; lord justice clerk, 1788; expert in feudal law.
Denis Ange: '''Denis Ange''' ([[1756]]-[[1823]]), abbe and miscellaneous writer; born at Meaux; professor of belleslettres and rhetoric at Meaux; came to England, 1792; heraldic draughtsman to the College of Arms, 1793; published works on heraldry and other subjects.
James Macrae: '''James Macrae''' ([[1677]] ?-[[1744]]), governor of Madras ; went to sea, 1692; subsequently served under the East India Company: governor of Madras, 1725; effected reforms in the fiscal administration; settled in Scotland. 1731.
William Charles Macready: '''William Charles Macready''' ([[1793]]-[[1873]]), actor: educated at Rugby; made his first appearance at Birmingham as Romeo, 1810: acted in the provinces with his father's company, at Newcastle playing with Mrs. Siddons; first appeared at Covent Garden, London, 1816; raised by his Richard III to the undisputed head of the theatre, 1819; quarrelled with the management of Covent Garden, and began to play at Drury Lane, 1823; acted in America, 1826-7, and in Paris, 1828; manager of Covent Garden, 1837-9; produced theLady of Lyons 1838; at the Haymarket, 1839-41; manager of Drury Lane, 1841-3; visited America, 1843; played in Paris with Miss Helen Faucit; while in America (1848) was involved in an unfortunate quarrel with the actor Forrest, which caused a riot; obliged to leave the country in consequence; took leaveof the stage as Macbeth at Drury Lane, 1851; called by Talfourd the most romantic of actors; his impersonation of King Lear still held to be unrivalled,
Cox Macro: '''Cox Macro''' ([[1683]]-[[1767]]), antiquary ; educated at Christ's College, Cambridge (LL.Ii., 1710), and Leyden University; chaplain to George II; D.D. Cambridge, 1717; collected valuable antiquities, books, paintings, coins, and medals.
James Macsparran: '''James Macsparran''' (d. [[1757]]), writer on America; M.A. Glasgow, 1709; ordained, 1720; sent as a missionary to Narragausett, Rhode island, 1721, and ministered there till his death; visited England, 1736 and.
Macswinny: '''Macswinny'''
Madox: '''Madox''' 1754-6; made D.D. Oxford as u recognition of his effort* against the dissenters, 1737: warned intending gainst emigrating to America inAmerica Dissected 1763.
Owen Macswinny: '''Owen Macswinny''' (,. [[1754]]X
John Mactaggart: '''John Mactaggart''' ([[1791]]-[[1830]]), encyclopedist and versifier; studied at Edinburgh: clerk of works to Rideau canal. Canada, 1826-8: publishedScott vidian Encyclopedia 1824, and Three Years la Canada,* 182y.
John Gibson Macvicar: '''John Gibson Macvicar''' ([[1800]]-[[1884]]), author; educated at St. Andrews and Edinburgh Universities: lecturer in natural history at St. Andrews, 1827: paotor of the Scottish Church lu Ceylon, 1839-52; published scientific works.
Macward: '''Macward''' or MACUARD, ROBERT ([[1633]] 7-[[1687]]), covenanting minister; studied at St. Andrews University; ordained, 1654: preached in support of the covenant, 16G1; banished to Holland; died at Uo.terdam: published religious pamphlets. Me WILLIAM, JAMES ORMISTON (1808-1862), medical officer to the Niger expedition; surgeon in the navy, 1830; M.I). Edinburgh, 1840: appointed senior surgeon (1840) on the Albert, one of the ships which joined the Niger expedition; practically saved his own ship when a fever broke out among the members of the expedition at the mouth of the Niger and their return was necessary, 1841; published his Medical History of the Niger Expedition 1843; sent to the Cape de Verde islands to study the yellow fever; medical officer to the custom house, 1847-C2; F.R.S., 1848.
Martin Madan: '''Martin Madan''' ([[1726]]-[[1790]]), author of 'Thelyphthora: educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford; B.A., 1746; barrister, 1748; adopted methodist principles after hearing a sermon by Wesley; ordained; became chaplain of the Lock Hospital, 1750-80; in close connection with Lady Huntingdon; corresponded with John Wesley; published Thelyphthora a book in favour of polygamy, 1780, which excited public indignation, the poet Cowper being among its assailants; author of religious works.
Spencer Madan: '''Spencer Madan''' ([[1729]]-[[1813]]), bishop successively of Bristol and Peterborough; younger brother of Martin Madan; of Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1753; fellow, 1753; D.D., 1756; chaplain in ordinary to the king, 1761-87; bishop of Bristol, 17921794, of Peterborough, 1794-1813.
Spencer Madan: '''Spencer Madan''' ([[1768]]-[[1836]]), translator of Grotius; son of Spencer Madan (1729-1813); of Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge: M.A., 1778; chaplain in ordinary to the king, 1788; prebendary of Peterborough, 1800; D.D., 1809; published translation of Qrotius's De Veritate 1782. xxxv. 291 j
Sir Frederic Madden: '''Sir Frederic Madden''' ([[1801]]-[[1873]]), antiquary and palaeographer; nephew of Sir George Allan Madden ; collated manuscripts of Caedmon for Oxford University, 1825; engaged on the British Museum Catalogue 1826 -8; assistant-keeper of manuscripts, 1828; head of the department, 1837-66; F.R.S., 1830: an original member of the Athenaeum Club, 1830: knighted, 1883; edited Layamon's Brut 1847, and Wycllf s Bible 1850.
Madden: '''Madden''' Sm GEORGE ALLAN ([[1771]]-[[1828]]), majorgeneral in the British and Portuguese armies; entered the army, 1788: served in Italy, Corsica, and Portugal, 1793-5; in Egypt, 1801; tried by court-martial for perjury, 1801: had to resign his commission, 1802; brigadier-general in the Portuguese iirmy, 1809; served with the Spanish troops. 1810-13; reinstated in the British army, 1818; knighted, 1816; major-general in the British army, 1819. feretary to the Loan Fond Board, Dublin Castle, 1810-80; F.R.O.8., 1856; best-known work, "The United Irishmen, their Lfr and Time* 7 volTTsV * M JSBT
Samuel Madden: '''Samuel Madden''' ([[1686]]-17M), misceUaneous writer and philanthropist: B.A. Dublin, 170i: D.D., 1723; ordained and held cum; organised the system of premium* in Dublin University. 1780: chief work.Inflections and Kesohitioni proper for the Gentlemen of Ireland as to their conduct for the service of their country,* Constantinople -1886), t
Richard Robert Madden: '''Richard Robert Madden''' ([[1798]]- [[1886]]), miscellaneous writer; studied medicine at Paris, Naples, and London; one of the special magistrates appointed to ailminister statute abolishing slavery in Jamaica plantations. 1833-41; superintendent of liberated Africans, and judge-arbitrator in the mixed court of commission,Havana, 1836-40: special commissioner on the west coast of Africa, 1841-3; special correspondent of the Morning Chronicle 1843-G; colonial secretary of Western Australia, 1847-60;

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Maddi: '''Maddi''' 80N or MADDE8TONE. Sin RALPH ([[1171]] 71656?), economic writer: knighted, 1608; member of the royal oommUsion on the woollen trade, 1611; held office in the mint during the Commonwealth; author of England's Looking in and out: presented to the High Court of Parliament now assembled a olw ffrtmmmt of the theory of the balance of trade, 1640.
Henry Maddock: '''Henry Maddock''' (t [[1824]]). legal author; educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; borrUter, Lincoln Inn, 1801; died at St. Lucia in tin-West Indies; chief work, 'A Treatise on the... High Court of Chancery 2 vols. 1816.
Isaac Maddox: '''Isaac Maddox''' ([[1697]]-[[1769]]), bishop of Worcester: M.A. Edinburgh, 1723: ordained, 1723: B.A. Queen's College, Oxford, 1724: M.A. QueensCollege. Cambridge, 1728; published his best-known work, aVindication* of the Elizabethan settlement of the church of England, 1733; dean of Wells, 1734; bishop of St. Asapb, 1786, of Worcester, 1743.
Willis Maddox: '''Willis Maddox''' ([[1813]]-[[1863]]), painter; exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1844-62; invited to I to paint the sultan: died at Pera.
Watkin Maddy: '''Watkin Maddy''' (d. [[1857]]), astronomer ; of St. John's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1823: fellow, 1823; B.D., 1830; joined Cambridge Astronomical Society: published The Elements of the Theory of Plane Astronomy 1826.
Maderty: '''Maderty''' first BARON ([[1640]]7-[[1623]]). See DRUM-
Jamks Mono: '''Jamks Mono''' .
Madgett: '''Madgett''' or MADOET, NICHOLAS (.T.[[1799]]), Irish adventurer; in the French foreign office, 1794; sapported scheme for French expedition to Ireland, 1796; member of a secret committee for managing the affairs of Ireland and Scotland 1798; wrongly identified with another Maget, an Irish priest.
William Alexander Madocks: '''William Alexander Madocks''' ([[1774]]-[[1828]]X philanthropist; M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1799: reclaimed marsh laud in Carnarvonshire and founded the town of Tremadoc; M.P., Boston, Lincolnshire, 1802-20, Ohippenham, 1820-8: died in Paris.
Ap Maredttdd Madog: '''Ap Maredttdd Madog''' (. [[1160]]), prince of Powys ; nephew of lorwerth ab Bleddyn; prince of Powys during the reign of Stephen; allied himself with the English to protect his own domains; defeated in battle by the Prince of Gwynedd: probably liad a secret understanding with Henry II.
Ah Owain Gwynedd Madog: '''Ah Owain Gwynedd Madog''' ( [[1150]]-1 [[180]] ?X supposed discoverer of America; said in a Welsh poem of the fifteenth century to have gone to sea in ten ships and never returned. Dr. David Powel, who published Llwyd's translation of the -Hint y Tywysoeion 1584, with additions of his own, declared that Madog, after leaving Ireland to the north, came to a hind which must have been Florida or New Spain. The story, which is unsupported by evidence, is the subject of Southey's poem of Madoc
Ai Madog: '''Ai Madog''' GRUFFYDD MAELOR(.. [[1236]]X prince of Northern Powys; ruler of Northern Powys, 1197: an I ally of LJywelyn ab lorwerth; founded Valle ! Crucis Abbey, 1200.
Madog: '''Madog''' (fl. [[1294]]-[[1295]]), leader of the North Welsh rebellion: in consequence of heavy taxation rose in rebellion with many of the Welsh, 1294; forced to submit by Edward I, 1295.
Benfra Madog: '''Benfra Madog''' 8 (i.e. GRKATHKAI*) (. [[1350]]), Welsh poet; prominent with his brothers in the revival of Welsh poetry.
Thomas Madox: '''Thomas Madox''' ([[1666]]-[[1727]]). legal antiquary; sworn clerk in the lonl-truwurer'u office; joint-clerk in 1
Mael: '''Mael'''
Magrath: '''Magrath''' the auirmentation office, and published his Formulare Amrlicauum 1702, hisHistory aii.l Antiquities of the Exchequer of the Kings of KM,-!*,,,! 1711. on, of hi- beltknown works; historiographer royal, 1714. MAEL. SAINT (i. 487). MAEL DUB H (d. 675 ?). MAELGARBH (J. 644). MAELOWN OWYNEDD (d. 660 ?), British kin*: possibly theMaglocune* of Gildas: according to tradition snoceedal to the throne by overthrowing an uncle: probably died of the yellow pestilence
Maelmura: '''Maelmura''' (. 86), Irish historian ; monk of Fahan : one of hi* historical poems preserved in the Book of Leinster
Maelsechlainn: '''Maelsechlainn''' I (d. [[863]]), king of Ireland : succeeded his father, 842; defeated the Danes, 844 and 847; thrice Invaded Minister; again defeated the Danes, 869.
Molsechlainn: '''Molsechlainn''' U ([[949]]-[[1022]]), king of Ireland : chief of his clan, 979: became king of all Ireland, 980; defeated the Danes, 980 and 1000: recognised the superiority of Brian (926-1014) as king, 1002; regained his kingship on Brian's death in tlie battle of Cluantarbh (Clontarf ), in which the Danes were finally overthrown, 1014.
Francis Haoah: '''Francis Haoah''' ([[1772]] ?-[[1843]]), Irish informer: graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, 1794: admitted to the Irish bar, 1793; acted as government spy on Lord Edward Fitzgerald (1763-1798), 1798; elected member of the committee of United Irishmen on the night of Fitzgerald's arrest; commissioner for enclosing waste lands and commons, 1821; had a secret pension from government until 1834. M AGAUR AN, EDMUND (1548-1593), Roman catholic archbishop of Armagh; educated abroad; sent on a mission to the pope by the Irish chiefs, 1581: bishop of Ardagh, 1581; archbishop of Armagh and primate of nil Ireland, 1687; went to Spain and obtained from Philip II a promise of help for the Irish against Queen Elizabeth, 1692: instigated a rebellion: killed in an engagement with Elizabeth's troops.
James Magee: '''James Magee''' (d. [[1866]]), Irish journalist ; son of John Magee (d. 1809); conducted theDublin Evening Postfrom 1815; was subsequently a Dublin police magistrate.
John Magee: '''John Magee''' (J. [[1809]]), Irish journalist and colliery broker: proprietor and printer ofMagee's Weekly Packet 1777, of theDublin Evening Post 1779; opposed government measures in his paper; tried for libel on Francis Higgins (1746-1802) and found guilty, 1789; imprisoned in Newgate, Dublin.
John Magee: '''John Magee''' (ft. [[1814]]), son of John Magee (d. 1809) q. v.1; carried on the Dublin Evening Post; convicted of libel and imprisoned, 1813 and 1814: defended by Daniel O'Oonnell.
Martha Maria Maoee: '''Martha Maria Maoee''' (d. [[1846]]), foundress of the Magee College, Londonderry; daughter of Mr. Stewart of Lurgan, co. Armagh; married (1780) William Magee (d. 1800), presbyterian minister; inherited a fortune from her brothers: left 20,000*. to erect and endow a college for the Munition of the Irish presbyterian ministry (Magee College, opened, 1866).

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William Maoee: '''William Maoee''' ([[1766]]-[[1831]]), archbishop of Dublin: educated at Trinity College, Dublin; B. A., 1785; fellow, 1788; ordained, 1790; Donellan lecturer, 1795; professor of mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin, 1800; published sermons, delivered (1798 and 1799) in Trinity College Chapel as Discourses on the Scriptural Doctrines of Atonement and Sacrifice 1801; dean of Cork, 1813-19; bishop of Raphoe, 1819-22: archbishop of Dublin, 1822-31; rendered considerable services to the Irish church; his 'Works published, 1842.
William Connor Maoee: '''William Connor Maoee''' ([[1821]]-[[1891]]), successively bishop of Peterborough and archbishop of York; grandson of William Magee; entered Trinity College, Dublin, 1835: M.A., 1854; ordained, 1845; held various livings in England and Ireland, 1846-64: D.D. Dublin, I860; dean of Cork, 1864-8: Donnellan lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin, 18C5; dean of the Chapel Royal, Dublin, 1866-8; bishop of Peterborough, 1868-91; opposed Irish disestablishment: honorary D.O.L. Oxford, 1870; archbishop of York, 1891: one of the greatest orators and most brilliant controversialists of his day; published speeches, addresses, and sermons.
Magellan: '''Magellan''' or MAGALHAENS, JEAN HYA-
Dk Ointhe: '''Dk Ointhe''' ([[1723]]-[[1790]]), scientific investigator: descendant of the Portuguese navigator who discovered Magellan Straits in 1520: born probably at Talavera; Augustinian monk: abandoned monastic life for scientific research, 1763; reached England, 1764; F.R.S., 1774; published work on English reflecting instruments, 1775; engaged in perfecting the construction of scientific instruments; published descriptions of them, and the memoirs of his friend the Hungarian Count de Benyowsky (posthumous, 1791).
Con All Mageoghegan: '''Con All Mageoghegan''' (fl. [[1635]]), Irish historian; translatedThe Annals of Cloumacnois 1627.
Magheramorne: '''Magheramorne''' first BAROX ([[1823]]-[[1890]]). See Hooo, SIK JA.MKS MACNAGHTKX MCGAREL.
Robert Magill: '''Robert Magill''' ([[1788]]-[[1839]]), Irish presbyteriau clergyman: M.A. Glasgow, 1817; licensed to preach, 1818; his best-known work, The Thinking Few 1828.
Edward Maginn: '''Edward Maginn''' ([[1802]]-[[1849]]), Irish catholic prelate: educated at the Irish College, Paris; ordained priest, 1825; agitated for the repeal of the union, 1829; coadjutor to the bishop of Derry and nominated bishop of Ortosia in the archbishopric of Tyre, in partibux infldelium, 1845; D.D.
William Maginn: '''William Maginn''' ([[1793]]-[[1842]]), poet, journalist, and miscellaneous writer; educated at Trinity College, Dublin; B.A., 1811; LL.D., 1819: contributed toBlackwood's Magazine 1819-28 and 1834-42; in Edinburgh, 1821-3; settled in London, 1823; joint-editor of the 'Standard contributed to theAge; established 'Fraser's Magazine 1830, hisGallery of Literary Characters being its most popular feature: his masterpiece in humorous fiction, Bob Barke's Duel with Ensign Brady 1834; published his Homeric Balladsin Fraser 1838: published reproductions of Lucian's dialogues in the form of blank- verse comedies, 1839: his health ruined after imprisonment for debt; the original of Thackeray's Captain Shandon
Saint Magloritts: '''Saint Magloritts''' ([[495]]?-[[575]]), second bishop of Dol in Brittany: educated in the college of St. Illtyd at Llantwit Major; placed at the head of one of the religious communities of St. Sampson, near Dol; ordained priest and bishop; episcopal abbot there; retired to Jersey, where his hermitage grew into a monastery; his relics removed to Paris in the tenth century.
Thomas Magnus: '''Thomas Magnus''' (d. [[1550]]), ambassador : archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1504; employed on diplomatic missions, 1509-19 and 1524-7; present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520; privy councillor, c. 1520; incorporated in a doctor's degree at Oxford, 1520; canon of Windsor. 1520-49; prebendary of Lincoln, 15221548; paymaster of the forces and treasurer of the wars in the north, 1523; custodian of St. Leonard's Hospital, York, 1529.
Augustin Magraidan: '''Augustin Magraidan''' ([[1349]]-[[1406]]). See MAC
Gradoigh: '''Gradoigh'''
John Maorory Maorath: '''John Maorory Maorath''' , in Irish Eoghan MacRuadhri MacOraith (fl. 1459), Irish historian; one of a family of hereditary men of letters; chief historian to the Dal Oais in Thomoud; author of Oathreim Thoirdhealbhaigh a history of the wars of Thomond, of which the best existing copy is by Andrew MacCuirtin
Meiler Magrath: '''Meiler Magrath''' ([[1523]] ?-[[1622]]), archbishop of Cashel; became a Franciscan friar: lived, when young, in Rome; bishop of Clogher, 1570-1; archbishop of Cashel and bishop of Emly, 1571; attacked by James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald (d. 1679) for imprisoning friars, 1571-80; continued to serve the government, though intriguing with rebels; bishop of Waterford and Lismore, 1582-1607; received sees of Killala and Achonry, 1611; according to Sir John Da vies,a notable example of pluralities
Maguire: '''Maguire'''
Maine: '''Maine'''
Oathal Maomaghnusa Maguire: '''Oathal Maomaghnusa Maguire''' 1498), Irish historian: archdeacon of Ologber, 1483: collected H flue library of manuseripts.and compill * Tli Historical Book of Biillymiieiimmis Annals of Ulster 60-1498); according to Paul Harris, author of additions to the Felire of Oengus and annotations to the Register of Clogher
Connor Maguire: '''Connor Maguire''' or CORNELIUS, second BARON OP KxxisKii.ucx (1016-1645), succeeded to peerage, 1684: inveigled by Roger More into taking part in catholic conspiracy, 1641, which was discovered thromrh the folly of Hugh Oge MacMahon; imprisoned in the Tower of London and subsequently in Newgate: trial and sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered.
Hugh Maguire: '''Hugh Maguire''' . LORD OP PKRMAXAOR (rf. [[1600]]), implicated in a plot with Hugh O'Neill, second earl of Tyrone; succeeded to estates of Fermanagh, 1689: ! declared by the lord-deputy of Ireland to be a traitor; invaded Oonnaught; driven back by Sir Richard Bingham : slain in Tyrone's expedition into Munster and Leinster.
John Francis Maguire: '''John Francis Maguire''' ([[1815]]-[[1872]]), Irish politician: called to the Irish bar, 1843; journalist: founded (1841) and conductedCork Examiner M.P., Dungarvan, 1852, Cork, 1865-72: acted with the Independent Irishmen; took prominent part in debates on the Irish land question; upheld the papacy and published Rome and its Ruler for which the pope named him knight commander of St. Gregory, 1866: issued third edition as 'The Pontificate of Pius IX 1870: published also miscellaneous works.
Nicholas Maguire: '''Nicholas Maguire''' ([[1460]]7-[[1512]]), bishop of Leighlin; educated at Oxford; bishop of Leighlin, 1490; completed the Chrouicon Hibernue and 4 Vita Milonis Episcopi Leighlinensis
Robert Maguire: '''Robert Maguire''' ([[1826]]-[[1890]]), controversialist : educated at Trinity College, Dublin; clerical secretary. to the Islington Protestant Institute, 1852; M. A., 1855: D.D., 1877; a popular preacher and lecturer: published addresses and sermons.
Thomas Maguire: '''Thomas Maguire''' ([[1792]]-[[1847]]), Roman catholic controversialist: educated at Maynooth College; ordained, 1816: held various livings; engaged in platform discussions, of which Authenticated Reports appeared in 1827 and 1839.
Thomas Maguire: '''Thomas Maguire''' ([[1831]]-[[1889]]), classical scholar and metaphysician; first Roman catholic fellow of Trinity College, Dublin: educated at Trinity College; B.A., 1855: obtained law studentship at Lincoln's Inn, 1861; barrister. Lincoln's Inn, 1862; LL.D. Dublin, 1868; after Fawcett's Actof 1873 was elected to a fellowship at Trinity College, Dublin, 1880: professor, classical composition (chair specially created), till 1882: professor of moral philosophy, 1882-9; took part in discussion concerning the Pigott letters: published philosophical works, including Essays on the Platonic Idea 1866, and translations.

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Frederick Henry Horatio Mahomed: '''Frederick Henry Horatio Mahomed'''
Akbar: '''Akbar''' ([[1849]]-[[1884]]), physician ; sou of the keeper of a Turkish bath; studied at Gniy's Hospital, London; M.R.O.S., 1872; resident medical officer at the London Fever Hospital; medical tutor at St. Mary's Hospital, London, 1875: M.D. Brussels; medical registrar at Guy's, London: entered Gains College, Cambridge, going np~to Cambridge every night to keep his term: F.R.O.P., 1880; M.B. Cambridge and assistant- physician to Guy's Hospital, London, 1881; contributed to medical periodicals.
Viscount Mahon: '''Viscount Mahon''' ([[1805]]-[[1875]]). See STANUOPK,
Phi: '''Phi''' i.i i 1 HENRY, fifth EARL STANHOPE.
Charles James Patrick Mahon: '''Charles James Patrick Mahon''' , better known as TIIK O'GOUMAN MAHON (1800-1891), Irish politician: educated at Trinity College, Dublin; M.A., 1826; urged O'ConneU to wrest Clare from William Veaey Fit.gerald when Fitzgerald became president of the board of trade in 1828: failed to gain the seat himself in 1831, quarrelling with O'Connell in consequence: M.P., Ennis, 1847-52; lived a life of adventure under many flags 1852-71: as a supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell was M.P. for Clare, 1879-85; sat for Oarlow, 1887-91, repudiating Paruell in 1890.
Connor Mahony: '''Connor Mahony''' , CORNELIUS, or CON (Jl. 1660), Irish Jesuit: author of Disputatio Apologetics faita Bsni !i.M.,. psjo - sis M Mn5 haeretlcos Anglo* urging the Irish to elect a B catholic king for themselves, 164*.
Francis Sylvester Mahofy: '''Francis Sylvester Mahofy''' , best known by his pseudonym of FATHKU Paoirr (1804-18M), humorist: educated at the Jesuit collages of Clongoweswood, co. Klldare. and of St. Acheul, Amiens, and at Borne; admitted Jesuit; master of rhetoric at the Cloogoweswood Jesuitscollege, August 18JU; dismissed from the order, November 1830: abandoned the priesthood for literary life In London; befriended by William Maginn; contributed entertaining papers, over signature Father Prout to'Fraser's Magazine 1834-4 (published collectively, 1836); contributed poems to Benttey's Miscellany 1837; correspondent at Rome to the Dally New*,* 1846: Paris correspondent to the Globe 18MMM: died in Paris. , m
James Maidment: '''James Maidment''' ([[1795]]7-[[1879]]), Scottish antiquary: called to the Scottish bar, 1817: advocate: much engaged in disputed peerage canes; Interested in historical :ui'l antiquarian research: edited works for the Banuat in-. Muitland, Abbots ford, and Huntemn Club*, and for the Spottiswoode Society. One of hi* nuvt valuable work* Is the Dramatist* of the Restoration 1877.
Clement: '''Clement''' (f.
Maidstone: '''Maidstone''' or MAYDZSTONE. 1410), theologian and historical writer: probably a Trinitarian friar; author of ecclesiastical works.
Ralph Op Maidstone: '''Ralph Op Maidstone''' (d. [[1246]]).
Maidstone: '''Maidstone''' or MAYDE8TONE, RICHARD (d. 1396), Carmelite: educated at Oxford; D.D., and confessor to John of Gaunt; prominent opponent of Wyclif; manuscripts by him preserved in the Bodleian Library, British Museum, and elsewhere.
Edward Maihew: '''Edward Maihew''' ([[1570]]-[[1625]]), Benedictine; educated in the English College at Douay, and subsequently at Rome; took orders; secular priest in England; Benedictine in the abbey of Westminster, 1G07; prior of the monastery of St. Laurence at Dieulwurt in Lorraine, 1614-20; died at Cambray; author of some religious
Maildulf: '''Maildulf''' or MAHOUT (d. [[675]] ?X Scottish or Irish teacher; gave his name to the town of Malmesbury; according to William of Malmesbury, opened a school in the spot now called Malmexbury which Aidhelm attended, and where he took the tonsure later.
Maimbray: '''Maimbray''' or MAINBRAY, STEPHEN CHARLES
Triboudet: '''Triboudet''' ([[1710]]-[[1782]]).
James Main: '''James Main''' ([[1700]]?-[[1761]]).
Robert Main: '''Robert Main''' ([[1808]]-[[1878]]), astronomer : brother of Thomas John Main: fellow of QueensCollege, Cambridge; took orders; M.A., 1837; chief assistant at the Roval Observatory, 1835: gold medallist. Astronomical Society, 1858; F.R.S., 1860; Radcliffe observer, I860; editeil first Radcliffe catalogue and compiled second, 1800; collected materials for a third, with the Ke.ll.ill t nu-it circle purchased (1861) from lUchard Christopher Carrington; published astronomical treatise* and addresses.
Thomas John Main: '''Thomas John Main''' ([[1818]]-[[1886]]), mathematician ; younger brother of Robert Main: senior wrangler, St. John's College, Cambridge, 1838; took orders: M.A., 1841; naval chaplain: placed on retired list, 1869: for thirty-four year* professor of mathematics at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth; published works on applied mathematics.
Sir Henry James Sumner Maine: '''Sir Henry James Sumner Maine''' (18tt-[[1888]]), jurist: of Christ's Hospital, London, and Pembroke College, Cambridge; senior classic, 1844; junior tutor at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1845-7: reglos professor of civil law, 1847-64: called to the bar, 1860; reader in Roman law and jurisprudence at the Inns of Court, 1862; contributed to theSaturday Review from its start in 1866; published Ancient Law: it* Connection with the Early History of Society and its PlslttaM to Modern Ideas
Maine: '''Maine'''
Maitland: '''Maitland''' 1881- legal member of the council of India, 1862-9; Corpus profwaor of jurisprudent, oxford, 1KG9-78; pub1Village Communities 1K71, Ivirly HUtory of Institutions 1875, and Dissertations on Karly LAW and Customs 1888; K.C.S.I. and appointed to a eat on the Indian council, 1871: master of Trinity Hall, i'ambridge, 1877-88; Whewell professor of international law, Cambridge. 1887-8: died at Cannes; one of the earliest to apply tlie historical method to the study of political institutions.
Jasper Maine: '''Jasper Maine''' ([[1604]]-[[1672]]).
Mainwarino: '''Mainwarino''' or MAYNWARINO, ARTHUR (1668-171SX auditor of imprests: entered Christ Church, Oxford. 1688, and the Inner Temple, 1687; at first opposed, but subsequently served the revolution government: auditor of imprests, 1705-12; M.P., Preston, 1706-10, West Looe, 1710-12; started the k Medley 1710; in his writings attacked Sacheverell, defended Marlborough, and arraigned the French policy, MAINWARINO, EVERARD (1628-1699?). See M.VYXWAKIXO.
Matthew Mainwarino: '''Matthew Mainwarino''' ([[1661]]-[[1652]]), romancist; published Vienna an adaptation of a romance of Oatalonian origin, c. 1618.

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Sir Philip Mainwarino: '''Sir Philip Mainwarino''' ([[1589]]-[[1661]]), secretary for Ireland: B.A. Brasenose College, Oxford, 1613; M.P., Boroughbridge, 1624-6, Derby, 1628-9, Morpeth, 1640, Newton, Lancashire, 1661; knighted, 1634: secretary to the lord-lieutenant of Ireland, the Earl of Strafford, 1634; returned to London and was imprisoned as a delinquent, 1660-1.
Roger Mainwarino: '''Roger Mainwarino''' ([[1590]]-[[1653]]). See MAX
Warino: '''Warino'''
Rowland Mainwarino: '''Rowland Mainwarino''' ([[1783]]-[[1862]]), naval commander and author: present at the battle of the Nile, 1798, at the blockade of Copenhagen, 1801: captain, 1830: author ofInstructive Gleanings., on Painting and Drawing 1832, and Annals of Bath 1838.
Sir Thomas Mainwarino: '''Sir Thomas Mainwarino''' , first baronet ([[1623]]1689), Author of the Defence of Amicia; entered Brasenose College, Oxford, 1637, and Gray's Inn, 1640; took parliamentary side in civil war, but at the Restoration gained favour at court; created baronet, 1660. His Defence of Amicia to prove that his ancestor Amicia was the lawful daughter of Earl Hugh of Cyveiliog see HUOH, d. 1181 (published, 1673), led to a controversy with his relative Sir Peter Leycester
Joseph Mainzer: '''Joseph Mainzer''' ([[1801]]-[[1861]]), teacher of music; born at Treves: ordained, 1826: singing-master to the college at Treves: being compelled to leave Germany on account of his political opinions, went to Brussels, 1833; proceeded to Paris and came to England, 1839; bestknown work, Singing for the Million 1841.
John Mair: '''John Mair''' ([[1469]]-[[1650]]).
Christopher Maire: '''Christopher Maire''' ([[1697]]-[[1767]]), Jesuit; educated at St. Omer: joined Jesuits, 1716; professed, 1733; rector of the English College at Rome, 1744-50; died at Ghent; author of Latin theological and astronomical works.
William Maire: '''William Maire''' (d. [[1769]]), Roman catholic prelate: educated at the English College, Douay: ordained priest, 1780; served the Durham mission, 1742-67; coadjutor to the vicar-apostolic of the northern district of England, 1767-9.
Anthony Haitiand: '''Anthony Haitiand''' , tenth EARL op LAUDERIALK (1786-1863), admiral of the red; son of James G.O.M.G.: last baron Lnuderdale.
Charles Maitland: '''Charles Maitland''' , third EARL OF LAUDKRrALK (d. 1691), brother of John Maitlaud, first duke of Lauderdale; master-general of the Scottish mint; privy councillor, 1661; commissioner to parliament for oEdinburgh, and lord of the articles, 1669; I -depute. 1871; created baronet, 1672. assisted her in the management of Scottish affairs, 16741: aoctwed of perjury and deprived of his position, ; ucceded a* Kurl of Laudenlale, 1682. 350
Charles Maitland: '''Charles Maitland''' ([[1815]]-[[1866]]), author: nephew of Sir Peregrine Maitlund; M.I). Edinburgh, 1838; studied theology and graduated B.A. Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 1852; held various curacies; author of the first popular book on theCatacombs of Rome," 1846.
Edward Maitland: '''Edward Maitland''' ([[1824]]-[[1897]]), mystical writer: B.A. Caius College, Cambridge, 1847; wont to California, 1849, became a commissioner of crown hinds in A ustralia, and returned to England, 1857: published romances, including The Pilgrim and the Shrine 1 (largely autobiographical), 1867: collaborated with Anna Kingsford inKeys of the Creeds(1875), and joined her in crusade against materialism, animal food, and vivisection; declared (1876) that he had acquired a new sense, that of spiritual sensitiveness which enabled him to see the spiritual condition of people; published, with Anna Kingsford,The Perfect Way: or the Finding of Christ 1882, and founded with her the Hermetic Society, 1884; founded Esoteric Christian Union, 1891. His publications includeAnna Kingsford. Her Life, Letters, Diary, and Work 1896.
Edward Francis Maitland: '''Edward Francis Maitland''' , LORD BARCAPLK (1803-1870), Scottish judge; brother of Thomas Maitland, lord Dundrennan; LL.D. Edinburgh: advocate, 1831: solicitor-general for Scotland, 1855-8 and 1859-62; lord of session as Lord Barcaple, 1802-70.
Frederick Maitland: '''Frederick Maitland''' ([[1763]]-[[1848]]), general: grandson of Charles Maitland, sixth earl of Lauderdale; entered the army, 1779; present as lieutenant at the relief of Gibraltar, 1782; served chiefly in the West Indies: lieutenant-colonel. 1795; major-general, 1805; lieutenant-governor of Grenada, 1805-10; lieutenantgeneral, 1811: second in command in the Mediterranean, 1812; lieutenant-governor of Dominica, 1813; general, 1825.
Frederick Lewis Maitland: '''Frederick Lewis Maitland''' (d. [[1786]]), captain of the royal navy; son of Charles Maitland, sixth earl of Lauderdale: commanded the royal yacht, 1763-75; served under Rodney, 1782; rear-admiral, 1786.
Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland: '''Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland''' ([[1777]]-[[1839]]), rear-admiral; son of Frederick Lewis Maitland (d. 1786) ; served in the Mediterranean and off the French and Spanish coasts; commanded on the Halifax and West India stations, 1813-14; as commander of the Bellerophon took Napoleon to England, 1815; C.B., 1815; K.C.B. and rear-admiral, 1830; admiral superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard, 1832-7; comma nder-in-chief in the East Indies and China, 1837-9; died at sea.
James Maitland: '''James Maitland''' , eighth EARL OF LAUDER-
Dalk: '''Dalk''' ([[1769]]-[[1839]]), studied at Edinburgh High School and University, Trinity College, Oxford (1775), and Glasgow University; admitted to Lincoln's Inn, 1777; member of the Faculty of Advocates, 1780; M.P., Newport, Cornwall, 1780, Malmesbury, 1784; succeeded to the title, 17*9; Scots representative peer, 1790: strenuously opposed Pitt's government; published his Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth 1804; created Baron Lauderdale of Thirlestane in the county of Berwick (peerage of Great Britain and Ireland, 1806); lord high keeper of the great seal of Scotland, 1806; privy councillor, 1806: resigned, 1807; turned tory after 1821; retired from public life after 1830.
Sir John Maitland: '''Sir John Maitland''' , first BAROX MAITLAND OF
Thirlkstane: '''Thirlkstane''' ([[1645]]?-[[1595]]), lord high chancellor of Scotland; son of Sir Richard Maitland, lord Lethingtou ; brother of William Maitland of Lethin'ton ; lord privy seal, 1567: favoured the queen and was rigorously treated by Morton, 1569-78: privy councillor, 1583; secretary of state, 1684: vit-rhuncellor, 1586; acquired great influence over the king; created Baron Maitland of Thirlestane, 1690; responsible for the act which established the kirk on a strictly presbyterian basis; wrote verse.
John Maitland: '''John Maitland''' , second EARL and first DUKK OF
Laudkrdalk: '''Laudkrdalk''' ([[1616]]-[[1682]]), grandson of Sir John Maitland; grand-nephew of William Maitland of Lethiugtou q. v.j; regarded as a rising hope of the ultracovenanting party; commissioner for the Solemn League and Covenant, 1643-r: one of the commissioners who obtained the famous Engagement; with Charles II in
Maitland: '''Maitland'''
Major: '''Major''' Holland, 1649; followed l.im to Worcester and v prisoner, 1651; kept a prisoner till 1660; secretary for Scottish affair?, 1660-80; aimed at making the crown absolute in Scotland both in state and church; had complete influence over Charles; created Duke of Laudenlale and Marquis of March in the Scottish peerage, 1672; placed upon the commission for the admiralty, 1673; made a privy councillor und a peer of England as Earl of Gnildford and Baron Petersham, 1674: supported by Charles II against attacks from the English parliament. xxxv. 8601

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John Maitland: '''John Maitland''' , LORD UAVKUUU, ami fifth
of Lauukrdau Earl: '''of Lauukrdau Earl''' -: ([[1660]]7-[[1710]]), brother of Kit-hard Maitland, fourth earl of Lauderdale: passed advocate at the Scottish bar, 1680: concurred in the revolution. a lord of session as Lord Havelrig, 1689; succeeded to the earldom of Lauderdale, 1695; supported the union.
John Gohham Maitland: '''John Gohham Maitland''' ([[1818]]-18G8), civil servant: son of Samuel Koffey Maitlaud; fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; secretary to the civil service commission; published pamphlets,
Maitland: '''Maitland''' Siu PEREGRINE ([[1777]]-18M), general and colonial governor: entered the army, 1792; served in Flanders, 1794-8: in Spain, 1809 and 1812; major-general, 1814; present at Waterloo, 1816; K.C.B., 1816: lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, 1818-28, of Nova Scotia, 1828-34: conmiauder-in-chief of the Madras army, 1836-8, and at the Cape of Good Hope, 1844-7; general, 1846; resigned governorship of Cape of Good Hope, 1847; G.O.B., 1862.
Sir Richard Maitland: '''Sir Richard Maitland''' , Loun LKTHINOTOX (1496-1686), poet, lawyer, and collector of early Scottish poetry; educated at St. Andrews University; studied law at Paris: employed by James V and Queen Mary: an ordinary lord of rension and privy councillor, 1661; keeper of the great seal, 1562-7; a selection from his collection of early Scottish poems, with additions by himself, published, 1786.
Richard Maitland: '''Richard Maitland''' , fourth EAUL OF LAUDKII-
Iialk: '''Iialk''' ([[1653]]-H96), Jacobite; sou of Charles Maitlnud, third earl of Lauderdale: privy councillor and joint general. of the mint with his fatlier, 1678; lordjustice general, 1681-4; declined to agree to the revolution settlement; for a time in exile at the court of St. Germains; outlawed, 1694; diel at Paris; author of a verse translation of Virgil, published, 1737.
Richard Maitland: '''Richard Maitland''' ([[1714]]7-[[1763]]), captor of Surat; enlisted in royal artillery, 1732; lieutenant-fireworker, 1742: fought at Fontenoy as first lieutenant, 1745; served under Olive in India; commanded the expedition for capturing Surut, 1759; major, 1762: dial at Bombay.
Samuel Roffey Maitland: '''Samuel Roffey Maitland''' ([[1792]]-[[1866]]), historian and miscellaneous writer; educated at St. John's and Trinity Colleges. Cambridge; barrister, Inner Temple, 1816; entered holy orders, 1821: published his elaborate monograph on the Albigenses and Waldenses, 1832; commenced contributing to theBritish Magazine 1835, the remarkable papers afterwards published asThe Dark Ages 1844, and Essays on Subjects connected with the Reformation in England 1849; librarian and keeper of c manuscripts at Lambeth, 1838; F.R.S., 1839; editor of the British Magazine 1839-49: contributed to Notes and Queries; author of thirty-seven works, mainly historical and ecclesiastical.
Maitland: '''Maitland''' Sm THOMAS ([[1759]]7-[[1824]]), lieuteuantprniTal; commauder-iii-chief in the Mediterranean; M-rvoti in India, both ashore and afloat, till 1790; in Sau Dominpo, 1794-8; M.P., Haddiugton burglis, 1794-6 and 1800-6; hrigadier-peneral, 1797; employed in the secret expedition against Belle Isle, 1799: major-general, 1806; lieutenant-general and commauder-in-chicf in Ceylon, 1806-11; major-general, 1811: governor of Malta, 1813; lord high commissioner of the Ionian islands and commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean. 1816: died at Malta: an able administrator, though nicknamed King Tom from his eccentricities and arbitrary conduct.
Tm Maitland: '''Tm Maitland''' oMAS. LOUD DrxmtEXXAX (17-J21851), Scottish judge: studied at Edinburgh: called to the Scottish bar, 1813; solicitor-general, 1840-1 and 1846-W: M.R, Kirkcudbrightshire, 18O-40; lor I of easton M Lord Dundrennan, 1860; studied antiquarian literature; hi* fine library told in 1H1.
Thomas Maitland: '''Thomas Maitland''' , eleventh EARL or LACDBR:M CM01:-.,i:. nri 3 ",:: Mtarafl t..,..,... 1816; served on the Sooth American station. 1816, the West Indian, 1832-3, the north coa* of Spain, 18W-7; advanced to po*t rank, 1817: shared in the operations in the Persian Oulf, 1839; served during the in* Chinese war, 1840-1: knighted, 1843: rear-admiral, 1817; comniaiid.T-iii-.-i.;.-! H. ti,,- Pacific, 1860-1: succeeded to earldom on the death of his consul, 1868: admiral, 1868; admiral of the fleet on the retired list, 1877.
William Maitland: '''William Maitland''' ([[1628]]7-[[1673]]), of Lethlngton, known as the Secretary Lethlngton; son of Sir Richard Maitland: edncated at it. Andrews and on the continent; in the erviue of llXllBMB IMiml of Scotland 1664-9; entered into close relations with Cecil, IftGO: secretary and entrusted with Mary's foreign policy, 1661: pursued a conciliatory policy toward* England; supported tin; Dariiley marriage, 1664-6; said to have been a party to Darnley's murder, 1667: tried to reconcile the two Scottish factions, 1670: surrendered Edinburgh Oastle to the English commander, 1673; died in prison at Leith.
William Maitland: '''William Maitland''' ([[1693]] V-[[1757]]), topographer: published topographical compilations 1739-67, of ephemeral reputation.
William Fuller Maitland: '''William Fuller Maitland''' ([[1813]]-[[1876]]), picture collector: of Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1839; formed a fine collection of early Italian master* and of English landscape paintings, some of which were bought after his death by the National Gallery.
Michael Maittaire: '''Michael Maittaire''' ([[1668]]-[[1747]]), clawical scholar and writer on typography; born in Prance: educated at Westminster School; cauoucer student of Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1696; second master of Westminster, 1695-9; began to publish, c. 1706, works consisting principally of editions of the Latin classics; publishedAnnales Typographic! 6 vols. 1719-41.
Henry William Majendie: '''Henry William Majendie''' ([[1764]]-[[1830]]), bishop of Chester and Bangor: of Charterhouse and Christ's College, Cambridge; B.A., 1776: fellow, 1776; preceptor to Prince William, afterwards William IV; canon of Windsor, 1785-98; D.D., 1791; canon of St. Paul Cathedral, 1798; bishop of Chester, 1800-9, of Banwr. 1KO9-30.
Major: '''Major''' or MAIR, JOHN ([[1469]]-[[1560]]), lustomn and scholastic divine: studied at Cambridge and Paris; M.A., 1496; taught at Paris in arts and scholastic philosophy; published his first work on logic, 1503: D.D., 1606; betran to lecture on scholastic divinity at the Sorbonne, Paris, 1606; publishedA Commentary on the Four Hook* of Peter the Lombard's ".Sentences," at interval*, 1609-17; professor of philosophy and divinity. Glasgow. 1618; published History of Greater Britain, both England and Scotland 1521; taught philosophy and logic in St. Andrews University, 1522; taught again at Paris University, 1525-31: returned to St. Andrews, 1531; provost of St. Salvator's College there, 1533-50; with William Manderston founded ami widowed chaplaincy at St. Andrew*, 1539: championed the doctrinal Rome: wrote entirely in Latin.
John Major: '''John Major''' ([[1782]]-[[1849]]), bookseller and publisher : a supporter of Dibdin's publication*: failed in business through becoming entangled in Dibdin's speculations; well-known by his beautiful edition of Walton aud Cotton's 'Complete Angler first publislied, 1823: published verse, including squibs on current politics.
John Henniker Major: '''John Henniker Major''' -, second BAKON HKXM-
Keh: '''Keh''' ([[1762]]-[[1821]]).
Joshua Major: '''Joshua Major''' ( [[1787]]-[[1866]] x landscape-gardener; author of important works on gardening, published, 1W91861.
Richard Henry Major: '''Richard Henry Major''' ([[1818]]-[[1891]]), geographer; keeper of the department of maps and plans, British Museum, 1867-80; his chief work, "The Life of Prince Henry of Portugal, surnamcd tle Navigator 1868; edited ten works for the Haklu.vt Society (hou. secretary, 1849-5H), 1847-73.
Major: '''Major''' 830
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Thomas Major: '''Thomas Major''' ([[1780]]-[[1799]]), engraver: resided wd worked for some time in Paris; returned to England, 1763: issued a aerie* of his prints, 1754 (2nd edit 1768): first English engraver to be elected A.K.A., 1770; engraver to the king and to the stamp office.
William Maxelsfeld: '''William Maxelsfeld''' (d. [[1804]]). See MYKKLH
Francis: '''Francis''' ([[1658]]-[[1708]]), Irish divine; studied at Glasgow University: missionary to America, 1682; worked in Virginia, Maryland, ami Barbados; formed at Philadelphia the first presbytery in America, 1708, and the father of prcsbyteriauisin in America: died in Acoomac, Virginia. _ r, BATHSUA (ft. 1673), the most learned Englishwoman of her time; sister of John Pell (16111686): tutoress to Charles I's daughters; probably kept a school at Putney, 1649: wrote on female edm-at u, 1671.
Max: '''Max''' 3TTRICK, JAMES ([[1728]]-[[1802]]). See ADAIR,
Makittkick Jams: '''Makittkick Jams''' . jfAWARTiT.T. or MACKARZLL. MATTHEW. 1537), abbot of Barlings, Lincolnshire; D.D. Paris (incorporated at Cambridge, 1516); abbot of Gilbertines or Preuxmstratensians at Alnwick; subsequently of Barlings or Oxeuey, Lincolnshire; suffragan bishop of Lincoln, 1535: a leader in Lincolnshire rebellion, 1536; taken prisoner and executed, 1537.
David Maktn: '''David Maktn''' (. [[1588]]?). See MAC KEN IK,
Dugal: '''Dugal'''
Malachy: '''Malachy''' I (d. [[863]]).
Mor Malachy: '''Mor Malachy''' ([[949]]-[[1022]]). See MAKLSKCII
Lain: '''Lain''' N II.
Ok Iuki Malachy: '''Ok Iuki Malachy''' .ANM (. [[131]], Franciscan; probably author of Libellus septem peccatorum mortalium* (Paris, 1518), remarkable for its denunciation of the government of Ireland.
Macaedh Malachy: '''Macaedh Malachy''' -. [[1348]]), archbishop of Tuam; bishop of Elphiu, 13U7-12; archbishop of Tuam, 1318-48; often confused with Malachy (fl. 1310)
Malachy: '''Malachy''' O'MORGAIR, SAIXT (in Irish, MAKL-
Ua Moruair Makohoiu: '''Ua Moruair Makohoiu''' ) ([[1094]] V-[[1148]]), archbishop of Armagh: gained a great reputation for sanctity and learning; head of the abbey of Bangor, co. Down; bishop of Connor, 1124; established monastery of Ibrach in south of Ireland after the destruction of the scut of his bishopric by a northern chieftain; archbishop of Armagh, 1132-6; bishop of Down, 1136; visited St. Bernard, his future biographer, at Clairvaux; died at (Jluirvaiix on his way to Borne.
Cesar Jean Salomon Malak: '''Cesar Jean Salomon Malak''' , calling himself later, SOLOMON C.KSAR MALAX (1812-1891), oriental lii)i:ui.-t ami biblical scholar: born at Geneva; educated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; Bodeu (Sanskrit) scholar, 1834; Puscy and Ellertou (Hebrew) scholar, 1837; B.A., 1837; classical lecturer at Bishop's College, Calcutta, 1838; deacon, 1H38; returned to England, 1840: priest and M.A. Balliol College, 1843; held living of Broadwindsor, Dorset, 1845-85; travelled in the East, and published numerous translations from oriental literature; joined John William Burgon in attacking revised version of New Testament, 1881. His works include Notes on Proverbs 1892-3.
Michael Malard: '''Michael Malard''' (fl. ([[1717]]-[[1720]]), French proJtant divine; born at Vaurenard: educated for the I Ionian catholic priesthood; came to England, c. 1700; embraced protestantism, 1705; published pamphlets against the French committee for the distribution of the money charged upon the civil list for the benefit of the French protestanU, 1717-20; author of manuals of French accidence.
Sir Nicholas Malby: '''Sir Nicholas Malby''' ([[1530]] 7-[[1681]]), president of Connaught; served in France,.Spain, and Ireland; 'Utionedat Oarrickfergiw, 1567-9: collector of customs of Strangford, Ardglass, and Dundruiu, 1571; made uuocoesrfal efforts to colonise part of Down, 1671-4; knighted and appointed military govemor of Cou; president of Oounaught, 1679; engaged in suppressing rebellions, 1579-81; his services ignored by Queen Elizabeth.
Malcolm: '''Malcolm''' I (MAcDoXALU) (. [[954]]), king of Scotland: succeeded, 943; made treaty with Edmund, the West-Saxon king, 945; lost Northumbria, 954; slain in a border skirmish.
Malcolm: '''Malcolm''' H (MACKENNETH)(d. [[1034]]), king of Scotland; son of Kenneth II; succeeded, 1005, by defeating and killing Kenneth III; defeated Eadulf Cudel, 1018, thereby causing the cession of Lothian to the Scottish kingdom, Cambria north of the Solway becoming also an appanage of the same; did homage to Canute, 1031.
Hi Malcolm: '''Hi Malcolm''' , called CANMORE (d. [[1093]]), king of Scotland; succeeded his father Duncan I in consequence of the defeat of Macbeth by Earl Edward of Northumbria, 1054; defeated and slew Macbeth at Lnmphanan; crowned at Scone, 1C57; married Margaret (d. 1093), sister of Edgar Atheling; did homage to the English kings, 1072 and 1091; treacherously slain while invading Northumberland.
Iv Malcolm: '''Iv Malcolm''' (the MAIDEN) ([[1141]]-[[1165]]), king of Scotland; grandson of David I; succeeded his grandfather, 1153; surrendered Northumberland and Cumberland to Henry II, 1157; served as English baron in the expedition against Toulouse, 1159; engaged in suppressing rebellions in Scotland, 1100-4.
Malcolm: '''Malcolm''' Sin CHARLES ([[1782]]-[[1851]]), vioeadmirnl; brother of Sir Pulteney Malcolm; entered the navy, 1795; employed in the East Indies till 1802; on the coast of France and Portugal, 1806-9; chiefly in the West Indies, 1809-19; knighted while in attendance on the Marquis Wellesley, lord-lieutenant of Ireland, 1822-7; superintendent of the Bombay marine (name afterwards changed to the Indian navy), 18271837; rear-admiral, 1837; vice-admiral, 1847.
Sir George Malcolm: '''Sir George Malcolm''' ([[1818]]-[[1897]]), general; born at Bombay; ensign in East India Company's service, 1836; lieutenant, 1840; served in Sciude, and second Sikh war; lieutenant-colonel, 1854; in Persian war, 1866-7, and Indian mutiny, 1857-8; C.B., 1859; brevet-colonel, 1860; major-general, 1867; in Abyssinian expedition, 1868; general, 1877; G.U.B., 1886.
James Peller Malcolm: '''James Peller Malcolm''' ([[1767]]-[[1815]]), topographer and engraver; born in Philadelphia; came to London and studied in the Royal Academy; chief work, 1 Londi iiium Redivivum (history and description), with forty-seven plates, published, 1802-7.
Sir John Malcolm: '''Sir John Malcolm''' ([[1769]]-[[1833]]), Indian administrator and diplomatist: entered the service of the East India Company, 1782; preferring diplomacy to fighting, studied Persian, and was appointed Persian interpreter to the uizaui of the Deccan, 1792: secretary to Kir Alured Clarke, coinmander-in-chief, 1795-7, and to his successor, General George, lord Harris, 1797-8; assistant to the resident of Hyderabad, 1798; chosen by Lord Wellesley, the governor-general, as envoy to Persia, 1799-1801; private secretary to Wellesley, 1801-2; political agent to General Wellesley during the Mahratta war, 1803-4; sent on a mission to Teheran, 1808-9, and 1810; published hisPolitical History of India 1811, his 'History of Persia 1818; K.C.B., 1815; as brigadier in the army of the Deccau took part in the new Mahrattu war, 1817-18; after assisting in the reclamation ol Mai wan, returned to England and occupied himself with literary work, 1822; governor of Bombay, 1826-30; M.P., Launcestoii, 1831-2; his Administration of India published, 1833, and his life of Clive (completed by another hand), posthumously published, 1836.

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Sir Pulteney Malcolm: '''Sir Pulteney Malcolm''' ([[1768]]-[[1838]]), admiral ; entered the navy, 1778: served in West Indies, Quebec, East Indies, and China seas; under Nelson in the Mediterranean, 1804-5: rear-admiral, 1813; K.C.B., 1815; Commander-in-chief on the St. Hoi en a station, 1816-17; vice-admiral, 1821; coinmander-iu-chief in the Mediterranean, 1828-31 and 1833-4.
Sarah Malcolm: '''Sarah Malcolm''' ([[1710]] ?-[[1733]]), criminal; charwoman in the Temple, London; murdered Mrs. Duncomb,
Me Malcot: '''Me Malcot''' 831
Mallet: '''Mallet''' her employer, and her two servant*, 1783; condemned to death and executed; painted by Hogarth while In the condemned cell. _
David Malcolme: '''David Malcolme''' (d. [[1748]]), philologist: ordained as prosbyterian minister, 1705; deposed for deserting bin charge, 1742; specialised in Celtic philology: chief work, Letters, Essays, and other Tract* illustrating the Antiquities of Great Britain and Ireland... Also Specimens of the Celtic, Welsh, Irish, Saxon, and American Languages 1744.
Andrew Gkorgb Malcom: '''Andrew Gkorgb Malcom''' ([[1782]]-1H23), Irish presbyterian divine and hymn-writer: M.A., Glasgow; ordained, 1807; ministered at Newry, co. Down; D.D., Glasgow, 1820; coinpo ed hymns.
John Malgome: '''John Malgome''' (1GG2 y-[[1729]]), presbyterian polemic: M.A. Glasgow; ordained, 1687: adhered to the subscription and invented the phrasenew light,* 1720; published theological works.
Daniel Malden: '''Daniel Malden''' (d. [[1736]]), prison-breaker: adopted street-robbery us a profession: condemned and ordered to be executed, 1736; escaped from prison twice, bat was retaken and hanged.
Henry Malden: '''Henry Malden''' ([[1800]]-[[1876]]), classical scholar; of Trinity College, Cambridge: fellow, 1831; M.A., 1825; professor of Greek at University College, London, 18311876; head-master of University College school with Thomas Hewitt Key, 1833-42.
Thomas Maldon: '''Thomas Maldon''' (d. [[1404]]), Carmelite; prior of the convent at Maldou: Latin works, now lost, ascribed to him by Leland and Bale.
Richard Malebysse: '''Richard Malebysse''' (d. [[1209]]), justiciar; one of the leaders in an attack on and massacre of the Jews at York, 1190: justice itinerant for Yorkshire, 1201; sat to acknowledge fines at Westminster, 1202: employed in enforcing payment of aids, 1204.
Sir Alexander Malet: '''Sir Alexander Malet''' , second baronet ([[1800]]1886), diplomatist: son of Sir Charles Warre Malet q. v.j; educated at Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford: B.A., 1822; entered diplomatic service, 1824; minister plenipotentiary to the Germanic confederation at Frankfort, 1849-66: K.C.B., 1866: publishedThe Overthrow of the Germanic Confederation by Prussia in 1866,* 1870.
Arthur Malet: '''Arthur Malet''' ([[1806]]-[[1888]]), Indian civilian: on of Sir Charles Warre Malet; educated at Winchester, Addlscombe, and Haileybury; appointed to the Bombay civil service, 1824: chief secretary for the political and secret departments to the Bombay government, 1847; member of the legislative council of India, 1854: of the government council of Bombay, 1855-60; published Notices of an English Branch of the Malet Family 1885.
Malet: '''Malet''' Sm CHARLES WARRE, first baronet (1753 ?-1815), Indian administrator and diplomatist: descendant of William Malet (d. 1071) of Graville; resident minister at Poonah, 1785-91: created baronet for his services, 1791; acting governor at Bombay till 1798; retired and returned to England, 1798.
George Grenville Malet: '''George Grenville Malet''' ([[1804]] - [[1856]]), lieutenant-colonel; son of Sir Charles Warre Malet ; entered the Indian army, 1822; political superintendent of Mellanee, Rajputana, 1839; engaged in the Afghan war, 1842, and "in the war with Persia, 1856; superintendent of the Guicowar horse, 1850: killed in action.
Malet: '''Malet''' or MALLET, ROBERT (d. [[1106]] ?), baron of Eye; son of William Malet (d. 1071) of Graville: endowed a Benedictine monastery at Eye; supported Robert against Henry I; supposed to have been killed at the battle of Tinchebrai.
Malet: '''Malet''' or MALLETT, SIR THOMAS ([[1582]]-[[1666]]), judge: descendant of William Malet (i. 1071) of Graville: barrister. Middle Temple, 1606; reader, 1626; wit in the first two parliament-* of Charles I: serjeant, 1635; raised to the king's bench, 1641: knighted, 1641; supported the royal policy ami prerogative; imprisoned in the Tower, 1612-4; again on the bench, 1660-3.
Malet: '''Malet''' or MALLET, WILLIAM (d. [[1071]]). of Graville in Noruia:: ly; companion ul the Conqueror: bis exploit* at Hasting* iMfrrtOliil by Wace in hi Roman de Ron(1L 1S47I-84): iheriff of York, 1068; Uken MJMMr t capture of York, 1069, but subsequently re
Malet: '''Malet''' or MALLET, WILLIAM . 1IM-1SUX baron of Curry Mallet and Suepton HaUet, Bonwnet; descend*! from Gilbert, ton of William Malet (f. lOfl) q. v.l of O ravine; in Normandy with Richard 1, 11M; sheriff of Dorset and Human! 1111; joined barons hi their struggle with King John, 1116. xxv. 411)
Maloer: '''Maloer''' (d. [[1111]]).
John: '''John''' ([[1747]]-[[1811]]), mlsccUi r t Northamptonshire curate; acted a* Kchoolnuuter; employed by London booksellers in the issue of a number of illustrated bibles, prayer-books, and popular hUtoncal works, 1781-1811.
William Auk: '''William Auk''' ([[1533]]-[[1594]]), schoolmaster : educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge; fellow, 1551; M.A., 1556: head-master of Eton, 1661-71; prebendary of Lincoln, 1669; high-muter of St. Paul, 1673-81; bis extant piece* chiefly commendatory Latin verses and letters prefixed to the works of friends. XXXT. 4ffl
Sir Richard Malins: '''Sir Richard Malins''' ([[1806]]-[[1881]]), judge ; educated at Oalus College, Cambridge; B.A., 1817: barrister. Inner Temple, 1830; Q.O., 1849; M.P., Wallimrford, 1H52-65; a vice-chancellor, 1866-81; knighted, 1H67; privy councillor, 1881.
Heath Benjamin: '''Heath Benjamin''' ( [[1769]]-1 [[842]] ), miscellaneous writer; of Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1802; head-master of Bury St. Edmunds grammar school, 1809-28; D.C.L. St. Mary Hall, Oxford, 1810; professor of history, ancient and modern, London University, 1830; F.S.A.: author of some antiquarian and historical works, 1795-1826, and of a translation of Gil Bias 1809.
Malle: '''Malle''' 80N, GEORGE BRUCE ([[1826]]-[[1898]]), colonel and military writer; educated at Winchester; ensign, 1842; lieutenant, 33rd B.N.I., 1847; assistant military auditor-general, 1866; captain, 1861; major, Bengal staff corps, 1863: lieutenant-colonel, 1868; colonel in army. 1873; guardian of young Maharajah of Mysore, 1869-77; C.S.I., 1872; wrote on military history.

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John Philip Malleson: '''John Philip Malleson''' ([[1796]]-[[1869]]), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster; graduated at Glasgow, 1819: I became minister of a presbyterian congregation; adopted I Arian views and resigned, 1822; Unitarian minister at Brighton, 1829; conducted a fcchool at Brighton. fxxxv. 414
Mallet: '''Mallet''' originally MALLOCH, DAVID ([[1706]]?1765), poet and miscellaneous writer: studied at Edini burgh University (1721-2, 1722-3) and formed a friendship I with James Thomson, author of * The Seasons; composed a number of short poems, 1720-4; producedEurydice* (tragedy) at Drury Lane, London, 1731; studied at St. Mary Hall, Oxford: M.A., 1734; produced Mustapha* (tragedy) at Drury Lane, London, 1739; with Thomson wrote the masque ofAlfred 1740; undcr-secrctary to Frederick, prince of Wales, 1742: received inspectorship of exchequer-book in the out port* of London for his political writings, 1763; author ofWilliam and Margaret 1723, a famous ballad. The national ode, Rule Britannia oouietimes ascribed to him, was more probably written by Thomson.
Sib Louis Mallet: '''Sib Louis Mallet''' (1 [[823]]- [[1890]]), civil servant and economist: of Huguenot origin: clerk in the audit office soon after 1800: transferred to the board of trade, 1847; I private secretary to the president, 1848-62 and 1866-7: employed chiefly in the work of extension of cotuuiercuil treaties, 1860-6; C.B., 1806: knighted, 1*6*; nominated to the council of India in London, 1872: pvnuauent under-secretary of state for India, 1874-83: privy councillor, 1883; after Cobden's death (1866) the principal authority on questions of commercial policy, and the chief official reprecentative of free trade opinion: hi* occasional writings, which set forth thefrw-trnde* doctrine, published as Free Exchange 1891.
Robert Mallet: '''Robert Mallet''' ( [[1810]]- [[1881]] X civil engineer and scientific investigator; B.A. Trinity College, DnMJa, 1890; M.A., IMS: assumed charge of the Victoria foundry, Dublin, 1831; conducted many engineering work*
Ett Mall: '''Ett Mall''' 832
Malynes: '''Malynes''' in Ireland, among them the building of the Fastuet Rook lighthouse, 1848-9: F.R.8., 1884: conultinir engineer in London, 1861; edited the Practical Mechanic's Journal 1866-9; contributed to Philosophical Transactions and published works on engineering subjects,
Francis Mallett: '''Francis Mallett''' (d. [[1570]]), dean of Lincoln; B.A. Cambridge, 1522: M.A., 1525; D.D., 1535; vicechancellor, 1536 and 1540: chaplain to Thomas Cromwell, 1188; canon of Windsor, 1543: prebendary of Wells, 1644: chaplain to the Princess Mary, 1544; prebendary of Westminster and dean of Lincoln, 1564-70; master of the Hospital of St. Katheriue by the Tower, London,
David Malloch: '''David Malloch''' ([[1705]]?-[[1765]]).
Mallory: '''Mallory''' or MALLERY, THOMAS (fl. [[1662]]), ejected minister; vicar of St. Nicholas, Deptford, 1644; ejected from lectureship of St. Michael's, Crooked Lane, London, 1662; mentioned by Evelyn.
Mallory: '''Mallory''' or MALLORIE, THOMAS ([[1605]] 7-[[1666]] ?), divine; of New College, Oxford; M.A n 1632; incumbent of Nortbenden, 1635; ejected as a loyalist. 1642; canon of Chester and D.D., 1660.
Earl Malmesbury: '''Earl Malmesbury''' * OK. See HARRIS, JAMKS, first EARL, 1746-1820; HARRIS, JAMKS HOWARD, third EARL, 1807-1889.
Godfrey of Malmesbury: '''Godfrey of Malmesbury''' (fl. [[1081]]). See
Godfrey: '''Godfrey'''
Oliver of Malmesbury: '''Oliver of Malmesbury''' (fl. [[1066]]). See
Ouvkr: '''Ouvkr'''
William of Malmesbury: '''William of Malmesbury''' (d. [[1143]]?). See
William: '''William'''
Anthony Malone: '''Anthony Malone''' ([[1700]]-[[1776]]), Irish politician ; educated at Christ Church, Oxford: called to the Irish bar, 1726: M.P., oo. Westmeath, 1727-60 and 1769-76, Oastlemartyr, 1761-8, in the Irish parliament; LL.D. Trinity College, Dublin, 1737; prime serjeant-at-law. 1740-64; chancellor of the exchequer, 1757-61.
Edmund Malone: '''Edmund Malone''' ([[1704]]-[[1774]]), judge; called to the English bar, 1730; practised in the Irish courts after 1740; M.P. for Granard in the Irish parliament, 1760-6; jndge of the court of common pleas, 1766.
Edmund Malone: '''Edmund Malone''' ([[1741]]-[[1812]]), critic and author; on of Edmund Malone (1704-1774); B.A. Trinity College, Dublin: entered the Inner Temple, 1763; called to the Irish bar soon after 1767; settled permanently in London as a man of letters, 1777: joined the Literary Club, 1782; intimate with Johnson, Reynolds, Bishop Percy, Burke, and Boswell: a supporter of the union with Ireland: published Attempt to ascertain the Order in which the Plays of Shakespeare were written 1778; edited Shakespeare, 1790: collected materials for a new edition, which he left to James Boswell the younger, who published it in 21 vols. in 1821 (thethird variorum edition of works of Shakespeare, and generally acknowledged to be the best); edited works of Dryden, 1800.
Richard Malone: '''Richard Malone''' . LORD SUNDKRUN ([[1738]]-[[1816]]), elder brother of Edmund Malone (1741-1812); B.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1759; M.P. in Irish House of Commons, 1768-85; raised to Irish peerage, 1785.
William Malone: '''William Malone''' ([[1686]]-[[1656]]), &ul' joined Jesuit* at Rome, 1606: joined the mission of the society in Ireland; issuedThe JesuitsChallenge e. 1623 (answered by Ussher, protestant bishop of Armagh, 1624) iwuedA Reply to Mr. James Ussher, his answere 1627; prudent of the Irish College at Rome, 1635-47; superior of the Jesuit* in Ireland, 1647; taken prisoner by the parliamentarians and banished, 1648; rector of the Jesuit college at Seville, where he died.
Sir Thomas Malory: '''Sir Thomas Malory''' (ft. [[1470]]), author of Le Mort* Arthur: Malory translated, from the Frensshe 'a most pleasant jumble and summary of the legends about Arthur in 21 books, finished between March 1469 md March 1470. The translation was printed by Oaxton IBMII. Malory'sLe Mort* Arthur greatly influenced the English pnw of the sixteenth century.
Edward Maltby: '''Edward Maltby''' ([[1770]]-[[1859]]), bishop of Durham : educated at Winchester and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge: M.A., 1794; D.D., 1806; preacher at Lincoln's Inn, 18241833; bishop of Chichester, 1831, of Durham, 1836-56 F.R.S. and F.3.A.; published a usefulLexicon Grsecoprosodiacum 1815, and some sermons.
William Maltby: '''William Maltby''' ([[1763]]-[[1854]]), bibliographer: cousin of Edward Maltby (1770-1859); educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge: principal librarian of the London Institution, 18U9-34.

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Thomas Robert Malthus: '''Thomas Robert Malthus''' ([[1766]]-[[1834]]), political economist; was educated by his father, at Warrington dissenting academy and Jesus College, Cambridge: M.A., 1791; fellow, 1793; curate at Albury, Surrey, 1798; publishedEssay on Population 1798, in which he laid down that population increases in geometrical, and subsistence in arithmetical proportion only, and argued necessity of 1 checks on population in order to reduce vice and misery: travelled abroad, 1799 and 1802; professor of history and political economy at Haileybury College, 1805; published 'The Nature and Progress of Rent 1815, in which he laid down doctrines generally accepted by later economists; F.R.S., 1819, and member of foreign academies; supported factory acts and national education; disapproved of the poor laws; as exponent of new doctrine had great influence on development of political economy.
James Malton: '''James Malton''' (d. [[1803]]), arcbitecturafdraughtsman and author; son of Thomas Malton the elder
Thomas Malton: '''Thomas Malton''' , the elder ([[1726]]-[[1801]]), architectural draughtsman and writer on geometry,
Thomas Malton: '''Thomas Malton''' , the younger ([[1748]]-[[1804]]), architectural draughtsman: son of Thomas Malton the elder ; exhibited at Academy chiefly architectural views of great accuracy of execution; publishedA Picturesque Tour through... London and Westminster 1792.
Sir John Maltravers: '''Sir John Maltravers''' ([[1266]]-[[1343]] ?), knighted, 1306; conservator of the peace for Dorset, 1307, 1308, and 1314; served in Scotland between 1314 and 1322, 1327 and 1331; sent to serve in Ireland, 1317, in Guienne, 1325.
John Maltravers: '''John Maltravers''' , BARON MALTRAVKRS (1290 ?-1365), knighted, 1306; knight of the shire for Dorset, 1318; sided with Thomas of Lancaster and Roger Mortimer; fled abroad after battle of Boroughbridge, 1322; keeper of Edward II, 1327, whom he is said to have harshly treated; justice in eyre and keeper of the forests: accompanied Edward III to France as steward, 1329; concerned in death of Edmund, earl of Kent, 1330; summoned to parliament as Baron Maltravers, 1330; constable of Corfe Castle, 1330; on fall of Mortimer was condemned to death for his share in the murder of the Earl of Kent, and fled abroad: allowed to return, 1345; subsequently employed by the king.
William of Malvern: '''William of Malvern''' , alias FARKKR (. [[1535]]), last abbot of St. Peter's, Gloucester, 1514; D.O.L., 1508, andD.D., 1515, Gloucester Hall, Oxford: attended parliament; added largely to the Abbey buildings.
John Malverne: '''John Malverne''' (d. [[1414]] ?), historian ; prior of Worcester; author of continuation of Higden'sPolychronicon 1346-94.
John Malverne: '''John Malverne''' (d. [[1422]] ?), physician and priest : prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1405; wroteDe Remediis Spiritualibus et Corporalibus...
William Malvoisin: '''William Malvoisin''' (d. [[1238]]), chancellor of Scotland and archbishop of St. Andrews; chancellor, 1199-1211; bishop of Glasgow, 1200; corresponded with archbishop of Lyons; archbishop of St. Andrews, 1202; energetically vindicated rights of his sec; founded hospitals and continued building of cathedral; vi.-itul Rome; treated with King John in England, 1215.
Malines Malynes: '''Malines Malynes''' , orDEMALINES, GKKAItl) (fl. 1686-1641), merchant and economic writer; commissioner of trade in Netherlands, c. 1586, for establishing par of exchange, 1600, and on mint affairs, 1609; consulted by council on mercantile questions; attempted unsuccessfully development of English lead aud silver
Man: '''Man'''
Mangey: '''Mangey''' ruin--*: ruined by tiiiili-rtakinir farthing coinage; pro-ystem of puwnbrokiiii; under L'overnuient control . pour from usurers; publishedA Treatise of tin- Canker (if Kn;Man.rs omtnonweulth... 1601, Consuetude vel Lex Mercatoria... 1622, uuil important works; one of the first English writers to apply natural law to economic science.
Henry Man: '''Henry Man''' ([[1747]]-[[1799]]), author; deputy-secretary of t lie South Sea House and colleague of Charles Lamb ; contributed essays toMorning Chronicle: hi* works collected, 1802.
Man: '''Man''' or MAIN, JAMBS ([[1700]] 7-[[1761]]), philologist; M.. King College, Aberdeen, 1721; exposed errors in Ruddiuiau edition of Buchanan in A Censure 1768.
John Man: '''John Man''' ([[1512]]-[[1669]]), dean of Gloucester : of Winchester College and New College, Oxford: fellow, 1531: M.A., 1538: expelled for heresy, bat (1547) made president of White Hall, Oxford; warden of Mertou College, Oxford, 1562; dean of Gloucester, 1566-9: ambassador to Spain, 1567; publishedCommon places of Christian Religion 1563.
Bkn Israel Manasseh: '''Bkn Israel Manasseh''' ([[1604]]-[[1657]]), Jewish theologian and chief advocate of reudmission of Jews into England; studied at Amsterdam: became minister of the synagogue there; formed friendships with Isaac Yosslus and Grotius; established press for Hebrew printing, 1626; published Spes Israelis 1660; sent petition to the Long parliament for return of Jews into England; was encouraged by sympathy of Cromwell, but his request was refused by council of state, 1652; subsequently he petitioned Cromwell again and wrote in defence of his cause, 1655, after which Jews were tacitly allowed to settle in London and opened a synagogue; received pension of 1001. from Cromwell; published theological works.
Aaron Manby: '''Aaron Manby''' ([[1776]]-[[1850]]), engineer; ironmaster at Wolverhampton and founder of Horseley Ironworks, Tipton; took out patent for (but did not Invent) oscillating engine 1821; built the Aaron Manby, 1822, first iron steamship to go to sea and first vessel to make voyage from London to Paris; founded Charenton works, 1819; obtained concession with others for lighting Paris with gas, 1822; bought Creusot Ironworks, 1826.
Charles Manby: '''Charles Manby''' ([[1804]]-[[1884]]), civil engineer ; son of Aaron Manby; assisted his father in England and Prance; manager of Beaufort ironworks, South Wales, 1829; civil engineer in London, 1836; secretary to Institution of Civil Engineers, 1839-56; F.R.S., 1853.
George William Manby: '''George William Manby''' ([[1765]]-[[1854]]), inventor of apparatus for saving life from shipwreck; brother of Thomas Manby; schoolfellow of Nelson at Durham; joined Cambridgeshire militia; barrack-master at Yarmouth, 1803; invented apparatus for firing line from mortar to wreck, successfully used, 1-808, and afterwards extensively employed; invented other life-saving apparatus; F.R.S., 1831; published miscellaneous works.
Peter Manby: '''Peter Manby''' (d. [[1697]]), dean of Derry ; M.A. Trinity College, Dublin: chancellor of St. Patrick's, 1666; dean of Derry, 1672; turned Roman catholic, but was authorised by James II to retain deanery, 1686; retired to France after battle of the Boyne; published controversial religious works.
Peter Manby: '''Peter Manby''' (ft. [[1724]]), son of Peter Manby (d. 1697); Jesuit.
Thomas Manby: '''Thomas Manby''' {ft. [[1670]]-[[1690]]), landscapepainter,
Thomas Manby: '''Thomas Manby''' ([[1769]]-[[1834]]X rear-admiral ; brother of George William Manby q. v.j; entered navy, 1783, and served on various ships and stations; convoyed ships to West Indies, on the Bordelais, 1799, and engaged in small successful fight with French ships, 1801; convoyed ships again to West Indies, 1802, on the Africaine, a third of the crew dying from yellow fever on the voyage home; commanded small squadron on voyage to Davis Straits, 1808; rear-admiral, 1825.
Dukksop Manchester: '''Dukksop Manchester''' . See MONTAGU, CHARLES, first DUKK, 1660?-1722; MCNTAOU, GEOROR, fourth B, 1737-1788; MONTAGU, WILLIAM, fifth DUKB, 1768-1843.

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Karui Manchester: '''Karui Manchester''' or. See MONTAGU, 8m Hr.vuv. iir -t I.AKU 1MS7-164J: MoKTAOU, KnWARU, second EARL, 16O- 1671; MONTAGU, Roman. i 6S4-1683;M:LW, fourth KARL, 160?-17.)
Mandeh: '''Mandeh''' 8TOWN. VI I.I.I AM (jf. Illft-lMOX pWUsopber; studied at Paris University; rector, USA; published philosophical work*.
Robert Mandevh: '''Robert Mandevh''' (U78-H18), puritan divine;
Mjl: '''Mjl''' St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford, [[1603]] ; wrote 'Timothies i'aske published, 1619.
Bern Ard Kahdbville: '''Bern Ard Kahdbville''' ( [[1670]] ?-17M, author of the -Fable of the Bees native of Dort, Holland; M.D. Leyden, 1691: settled in England, where be was known for his wit and advocacy of dram drinking: published The Grumbling Hive (poem), 1705, repubUsbed with Inquiry mto the Origin of Moral VirtueandThe Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices Public Benefit* 1714, and again withEssay on Charity and Charity Schools and a Search into the Nature of Society 17J8. HisFable maintaining the essential vileness of human nature, was widely controverted.
Geoffrey Dk Mandeville: '''Geoffrey Dk Mandeville''' , first EAIII. .r
Essex: '''Essex''' (d. [[1144]]), rebel ; constable of the Tower of London : detained there Constance of France after her betrothal to Eustace, son of King Stephen; created Earl of Essex, before 1141; got possession of vast lands and enormous power by giving treacherous support to the king and the Empress Maud and betraying both: arrested by Stephen, 1 143, and deprived of the Tower and other catties: raised rebellion in the feus, but was fatally wounded in fighting against Stephen at Burwell. xxx.
Sir John Mandeville: '''Sir John Mandeville''' , was the ostensible author of a book of travels bearing his name, composed soon after middle of the fourteenth century, purporting to be an account of his own journeys in the east, including Turkey, Tartary, Persia, Egypt, India, and Holy Land, but really a mere compilation, especially from William of Boldensele and Friar Odoric of Pordenone, and from the 'Speculumof Vincent de Beauvais; his work written originally in French, from which English, Latin, German, and other translators were made. The author of this book of travels certainly died 1372, and was buried in the church of the Guillemius at Liege in the name of John Mandeville. Probably this name was fictitious, and its bearer is to be identified with Jean de Bourgogne or Burgoyue, chamberlain to John, baron de Mowbray, who took part in rising against Despeusers, and on Mowbray's execution (1322) tied from England.
Mandeville: '''Mandeville''' or MAONAVILLA, WILLIAM nm, third EARL OF ESSEX and EARL or COUNT OF AUMALJC (d. 1189), son of Geoffrey de Man.leville, first earl of Essex ; knighted by Philip of Flanders and brought up at Philip's court; became Karl of Essex on death of his brother, 1166; came over to England, 1166: accompanied Henry II abroad and remained faithful during rebellion, 1173-5; took part in crusade with Philip of Flanders, 1177-8; married heiress of Aumale, 1180, mm linn is and title; ambassador to Emperor Frederic 1, 1 1: took part wit li Henry II in hi* French warn; remained with Henry till the last; made a chief justiciar by Richard 1, 1189; died at Rouen; founded several religious !.;;--.
John Mandtjit: '''John Mandtjit''' (ft. [[1310]]).
Sir James Manfield: '''Sir James Manfield''' ([[1733]]-[[1881]]). See MAX*
Fikld: '''Fikld'''
James Mangan: '''James Mangan''' , commonly called JAMBS CI.AR-
Mangan Kncb: '''Mangan Kncb''' ([[1803]]-[[1849]]), Irish poet: lawyer's clerk ; later employed in library of Trinity College, Dublin, and Irish ordnance survey office; contributed prose and verse translations and original poems to various Irish journals and magazines; wrote for theNation* and 'United Irishman but was prevented from kerping regular employment by his indulgence in drink: probably the greatest of the poet* of Irish birth: published Gorman Anthology 1845, and other volumes.
Thomas Mangey: '''Thomas Mangey''' ([[1688]]-[[1755]]), divine and controversialist; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1711; fellow, 171.-.. und D.I).; held livings of St. Nicholas Guildford, Haling, and St. M ildred's, Bread Street, London: canon oi Durham, 1721; editedPhilonls Judsei Opera, 4 1742. 9m
Mangin: '''Mangin''' 834
Manners: '''Manners''' devoted hifl
Edward Mangin: '''Edward Mangin''' ([[1772]]-[[1852]]), miscellaneous writeTof Hurtirm.t decent: M.A. Balliol College, OxSl 1795- prebendary of Killaloe; lived at Bath and time to literary study; published, among 1 An Essay on Light Reading 1808.
James Mangles: '''James Mangles''' ([[1786]]-[[1867]]), captain R.N. and traveller- saw much service abroad; travelled with Charto Leonard Irby, 1816, their letters being ublibed in Murray'sHome and Colonial Library 1844; published a few miscellaneous works.
Ross Donnelly Mangles: '''Ross Donnelly Mangles''' ([[1801]]-[[1877]]), chairman of Ku-t India Company: educated at Eton and East India Company's College at Haileybury; writer in Bengal civil service, 1819; deputy-secretary in general departments 1832: secretary to government of Bengal in judicial and revenue departments, 1835-9; liberal M.P. for Guildford, 1841-58; director of East India Company, 1847-57; chairman, 1857-8; member of council of India, 1858-66; published writings on Indian affaire.
Richmal Mangnall: '''Richmal Mangnall''' ([[1769]]-[[1820]]), schoolmistress of Crofton Hall, Yorkshire; works includeHistorical and Miscellaneous Questions 1800.
Frederick Edward Maning: '''Frederick Edward Maning''' ([[1812]]-[[1883]]), the PakCha Maori: his father an emigrant to Van Diemen's Land, 1824: went to New Zealand, 1833; married Maori wife and settled among the natives: a judge of the native lands court, 1865-81; author of Old New Zealand 1863, and History of the War... in 1845
Antony Manini: '''Antony Manini''' ([[1750]]-[[1786]]), violinist; played and tan-lit in provinces and at Cambridge as leading violinist; taught Charles Hague
Sir Henry Manisty: '''Sir Henry Manisty''' ([[1808]]-[[1890]]), judge : solicitor, 1830; barrister, Gray's Inn, 1845; Q.O., 1857: judge, 1876; knighted, 1876.
Mrs Manley: '''Mrs Manley''' . MARY DE LA RIVIERE ([[1663]]1724), author of the New Atalantis; daughter of Sir Roger Manley; drawn into false marriage with her cousin, John Manley, his wife being then alive; lived with Duchess of Cleveland; subsequently brought out Letters 1696, several plays, some of which were acted with success, and fell into disreputable course of life: published The New Atalantis 1709, in which whigs and persons of note were slandered, and was arrested, but j escaped punishment; published Memoirs of Europe... written by Eginardus 1710, andCourt Intrigues 1711; j attacked by Swift in theTatler(No. 63); succeeded Swift as editor of the Examiner 1711, and was assisted by him: wrote several political pamphlets and defended herself from attacks by Steele in the Guardian; brought outLuciusat Drury Lane 1717; published works, i nt- hiding The Power of Love 1720; mistress for some years of Alderman Barber.

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Sir Roger Manley: '''Sir Roger Manley''' ([[1626]] ?-[[1688]]), cavalier; fought for the king, but was exiled to Holland, 1646-60; lieutenant-governor of Jersey, 1667-74; subsequently governor of Landguard Fort: publishedHistory of Late Warres in Denmark 1670, and De Rebellione 1686.
Thomas Manley: '''Thomas Manley''' ([[1628]]-[[1690]]), author; barrister, Middle Temple, r. 1650; K.C., 1672; published several legal works and a pamphlet,Usury at Six per cent. against Oulpeper's tract,Usury 1669, as well asThe Present State of Europe... found languishing, occasioned by the greatness of the French Monarchy 1689.
Edward Manlove: '''Edward Manlove''' (. [[1667]]), poet and lawyer; wrote Liberties and Customs of the Lead Mines 1653 (hi verse), and other works.
Timothy Mahlove: '''Timothy Mahlove''' (. [[1699]]), presbyterian divine and physician; probably grandeon of Edward Maulove; minister at Leeds; published religious works.
Mann: '''Mann''' (JOTHEK ([[1747]]-[[1830]]), general, inspectorgeneral of fortifications, colonel-commandant, R.E.; served in Dominica, 1776-H; employed in tour of survey of northeaiit coast of England, 1781; commanding R.E. in Canada, 1786-91 and 1794-1804: served under Duke of York in Holland, 1793; colonel-commandant, R.E., 1805, and general, 1821; inspector-general of fortifications, 1811; several of his plans for fortifying Canada still preserved.
Mann: '''Mann''' Sin HORACE, first baroret ([[1701]]-[[1786]]), British envoy at Florence fr'u-nd of Horace Wai pole and made by Sir Robert Walpole a itant to Fane, envoy at Florence, 1737, becoming Fane's successor, 1740-86; communicated with government principally on subject of Young Pretender, who resided at Florence; kept np artificial correspondence, extending to thousands of letters, with Horace yalpole, 1741-85, valuable as illustrating Florentine society; created baronet, 1755; K.B., 1768.
Nicholas Mann: '''Nicholas Mann''' (d. [[1753]]), master of the Charterhouse, 1737; M.A. King's College, Cambridge, 1707, and fellow; scholar, antiquarian, and author,
Robert James Mann: '''Robert James Mann''' ([[1817]]-[[1886]]), scientific writer; educated for the medical profession at University College, London; practised in Norfolk, but soon devoted himself more especially to literature; published series of scientific text-books which had large circulation; contributed to various publications; M.D. St. Andrews, 1854; superintendent of education in Natal, 1859; emigration agent for Natal in London, 1866; member of numerous learned societies.
Theodore Augustus Mann: '''Theodore Augustus Mann''' , called the ABB*
Manx: '''Manx''' ([[1735]]-[[1809]]), man of science, historian, and antiquary; sent to London to study for legal profession, 1753*; proceeded, unknown to his parents, to Paris, 1754, read Bossuet and turned Roman catholic; on outbreak of war went to Spain, 1756, and was given commission in O'Mahony's dragoons; became monk in the English Chartreuse, Nieuport, 1759, and prior, 1764; appointed imperial minister of public instruction at Brussels, 1776; wrote memoirs on various practical projects for imperial government and numerous educational primers; travelled; secretary and treasurer of Brussels Academy, 1786; F.R.S., 1788; retired to England, 1792, during French irruption; at Prague, 1794; published works in French and English, miscellaneous papers, and catalogues, reports, and letters.
William Mann: '''William Mann''' ([[1817]]-[[1873]]), astronomer ; grandson of Gother Mann; assistant at Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope; erected transit-circle with native aid, 1855, and made valuable observations.
Mrs Manners: '''Mrs Manners''' . CATHERINE, afterwards LADY
Stepney: '''Stepney''' (d. [[1845]]).
Charles Manners: '''Charles Manners''' , fourth DUKE OF RUTLAND (1754-1787), eldest son of John Manners, marquis of Granby; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1774; M.P., Cambridge, 1774; opposed government policy in America; succeeded to dukedom, 1779; lord-lieutenant of Leicestershire, 1779; K.G., 1782; lord-steward, 1783; privy councillor, 1783; resigned on formation of coalition government, but lord privy seal in Pitt's ministry; lordlieutenant of Ireland, 1784, advocated union and passed, with some concessions, Pitt's commercial propositions through Irish parliament; gave magnificent entertainments and made a tour through the country, 1787; died at Phoenix Lodge, Dublin, from fever.
Charles Cecil John Manners: '''Charles Cecil John Manners''' , sixth DUKE OP
Rutland: '''Rutland''' ([[1815]]-[[1888]]), M.P. : strong protectionist, and supporter of George Bentinck; succeeded to title, 1857; K.G., 1867.
Edward Manners: '''Edward Manners''' , third EARL OF RUTLAND (1549-1587), son of Henry Manners, second earl of Rutland; displayed great devotion to Elizabeth; filled numerous offices: lord-lieutenant of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire; K.G., 1584; commissioner to try Mary Queen of Scots, 1686; lord-chancellor designate, April 1587, dying the same mouth.
Francis Manners: '''Francis Manners''' , sixth EARL OF RUTLAND (1578-1632), brother of Roger Manners, fifth earl; travelled abroad; took part in Essex's plot, 1601; succeeded to earldom, 1612; lord-lieutenant of Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire; held several offices; K.G., 1616: privy councillor, 1617: admiral of the fleet to bring home Prince Charles from Spain, 123.
George Manners: '''George Manners''' ([[1778]]-[[1853]]), editor and founder of theSatirist 1807, a scurrilous periodical; consul at Bostou, U.S.A., 1819-39; published miscellaneous works.
Manners: '''Manners'''
Manning: '''Manning'''
Manners: '''Manners''' Tt KXHY. second EARI (. l. r )t!3), son of Thomas Mann. tl;ml ; succeeded to carldotn, 1543: knighted, 1644: cliief-justice of Sherwood Forest, 1647; took part In Scotii-h operations; attended embassy to France, 1661; belonged to the extreme reformersparty; lord-lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, 1552, of Rutland1559; imprisoned at Mary's accession, 1663: admiral, 1666: general in French war, 1667; favourite of Elizabeth; K.O., 1669; lord president of the north, 1661, and ecclesiastical commteioner for York.
John Manners: '''John Manners''' , eighth EARI, OF RUTLAND ([[1604]]1679), descended from Thomas Manners, first earl of llnthind; succeeded to earldom, 1642; moderate parliamentarian; took covenant, 1643; filled various offices; at the Restoration rebuilt Belvoir, which had been dismantled; lord-lieutenant of Leicestershire, 1667.
John Manners: '''John Manners''' ([[1609]]-[[1696]]).
John Manners: '''John Manners''' , ninth EARL and first DUKE or

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Rutland: '''Rutland''' ([[1638]]-[[171]] IX son of John Manners, eighth earl of Rutland: succeeded to earldom, 1679; lordlieutenant of Leicestershire, 1677, dismissed, 1687, and restored, 1689; assisted in raising forces for William of Orange in Nottinghamshire; created Marquis of Qranby and Duke of Rutland, 1703.
John Manners: '''John Manners''' , MARQUIS UP ORANBT ([[1721]]1770), lieutenant-general; colonel of royal horse guards (blues); eldest son of John Manners, third duke of Rutland ( 1696-1779); of Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; travelled with his tutor, John Ewer; M.P. for Grautham and subsequently for Cambridge; colonel of 'Leicester bluesat Jacobite invasion, 1746; served in Flanders, 1747; colonel of the blues, 1768; lieutenantgeneral, 1759; commanded blues at Minden, 1769, where his advance was stayed by orders of Lord George Sackville; succeeded latter as commander-inchief of British contingent, 1769; performed brilliant services at Warburg, 1760, Fellinghausen, 1761, Gravenstein, Wilhelmstabl, heights of Homburg, and Cassel, 1762; master-general of the ordnance, 1763; twelfth coinmanderin-chief, 1766; savagely assailed by Jnnius; retired from office, 1770; lord-lieutenant of Derbyshire,
Sir Robert Manners: '''Sir Robert Manners''' (d. [[1355]]?); M.P., Northnmberland, 1340; constable of Norham before 1345; fought nt Neville's Cross, 1346.
Sir Robert Manners: '''Sir Robert Manners''' ([[1408]]-[[1461]]), sheriff, [[1464]], and M.P. for Northumberland, 1459.
Lord Robert Manners: '''Lord Robert Manners''' ([[175]]S-[[1782]]), captairr,' R.N.; son of John Manners, marquis of Granby; served under Rodney and Hood and took part in actions off Ushant, 1778, Cape St. Vincent, 1779, Cape Henry, 1781, and Dominica, 1782, where he was fatally wounded.
Roger Manners: '''Roger Manners''' , fifth EARL OP RUTLAND ([[1576]]1612), son of fourth earl; educated at Queensand Corpus Christi Colleges, Cambridge; M.A., 1595; travelled abroad, * Profitable Instructions being written for him, probably by Bacon; knighted by Essex in Ireland, 1599; steward of Sherwood Forest, 1600; took part in Essex's conspiracy, 1601, and was heavily fined; K.B., 1603; lord-lieutenant of Lincolnshire, 1603.
Thomas Manners: '''Thomas Manners''' , first EARL OP RUTLAND and thirteenth BARON Ros (d. 1543), became Baron Ros on bis father's death, 1513: took part in French expedition, 1513; present at Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1620; favourite of Henry VIII, receiving numerous grants and offices; warden of the east marches and of Sherwood Forest; K.C., 1525; created Earl of Rutland, 1525; took active part against northern rebels, 1536; constable of Nottingham Castle, 1542.
Manners: '''Manners''' -BUTTON, CHARLES ([[1755]]-[[1828]]), archbishop of Canterbury; brother of Thomas Manners-Suttou, first baron Manners; fifteenth wrangler, 1777, and M.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1780; D.D., 1792; rector of Averham-with-Kelham and Whitwell, 1785; dean of Peterborough, 1791; bishop of Norwich, 1792-1806; dean of Windsor, 1794; favourite of royal family; archbishop of Canterbury, 1805-28; active in church revival.
Manners: '''Manners''' - BUTTON, CHARLES, first VISCOUNT
Oantr: '''Oantr''' ititi'KY (17HO-[[1845]]), speaker of the House of Common*; son of Charles Monners-Sutton, arch i.,-1:.,;,,,: i M -.. bridge; MJL, 180 Inn, 1806; tory II. bf uatalta i M. privy councillor, Ireland, 1812, and Residence Bill, 181 MM i:; M -.. 1833; created Baron Bottesf ord and Viscount Can 1835.
Manners: '''Manners''' -BUTTON, JOHN HKNKY THOMAS, thirl VISCOUNT OAKTBRBURY Manners-Sutton, first Viscount Canterbury q. r.1: M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 18M: M.P., Cambridge 1841-7; under home secretary (1841-4) in Peel's administration; lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 1864-61; governor of Trinidad, 1864-,and Victoria, 18661X73: K.C.B., 1866; succeeded to title, 1869; K.c.M.., 1873; published Lexington Papers 1861.
Manners: '''Manners''' -BUTTON, THOMAS, first BAROX MAN-
Ners: '''Ners''' ([[1756]]-[[1842]]), lord chancellor of Ireland : grandson of the third Duke of Rutland; fifth wrangler, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1777; M.A., 1780; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1780; obtained large chancery practice; M.P., Newarkupon-Trent, 1796-1805; Welsh judge, 1797; K.C., 1800, and solicitor-general to Prince of Wales, 1800; solicitorgeneral, 1802; knighted, 1802; serjeant-at-law and baron of exchequer, 1805; created Baron Manners and privy councillor, 1807; lord chancellor of Ireland, 1807-27: removed O'Hanlon from bench for supporting catholic claims; took active part in proceedings against Queen Caroline, 1820; opposed catholic claims, 1828.
James Mannin: '''James Mannin''' (d. [[1779]]), flower-painter.
Anne Manning: '''Anne Manning''' ([[1807]]-[[1879]]), miscellaneous writer ; sister of William Oke Manning; contributed to 'Sharpe's Magazine 1849,The Maiden and Married Life of Mistress Mary Powell (frequently reprinted); was known thenceforward as the 4 author of Mary Powell; her best works are historical tales of the sixteenth century.
Henry Ed Ward Manning: '''Henry Ed Ward Manning''' ([[1808]]-[[1892]]), cardinalpriest; educated at Balliol College, Oxford, under Charles Wordsworth, and with William Ewart Gladstone; M.A., 1833; obtained post in colonial office, 1830: fellow, Merton College, 1832; curate of Woollavington-curnGraffbam, 1832, and rector, 1833: rural dean, 1837: archdeacon of Chicbester, 1840; select preacher at Oxford, 1842; published The Unity of the Church an able expoition of Anglo-catholic principles, andSermons 1844; disapproved ofTract XGY and preached antipapal sermon at Oxford on Guy Fawkec* day, 1843: voted against William George Ward's degradation by the Oxford convocation, 1846; travelled abroad and (1848) visited Pius IX; supported resistance to government grants ill aid of elementary schools, 1849; protested a-ninst Gorham judgment, 1860, ami wrote The Appellate Jurisdiction of the Crown in Matters Spiritual denying the jurisdiction; resigned archdeaconry and became Roman catholic, 1851; publishedThe Grounds of Faith 1862; superior of Congregation of the Oblates of St. Charles at Bayswater, 1857: occupied himself in preaching, education, mission work, and literary defence of papal temporal power; appointed at Rome domestic prelate and monsignore, 1860; published lettersTo an Anglican Friend 1864, and on The Workings of the Holy Spirit in the Church of England addressed to Pusey; nominated Roman catholic archbishop of Westminster, 1865: publishedThe Temporal Mission of the Holy Gh and 1875: as archbishop was autocratic and a thorough ultramontane; established Westminster Education Fund, 1868; supported infallibility of the pope, and published 'Petri PrivilegitinV 1871, andNational Education 187J, in favour of voluntary teaching: contributed articles to various papers defending his orthodoxy and ultramontane theory; published The Vatican Decrees 1875, in answer to William Ewart Gladstone; published in theDaily Telegraph letters on the infallibility of the Roman church, in answer to Lord Redesdale, 1876 (reprinted, 1875); cardinal, 1875; carried on crusade against drink; a zealous philanthropist: sat on royal commisrinns on boosing of the poor. 1884-5, and Education Acts, 18801887, and published articles on those topics; favoured 3ll2
Manning: '''Manning'''
Mansel: '''Mansel''' i Gladstone's domestic politics in later life; great pr.:-lr and ecclesiastical statesman: of apcvtu- T.-np.T: a subtle butnnspeculative controversialist; pntilisli.il in late years rnal Priesthood 1883, sermons, and other works.
James Manning: '''James Manning''' ([[1781]]-[[1866]]X serjeant-at-law ; barrister, Lincoln's Inn, 1817; leader of western circuit: learned especially in copyright law: recorder of Sudbury, 1836-66, and Oxford and Banbary, 1867-66; serjeant-atUw, 1840, and queen's ancient serjeant, 1846: judge of Whitechapel County Court, 1847; published legal works.
Marie Manning: '''Marie Manning''' ([[1821]]-[[1849]]), murderess ; nie de Hoax; native of Lauanne; married Frederick George Manning, publican, 1 847, and with him murdered O'Connor at Bermondsey, 1849, both being condemned and executed.
Owen Hanking: '''Owen Hanking''' ([[1721]]-[[1801]]), historian of Surrey; M.A. QueensCollege, Cambridge, 1744; B.D.,1763; fellow and incumbent of St. Botolph, Cambridge, 1741; obtained several other preferments; rector of Godalming, 17631801; prebendary of Lincoln, 1767 and 1760; collected materials for history of Surrey, afterwards published with additions by William Bray (1736-1832), 1804-9-14; completed Lye's Saxon dictionary, 1772, and annotated The Will of King Alfred 1788.
Robert Manning: '''Robert Manning''' (rf. [[1731]]), Roman catholic controversialist; professor at Douay English college: missioner in England; works include The Shortest Way to end disputes about religion 1716.
Samuel Manning: '''Samuel Manning''' , the younger (. [[1846]]), sculptor; son of Samuel Manning (d. 1847)
Samuel Manning: '''Samuel Manning''' (rf. [[1847]]), sculptor; executed bust of Warren Hastings statue in Westminster Abbey; exhibited statuary at Royal Academy.
Samuel Manning: '''Samuel Manning''' ([[1822]]-[[1881]]), baptist minister at Sbeppard's Barton, Somerset, 1846-61; editor of the 'Baptist Magazine general book editor of Religious Tract Society, 1863, and joint-secretary, 1876.

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Thomas Manning: '''Thomas Manning''' ([[1772]]-[[1840]]), traveller and friend of Charles Lamb; scholar of Caius College, Cambridge, and private tutor: studied mathematics and made acquaintance with Porson and Lamb; studied Chinese at Paris, 1800-3; studied medicine and left for Canton, 1807, but failed to penetrate into China; went to Calcutta, 1810, and travelled from Rangpur to Lhasa, 1811, the first Englishman to enter Lhasa; returned to Canton, 1812; accompanied Lord Amherst to Pekin as Interpreter, 1816; returned to England, 1817; considered first Chinese scholar in Europe; wrote mathematical works.
William Manning: '''William Manning''' ([[1630]] ?-[[1711]]), ejected minister; perpetual curate of Middleton, Suffolk; ejected, 1662; took out licence ascongregational teacherat Peasenhall, 1672; became Socinian; published sermons.
William Oke Vanning: '''William Oke Vanning''' ( [[1809]]-[[1878]]), legal writer : nephew of James Manning (1781-1866); published Commentaries on Law of Nations 1839.
John Manningham: '''John Manningham''' (d. [[1622]]), diarist ; student of Middle Temple and utter barrister, 1606; his diary (16021603), of considerable value, was first printed by the Camden Society In 1868.
Sir Richard Manningham: '''Sir Richard Manningham''' ([[1690]]-[[1769]]), manmidwife: son of Thomas Manningham; LL.B. Cambridge, 1717; M.D.; F.R.S., 1720; knighted, 1721; chief man-midwife of the day: attended Mary Toft . and publishedExact Diaryon the case, 1726; publishedArtis Obstetricariae Compendium 1740, and other works.
Thomas Manningham: '''Thomas Manningham''' ([[1661]] 7-[[1722]]), bishop of Chicbester: scholar of Winchester College and New College, Oxford; fellow, 1671-81; M.A., 1677; D.D. Lambeth, 1691; obtained various preferments; dean of Windsor 1709; bishop of Ohicbester, 1709; published sermons.
John Mannock: '''John Mannock''' ([[1677]]-[[1764]]), Benedictine monk ; made profession at Donay, 1700; chaplain to Canning family; procurator of southern province, 1729; published
Manny: '''Manny''' or MAUNY. Sin WALTER UK, afterwards
Bauon: '''Bauon''' IK MANNY (d. [[1372]]). military commander and founder of the Charterhouse, London; native of Hainault; esquire to Queen Philippa; knighted, 1331; distinguished himself in Scottish wars; was rewarded with lands and governorship of Merioneth (1332) and Harlech Castle (1334); admiral of northern fleet, 1337, capturing Guy de Rickenburg in the Scheldt; according to Froissart took French castle of Tlmn 1'Eveque with only forty lances on defiance of French king, 1339; served throughout campaign and won distinction at Sluys, 1340; sent by Edward III to assist Countess of Montfort against Charles of Blois, 1342; accompanied Earl of Derby in successful Gascony campaigns; according to Froissart conducted siege of Calais, and was summoned to parliament as baron, 1346; sent to negotiate in France, 1348, and in Netherlands, 1361; received grants of land; accompanied Edward III to Artois, 1356; present at siege of Berwick, 1355; took part in Edward's French campaigns, 1359-60, and negotiated in his name; a guarantor of treaty of Bretigni and guardian of King John of France at Calais, 1360; K.G., 1359; ordered to Ireland, 1368; accompanied John of Gaunt in Invasion of France, 1369; obtained licence to found house of Carthusian monks, i.e. the Charterhouse in London, 1371; one of the ablest of Edward Ill's soldiers,
Robert Mannyng: '''Robert Mannyng''' , or ROBERT DE BRUNNK (fl. 1288-1338), poet; native of Bourne, Lincolnshire; entered Sempringham priory, 1288; wroteHandlyng Synne (edited, 1862), theChronicle of England(first part edited by Dr. Furnivall, second part by Hearne), neither original works, but of great literary value; also probable author of Meditacyuns (edited, 1875).
Charles Grenville Mansel: '''Charles Grenville Mansel''' ([[1806]]-[[1886]]), Indian official; filled various posts at Agra; member of Punjab administration, 1849, resident of Nagpur, 1850.
Henry Longueville Mansel: '''Henry Longueville Mansel''' ([[1820]]-[[1871]]), metaphysician; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool, London, where he wrote verses; scholar, St. John's College, Oxford; obtained double first 1843; tutor, and ordained, 1844; strong tory and high churchman; professor fellow 1864; reader in theology at Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1856; wrote article on metaphysics in Encyclopaedia Britannica 1857; Bampton lecturer, 1858; engaged in controversy with Maurice, Goldwin Smith, and Mill; select preacher, 1860-2, and 1869-71; professor of ecclesiastical history, 1866-8; lectured onThe Gnostic Heresies 1868; dean of St. Paul's, 1868-71; published Phrontisterion 1850, Prolegomena Logica 1851,The Limits of Demonstrative Science 1853, Man's Conception of Eternity 1854, and other metaphysical works; contributed toThe Speaker's Commentary and to 'Aids to Faith follower of Sir William Hamilton, and, with Veitch, edited his lectures, 1 859.
Mansel: '''Mansel''' or MATTNSELL, JOHN (d. [[1265]]), keeper of the seal and counsellor of Henry III; son of a country priest; obtained post at exchequer, 1234; accompanied Henry III on expedition to France, 1242-3, and greatly distinguished himself; keeper of the great seal, 1246-7, and subsequently; ambassador to Brabant, 1247; had considerable influence with Henry III; sent on missions to Scotland, Brabant, France, Germany, and Brittany; concerned in Edward's marriage to Eleanor of Castile, 1254, in the election of Richard, king of the Romans, 1257, and in the abandonment of English claims on Normandy, 1258; member of the committee of twentyfour and council of fifteen, 1258; followed Henry III to France: the king compelled to dismiss him, 1261; obtained papal bull releasing Henry III from his obligations, 1262; accompanied Henry III to France, 1262; on civil war breaking out, escaped to Boulogne, 1263; present at mise of Amiens, 1264; died in France in great poverty; said to have held three hundred benefices; by supporting the king's measures acquired much odium, but was a capable and diligent administrator.
William Lort Mansel: '''William Lort Mansel''' ([[1763]]-[[1820]]), bishop of Bristol; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1777; fellow, 1777; D.D., 1778: tutor; master, 1798; vice-chancellor, 1799-1800; held livings of Bottisham and Chesterton; appointed bishop of Bristol by Perceval, a former pupil, 1808; well-known wit and writer of epigrams: author of sermons.
Man: '''Man''' 9EL.L 837
Manwartng: '''Manwartng'''
Francis Mansell: '''Francis Mansell''' ([[1579]]-[[1665]]), principal of College, Oxford; M.A. Jesus College, Oxford, 1611; fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1613; D.U., Itii'i; principal of Jesus College, 1MO; after expelling nevenil retired from office; again principal, 1630-47; treasurer of Ls*nd*fl mid prebendary of St. David's, 1631; teuefactor of the college; assisted royalists in Wales, 1643-7; ejected from Jesus College, 1647; reinstated, 1660.
Sir Robert Mansell: '''Sir Robert Mansell''' ([[1573]]-[[1656]]), admiral; served in Cadiz expedition and was knighted, 1596; took part in The IslandsVoyage 1597; held commands off Irish coast, 1599-1600; active in arresting accomplices of Essex and captured Hansa ships, 1601; M.P., King's Lynn, 1601, Carmarthen, 1603, Carmarthenshire, 1614, Glamorganshire, 1623-5, Lostwithiel, 1626, and Glamorganshire, 1628: intercepted Portuguese galleys, 1602; vice-admiral of the Narrow Seal, 1001; treasurer of the navy, 1604; accompanied Earl of Nottingham on Spanish mission, 1605; imprisoned in the Marshalsea for alleged political disaffection, 1613; vice-admiral of England, 1628; commanded unsuccessful expeditions against Algiers, 1620-1; obtained glass monopoly, 1615.
Sib Thomas Mansell: '''Sib Thomas Mansell''' ([[1777]]-[[1858]]X rear-admiral ; ? resent at actions off Lorient, 1795, Cape St. Vincent, 797, and battle of the Nile, 1798; promoted lieutenant by Nelson; held various commands and captured 170 ships K.O.H., 1837; rear-admiral, 1849.
Earls Ok Mansfield: '''Earls Ok Mansfield''' . See MURRAY, WILLIAM, first EARL, 1705-1793; MURRAY, DAVID, second EARL, 1727-1796.
Charles Blackford Mansfield: '''Charles Blackford Mansfield''' ([[1819]]-[[1855]]), chemist and author; M.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1849; discovered method of extracting benzol from coal-tar, 1848, and published pamphlet; joined Maurice and Kingsley in efforts for social reform (1848-9), and contributed toPolitics for the PeopleandChristian Socialist; published Aerial Navigation 1850, and delivered lectures at Royal Institution on chemistry of metals, 1851-2; visited Buenos Ayrea and Paraguay, 1852-3; publishedTheory of Salts 1855; died from accident by burning.
Henry De Mansfield: '''Henry De Mansfield''' (rf. [[1328]]). See MAUNS-
Field: '''Field'''
Mansfield: '''Mansfield''' (originally MANFIELD), SIR JAMES (1733-1821), lord chief-justice of common pleas; fellow, King's College, Cambridge, 1754; M.A., 1758; barrister, Middle Temple, 1768; adviser of Wilkes, 1768, Duchess of Kingston, and others; K.O., 1772; M.P., Cambridge University, 1779-84; solicitor-general, 1780-2, and in I coalition ministry, 1783; chief-justice of common pleas and knighted, 1804.
Sir William Rose Mansfield: '''Sir William Rose Mansfield''' , first BARON

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Sandhurst: '''Sandhurst''' ([[1819]]-[[1876]]), general; grandson Of Sir James Mansfield; joined 63rd foot, 1835; distinguished himself in first Sikh war, Punjab war, 1849, and under Sir Colin Campbell on Peshawur frontier; military adviser to British ambassador at Constantinople, 1855: consulgeneral at Warsaw, 1856; chief of the staff to Sir Colin Campbell in Indian mutiny, 1857; present at relief and siege of Lucknow and tight at Cawnpore, when his conduct was much criticised; served in campaigns in Rohilcund, Oude, and other operations; commander of Bombay presidency, 1860; commander-in-chief in India, 1865; in Ireland, 1870: general, 1872; K.O.B., 1867; created Baron Sandhurst, 1871; G.O.S.I., 1866; G.O.B., 1870; D.C.L. Oxford, 1870; Irish privy councillor, 1870.
Henry Manship: '''Henry Manship''' (fl. [[1562]]), topographer ; directed construction of Yarmouth harbour; hisGreate Yermouthe printed, 1847.
Henry Manship: '''Henry Manship''' (d. [[1625]]). topographer; son of Henry Manship q. v.j; town clerk of Yarmouth, 1679-85; dismissed from corporation, 1604: managed Yarmouth affairs in London, again falling into disgrace, 1616; publishedHistory of Great Yarmouth 1619; died in poverty.
David Manson: '''David Manson''' ([[1726]]-[[1792]]), schoolmaster ; began life as farmer's boy at Cairncastle, co. Antrim; opened school there and afterwards (1755) one at Belfast and also a brewery; published school-books.
Manson: '''Manson''' i!K'l:Ji: , 1*80-[[1876]]), Scottkh artist: executed woodcuts forChambers Miscellany disciple of Ik-wick and painter of homely subject*,
Manx: '''Manx''' K1CHAHD ([[1776]]-[[1848]]), bishop of Down. Connor, and Dromon; scholar of u Trinity College. Oxford: fellow of t ri,-i College. Oxford. 1798; gained chancellor's prize with essayOn Commerce 1799: M.A., 1H01; 5.D.. iMlft; vlcalr of Coggeshall, Essex, 1810; Bampton lecturer. 1811; chaplain to the archbishop of Canterbury, 1818; rector of St. Botolph'8,1816, and East HorsleJ, 1818; blsbopof KUUloe and K.lfenoragh, 1820; translated to Down and Connor. 1823, Dromore being added, 1842; built many new churches: published poetical, theological, miscellaneous, and historical works, including History of the Church of Ireland 1840.
Walter Bishop Manx: '''Walter Bishop Manx''' ( [[1807]]-[[1869]]), divine : son of Richard Mant; archdeacon of Down, antiquarian, and author of works in prow and vene.
Thomas Mante: '''Thomas Mante''' (fl. [[1773]]), military writer : author of History of the late War in America 1772, and other works.
Gideon Algernon Mantell: '''Gideon Algernon Mantell''' ([[1790]]-[[1852]]), geologist; ton of a shoemaker; articled to, and finally partner of Lewes surgeon; devoted himself to natural history and geology and made noted collection; removed to Brighton, 1835, and lectured; publishedThe Wonders of Geology 1838, and other geological works, besides papers published by Royal and Geological Societies, setting forth his extensive investigation* and discoveries; F.R.S., 1826; hon. F.R.G.S., 1844.
Joshua Mantell: '''Joshua Mantell''' ([[1795]]-[[1865]]), surgeon and horticultural writer; brother of Gideon Algernon Mantell
Sir Thomas Mantell: '''Sir Thomas Mantell''' ([[1751]]-[[1831]]), antiquary ; F.S.A., 1810; surgeon at Dover and mayor; knighted, 1820; published Cinque Porte 1828, and other works.
John Manton: '''John Manton''' (d. [[1834]]), gunmaker; brother of Joseph Mantou
Joseph Manton: '''Joseph Manton''' ([[1766]] ?-[[1835]]), gunmaker : took out several patents for improvements in guns, 1792-1825, and other inventions; bankrupt, 1826.
Thomas Manton: '''Thomas Manton''' ([[1620]]-[[1677]]X presbyteriau divine; B.A. Hart Hall, Oxford, 1639; ordained, 164O: lecturer at Cullomptou and (c. 1645) obtained living of Stoke Newington; one of the scribes to Westminster Assembly; disapproved of Charles I's execution; attended Christopher Love on the scaffold and preached funeral sermon, 1661; rector of St. Paul's, Coveiit Garden, London, 1656; drew up with Baxter and others Fundamentals of Religion 1668; one of the deputies to Breda, and chaplain to Charles II; took part in religious conferences and was created D.D. Oxford, 1660: left St Paul's, Covent Garden, 1662, and held meetings elsewhere in London; arrested, 1670; preacher at PinnersHall. London, 1672; discussed accommodation with Tillotboo and Stilliugfleet, 1674; the most popular of the pr**hyterians; published religious works.
Manuche: '''Manuche''' or MANUCCI, COSMO (ft. [[1652]]), dramatist; of Italian origin; probably member of household of James Compton, third earl of Northampton; captain and major of foot in king's army during civil war; subsequently obtained employment under the Protector. Twelve plays have been assigned to him, three of which were published,The Just General 1652,The Loyal Lovers 1652, andThe Bastard* (issued anonymously), 1652; of the remaining nine plays which were formerly in manuscript at Castle Ash by only one is still known there.
Manwablng: '''Manwablng''' or MAYNWARINO, R x;KR ([[1590]]1663), bishop of St. David's; D.D. All Souls College, Oxford; rector of St Giles in- the- Fields. London, 1616: chaplain to Charles I; preached sermons before Charles I on Religion and Allegiance 1627, asserting peril of damnationof those who resisted taxation levied by royal authority; on being sentenced to imprisonment, fine, and suspension, made retractation; received several preferments; dean of Worcester, 1633: bishop of St. I's, 1638; was deprived of vote in House of Lords by David Short parliament, 1640; imprisoned and persecuted by Long parliament.
Manwood: '''Manwood'''
March: '''March'''
John Mahwood: '''John Mahwood''' (A [[1610]]), legal author: relative of Sir Roger Manwood; barrister, Lincoln's Inn: jtLtice rftbe New Forest; publishedA Brefe Collection of the Lnwoi of the Forest 1692 (enlarged, 1615).
Sir Peter Manwood: '''Sir Peter Manwood''' (d. [[1625]]), antiquary ; son of Sir Roger Manwood q. v.l; student of the Inner Temple, 1683; represented between 1688 and 1621 Sandwich, Saltash, Kent, and New Komuey; sheriff of Kent, 1602; ILlL, 1603: patron of learned men at St. Stephen's, near Canterbury, an. I mentioned with great respect by Camden; published part of Williams'sActions of the Lowe Countries 16ia
Sir Roger Manwood: '''Sir Roger Manwood''' ([[1625]]-[[1692]]), judge; barrister. Inner Temple, 1555: recorder of Sandwich, 1556-66, and steward of chancery and admiralty courts, Dover; M.P., Hastings, 1555, Sandwich, 1558: granted by Elizabeth manor of St. Stephen's, Kent; friend of Sir Thomas Graham and Archbishop Parker, and founded with the latter grammar school at Sandwich; supported treason bill, 1671; judge of common pleas, 1572-8: with bishops of London and Rochester convicted of anabaptism two Flemings, who were burnt, 1575; showed himself severe towards enemies of the government; knighted, 1578; chief baron of the exchequer, 1678-92; member of Starchamber, which sentenced Lord Vaux of Harrowden, 1681; member of commission at Fotheringay, 1586; rebuked by Elizabeth for sale of office, 1591; accused of various malpractices and arraigned before privy council, 1592.
Map: '''Map''' or MAFE8, WALTER (Jl. [[1200]]), mediaeval author and wit; probably native of Herefordshire; studied in Paris under Girard la Pncelle; clerk of royal household and justice itinerant; accompanied Henry II abroad, 1173 and 1183; sent to Rome, 1179; canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, Lincoln, and Hereford; precentor, and, later, chancellor of Lincoln; archdeacon of Oxford from 1197; author of De Nugis Curialium a collection of anecdotes and legends of considerable interest and of satirical purport (edited, 1850); probably also author, or largely author, of Lancelot and perhaps of some of the satirical Goliardic verse; specimens of his wit preserved by Giraklus.
John Maflet: '''John Maflet''' (d. [[1592]]), miscellaneous writer; fellow of Catharine Hall, Cambridge, 1564; M.A., 1567; vicar of Northolt, Middlesex, 1576; wroteA Greene Forest (natural history), 1667, andThe Diall of Destinie 1681.
John Maplet: '''John Maplet''' ([[1612]]7-[[1670]]), physician; M.A., 1638, and M.D., 1647, Christ Church, Oxford; principal of Gloucester Hall, Oxford, 1647; travelled in France with third Viscount Falkland and went to Holland; ejected from Oxford appointments; practised medicine at Bath; "tft-M*d at Oxford, 1660; author of miscellaneous works in Latin, prose and verse.
John Mapletoft: '''John Mapletoft''' ([[1631]]-[[1721]]), physician and divine; nephew of Robert Mapletoft; educated at Westminster School; scholar and fellow (1653) of Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1655, and M.D., 1667 (incorporated at Oxford, 1669); tutor to Earl of Northumberland's son; practised medicine in London with Sydenham and became intimate with John Locke; travelled abroad; Gnwham professor of physic, 1675-9; successively rector of Braybrooke and St. Lawrence Jewry, London; lecturer at Ipswich, 1685, and St. Christopher's, London, 1685; D.D.Cambridge, 1690; F.R.S., 1676; works includeThe Principle* and Duties of the Christian Religion 1710.

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Robert Mapletoft: '''Robert Mapletoft''' ([[1609]]-[[1677]]), dean of Ely M.A. QueensCollege, Cambridge, 1632; fellow of Pembroke College, 1631; chaplain to Bishop Wren; rector of Bartlow, 1639; ejected, 1644; officiated privately at Lincoln: D.D. at Restoration by royal mandate; sub-dean of Lincoln, 1660; master of Spitul Hospital, 1660, reviving the charity; rector successively of Clay worth and Soham; master of Pembroke, 1664-77; vice-chancellor, 1671-2; dean of Ely, 1667-77; founded educational institutions.
Earls of Mae: '''Earls of Mae''' . See BRSKINB, JOHN, first or sixth
Earl: '''Earl''' of the Erekine line, d. [[1572]] ; EIWKINB, JOHN, second or seventh EARL, 1558-16S4; ERSKIXK, JOHN, sixth or eleventh EARL, 1675-1732: STBWAJIT, ALEXANDER, EARL 99 MAU, 13767-1435; STEWART, JOHN, EARL OF MAR, 1467 7-1479 7; CocHRAXK, ROHKRT, EARL OP MAR, d. 1482; STKWAKT, LORD JAMES, EARL OF MAR, 153171570.
Donald Mar: '''Donald Mar''' , tenth EARL OF (d. [[1297]]), son of William Mar, ninth earl of Mar; supported Edward I's suzerainty over Scotland; revolted, 1294, but returned to allegiance after battle of Dunbar, 1296.
Donald Mae: '''Donald Mae''' , twelfth EARL OF ([[1293]]7-[[1332]]), grandson of Donald Mar, tenth earl of Mar, and nephew of Robert Bruce; brought to England, 1306; was exchanged, 1314, after Banuockburn, but returned, preferring England; received grants; keeper of Newark Castle, 1321; joined Scots in raid, 1327; regent of Scotland, 1332; defeated by Baliol at Dupplin Moor and slain.
Thomas Mae: '''Thomas Mae''' , thirteenth EARL OF (d. [[1377]]), son of Donald Mar, twelfth earl of Mar; Scottish commissioner to treat for peace with England, 1351, and hostage chamberlain of Scotland, 1358; entered service of Edward III, 1359; his castle seized by David II, 1361, and himself imprisoned, 1370; present at coronation of Robert II, 1371.
William Mae: '''William Mae''' , ninth EARL OF (d. [[1281]] ?), one of the regents of Scotland, 1249, and great chamberlain, 1252-5; commanded expedition to reduce chiefs of Western Isles, 1263.
Mrs Maea: '''Mrs Maea''' . GERTRUDE ELIZABETH ([[1749]]1833), vocalist; nte Schmeling; native of Cassel; violinist, but became singer; studied under Paradisi and Hiller: a better vocalist than actress; engaged by Frederick II at Berlin, 1771; married Johann Mara, who ill-treated her; escaped from Berlin, 1778, and toured on the continent; did not please Mozart; sang in London, 1784-7 and 17901802, chiefly in Handel's music; settled at Moscow till 1812; ruined by the burning of Moscow, 1812; sang again in London, 1816; died at Revel; Goethe sent her a poem for her birthday, 1831.
William De Maea: '''William De Maea''' (fl. [[1280]]), Franciscan ; studied at Paris under Bonaventura and Roger Bacon; wrote Correctorium (criticism of Thomas Aquinas), first printed at Strasburg, 1501, and other works.
Marbeck: '''Marbeck''' or MEEBECK, JOHN (d. [[1585]] 7), musician and theologian; lay-clerk and afterwards organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 1541; Calvinist; arrested for possessing heretical writings, 1543; sentenced to be burnt, but pardoned through Gardiner's instrumentality, 1544; published his Ooncordace 1550 (the earliest concordance of whole English bible), The Boke of Common Praier noted 1650, adaptation of plain chant to liturgy of 1549, and several other works, besides musical compositions,
Markbeeke Marbeck: '''Markbeeke Marbeck''' , or MERBECK, ROGER (1536-1605), provost of Oriel College, Oxford, and physician; son of John Marbeck; student of Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1558; senior proctor and public orator; elegant latinist, and twice pronounced oration before Elizabeth; prebendary of Hereford and canon of Christ Church; provost of Oriel, 1565; resigned all Oxford offices on account of discreditable marriage; M.D., 1573; fellow and registrar of London College of Physicians and physician to Queen Elizabeth; accompanied Howard in Cadiz expedition, 1596, and wrote account.
Alexander John Gaspard Maecet: '''Alexander John Gaspard Maecet''' ([[1770]]1822), physician; M.D. Edinburgh, 1797; physician and chemical lecturer at Guy's Hospital, London; professor of chemistry at Geneva, 1819; F.R.S., 1815; published medical and chemical papers.
Mrs Maecet: '''Mrs Maecet''' . JANE ([[1769]]-[[1858]]), writer for the young; formerly Haldimand; of Swiss birth; married Alexander John Gaspard Marcet, 1799; wrote popular scientific text-books, which obtained large circulation; her Conversations on Political Economy 1816, praised by Macaulay.
Earls of March: '''Earls of March''' , in the English peerage. See
Roger Mortimer: '''Roger Mortimer''' (IV) DE, first EARL, [[1287]]7-[[1330]] MnuTi.MKU ROGER (V) DB, second EARL, 13277-1360 MORTIMER, EDMUND ril) DE, third EARL, 1351-1381 MORTIMER, ROGER (VI) DE, fourth EARL, 1374-1398 MORTIMER. EDMUND (IV) DB, fifth EARL, 1391-1425.
March: '''March'''
Margaret: '''Margaret'''
Earls Op March: '''Earls Op March''' , in the Scottish peerage. See
Patrick Dunbar: '''Patrick Dunbar''' , svcnd KKI., rj-vi 1 39 ; STBWABT, AU:AIKR, 1454?-ll. r: D..I.II.A-. WILLIAM, third EARL of the Douglas family, 1724-1810.
March: '''March''' Mus. 1*25-1*77). See GABRIEL, MARY
Ann: '''Ann''' - Viini
March: '''March''' .HHN (l;i-J-l.,:7). legal writer: employed by council of state during Common wealth In various capacities; justice in Scotland, I;.V2; wrote Actions for Slander 1648,Reports, 1 1648, Amicus lleipublicaj, 1 1661, and other works.
John March: '''John March''' ([[1640]]-[[1692]]), vicar of Newcastle: educated at Queen's College and St. Kmmnd li:ill, Oxford: M.A., 1664: B.D., 1674; tutor and (1664-78) vice-president of St. Edmund Hall: vicar successively of Embleton, 1672-9, and Newcaatle-on-Tyne, 1679-92, and proctor for Durham: strong churchman and l !. -ndM passive obedience; published sermons and aVindiration 1689.
De La Marche March: '''De La Marche March''' . or DE MARCHIA,
William: '''William''' (rf. [[1302]]), treasurer, and bishop of Bath and Wells; clerk of the chancery, clerk of the king's wardrobe, c. 1286; treasurer, 1290-5; prominent offlc-inl during Edward I's absence; received various preferments; bishop of Bath and Wells, 1293; became unpopular through Edward I's exactions; removed from treasury, 1295; built chapter-house at Wells; much venerated, 'miraclesbeing wrought at his tomb.

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Nathaniel Marchant: '''Nathaniel Marchant''' ([[1739]]-[[1816]]), gemengraver and medallist; stadied under Edward Burch and at Rome; exhibited at Royal Academy; R.A., 1809; F.S.A.; assistant-engraver at the mint, 1797: produced intaglios of great merit and delicacy; published catalogue, 1792.
Giuseppe Filippo Liberati Marchi: '''Giuseppe Filippo Liberati Marchi''' ([[1735]]?1808), painter and engraver; assistant to Sir Joshua Reynolds; excelled as a mezzotint-engraver and copyist.
John Marchiley: '''John Marchiley''' (d. [[1386]] ?).
Earls Op Marchmont: '''Earls Op Marchmont''' . See HUME, SIR PATRICK, first EARL, 1641-1724: CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER, second EARL, 1675-1740; HUME, HUGH, third EARL, 1708-1 794.
John Marckant: '''John Marckant''' (. [[1562]]), contributor to Sternhold and Hopkins's Metrical Psalter 1562; vicar of Clacton-Magna, 1559, and Shopland, 1663-8; wrote other works.
Marctiarj: '''Marctiarj''' ), ROBERT SAMUEL ([[1751]]-[[1792]]?), engraver.
John Mardeley: '''John Mardeley''' (. [[1548]]), clerk of the mint and author.
John Mardisley: '''John Mardisley''' (d. [[1386]] ?), Franciscan; provincial minister: D.D. Oxford before 1355; denied pope's temporal power in council at Westminster, 1374.
Sir Peter Pr La Mare: '''Sir Peter Pr La Mare''' (. [[1370]]). See DE LA
Mare: '''Mare'''
Thomas Dh La Mare: '''Thomas Dh La Mare''' ([[1309]]-[[1396]]), abbot of St. Albans: entered St. Albans, 1326; prior of Tynemouth, 1340: abbot of St. Albans, 1349: skilful administrator: member of Edward Ill's council; zealous defender of rights of abbey against exactions of the pope and of powerful courtiers, including Alice Perrers, as well as against recalcitrant tenants; his abbey threatened in peasant rising, 1381, when tenants extorted privileges, afterwards withdrawn; benefactor of the abbey; spent much on the maintenance of scholars at Oxford.
Ab Owain Maredudd: '''Ab Owain Maredudd''' (.. [[999]] ?), Welsh prince ; son of Owain ap Hywel Dda, whom he succeeded, 988.
Ab Bleddyn Maredudd: '''Ab Bleddyn Maredudd''' (l. [[1132]]), prince of Powys; brother of lorwerth and Cadwgan; led resistance to invasion of Henry I, 1121: eventually became lord of all Powys.
Marett: '''Marett''' or MARET, PHILIP ([[1568]]?-[[1637]]), attorney-general of Jersey, 1609; became involved in complicated feud with John Herault, the bailiff, ordered to make submission by privy council, and imprisoned on refusal; lieutenant-governor, 1632. xxxvi. 131;
Marett: '''Marett''' Silt KUHKUT PimNOMO-lWUKattornevgeneral and bailiff of Jeney; descendant oi Philip M ; disting Le Ueyt, ished judg dited ript* of Philip 1847; wrote poem* in Jeney
Marfeld: '''Marfeld''' .J.'H.N irf.lSM).
St Margaret: '''St Margaret''' . (. [[1093]]), queen of Scotland and sister of Edgar AtheUng; went to Scotland with him soon after Conquest, and married Malcolm II I.e. 10*7; :man use introduced into Scotland; reformed manners and custom*: educated her ton* with gnat care; died after hearing of -l.mifl.ter of Malcolm her husband, and her eldest Km; canonised, 1260.
Margaret: '''Margaret''' ([[1240]]-[[1275]]), queen of Soots: eldest daughter of Henry III of England: married Alexand.-r 1 1 1 of Scotland, 1261: was treated unkindly, hut eventually was provided with proper household; her tyrannical guardians, Robert de Km and John Baliol, punished, Kirlish influence being restored, 1265: visited England with lier husband, 1256 and 1260: gave birth to eldest hiM, Margaret, 12G1, to Alexander, 1264, and David, 1270: visited Henry III, 126K, awl attended Edward I's coronation, 1274.
Margaret: '''Margaret''' ([[1282]]7-[[1318]]), queen of Edward I; daughter of Philip III of France: married Edward, as his second wife, 1299; gave birth to three children: Thomas. 1300, Edmund, 1M, and Margaret, 1306: crowed to Boulogne to be present at Edward I I's marriage, 130H.
Margaret: '''Margaret''' op SCOTLAND ([[1425]]7-[[1445]]), wife of the dauphin Louis (afterwanls Louis XI of France): daughter of.l.iin.-- 1 of Scotland; married Louis at Toun, 1436.and was treated badly by him; wrote poetry,
Margaret: '''Margaret''' the MAID OP NORWAY ([[1283]]-[[1290]]), queen of Scotland: daughter of Eric II of Norway and Margaret, daughter of Alexander III of Scotland (12411286), by his queen Margaret, daughter of Henry III; acknowledged by nobles as heir of kingdom of Scotland, 1284: affianced to Prince Edward, son of Edward I, 1287; died in the Orkneys while on voyage from Bergen to England. A woman declaring herself to be Margaret was bnnied at Bergen. 13nl, by King Hakon V, and was reverenced as a saint by many who believed her story.
of Asjou Margaret: '''of Asjou Margaret''' ([[1430]]-[[1482]]X queen con-ort of Henry VI; daughter of Rene of Anjou; brought up by her grandmother, Yolande of Aragon in Anjou; tnuv of Tours confirming her betrothal to Henry VI siifnrl, Mil; married by proxy at Nancy, 1445, these events being brought about by Beaufort and the peace party: i-ntm-l London and crowned at Westminster Abbey in Ml 1446; devoted her abilities towards identifying IHTM It and Henry VI with one faction, the Beaufort-Suffolk party: brought about Henry's surrender of possession* in Maine, 1445; appropriated greedily part of Duke Humphrey's estates on his death, 1447: on fall of Suffolk (14-J'J ti -.inferred her confidence to Somerset, who incurred unpopularity by his loss of Normandy and Gulenue: liberated Somerset from prison, 1450, and drove Richard, duke of York, into violent courses; displayed covetousness and high-handedness: foundol, with Andrew Doket, QueensCollege, Cambridge, 1448; gave birth to son Edward, 1463; failed to secure regency on Henry's prostration, but on his recovery (1455) tried to crush York; defeated at St. Albans, 1455, when Somerset was killed, on which York again became protector: left Henry in disgust, 1456; was seemingly reconciled to York, 1458, but forthwith stirred up country against his party; communicated secretly with Breze, seneschal mandy: on Henry's defeat at Northampton, MI". rtd with the prince into Cheshire, and after many adventures took refuge successively at Harlech Cu-tl.-, at Denbigh, and in Scotland; signed treaty at Liiu-ludvn consenting to Edward's marriage with Mary of BooUaad and surrendering Berwick, 1461; after victory at Wakefield (1460) marched to London and defeated Warwick at St. Albans, 1461; showed great bruUility in execution of her enemies: after defeat at Towton ( March 1461 ) retired again to Scotland with Henry, surrendering Berwick to the Scot*: went to Brittany and Anjou and appealed to Louis XI, 1462; invaded Northumberland with Brea* and French troops, but failed, 1462: protected by a robber: landed at Sluy*, 1463, almost d-.tituu-; took refuge in
Margaret: '''Margaret''' 840
Markham: '''Markham''' finally with her father: sent Jasper Tudor ": made treaty with Warwick 470- landed at Wevmouth with forces, 1471, Wnwhile Warwick had been killed tan* her Mm being slain on the field and her husband niarderedsoon after, 1471: rematnei imprisoned till , 1476; was conveyed released by treaty of Peoquigny, 1476; was conveyeu braid and pensioned by Lonis XI, but compelled to surrender all rights of Buccession to French territory; lived in extreme poverty and isolation in Anjou, and was buried at Angers; Commemorated by Chastellain and Drayton 8hApere probably little responsible for the portrait of her in King Henry VI
of Denmark Margaret: '''of Denmark Margaret''' ([[1457]] 7-[[1486]]), queen of Jam III of Scotland; daughter of Christian I of Denmark. Norway, and Sweden; married James III, 1469; part of her dowry being the Orkney and Shetland Isles; gave birth to heir (afterwards James IV of Scotland), ;.;..

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Duchess of Burgundy Margaret: '''Duchess of Burgundy Margaret''' ([[1446]]-[[1503]]), jister of Edward IV: married Charles, duke of Burgundy, at Damme, 1468, thus cementing alliance between houses of York and Burgundy; reconciled Clarence to his brother, Edward IV, the latter having been compelled to take refuge in Burgundy, 1470; patroness of Oaxton: visited England, 1480: on Henry VH's accession received discontented Yorkists at her court, and enco-iraged the pretenders, Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck; apologised to Henry VII, 1498; died at Mechlin.
Beaufort Margaret: '''Beaufort Margaret''' , COUNTKSS OF RICHMOND
Derby Axd: '''Derby Axd''' ([[1443]]-[[1509]]).
Tudor Margaret: '''Tudor Margaret''' ([[1489]]-[[1541]]), queen of Scotland ; eldest daughter of Henry VII: married James IV of Scotland at Holyrood, 1503: crowned, 1504; gave birth to six children, two of whom survived, James (afterwards James V) and Alexander; supported English party against the French; on James IV's death at Flodden, 1513. became regent and guardian of young king, but met with great opposition; secured peaoj with England, 1514; married Archibald Douglas, sixth earl of Angus, 1514, whereby she strengthened French party; was besieged in Stirling and compelled to give up regency and young king to John Stewart, duke of Albany, 1615; escaped to England and gave birth to Margaret, afterwards Countess of Lennox: returned to Edinburgh, 1617, but the promise made her of dower, rents, and access to her son never fulfilled; quarrelled with her hnsband, Angus, 1518: joined French party; was allowed accesK to the king, but constantly changed sides; allied herself with Albany, 1621; was accused ofover-tenderness* for him, and caused withdrawal of her husband, Angus, to France; played with both parties; carried off her son James to Edinburgh, and abrogated Albany's regency, but alienated support by rash actions, 1524; fired on Angus when he broke into Edinburgh, but admitted him to the regency, 1525; regained influence over her son .linn.--, but retired to Stirling on his refusal to allow return of Henry Stewart, first lord Methven, her favourite; obtained divorce from Angus, 1527, and married Ptewart, and together with him became James's chief adviser on fall of Angus, 1528; helped to bring about peace with England, 1634; accused by James of taking bribes from England, and treated with coldness by Henry VIII; interceded with Henry VIII for her daughtei Lady Margaret Douglas, 1536; endeavoured unsuccessful!, to procure divorce from Henry Stewart; attempted tc escape into England, but was overtaken, 1537; troubled Henry VIII with various complaints; died at Methven Castle; buried in the church of St. John at Perth.
Augustus Margart: '''Augustus Margart''' a .* a J *,u 10*0-[[100]] traveller; interpreter in Chinese consular establishment filled various appointments in China; travelled througl KMith western provinces to Yunnan to meet Colone Urowne, 1875, being the first Englishman to accomplid the journey; murdered at Manwein; obtained melals fo laving life at Formosa, 1873.
Marget: '''Marget''' 80H, JAMES ([[1600]]-[[1678]]), archbishop e Armagh; educated at Peterhoose, Cambridge; chaplai Wentworth in Ireland, 1633; dean of Waterford, 1635; ucccssively rector of Armagh and Galloon or Dartry: rehendary of Cork and dean of Derry, 1637; dean of hrist Church, Dublin, 1639; refused to rise directory nstead of prayer-book, 1647; fled to England, and was mprisoned; archbishop of Dublin, 1661-3; privy coun llor, 1661; archbishop of Armagh, 1663-78, and vice lancellor of Dublin University, 1667; rebuilt Armagh 'athedral.
Moses Margoliouth: '''Moses Margoliouth''' ([[1820]]-[[1881]]), divine; Jewjh uative of Suwalki, Poland: entered church of Engind, 1838: taught Hebrew and other subjects; entered rinity College, Dublin, 1840; ordained to curacy of St. neustine, Liverpool, 1844; incumbent of Glasnevin, 844; examining chaplain to bishop of Kildare, 1844; erved several curacies; visited the Holy Land, 1847; vicar of Little Linford, 1877-81; published The Fundamental Principles of Modern Judaism 1843, and other corks.
Ralph Marham: '''Ralph Marham''' (. [[1380]]), historian ; D.D. Camridge; prior of King's Lynn; wrote Manipulus Ohroniorum
Scotus Marianus: '''Scotus Marianus''' ([[1028]]-[[1082]]?), chronicler: ative of Ireland; his true name Moelbrigte; pupil of Tigernach; entered Cologne monastery, 1056; recluse uccessively at Fulda and Mentz; wrote universal chroicle.
Scotus Marianus: '''Scotus Marianus''' or MUIREDACH (d. [[1088]]), rst abbot of St. Peter's, Ratisbon; famous for his caliraphy.
William Mariner: '''William Mariner''' (fl. [[1800]]-[[1860]]), traveller; etained in friendly captivity in the Tonga islands, 1805 _810; communicated to John Martin H789-1869) materials for hisAccount... of the Tonga Islands .817.
Earls of Marischal: '''Earls of Marischal''' . See KEITH, WILLIAM, burth EARL, d. 1581; KEITH, GEORGE, fifth EARL, 1553 ?1623; KEITH, WILLIAM, sixth EARL, d. 1635; KEITH, WILLIAM, seventh EARL, 1617 ?-1661; KEITH, GEORGE, tenth EARL, 1693 ?-1778.
Adam De Marisco: '''Adam De Marisco''' (d. [[1257]] ?).
Mariscis Marisgo: '''Mariscis Marisgo''' , MAREYS, or MARES,
Db Geoffrey: '''Db Geoffrey''' (rf. [[1245]]), justiciar or viceroy of Ireland ; nephew of John Oomyn, archbishop of Dublin; powerful in South Munster and Leinster; received large grants of land in Ireland; defeated Hugh de Lacy (d. 1 242 ?) at Thurles; conquered Connauprht, 1210; made protestation of loyalty to King John, 1211; justiciar of Ireland, 1215-21, 1226-8, and 1230-2: visited Henry III at Oxford and made agreement with him, leaving one of his sons as hostage, 1220; carried on private wars; treacherously brought about death of Richard Marshal, 1234; being suspected of having plotted assassination of Henry III, 1238, fled to Alexander II of Scotland; expelled from Scotland, 1244; died in poverty in France,
Hervey De Marisco: '''Hervey De Marisco''' (. [[1169]]). See MOUNT-
Maurice: '''Maurice'''
Marisco: '''Marisco''' or MARSH, RICHARD DE (d. [[1226]]), bishop of Durham and chancellor; clerk of the exchequer; held various preferments; advised King John's persecution of Cistercians, 1210; archdeacon of Northumberland before 1212, and Richmond, 1213; sheriff of Dorset and Somerset, 1212; suspended for officiating during interdict, 1212; visited Rome; justiciar, 1213-14; acconrfpanied King John abroad, 1214; chancellor, 1214; sent on missions abroad, 1215; bishop of Durham, 1217-26; justice itinerant, 1219; engaged in violent dispute with his monks; one of John's worst advisers,
Thomas Markaunt: '''Thomas Markaunt''' (d. [[1439]]), antiquary ; B.D. ; fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; proctor, 1417; said to have first collected the privileges, statutes, and laws of Cambridge University.
Mrs Markham: '''Mrs Markham''' .
Elizabeth: '''Elizabeth''' (1780-1837). See PENROSK,
Francis Markham: '''Francis Markham''' ([[1565]]-[[1627]]), soldier and author; brother of Gervase Markham; fonirlit in several campaigns abroad; muster-master at s~vt ii ham; works include Five Decades of Epistles of War 1622.
Makkham: '''Makkham''' 841
Marlowe: '''Marlowe'''
Fiikdehfck Markham: '''Fiikdehfck Markham''' (isns isr.r,), li.-ntenantpeneral, son of John Markli.-ini (1761-1827).(. S'2il foot, isi't; imprisoni! lor acting as second ii. linrl. *:!: served in Canada and was wounded, 1837; commnndiil divisions in Punjab campaign, 1848-9, including victory at Goojerat; C.B. and aide-de-camp to tlir Miioen; adjutant-general in India, 1854: comm division at attack on the Redan, 1855; published Shootin- in the Himalayas 1864.

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