Landsboroughs father and son_ (1875), _memoir pp._ 157–228;
_Scott’s Fasti_, _vol._ 2, _part_ 1, _p._ 188 (1868); _W.
Anderson’s Scottish Nation_, _iii_ 715 (1863).
LANDSBOROUGH, WILLIAM (son of the preceding). _b._ Stevenston,
Ayrshire; went to Australia; discovered Mount Nebo and Fort
Cooper 1856, discovered sources of the Thomson river 1860;
searched for Burke and Wills the explorers 1861; crossed
Australia from Gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne 1862; presented
with a service of plate valued at £500, 12 Nov. 1862; member
of Queensland assembly 1864–5; government resident in Burke
district 1865–8; discovered with G. Phillips the Western river;
inspector of brands for East Moreton, Queensland 1868, awarded
a grant of £2000. _d._ Brisbane 16 March 1886. _Journal of
Landsborough’s expedition in search of Burke and Wills_ (1862).
LANDSEER, CHARLES (2 son of John Landseer 1769–1852). _b._
1799; pupil of B. R. Haydon, entered schools of the R.A. 1816;
A.R.A. 1837, R.A. 1845, keeper of the R.A. 1851 to May 1873;
exhibited 73 pictures at R.A., 26 at B.I. and 11 at Suffolk st.
1822–79; left £10,000 to the R.A. for foundation of Landseer
scholarships. _d._ 35 Grove End road, London 22 July 1879,
portrait by himself exhibited at the R.A. 1879. _Sandby’s
History of Royal academy_, _ii_ 176 (1862); _I.L.N. lxxv_ 109
(1879), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _xx_ 128 (1879), _portrait_.
LANDSEER, SIR EDWIN HENRY (brother of the preceding). _b._ 71
Queen Anne st. East (now 33 Foley st.), London 7 March 1802;
learnt to draw, etch and paint 1808–14; entered schools of the
R.A. 1816, A.R.A. 1826, R.A. 1831, declined the presidency 24
Jany. 1866; lived at 1 St. John’s Wood road, London 1826 to
death; painted many portraits of the Queen and royal family
1839–66; taught the queen and prince Albert to etch; knighted
at St. James’s palace 3 July 1850; received large gold medal at
Paris universal exhibition 1855; received the commission for
4 lions in bronze for base of the Nelson column in Trafalgar
sq. 1859, they were uncovered 31 Jany. 1867; exhibited 179
pictures at R.A., 94 at B.I. and 4 at Suffolk st. 1815–73;
434 etchings and engravings were made from his works down to
1875; his Monarch of the Glen was sold for £7000 April 1892 and
£10,000 have been given for the Stag at bay and for the Otter
Hunt; a large collection of his works was exhibited at the R.A.
1873–4; illustrated Portraits of the children of the nobility by
L. Fairlie 1839 and other works. _d._ 1 St. John’s Wood road,
London 1 Oct. 1873. _bur._ in crypt of St. Paul’s cath. 11 Oct.
_F. G. Stephen’s Memoirs of Sir E. Landseer_ (1874), _portrait_;
_Illustrated Review_, _vol. v_ 137–44, _portrait_; _James
Dafforne’s Pictures by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A._ (1874); _J.
Sherer’s Gallery of British artists_, _i_ 78–95; _Sandby’s Royal
Academy_, _ii_ 143–46 (1862); _The Landseer gallery with memoir_
(1871); _H. Martineau’s Biographical sketches 4 ed._ (1876)
468–74; _Illust. Times 9 Feb. 1867 p._ 88, _portrait_, _and p._
89 _lions in Trafalgar square_.
LANDSEER, GEORGE (son of Thomas Landseer 1795–1880). _b._
1829; exhibited 21 figure pictures at R.A., 12 at B.I. and 1
at Suffolk st. 1850–58. _d._ 1 St. John’s Wood road, London 10
March 1878.
LANDSEER, JESSICA (dau. of the succeeding). _b._ 29 Jany. 1810;
landscape and miniature painter; exhibited 10 pictures at R.A.,
7 at B.I. and 6 at Suffolk st. 1816–66. _d._ Folkestone 29 Aug.
1880.
LANDSEER, John (son of a jeweller). _b._ Lincoln 1769; landscape
engraver; delivered a series of lectures on engraving at Royal
Institution 1806; an advocate for the recognition of the claims
of engravers by Royal academy; associate engraver of the R.A.
1806; began a periodical Review of Publications of Art 1808, 2
vols., and The Probe 1837; engraver to William IV.; exhibited 1
engraving at Soc. of artists, 17 at R.A. and 2 at Suffolk st.
1791–1852; author of Lectures on the art of engraving 1807;
Observations on the engraved gems brought from Babylon 1817;
Sabean researches 1823; Essay on the carnivora 1823; A series of
engravings illustrating events recorded in the scriptures 1833;
A descriptive catalogue of fifty of the earliest pictures in
the National gallery 1834. _d._ London 29 Feb. 1852. _Sandby’s
History of royal academy_, _i_ 402–3 (1862); _G.M. xxxvii_ 523–4
(1852).
LANDSEER, THOMAS (eld. son of the preceding). _b._ 71 Queen Anne
st. east (now 33 Foley st.), London 1795; pupil of B. R. Haydon;
etched and engraved more than 125 of the drawings and pictures
of his brother Sir Edwin H. Landseer; engraved Rosa Bonheur’s
The Horse Fair about 1860; A.R.A. 1868; exhibited 35 engravings
at R.A., 2 at B.I. and 2 at Suffolk st. 1832–77; illustrated
Monkey-ana or men in miniature 1828 and other works; author of
The life and letters of William Bewick 1871. _d._ 11 Grove End
road, St. John’s Wood, London 20 Jany. 1880. _I.L.N. lii_ 169
(1868), _portrait_; _Illust. sporting and dramatic news_, _xii_
501 (1880), _portrait_.
LANE, CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAM (son of John Lane). _bapt._ St.
Martin’s-in-the-Fields, London 29 Oct. 1786; ensign 1 Bengal
N.I. 13 Aug. 1807; sought to change his name to Mattenby in
1824 but was not permitted to do so; served in Arracan 1825; in
charge of the commissariat at Dinapore 1832; lieut.-col. of 2
Bengal N.I. 26 Dec. 1841–43, of 13 N.I. 1843 to 10 Dec. 1847,
of 74 N.I. 10 Dec. 1847 to 25 May 1852; commanded garrison of
Candahar when assaulted by the Afghans 10 March 1842; C.B. 27
Dec. 1842; col. 6 Bengal N.I. 25 May 1852 to 1858; general 25
June 1870. _d._ Jersey 18 Feb. 1872.
LANE, CHARLTON (son of Wm. Lane of Croydon, Surrey). _b._ 1797;
ed. at St. Paul’s sch. and Trin. coll. and Jesus coll. Camb.,
B.A. 1819, M.A. 1823; C. of Lambeth 1828–32; P.C. of St. Mark’s,
Kennington, London 1832–64; R.D. of Southwark 1854–64; V. of
Hampstead 1864–72; professor of rhetoric, Gresham college,
London 1863 to death; printed 12 sermons and was author of To
the parishioners of Kennington, Stockwell and South Lambeth, how
to meet the cholera 1854. _d._ 14 St. John’s Wood park, London
28 May 1875. _bur._ churchyard of St. John, Hampstead.
LANE, CHARLTON GEORGE (son of the preceding). _b._ Kennington
parsonage 11 June 1836; ed. at Westminster 1849–54 (in the
cricket eleven 5 years, captain 1853) and Ch. Ch. Oxf.; known
as the Admirable Crichton of Oxford, usually called White Lane
to distinguish him from Ernald Lane of Balliol; rowed No. 3 in
the Univ. Eight 1858–9; played in the Univ. Eleven 1856 and
1858–60, captain 1860; won the Univ. racquets; played for Surrey
1856–61, played for Gentlemen against the Players 1857–61,
played in the First Eleven of England _v._ Next Fourteen 1860;
played for the Veterans against Marylebone cricket club in the
M.C.C. centenary week at Lord’s 1887 when he scored double
figures in each innings; a brilliant batsman and fine field
especially at long-leg; member of the Hogarth club at Oxford;
C. of Great Witley, Worcs. 1862–5; C. of Little Gaddesden,
Herts. 1868–70, rector 16 Jany. 1870 to death; member of the
Mercers’ Co., master 1890. _d._ Little Gaddesden rectory 2 Nov.