sworn under £1,200,000 13 June 1874.
NOTE.--Left £10,000 to build a wing to the Peel park museum which was
opened 14 Aug. 1878; £10,000 to Owen’s college and £20,000 to the
grammar school.
LANKESTER, EDWIN (son of Wm. Lankester of Melton near
Woodbridge, Suffolk, builder). _b._ Melton 23 April 1814;
studied at London univ. 1834–7; L.S.A. and M.R.C.S. 1837; M.D.
Heidelberg 1839; practised in London from 1839; sec. of the
Ray Society 1844; F.R.S. 19 Dec. 1845; professor of natural
history in New College, London 1850; lecturer on anatomy and
physiology at Grosvenor place school of medicine 1853; joint
editor of Quarterly Journal of microscopical science 1853–71,
pres. of Microscopical Soc. of London 1859; examiner in botany
to science and art department 1862; superintendent of food
collection at South Kensington museum 1858–62; medical officer
of health for parish of St. James, Westminster 1856 to death;
coroner for Central Middlesex 9 July 1862 to death, his annual
reports are printed in the Journal of Social Science which he
founded 1865 and edited 1865 to death; author of An account
of Askern and its mineral springs 1842; Half hours with the
microscope [by E. L.] 1859, 4 ed. 1873; The use of animals as
applied to the industry of man 1860, four numbers; Vegetable
physiology 1869; Dr. Lankester’s Sanitary handbills 1870, three
numbers; A school manual of health, being an introduction to
physiology 1868, 6 ed. 1876; Haydn’s Dictionary of medicine and
hygiene, ed. by E. Lankester 1874, new ed. 1878. _d._ Margate
30 Oct. 1874. _Barker’s Photographs of medical men_ (1867)
47–51, _portrait_; _Nature_, _xi_ 15–16 (1875); _I.L.N. xli_ 100
(1862), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _x_ 463, 465 (1874), _portrait_.
LANSDOWNE, HENRY PETTY FITZMAURICE, 3 Marquess of (younger son
of 1 marquess of Lansdowne 1737–1805). _b._ Shelburne (now
Lansdowne) house, 54 Berkeley sq. London 2 July 1780; known as
lord Henry Petty 1784–1809; ed. at Westminster sch. at Edinb.
and Trin. coll. Camb., M.A. 1801, LLD. 1811; M.P. Calne 1802–6;
M.P. univ. of Camb. 1806–7; M.P. Camelford 1807–9; chancellor
of the exchequer 10 Feb. 1806 to 31 March 1807; P.C. 5 Feb.
1806; succeeded his half-brother as 3 marquess 15 Nov. 1809,
and his cousin as 4 Earl of Kerry 4 July 1818; sec. of state
for home department 16 July 1827 to 26 Jany. 1828; lord pres.
of the council 22 Nov. 1830 to 15 Dec. 1834, 18 April 1835 to 3
Sep. 1841 and 6 July 1846 to 27 Feb. 1852; leader of opposition
in house of lords 1841–6; F.R.S. 4 April 1811; K.G. 5 Feb.
1836; refused the premiership 1852; held a seat in the cabinet
without office Dec. 1852 to March 1858; many of his speeches
were printed 1806 etc. _d._ Bowood park, Calne, Wilts. 31 Jany.