the investigation at the Royal hospital, Chelsea, upon charges
brought by the Major against the apothecary_ 1830.
LE BRETON, ANNA LETITIA (dau. of Charles Rochemont Aikin,
surgeon). _b._ 4 Broad st. buildings, London 30 June 1808;
edited Correspondence of W. E. Channing and Lucy Aikin 1874;
author of Memoirs of Mrs. Barbauld 1874; Memories of seventy
years. By One of a literary family [Mrs. Le Breton], edited by
Mrs. Hubert Martin 1883. (_m._ 6 Aug. 1833 the succeeding). _d._
6 Worsley road, Hampstead 29 Sep. 1885. _Memoirs of Seventy
years_ (1883) 3, 135 _et seq._
LE BRETON, PHILIP HEMERY (eld. son of rev. Philip Le Breton, R.
of St. Saviour’s, Jersey). _b._ St. Saviour’s rectory, Jersey
30 Oct. 1806; ed. at Mr. Cogan’s school, Walthamstow with
Benjamin Disraeli and Milner Gibson; also at Westminster and
Paris; solicitor in London 1828–51; barrister I.T. 1 May 1854;
revising barrister for West Surrey several years; lived at
Hampstead 1851 to death; member for Hampstead of Metropolitan
board of works 1 July 1859 to Nov. 1879; presented with a
public testimonial including gift of £500 for his activity in
preserving Hampstead Heath 1871. _d._ 6 Worsley road, Hampstead
6 Aug. 1884. _bur._ in old Hampstead churchyard. _F. E. Baines’s
Records of Hampstead_ (1890) 152, 184, 320, 362, 453–5.
LE BRETON, SIR THOMAS (eld. son of Thomas Le Breton, attorney
general and bailiff of Jersey). _b._ Colomberie, St. Helier’s,
Jersey 1790; educ. at Caen, Normandy as an American under
the name of Burgh 1810–12 and fought several duels; advocate
of Jersey bar 8 Aug. 1812; col. of Jersey Town regt. 17 July
1820 to 1850; shot Aaron de Ste Croix in a duel 1820; attorney
general 25 March 1824; knighted at St. James’s palace 12 Feb.
1847, after the visit of the Queen to Jersey in Sep. 1846;
bailiff of Jersey 22 June 1848 to death. _d._ The Terrace, St.
Helier’s, Jersey 24 Nov. 1857. _The Jersey Independent 25 Nov.
1857 p._ 2.
LE BRETON, WILLIAM CORBET (only son of William Le Breton). _b._
St. Helier’s, Jersey 1815; ed. Winchester and at Pemb. coll.
Oxf. 1831–37, Morley scholar; fellow of Exeter coll. 30 June
1837 to 8 July 1842; B.A. 1835, M.A. 1837; dean of Jersey 26
Dec. 1849 to death; R. of St. Saviour’s, Jersey 1850–75; R. of
St. Helier’s, Jersey 1875 to death; father of Lilian Langtry,
actress. _d._ London 28 Feb. 1888.
LE BRUN, John. _b._ Switzerland; ed. at Gosport, Hampshire;
ordained Congregationalist in Jersey 25 Nov. 1813; minister of
the London missionary society at Port Louis, Mauritius 18 May
1814 to 1832 and 27 Dec. 1841 to death; returned to Mauritius
on his own account 1834, built a chapel at Port Louis and
established schools in Mauritius. _d._ Port Louis 21 Feb. 1865.
LECHMERE-CHARLTON, EDMUND (elder son of Nicholas Lechmere of
Hanley castle and Ludlow, who assumed additional surname of
Charlton 1784). _b._ 20 Sep. 1789; M.P. for Ludlow 8 Jany. 1835
to 18 July 1837. _d._ 1857.
LECKENBY, JOHN. _b._ Ripon 20 Sep. 1814; managed different
branches of Yorkshire banking company; treasurer of Scarborough
many years; F.G.S. 1859. _d._ Scarton 7 April 1877.
LECKIE, ELIZABETH (dau. of John Horner of Edinburgh, linen
factor). _m._ George Leckie; author of The Village School, a
story. Edinb. 1837; The power of conscience, a dramatic poem
1841; The stepmother 1842; The Hebrew boy 1842; The guardian
1843; The dream of the western shepherd 1845. _d._ Edinburgh,
March 1856.
LECLERCQ, CHARLES, stage name of Charles Clark. _b._ 20 Sep.
1797; made his first appearance on opening night of the Sans
Pareil theatre, London as a dancer 27 Nov. 1806; chief dancer
and inventor of the ballets at Surrey and Coburg theatres;
manager of the Olympic about 1826; ballet master at Adelphi
theatre, Glasgow 1844; ballet master at Olympic 1846, at
Haymarket 1851 to death; his second wife Margaret Leclercq was
well known as a dancer, she _d._ Bedford house, Carlyle sq.
London 28 June 1889 aged 77. He _d._ 16 Albert st. Regent’s
park, London 26 Nov. 1861. _Era 1 Dec. 1861 p._ 10.
NOTE.--His son Arthur Leclercq played harlequin in the pantomime Undine
or the spirit of the waters, at Haymarket theatre Dec. 1858 to Feb.
1859, he was subsequently acting manager for Charles Fechter until his
death in 1879 when he became acting manager for Mr. O’Neil; he died
at his residence Fort Hamilton, Long Island, U.S. of America about 18
January 1890.
LECONFIELD, GEORGE WYNDHAM, 1 Baron (eld. natural child of 3
Earl of Egremont 1751–1837). _b._ St. Marylebone, London 5
June 1787; cornet 5 dragoon guards 31 March 1803; captain 72
foot 19 Sep. 1805; lieut. 1 foot guards 13 Nov. 1807; major
78 foot 31 Jany. 1811; major 12 light dragoons 25 April 1811;
lieut.-col. 20 light dragoons 10 Dec. 1812, placed on h.p. 25
June 1816; served in Spain and Portugal, taken prisoner by the
French Aug. 1810; came into the estate of Petworth, Sussex and
others adjoining and £60,000 on his father’s death 1837; sheriff
of Sussex 1842; created baron Leconfield of Leconfield in the
east riding of the county of York 14 April 1859. _d._ Petworth,
Sussex 18 March 1869, personalty sworn under £250,000 22 May