LEE, JOHN YATE. _b._ 1801; barrister L.I. 25 Nov. 1828;
practised as a conveyancer; a comr. of bankrupts 1838; registrar
of Liverpool court of bankruptcy 28 Aug. 1844 to 31 Dec. 1869
when he retired on full salary; author of A treatise on the
evidence of abstracts of titles to real property 1843. _d._
Bebington, Cheshire 10 March 1876. _Law Times_, _lx_ 422 (1876).
LEE, JOSEPH. _b._ 1780; painted miniatures in enamel from the
life, and copied pictures in enamel; enamel painter to Princess
Charlotte of Wales 1818 and to the Duke of Sussex, painted
portraits of them, also of George IV. after Sir Thomas Lawrence;
exhibited 27 enamels at R.A. and 2 at Suffolk st. 1809–53. _d._
13 Stone st. Gravesend 26 Dec. 1859.
LEE, LAVATER. _b._ 1817; a vaulter in the circus company of Wm.
Batty at Portsmouth and Southampton 1840; performed at Lambeth
Baths, London, which Batty opened as the Olympic Arena, Nov.
1841; on his benefit night April or May 1842 he vaulted over
14 horses, threw a back somersault on a horse going at full
speed and turned 21 forward somersaults without the aid of a
spring-board. _d._ 17 Kersley st. Battersea, London 18 March