LEES, JOHN FREDERICK (eld. son of Edward Lees of Oldham). _b._
1810; ed. at Brasenose coll. Oxf., B.A. 1831; M.P. for Oldham 8
July 1835 to 18 July 1837; contested Oldham 28 July 1837. _d._
Cheltenham 18 Sep. 1867.
LEES, TOM. _b._ 1821; one of the best riders at Astley’s
amphitheatre, gymnast and summersault thrower and the champion
of the ring; with Cooke’s circus from childhood, and with it
travelled in the provinces; played in pantomime at Cremorne
gardens, Melbourne, under George Coppin’s management; lived some
years in New Zealand. _m._ Emma Cooke pantomimist and dancer,
sister of James Cooke equestrian manager. _d._ Dunedin hospital,
New Zealand 24 July 1878. _The Era 29 Sep. 1878 p._ 5.
LEES, WILLIAM NASSAU (4 son of rev. sir Harcourt Lees
1776–1852). _b._ 21 Feb. 1825; ed. at Nut Grove and Trin.
coll. Dublin; ensign 42 Bengal N.I. 8 March 1846, captain 11
Sep. 1858; lieut.-col. Bengal infantry 8 June 1868; placed
on unemployed supernumerary list 21 Feb. 1884; M.G. 28
Nov. 1885; principal of the Madrásá or Mahommedan college,
Calcutta 1856–72, also professor of law, logic, literature and
mathematics; sec. to College of Fort William 1853; Persian
translator to government; government examiner in Arabic, Persian
and Urdu for all branches of the service; part proprietor of
Times of India newspaper some years; hon. LL.D. Dublin 1857
and Ph. Doc. Berlin; member of Royal Asiatic Soc. of London
1872; contested Gloucester 1868 and Helston 1874; author of A
biographical sketch of the mystic philosopher and poet Jami
1859; A memorandum after a tour through the tea districts of
Eastern Bengal 1866; The drain of silver to the East and the
currency of India 1864; The land and labour of India 1867;
Indian Musalmáns 1871. _d._ Grosvenor st. London 9 March 1889.
LEESON, HENRY BEAUMONT. _b._ about 1800; ed. at Caius coll.
Camb., B.A. 1826, M.A. 1829; incorporated M.A. at Trin. coll.
Oxf. 1838, M.B. and M.D. 1840; M.R.C.P. 1840, F.R.C.P. 1847;
F.C.S.; M.R.I.; physician and lecturer on chemistry and forensic
medicine to St. Thomas’s hospital, London; F.R.S. _d._ The
Maples near Ventnor, Isle of Wight 8 Nov. 1872. _Times 9 Nov.
1872 p._ 5, _col._ 6.
LEESON, JOHN SACKVILLE. Entered Bombay army 1817; 1 lieut.
Bombay artillery 1 Sep. 1818, lieut.-col. Bombay artillery 15
April 1850, col. 28 March 1853 to death; M.G. 28 Nov. 1854. _d._
Paris 7 May 1859.
LEESON, SIR WILLIAM EDWARD (youngest son of hon. Robert Leeson
1773–1850). _b._ Feb. 1801; cornet 7 dragoon guards 2 Dec.
1819, placed on h.p. 25 Oct. 1821; chamberlain at Dublin castle
1835; knight usher of the black rod to the order of St. Patrick
1838–41 and genealogist 1841 to death; knighted at Dublin May or
June 1838. _d._ Caen, Normandy 21 April 1885.
LE FANU, JOSEPH SHERIDAN (elder son of Thomas Philip Le Fanu,
dean of Emly). _b._ Dublin 28 Aug. 1814; entered Trin. coll.
Dublin 1833; joined staff of Dublin Univ. Mag. 1837, editor
and proprietor 1869–72; called to Irish bar 1839; purchased
two Dublin papers, The Warder in 1839 and The Dublin Evening
Packet, part proprietor of the Dublin Evening Mail, amalgamated
the three papers under title of The Evening Mail with a weekly
reprint entitled The Warder; author of The Cock and the anchor
1845; The fortunes of colonel Torlogh O’Brien 1847; The house by
the churchyard 3 vols. 1863; Uncle Silas 3 vols. 1864; Wylder’s
hand 3 vols. 1864; Guy Deverell 3 vols. 1865; All in the dark 2
vols. 1866; The tenants of Malory 3 vols. 1867; Haunted lives
3 vols. 1868; A lost name 3 vols. 1868; The Wyvern mystery 3
vols. 1869; Checkmate 3 vols. 1871; Chronicles of Golden Friars
3 vols. 1871; The rose and the key 3 vols. 1871; In a glass
darkly 3 vols. 1872; Willing to die 3 vols. 1873; Morley court
1873, anon. _d._ 18 Merrion sq. south, Dublin 7 Feb. 1873. _J.
S. Le Fanu’s Purcell Papers with memoir by A. P. Graves_, _vol._
1 _pp. v–xxxi_ (1880); _Dublin Univ. Mag. lxxxi_ 319–20 (1873);
_Temple Bar_, _l_ 504–17 (1877).
LEFEBVRE, NICHOLAS. _b._ 1803; entered navy 18 Jany. 1811;
captain 20 Oct. 1853, retired 1 July 1864; retired admiral 9
Jany. 1880. _d._ Rue Lefebvre, Guernsey 7 Oct. 1884.
LEFEVRE, SIR JOHN GEORGE SHAW (2 son of Charles Shaw Lefevre,
M.P. Reading, _d._ 1823). _b._ Bedford sq. London 24 Jany. 1797;
ed. Eton and Trin. coll. Camb., fellow 1819; sen. wrangler and
B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; F.R.S. 16 Nov. 1820; barrister I.T. 11
Feb. 1825, bencher 21 Nov. 1854 to death, reader 1868; M.P.
Petersfield 1832–4; under sec. of state for colonies 1833–4;
poor law commissioner 18 Aug. 1834 to 1 Dec. 1841; joint assist.
sec. to board of trade 19 June 1841 to 14 May 1848; second
church estate commissioner 24 Aug. 1850; deputy clerk of the
parliaments 4 April 1848 and clerk 6 April 1856, resigned March
1875 when he retired on pension of £2,500; C.B. 27 April 1848,
K.C.B. 22 Jany. 1857; an ecclesiastical comr. 20 Nov. 1847;
a founder of the univ. of London 1836 and V.C. 1842–62; hon.
D.C.L. Oxf. 1858; hon. LLD. Dublin 1860; civil service comr.,
resigned 1862; one of founders of Athenæum club 1823; he knew
all the European languages and Hebrew. _d._ Cliftonville near
Brighton 20 Aug. 1879. _Proc. of Royal Soc. xxix_ 15–18 (1879);
_Graphic_, _xi_ 291, 292 (1875), _portrait_; _I.L.N. ii_ 93
(1843), _portrait_.
LEFFLER, ADAM (son of James Henry Leffler, organist and bassoon
player, _d._ 1819). _b._ 1808; chorister in Westminster abbey;
appeared at Exeter at a festival 1829; first appeared in London
at Lyceum 31 Aug. 1836 as Hela in the Mountain Sylph; appeared
at Park theatre, New York as a tenor singer Aug. 1840; played
at Covent Garden, at the Lyceum, at Surrey theatre; sang at
concerts; professor of music at 12 Spencer place, Brixton road,
London; a bass singer, his compass extended from E below the
stave to G above it. _d._ 23 Osborne terrace, Clapham road,
London 18 March 1857. _Era 5 April 1857 p._ 10.
LE FLEMING, GEORGE CUMBERLAND HUGHES- (son of John Cumberland
Hughes of Bath). _b._ 21 July 1807; entered Madras army 1823;
captain 13 Madras N.I. 23 Dec. 1842, lieut.-col. 5 June 1854
to 1857; lieut.-col. of 19 N.I. 1857–8, of 2 European regiment
1858–9, of 50 N.I. 1860 to 31 Dec. 1861 when he retired with
rank of M.G.; assumed additional surname of Le Fleming by r.l. 1
April 1862. _d._ 7 June 1877.
LEFROY, ANTHONY (eld. son of Thomas Langlois Lefroy 1776–1869).
_b._ Dublin 1800; ed. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1820, M.A.
1832, LL.B. and LL.D. 1864; M.P. co. Longford 1830–32, 1833–7
and 1842–7; contested co. Longford 1832, 1837, 1841 and 1857;
M.P. univ. of Dublin 1858–70; sheriff of Longford 1849. _d._
Carriglass manor, co. Longford 12 Jany. 1890.
LEFROY, EDWARD CRACROFT (son of George Benjamin Austin Lefroy of
13 Victoria st. Westminster). _b._ 1855; ed. Keble coll. Oxf.,
B.A. 1877, M.A. 1881; C. of St. John’s, Woolwich 1880–82; author
of Undergraduate Oxford. Articles reprinted from The Oxford and
Cambridge undergraduates journal 1878; The christian ideal and
other sermons 1883; Counsels for the common life, six addresses
to senior boys 1885; Echoes from Theocritus and other sonnets