Modern English biography

KYNASTON, ROGER. _b._ London 5 Nov. 1805; ed. Eton; first played at Lord’s in Lord’s _v._ Eton 31 July 1823, played for 30 seasons; generally fielded long-stop; sec. Marylebone club 14 June 1842 to May 1858 and treasurer 1858–66. _d._ 43 Devonshire st. Portland place, London 21 June 1874. _I.L.N. 24 Aug. 1844 p._ 125, _portrait_. KYNNERSLEY, THOMAS CLEMENT SNEYD- (2 son of Thomas Sneyd-Kynnersley of Loxley park, Staffs. 1774–1844). _b._ 23 July 1803; ed. at Rugby and St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; barrister M.T. 20 June 1828; revising barrister on Oxford circuit 1832–55; commissioner of bankrupts for Stafford, Lichfield and Newcastle-under-Lyme to 12 Nov. 1842 when granted pension of £147 on abolition of the office; stipendiary magistrate Birmingham 5 April 1856 to Aug. 1888; chief founder of St. Martin’s shoe-black brigade, Birmingham 5 April 1858; much interested in criminal reform, prisoners’ aid societies and industrial schools; recorder of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Nov. 1858 to June 1887; edited J. T. Pratt’s Law of highways 9 ed. 1863, 10 ed. 1865, 11 ed. 1870; author of The law relating to dealers in old metals and marine store dealers 1862; The law relating to juvenile offenders 1862. _d._ Moon Green, Moseley, Birmingham 2 May 1892. _The Biograph_, _March 1882 pp._ 276–79. KYNOCH, GEORGE (youngest son of John Kynoch of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire). _b._ Peterhead 22 Aug. 1834; clerk at Birmingham and Midland bank some years; founded the Lion ammunition works, Witton, Birmingham; partner with John Abraham 1873, partnership dissolved, business became a limited co. 6 July 1884, he received £60,000 in cash, £10,000 in fully paid preference shares and the whole of the £40,000 ordinary shares, managing director 1884–6, sold his interest in it 1887; pres. of Aston conservative association March 1885; M.P. Aston manor 3 July 1886 to death, absent from House of Commons 1889–90; gun manufacturer Lichfield road, Aston 1887–88; lived at Hamstead hall, Handsworth, Birmingham; went to South Africa, Nov. 1888; a general merchant Johannesburgh 1888; obtained special concessions from Transvaal government for arms and ammunition; invented a solid Martini cartridge used by the government. _d._ from internal cancer at Johannesburgh 28 Feb. 1891. _Daily Graphic 3 March 1891 p._ 9, _portrait_; _London Figaro 7 March 1891 p._ 9, _portrait_; _Birmingham Weekly Post 7 March 1891_. KYTE, AMBROSE. _b._ Tipperary 1822; went to Australia 1840; a merchant at Melbourne; retired with a large fortune 1857; offered £1000 towards expenses of exploring expedition to cross Australia from south to north Sep. 1858, this led to despatch of Burke and Wills’ expedition Aug. 1860; member for East Melbourne of legislative assembly 1861–6; a great philanthropist, gave many cheques for £1000 each from ‘A Merchant of Melbourne.’ _d._ Melbourne 1868. L LABELLE, A. (son of a shoemaker). _b._ St. Roch, Quebec 1834; parish priest of St. Jerome; founder of national colonization in Canada and known as The Apostle of colonization; took the lead in raising men to oppose the Fenians 1868; promoted Canadian Pacific railway 1881; appointed a deputy commissioner of agriculture, his bishop refused his assent to his taking this office, but the Pope did not order him to give it up. _d._ Quebec 4 Jany. 1891. LABLACHE, FANNY (dau. of Mr. Wilton). _b._ Scotland; acted in the provinces under stage name of Fanny Wyndham; studied at Royal Academy of Music, London 1836–7; made her début at Lyceum theatre 1836; sang at Her Majesty’s with success the contralto part in Rossini’s opera Donna del Lago; _m._ Frederick Lablache (1815–87) when she retired from the stage; taught singing; struck with a wave while bathing. _d._ Paris 23 Sep. 1877. LABLACHE, FANNY ROSE LOUISE (younger dau. of the succeeding). Author of Starlight stories told to bright eyes 1877; A wayside posy, gathered for girls 1878. _d._ 51 Albany st. Regent’s park, London 5 April 1885. LABLACHE, FREDERICK (eld. son of the succeeding). _b._ 29 Aug. 1815; pupil of his father; sang in Italian opera at King’s theatre London 1835; sang at Manchester frequently with Mario, Grisi, &c.; played the part of Count Rodolpho to Jenny Lind’s Amina in La Sonnambula on her first visit to Manchester 28 Aug. 1847; sang in the operas Cosi fan tutte and Il Matrimonio Segreto at Her Majesty’s 1844 and 1846, sang there until 1852; taught music in London about 1865 to death. _d._ 51 Albany st. Regent’s park, London 30 Jany. 1887. _Theatre_, _ix_ 173 (1887). LABLACHE, LUIGI (son of Nicholas Lablache of Marseilles, merchant, by an Irish woman). _b._ Naples 6 Dec. 1794; his voice was a contralto before it broke, afterwards a bass with a compass of two octaves, was also a great actor; sang at San Carlo, Naples 1812 and La Scala, Milan 1817 and 1820–3; the opera of Elisa e Claudio was written for him by Saverio Mercadante 1821; sang at Venice 1823 and Vienna 1824–8; first appeared in London at King’s theatre 30 March 1830 as Geronimo in Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto; sang annually in London 1830–57; remained at Her Majesty’s theatre in 1847 when all the rest of the company went to Covent Garden; taught singing to Queen Victoria; author of Complete method of singing. Boston U.S. 1851. _d._ Naples 23 Jany. 1858. _bur._ Maison Lafitte, Paris. _Dramatic and musical Rev. iii_ 267, 377 (1844); _I.L.N. i_ 124 (1842) _portrait_, _ii_ 275 (1843) _portrait_; _You have heard of them. By Q._ [_G. C. Rosenberg_] (1854) 82–90. LACON, SIR EDMUND HENRY KNOWLES, 3 Baronet. _b._ 14 Aug. 1807; ed. at Eton and Emmanuel coll. Camb., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834; head of firm of Lacon, Youell & Co. bankers and brewers, Yarmouth; succeeded as 3 baronet 1839; M.P. Yarmouth 1852–57 and 1859–65; M.P. North Norfolk 1868–80; high steward of Yarmouth 1875; major East Norfolk militia 6 July 1839, lieut.-col. 31 Aug. 1859, hon. col. 9 April 1881 to death; lieut.-col. Norfolk artillery volunteers 2 Dec. 1864 to death. _d._ Ormesby near Yarmouth 6 Sep. 1888, value of his personalty declared at £382,473. LACROIX, ALPHONSE FRANÇOIS. _b._ Lignières, canton of Neuchatel 10 May 1799; a tutor at Amsterdam 1816; a missionary at Chinsurah near Calcutta, Feb. 1821 to 1827; became a British subject; a missionary at Calcutta 1827 to death; revised the Bengali scriptures and trained native preachers. _d._ Calcutta 8 July 1859. _Mullens’s Brief memorials of Rev. A. F. Lacroix_ (1862), _portrait_; _Missionary devotedness, a memoir_ (1860). LACY, BENJAMIN. _b._ 1806; proprietor of Victoria music gallery, Manchester 1838 to death, this was the first real music hall in the country; owner of the Ordsall gardens, Manchester some time. _d._ Manchester, Dec. 1864. LACY, CHARLES (son of James Lacy). _b._ Salisbury, Jany. 1795; ed. at All Souls’ coll. Oxf., bible clerk 1814–18; chaplain Ch. Ch. 1818–20; B.A. 1818, M.A. 1824; P.C. of Tring, Herts. 1819–39; R. of Althorpe, Lincoln 1837–39, the first living in gift of the crown after the Queen’s accession; R. of All Hallows on-the-wall, London 1839 to death; the oldest clergyman in the diocese of London. _d._ 25 Finsbury sq. London 17 May 1890. _Pictorial World 29 May 1890 p._ 697, _portrait_. LACY, FRANCES (dau. of Mr. Dalton, actor, who _d._ 1825). _b._ London 1819; her stage name was Fanny Cooper; played at Reading theatre as Sophia in The Road to Ruin 1833; leading actress of Mrs. Thomas Robertson’s company in the Lincoln circuit 1837; first appeared in London at Haymarket 16 April 1838 as Lydia in The Love Chase; acted at Drury Lane Oct. 1839 to Feb. 1840, at Covent Garden winter seasons of 1840–3; played Helena in Midsummer Night’s Dream 16 Nov. 1840; acted at Sadler’s Wells 1844–7; played at Princess’s 1847 where she acted Cordelia to Macready’s King Lear; one of the best English actresses. (_m._ at St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 25 Jany. 1842 Thomas Hailes Lacy 1809–73). _d._ 89 Strand, London 21 April 1872. _T. Marshall’s Lives of celebrated actors_ (1848) 199–222. LACY, HARRIETTE DEBORAH (dau. of Mr. Taylor a tradesman). _b._ London 1807; taught elocution by Mrs. Bartley; first appeared at Bath theatre as Julia in The Rivals 5 Nov. 1827, where she remained till 1830; made début in London at Covent Garden as Nina in The Carnival of Naples 30 Oct. 1830, then acted Rosalind, also Helen in the Hunchback; at Haymarket 1837, at Covent Garden 1838 when she played Lady Teazle; the original of the heroine in Jerrold’s Housekeeper, at Haymarket theatre July 1833; the best Ophelia of her day; retired 1845. (_m._ 1842 Walter Lacy, actor _b._ 1803). _d._ 38 Montpelier sq. Brompton, London 28 July 1874. _Mrs. C. B. Wilson’s Our Actresses_, _ii_ 246–52 (1844); _The Era 2 Aug. 1874 p._ 12. LACY, JANE (dau. of John Jackson of Sloane st. Chelsea, apothecary). _b._ 1776; first sang in London 25 April 1798. (_m._ 1800 Francesco Bianchi, Italian opera composer, _b._ 1752, _d._ 1810, she _m._ (2) 1812 the succeeding); one of the finest singers of Handel’s music; often sang at Windsor before George III.; sang in Calcutta 1818–26; retired about 1826 and then resided much abroad. _d._ Ealing, Middlesex 19 March 1858. LACY, JOHN WILLIAM or WILLIAM. _b._ about 1780; first sang at concerts in London about 1798; studied in Italy several years; sang frequently at the Lenten oratorio and other important concerts in London; sang at Willis’s rooms 1809 and at Hanover sq. rooms 1810; sang in Calcutta 1818–26; considered to be the most legitimate English bass singer; retired about 1826. _d._ Devonshire about 1865. LACY, MICHAEL ROPHINO (son of an Englishman by a Spanish mother). _b._ Bilbao, Spain 19 July 1795; made his début as a violinist at Bilbao 1801; ed. at Bordeaux 1802 and at Paris 1803; arrived in England Oct. 1805 and as a violinist was known as the Young Spaniard until May 1807; played light comedy parts in Edinburgh, Dublin and Glasgow about 1808–18; first violin and director of the Liverpool concerts 1818–20 and 1823–4; directed the ballets and composed music for Italian opera London 1820–3 and 1824 etc.; made the first English adaptations of the operas Semiramide 1829, William Tell 1830, Fra Diavolo 1831 and others; visited America, New Zealand and Australia; author of Love and reason; Doing for the best, and other dramas. _d._ Pentonville, London 20 Sep. 1867. _Grove’s Dict. of music_, _ii_ 82–3 (1880). NOTE.--In his sacred melodramatic opera The Israelites in Egypt produced at Covent Garden theatre 22 Feb. 1833 he combined the choruses of Handel’s Israel in Egypt with the solos from Rossini’s Moise, and illustrated the melange in action with a mise en scene; this was the first and last attempt of the kind and was suppressed by the intervention of the Bishop of London. LACY, RICHARD JOHN JAMES. _b._ 1780; 2 lieut. R.A. 8 Aug. 1796. col. 23 June 1837 to 9 Nov. 1846; director general of field train department R.A. 1 Jany. 1849; col. commandant of 6th battalion 8 July 1851 to death; M.G. 9 Nov. 1846. _d._ royal arsenal, Woolwich 9 March 1852. LACY, RICHARD WALTER. _b._ 5 Oct. 1810; ensign 84 foot 23 March 1832; lieut. 56 foot 1837, lieut.-col. 16 May 1856 to 12 June 1869 when placed on h.p.; lieut.-col. brigade depôt 1 April 1873; L.G. 29 Sep. 1878; placed on retired list 5 Oct. 1880; hon. general 1 July 1881. _d._ Reichenhall, Bavaria 23 Sep. 1886. LACY, SARA. _b._ 1822; played soubrette and character parts with Frederick Robson at Grecian theatre 1844–9; associated with Braham, Macready, Mrs. Nisbett and Mrs. Glover; as Mrs. Valentine Roberts wrote the words of On the broad bosom of the deep 1854; As I roved through the meadows in May, 1855; A stalwart lad is the blacksmith’s son 1860; Come sit old friend beneath the porch 1862; O give me back my happy home 1863 and the words of many other songs. (_m._ Valentine Roberts). _d._ 5 April 1881. LACY, THOMAS EDGAR. _b._ 1803; ensign 72 foot 8 April 1825, captain 11 July 1834 to 8 Oct. 1847 when placed on h.p.; commandant of staff college Sandhurst 1 Jany. 1865 to 1 July 1870; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 18 Sussex place, Kensington 22 Feb. 1880. LACY, THOMAS HAILES. _b._ 1809; appeared at Olympic theatre, London as Lenoir in The Foundling of the Forest 7 April 1828; acted in the provinces; stage manager at Windsor theatre; manager of theatre royal Sheffield 1841; acted at Covent Garden 1842, at the Pavilion, Victoria and Sadler’s Wells 1844; played at Manchester 1844–5; active promoter of General theatrical fund instituted 16 Feb. 1839; theatrical publisher at 17 Wellington st. Strand, London 1849, removed to 89 Strand 1857, retired from business 1872; published Lacy’s Acting edition of plays, 99 volumes containing 1485 pieces 1848–73; author of 3 dramas, The Pickwickians 1837, The tower of London 1840 and The school for daughters 1843; (His wife was Frances Lacy 1819–72). _d._ Benhill st. Sutton, Surrey 1 Aug. 1873. _I.L.N. lxii_ 279 (1873); _Era 10 Aug. 1873 p._ 11, _30 Nov. 1873 p._ 7. NOTE.--Tinsley the publisher obtained a perpetual injunction against him 30 June 1863 for publishing two plays dramatised from Miss Braddon’s novels Aurora Floyd and Lady Audley’s Secret. His library was sold for £2650, 24–29 Nov. 1873; his theatrical portraits were sold for £1970, 8 Dec. 1873. He left £8000 to the General theatrical fund. LADBROOKE, HENRY (2 son of Robert Ladbrooke, landscape-painter 1768–1842). _b._ Norwich 20 April 1800; landscape-painter; exhibited 3 pictures at B.I. and 10 at Suffolk st. 1834–65. _d._ North Walsham 18 Nov. 1870. LADBROOKE, JOHN BERNEY (brother of the preceding). _b._ 1803; pupil of his uncle John Crome whom he excelled as a painter of woodland scenery; exhibited 3 pictures at R.A., 10 at B.I. and 35 at Suffolk st. 1821–72. _d._ Kett’s Castle cottage, Mousehold, Norwich 11 July 1879. LADELL, EDWARD. _b._ 1821; a painter of fruit subjects; exhibited 19 pictures at R.A., 5 at B.I. and 2 at Suffolk st. 1856–80. _d._ Prospect park, Exeter 9 Nov. 1886. LADEUIL, LEONARD MOREL-. _b._ 1820; sculptor at 13 Camden road, then of St. John’s Wood, London; chevalier de la légion d’honneur; exhibited at R.A. 1865; employed at Messrs. Elkington’s, Birmingham. _d._ Boulogne 15 March 1888. LAFFAN, SIR ROBERT MICHAEL (3 son of John Laffan of Skehana, co. Clare). _b._ 14 Aug. 1819; 2 lieut. R.E. 5 May 1837, col. 9 Feb. 1870 to 1 Oct. 1877; an inspector of railways under board of trade 1847–52; M.P. St. Ives, Cornwall 1852–7; deputy inspector general of fortifications at the war office 1855–9; commanded R.E. at Malta 1860–65, at Aldershot 1866–70 where the old Queen’s birthday parade has been renamed Laffan’s Plain in his memory, and at Gibraltar 1872–77; governor and commander-in-chief of Bermuda 9 Aug. 1877 to death; L.G. 1 July 1881; K.C.M.G. 30 May 1877. _d._ Mount Langton, Bermuda 22 March