Modern English biography

Landsboroughs father and son_ (1875), _memoir pp._ 157–228; _Scott’s Fasti_, _vol._ 2, _part_ 1, _p._ 188 (1868); _W. Anderson’s Scottish Nation_, _iii_ 715 (1863). LANDSBOROUGH, WILLIAM (son of the preceding). _b._ Stevenston, Ayrshire; went to Australia; discovered Mount Nebo and Fort Cooper 1856, discovered sources of the Thomson river 1860; searched for Burke and Wills the explorers 1861; crossed Australia from Gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne 1862; presented with a service of plate valued at £500, 12 Nov. 1862; member of Queensland assembly 1864–5; government resident in Burke district 1865–8; discovered with G. Phillips the Western river; inspector of brands for East Moreton, Queensland 1868, awarded a grant of £2000. _d._ Brisbane 16 March 1886. _Journal of Landsborough’s expedition in search of Burke and Wills_ (1862). LANDSEER, CHARLES (2 son of John Landseer 1769–1852). _b._ 1799; pupil of B. R. Haydon, entered schools of the R.A. 1816; A.R.A. 1837, R.A. 1845, keeper of the R.A. 1851 to May 1873; exhibited 73 pictures at R.A., 26 at B.I. and 11 at Suffolk st. 1822–79; left £10,000 to the R.A. for foundation of Landseer scholarships. _d._ 35 Grove End road, London 22 July 1879, portrait by himself exhibited at the R.A. 1879. _Sandby’s History of Royal academy_, _ii_ 176 (1862); _I.L.N. lxxv_ 109 (1879), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _xx_ 128 (1879), _portrait_. LANDSEER, SIR EDWIN HENRY (brother of the preceding). _b._ 71 Queen Anne st. East (now 33 Foley st.), London 7 March 1802; learnt to draw, etch and paint 1808–14; entered schools of the R.A. 1816, A.R.A. 1826, R.A. 1831, declined the presidency 24 Jany. 1866; lived at 1 St. John’s Wood road, London 1826 to death; painted many portraits of the Queen and royal family 1839–66; taught the queen and prince Albert to etch; knighted at St. James’s palace 3 July 1850; received large gold medal at Paris universal exhibition 1855; received the commission for 4 lions in bronze for base of the Nelson column in Trafalgar sq. 1859, they were uncovered 31 Jany. 1867; exhibited 179 pictures at R.A., 94 at B.I. and 4 at Suffolk st. 1815–73; 434 etchings and engravings were made from his works down to 1875; his Monarch of the Glen was sold for £7000 April 1892 and £10,000 have been given for the Stag at bay and for the Otter Hunt; a large collection of his works was exhibited at the R.A. 1873–4; illustrated Portraits of the children of the nobility by L. Fairlie 1839 and other works. _d._ 1 St. John’s Wood road, London 1 Oct. 1873. _bur._ in crypt of St. Paul’s cath. 11 Oct. _F. G. Stephen’s Memoirs of Sir E. Landseer_ (1874), _portrait_; _Illustrated Review_, _vol. v_ 137–44, _portrait_; _James Dafforne’s Pictures by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A._ (1874); _J. Sherer’s Gallery of British artists_, _i_ 78–95; _Sandby’s Royal Academy_, _ii_ 143–46 (1862); _The Landseer gallery with memoir_ (1871); _H. Martineau’s Biographical sketches 4 ed._ (1876) 468–74; _Illust. Times 9 Feb. 1867 p._ 88, _portrait_, _and p._ 89 _lions in Trafalgar square_. LANDSEER, GEORGE (son of Thomas Landseer 1795–1880). _b._ 1829; exhibited 21 figure pictures at R.A., 12 at B.I. and 1 at Suffolk st. 1850–58. _d._ 1 St. John’s Wood road, London 10 March 1878. LANDSEER, JESSICA (dau. of the succeeding). _b._ 29 Jany. 1810; landscape and miniature painter; exhibited 10 pictures at R.A., 7 at B.I. and 6 at Suffolk st. 1816–66. _d._ Folkestone 29 Aug. 1880. LANDSEER, John (son of a jeweller). _b._ Lincoln 1769; landscape engraver; delivered a series of lectures on engraving at Royal Institution 1806; an advocate for the recognition of the claims of engravers by Royal academy; associate engraver of the R.A. 1806; began a periodical Review of Publications of Art 1808, 2 vols., and The Probe 1837; engraver to William IV.; exhibited 1 engraving at Soc. of artists, 17 at R.A. and 2 at Suffolk st. 1791–1852; author of Lectures on the art of engraving 1807; Observations on the engraved gems brought from Babylon 1817; Sabean researches 1823; Essay on the carnivora 1823; A series of engravings illustrating events recorded in the scriptures 1833; A descriptive catalogue of fifty of the earliest pictures in the National gallery 1834. _d._ London 29 Feb. 1852. _Sandby’s History of royal academy_, _i_ 402–3 (1862); _G.M. xxxvii_ 523–4 (1852). LANDSEER, THOMAS (eld. son of the preceding). _b._ 71 Queen Anne st. east (now 33 Foley st.), London 1795; pupil of B. R. Haydon; etched and engraved more than 125 of the drawings and pictures of his brother Sir Edwin H. Landseer; engraved Rosa Bonheur’s The Horse Fair about 1860; A.R.A. 1868; exhibited 35 engravings at R.A., 2 at B.I. and 2 at Suffolk st. 1832–77; illustrated Monkey-ana or men in miniature 1828 and other works; author of The life and letters of William Bewick 1871. _d._ 11 Grove End road, St. John’s Wood, London 20 Jany. 1880. _I.L.N. lii_ 169 (1868), _portrait_; _Illust. sporting and dramatic news_, _xii_ 501 (1880), _portrait_. LANE, CHARLES EDWARD WILLIAM (son of John Lane). _bapt._ St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, London 29 Oct. 1786; ensign 1 Bengal N.I. 13 Aug. 1807; sought to change his name to Mattenby in 1824 but was not permitted to do so; served in Arracan 1825; in charge of the commissariat at Dinapore 1832; lieut.-col. of 2 Bengal N.I. 26 Dec. 1841–43, of 13 N.I. 1843 to 10 Dec. 1847, of 74 N.I. 10 Dec. 1847 to 25 May 1852; commanded garrison of Candahar when assaulted by the Afghans 10 March 1842; C.B. 27 Dec. 1842; col. 6 Bengal N.I. 25 May 1852 to 1858; general 25 June 1870. _d._ Jersey 18 Feb. 1872. LANE, CHARLTON (son of Wm. Lane of Croydon, Surrey). _b._ 1797; ed. at St. Paul’s sch. and Trin. coll. and Jesus coll. Camb., B.A. 1819, M.A. 1823; C. of Lambeth 1828–32; P.C. of St. Mark’s, Kennington, London 1832–64; R.D. of Southwark 1854–64; V. of Hampstead 1864–72; professor of rhetoric, Gresham college, London 1863 to death; printed 12 sermons and was author of To the parishioners of Kennington, Stockwell and South Lambeth, how to meet the cholera 1854. _d._ 14 St. John’s Wood park, London 28 May 1875. _bur._ churchyard of St. John, Hampstead. LANE, CHARLTON GEORGE (son of the preceding). _b._ Kennington parsonage 11 June 1836; ed. at Westminster 1849–54 (in the cricket eleven 5 years, captain 1853) and Ch. Ch. Oxf.; known as the Admirable Crichton of Oxford, usually called White Lane to distinguish him from Ernald Lane of Balliol; rowed No. 3 in the Univ. Eight 1858–9; played in the Univ. Eleven 1856 and 1858–60, captain 1860; won the Univ. racquets; played for Surrey 1856–61, played for Gentlemen against the Players 1857–61, played in the First Eleven of England _v._ Next Fourteen 1860; played for the Veterans against Marylebone cricket club in the M.C.C. centenary week at Lord’s 1887 when he scored double figures in each innings; a brilliant batsman and fine field especially at long-leg; member of the Hogarth club at Oxford; C. of Great Witley, Worcs. 1862–5; C. of Little Gaddesden, Herts. 1868–70, rector 16 Jany. 1870 to death; member of the Mercers’ Co., master 1890. _d._ Little Gaddesden rectory 2 Nov.