Modern English biography

(1876). LEDGER, CHARLES. _b._ England; clerk in house of Messrs. Naylor at Lima 1836–8, and then at their establishment at Tacna where he purchased the alpaca wools from the Indians 1838–42; in business at Tacna from 1842; exported a flock of 276 alpacas to Sydney 28 Nov. 1858, which the government purchased for £15,000 and gave him £1300 a year to manage it. _Illust. News of the World 17 Sep. 1859 pp._ 173–4, _portrait_; _Sporting Rev. Feb. 1863 pp._ 127–9. LEDGER, FREDERIC. _b._ 1816; editor and proprietor of The Era, a London weekly sporting and dramatic paper 1850 to death; an enthusiastic mason. _d._ Gothic house, Devonshire road, Balham hill 14 June 1874. _bur._ Norwood cemetery 20 June. _Era 21 June 1874 p._ 9 _col._ 2. LEDWARD, RICHARD ARTHUR (son of Richard Perry Ledward). _b._ Burslem, Staffs. 1857; studied at Burslem school of art and at South Kensington, gold medallist; a master of modelling in the schools; modelling master at Westminster and Blackheath schools of art; his sculpture of A Young Mother, showed great promise. _d._ of rheumatism at 53 Beaufort st. Chelsea 28 Oct. 1890. _bur._ Perivale church near Ealing. LEDWICH, THOMAS HAWKESWORTH (son of Edward Ledwich of Waterford, attorney). _b._ Pembroke 1823; studied medicine in Dublin; M.R.C.S.I. 1844, F.R.C.S.I. 1845; lecturer on anatomy at The original school of medicine, Peter st. Dublin 1847 to death, when name was changed to the Ledwich school of medicine 1858; formed a valuable pathological museum; surgeon to the Meath hospital, Dublin, July 1858; author with his brother Edward Ledwich, M.D. of The practical and descriptive anatomy of the human body 1852, 3 ed. 1877, which is still much used in Dublin. _d._ York st. Dublin 29 Sep. 1858. _bur._ Mount Jerome cemet. _Sir C. A. Cameron’s History of college of surgeons in Ireland_ (1886) 534–35, 613–14; _Ormsby’s History of Meath hospital_ (1888) 215–6. NOTE.--Edward Ledwich was _b._ Pembroke 1817, F.R.C.S.I. 13 Oct. 1852, a most successful teacher of anatomy, _d._ 7 Harcourt st. Dublin 18 Feb. 1879. LEE, _Mrs._ Governess to the prince of Naples, eld. son of Humbert king of Italy, at Rome Nov. 1869 to 1881 during which time she never left him; watched over the prince’s health and aided him in making a collection of coins illustrating Italian history 1881 to death. _d._ Quirinal palace, Rome 3 April 1884. LEE, ALFRED THEOPHILUS (youngest son of Sir John Theophilus Lee of Lauriston hall, Torquay 1786–1843). _b._ the Elms, Bedhampton, Hants. 28 June 1829; scholar of Christ’s coll. Camb. 1850; B.A. 1853, M.A. 1856; C. of Houghton-le-Spring, Durham 1853–5; P.C. of Elson, Hants. 1856–8; R of Ahoghill, co. Antrim 1858–72; hon. LLD. Dublin 1866, D.C.L. Oxf. 1867; sec. to Church defence instit. and tithe redemption trust 1871 to death; preacher at Gray’s Inn 5 Nov. 1879 to death; author of The history of the town and parish of Tetbury 1857; Facts respecting the present state of the church in Ireland 1863, sixtieth thousand issued 1868; Some account of the parish church of St. Colananell, Ahoghill 1867. _d._ Lauriston house, Ealing, Middlesex 19 July 1883. _Church portrait journal_, _i_ 25 (1876), _portrait_; _Biograph_, _vi_ 315–20 (1881). LEE, BENJAMIN. _b._ Worcester 10 Feb. 1788; enlisted in 14 dragoons Jany. 1804; served in the Peninsula 1808–14, in America 1815; sergeant major 1814, retired 1829; went to New South Wales and resided at Parramatta 1829 to death. _d._ Parramatta 13 April 1879, left upwards of 100 children and grandchildren. LEE, DONALD MC PHEE. _b._ 11 Feb. 1804; editor and proprietor of Bermuda royal gazette; vice consul for France and Italy. _d._ Hamilton, Bermuda 11 Feb. 1883. LEE, EDWIN. Articled pupil of royal college of surgeons, London, Jacksonian prizeman 1838 for dissertation on Comparative advantages of lithotomy and lithotrity; studied at St. George’s hospital 1824, house surgeon 1830–3; M.C.S. 1829; M.D. Gottingen 1846 or before; member of medical societies of Paris, Berlin and Naples; fellow of royal medico-chirurgical soc.; resided much at the Continental watering places; author of upwards of 60 works including A treatise on some nervous disorders 1833, 2 ed. 1838; The principal baths of Germany 2 vols. 1840–1. _d._ Mentone 3 June 1870. _The Lancet 18 June 1870 pp._ 891–2. LEE, FREDERICK HENRY (eld. son of Frederick William Lee). Editor of Hull Herald and proprietor of Sussex Advertiser, Lewes. _d._ Cooksbridge near Lewes 14 Aug. 1853 aged 42. LEE, FREDERICK RICHARD. _b._ Barnstaple 1799; ensign 56 foot 6 Dec. 1813, placed on h.p. 21 Dec. 1815; served in the Netherlands; studied painting at the R.A. 1818; exhibited 171 paintings at R.A., 131 at B.I. and 24 at Suffolk st. 1822–70; his most popular works were English landscapes; 4 of his pictures are in the National Gallery; A.R.A. 1834, R.A. 1838, retired R.A. 1871. _d._ Vlees farm, Herman station in division of Malmsay, South Africa 5 June 1879. _Sandby’s History of royal academy_, _ii_ 159–61 (1862); _Pycroft’s Art in Devonshire_ (1883) 85–8. LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (son of Henry Lee, pugilist and landlord of the Anti-Gallican tavern, Shire lane, Temple Bar 1808). _b._ 1802; in Lord Barrymore’s service as a tiger, being the first to bear that title; tenor singer at Dublin theatre 1825; sang at the Haymarket, London 1826, musical conductor there 1827; kept a music shop at 86 Quadrant, Regent st. 1829–31; bankrupt 18 Nov. 1831 and 21 May 1833; lessee with Melrose and J. K. Chapman of the Tottenham st. theatre 1829–30; lessee of Drury Lane theatre 1830–31; directed the Lenten oratorios at Drury Lane and Covent Garden 1831; composer and musical director to Strand theatre 1832–45, to Olympic theatre 1845; succeeded George Hodson as musical conductor at the Poses Plastiques, Garrick’s Head, Bow st. 1847; wrote the music to The Sublime and the Beautiful 1828; The Invincibles 1828; The Nymph of the Grotto 1829; The Witness 1829; The Devil’s Brother 1831; The Legion of Honour 1831 and other dramatic pieces; published two sets of eight songs Beauties of Byron and Loves of the Butterflies 1828; composed altogether upwards of 250 pieces of music 1826–51; author of A complete course of instruction for singing 1872. (_m._ Mrs. Waylett, ballad singer, she _d._ 26 April 1851); found dead in his old lodgings at Newton terrace, Kennington road, London 8 Oct. 1851. _bur._ Norwood cemet. _Rev. J. Richardson’s Recollections_, _ii_ 129–35 (1856). LEE, SIR GEORGE PHILIP (youngest son of Edward Lee of London). Lieut. of the yeomen of the guard 13 March 1843 to 23 July 1857; knighted at St. James’s palace 13 March 1844. _d._ Windlesham court, Bagshot 1 Sep. 1870. LEE, HARRIET (dau. of John Lee, actor, _d._ 1781). _b._ London 1757; kept a private school with her sister Sophia Lee at Belvidere house, Bath 1781–1803; carried on a correspondence with Wm. Godwin the novelist, April to Aug. 1798, declined his offer of marriage 1798; author of The errors of innocence 5 vols. 1786; The new peerage or our eyes may deceive us, a comedy Drury Lane 10 Nov. 1787, acted 9 times; Clara Lennox 2 vols. 1797, translated into French 1798; The mysterious marriage or the heirship of Roselva, a 3 act play 1790, never acted; Canterbury Tales 5 vols. 1797–1805, containing 12 stories (2 of which were written by her sister Sophia Lee who _d._ 1824), she dramatised one of the tales ‘Kruitzner’ under title of The Three Strangers, performed at Covent Garden 10 Dec. 1825, acted 4 times, Lord Byron also dramatised it under title of Werner or the Inheritance 1822. _d._ Vyvyan terrace, Clifton 1 Aug. 1851. LEE, HENRIETTA INCLEDON (eld. dau. of Henry Lee, manager of theatres in west of England). First appeared in London as Constantia in ‘The man of the world’ 19 Oct. 1831; played at Covent Garden and Drury Lane, at Olympic theatre during Madame Vestris’ management to 1839, at Lyceum theatre 1847–48. _d._ at her lodgings, Orange st. Bloomsbury sq. London 23 May 1866. _Era 27 May 1866 p._ 10. LEE, HENRY. _b._ 1826; naturalist of the Brighton Aquarium 1872, a director for a time, printed Aquarium Notes for the use of visitors; a contributor to Land and Water; his museum of natural history was one of most valuable private collections in England; author of The Octopus or the devil fish of fiction and fact 1874; Sea fables explained 1883 and of Sea monsters unmasked 1883, in Fisheries’ Exhibition handbooks; The vegetable lamb of Tartary, a fable of the cotton plant 1887. _d._ Renton house, 343 Brixton road, London 31 Oct. 1888. _Land and Water 10 Nov. 1888 p._ 568. LEE, JAMES N. Edited Bell’s Weekly Messenger and Farmers’ Journal to death. _d._ at his lodgings, Laurel grove, Oakfield road, Penge 11 March 1880 aged 72. LEE, JAMES PRINCE (eld. son of Stephen Lee, sec. and librarian of royal society). _b._ London 28 July 1804; ed. at St. Paul’s sch. 1813–24, captain 1822–4 when he entered Trin. coll. Camb., Craven scholar 1827, fellow Oct. 1829; B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831; one of the best Greek scholars of his time; a master at Rugby 1830–8; head master of King Edward’s sch. Birmingham 1838–47; hon. canon of Worcester 6 Sep. 1847; bishop of Manchester 23 Oct. 1847, consecrated at Whitehall chapel 23 Jany. 1848; held 63 ordinations at which he ordained 471 priests and 522 deacons; consecrated 130 churches 1848–69; promoted Manchester free library, opened Sep. 1852; author of Sermons and fragments attributed to Isaac Barrow, D.D. now first collected and edited from the MSS. in the University and Trinity college libraries Cambridge 1834, these manuscripts turned out to be spurious; Suggestions for a practical use of the papal aggression 1851. _d._ Mauldeth hall, Burnage near Manchester 24 Dec. 1869. _bur._ St. John’s ch. Heaton, Mersey 31 Dec. _E. W. Benson’s Memorial Sermon 2 ed._ (1880); _John Evans’s Lancashire Authors_ (1850) 153–7; _Drawing room portrait gallery 2nd series_ (1859), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xii_ 51 (1848) _portrait_, _lvi_ 55 (1870), _portrait_. NOTE.--He bequeathed his library to Owen’s college Manchester, his widow in Sep. 1875 left £1000 to the college to provide two annual prizes for encouraging the study of the New Testament in Greek. LEE, JOHN. _b._ Torwoodlie-Mains, parish of Stow, Midlothian 22 Nov. 1779; ed. at univ. of Edinb., M.D. 1801; served in the army hospital service a short time; presbyterian minister of Peebles 1807; professor of church history at St. Mary’s college, St. Andrew’s 1812–21, rector of St. Andrew’s univ. three times; professor of moral philosophy in King’s college, Aberdeen 1820–1; minister of Canongate ch. Edinb. 1821–5; D.D. St. Andrew’s 1821; minister of Lady Yester’s ch. Edinb. 1825–34; chaplain in ord. to the Sovereign 1840 to death; principal clerk of the general assembly 1827; minister of St. Giles’s ch. Edinb. 1834–7; principal of united college of St. Andrew’s 1837–40; dean of chapel royal, Stirling 1840 to death; principal of univ. of Edinb. 12 March 1840 to death, professor of divinity 14 June 1844 to death, being the first principal who also held a professorship since the year 1620; moderator of general assembly 1844; collected a library of 20,000 vols., is described in John Hill Burton’s Bookhunter as Archdeacon Meadows the bibliomaniac; author of Memorials of the Bible Society in Scotland 1829; Lectures on the history of the church of Scotland 1860; The University of Edinburgh from 1583 to 1839. 1880. _d._ at his residence in Univ. of Edinburgh 2 May 1859. _Crombie’s Modern Athenians_ (1882) 135–7 _portrait_; _Sir A. Grant’s Univ. of Edinburgh_, _ii_ 271–4 (1884); _Proc. of Royal Soc. of Edinb. iv_ 212–17 (1862); _Scott’s Fasti_, _vol. i_, _part_ 1, _pp._ 12–13, 64 (1866). LEE, JOHN (eld. son of John Fiott of London, merchant 1749–97). _b._ 28 April 1783; ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb., fellow 1808–15; fifth wrangler 1806, B.A. 1806, M.A. 1809, LLD. 1816; travelling bachelor of the univ. 1807–10; took his mother’s name of Lee by r.l. 4 Oct. 1815; member of College of Advocates 3 Nov. 1816, steward July 1824 to June 1826, librarian 1826–7, treasurer 1828–9; barrister G.I. 13 July 1863, gave the society £500 to found an annual prize for an essay on law 7 May 1864, bencher of G.I. 9 Nov. 1864 to death; Q.C. 7 July 1864; built an observatory in south portico of Hartwell house, Bucks. 1830; an original member of Royal Astronom. Soc. 1820, treasurer 1831–40, pres. 1861–2, gave the advowson of Hartwell to the Soc. 1836 and the advowson of Stone, Bucks. 1866, founded the Lee fund for relief of widows and children of deceased fellows; F.S.A. 1828; F.R.S. 24 Feb. 1831; pres. and treasurer of Numismatic Soc. 1837; member of Chronological institute of London, Dec. 1850, pres. 21 Dec. 1853 to 1858 when institute ceased; pres. of meeting of British Archæological Assoc. at Leicester 1862; contested Aylesbury 1835, 1841, 1852 and 1863; edited Catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities at Hartwell House, chiefly arranged by Joseph Bonomi 1858. _d._ Hartwell house near Aylesbury 25 Feb. 1866. _Memoir of John Lee. Aylesbury_ (1870); _Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xxiii_ 302–5 (1867); _Catalogue of law books in the library at Hartwell_ (1855); _Catalogue of theological books in the library of Hartwell house_ (1855). LEE, JOHN. _b._ Bath 25 Oct. 1795; served in the army; first appeared at Drury Lane as Laertes 1 Oct. 1828; sec. to Edmund Kean 1826–33 and stage manager Richmond theatre, and it was in his arms that the tragedian died at Richmond 15 May 1833; acted Jingle in Moncrieff’s Sam Weller or the Pickwickians at Strand theatre July 1837; theatrical agent at 24 Bow st. Covent Garden 1847–55; manager of the Café de l’Europe, Haymarket, London, on decease of Henry Hemming 1849; reappeared at T.R. Richmond as Shylock 1 July 1869; resided in Jersey many years. _d._ Wilton house, New St. John’s road, Jersey 5 Oct. 1881. _The Era 15 Oct. 1881 p._ 8; _Actors by gaslight_ (1838) 33–34, _portrait_. LEE, JOHN. _b._ 1831; general manager of Drinking fountain association; F.R.G.S. _d._ Balmain, Anerley road, Surrey 3 Feb.