Modern English biography

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