Modern English biography

LE MARCHANT, SIR DENIS, 1 Baronet (2 son of John Gaspard Le Marchant, major general 1766–1812). _b._ Newcastle 3 July 1795; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Camb.; barrister L.I. 17 May 1822; chief sec. to lord chancellor Brougham 1830–34; clerk of the crown in chancery 30 July 1834 to 1836; sec. to board of trade 1836–40 and 1848–50; joint sec. to the treasury 19 June 1841 to 21 May 1844; baronet 14 Oct. 1841; M.P. for Worcester 1846 to 1847; under sec. of state for home department 1847–8; chief clerk to house of commons 30 Sep. 1850 to Feb. 1871; author of Report of the proceedings of the house of lords in the claim to the barony of Gardner 1828; The reform ministry and the reform parliament 1834, nine editions; Memoirs of general Le Marchant 1841, privately printed 90 copies; Memoirs of John Charles, viscount Althorp 1876; edited Horace Walpole’s Memoirs of the reign of George III. with notes 1845. _d._ 21 Belgrave road, London 30 Oct. 1874. _I.L.N. 22 Feb. 1851_, _portrait_, _lxv_ 475, 489 (1874) _portrait_, _lxvi_ 187 (1875); _Law Times 7 Nov. 1874 p._ 17. LE MARCHANT, SIR JOHN GASPARD (brother of the preceding). _b._ 1803; ensign 10 foot 26 Oct. 1820; lieut. 57 foot 1821, captain 1825; captain 98 foot 1826, major 1832–5; adjutant general to Anglo-Spanish legion and brigadier general in the Spanish army 1835–7; knighted at St. James’s palace 2 May 1838 for his service in Spain; permitted to wear Spanish decorations of San Fernando and Charles III.; lieut.-col. 99 foot 18 Oct. 1839 to 27 Sep. 1842; inspecting field officer recruiting district South of Ireland 1842–6; lieut. col. of 85 foot 19 June 1846 to 29 Dec. 1846; lieut. governor of Newfoundland 1846–52 and of Nova Scotia 1852–57; governor of Malta 1 Oct. 1859 to 15 Nov. 1864; commander-in-chief at Madras 25 May 1865 to 8 Nov. 1867; col. of 11 foot 3 Sep. 1862 to death; general 6 May 1872; G.C.M.G. 1860; K.C.B. 9 Oct. 1865. _d._ 80 St. George’s square, London 6 Feb. 1874. LE MESSURIER, ALEXANDER PETER. _b._ 1797 or 1798; entered Bombay army 1819; captain 2nd Bombay European regiment 8 Oct. 1839, lieut.-col. 1 Dec. 1851 to 28 Nov. 1854; lieut.-col. of 29 N.I. 28 Nov. 1854 to 1856, of 10 N.I. 1856–7, of 12 N.I. 1857–60, of 10 N.I. again 1860 to 31 Dec. 1861 when he retired with rank of M.G. _d._ 5 Inverness place, Hyde park, London 17 Feb. 1876. LE MESSURIER, AUGUSTUS SMITH. _b._ 1800; barrister L.I. 22 Nov. 1821; practised with great success at Bombay 30 years; advocate general of presidency of Bombay 1847 to 1857 when he returned to England. _d._ 50 Upper Baker st. Portman square, London 8 Dec.