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 Hanzas, etc. : established the Journal Indian Public Opinion : collected information on the origins of Indian art, and specimens of Graeco-Buddhistic art : claimed to be the originator of the title Kaisar-i-Hind : retired, 1887 : acquired the Royal Dramatic College at Woking, and adapted it to an Oriental Institute there : published Languages and Races of Dardistan, The Language and People of Hanza, and many works on education, philology, trade, dialects, etc. : spoke, read, and wrote 25 languages : edited the Asiatic Quarterly Review, from Jan. 1890 : died at Bonn, March 22, 1899 : Ph.D. : LL.D. : D.O.L., 1882.

LELY, SIR FREDERICK STYLES PHILPIN (1846–)

I.C.S. : born Dec. 16, 1846 : educated at Pembroke College, Oxford : went to Bombay in the Indian Civil Service, 1869 : Member of the Dekkan Agriculturists Relief Act Commission, 1891–2 : Commissioner, N. Division, Bombay : Member of the Legislative Council, Bombay, 1899 : of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, 1903–4 : officiating Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces, 1904–5 : retired, 1905 : C.S.I., 1901 : K.C.I.E., 1905.

LE MARCHANT, SIR JOHN GASPARD (1803–1874)

Son of Maj-General John Gaspard Le Marchant : born 1803 : educated at the R.M.C., Sandhurst : joined the loth foot, 1820 : served at the Cape, 1832 : under Sir De Lacy Evans, in the Carlist war in Spain, 1835–7 : Knight Bachelor, 1838 : Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland, 1847–52 : of Nova Scotia, 1852–7 : Governor of Malta, 1859–64 : C. in C. at Madras, 1865–8 : G.C.M.G., 1860 : K.C.B., 1865 : Lt-General : died Feb. 6, 1874.

LENNOX, SIR WILBRAHAM OATES (1830–1897)

Son of Lord John George Lennox, and grandson of the fourth Duke of Richmond : born May 4, 1830 : privately educated and at the R.M.A., Woolwich : entered the R.E. in 1848 : General in 1893 : served in the Crimea, 1854–6 : won the Victoria Cross : on the way out to China, in 1857, was sent up to India, and up to Cawnpur : temporarily Chief Engineer under Sir Colin Campbell at his relief of Lucknow, in Nov. 1857 : was at the siege and capture in March, 1858 : was in a number of actions : in Rohilkund : commanding Engineer in the Oudh campaign and in the TransGogra campaign : two Brevets : left India in 1859 : C.B., 1867 : served at Chatham : attached to the German armies in France in the Franco-German war : Military Attache at Constantinople, 1876 : with the Turkish Armies in 1877 : commanded the garrison of Alexandria, 1884–7, and in Ceylon, 1887–8 : K.C.B., 1891 : Director of Military Education, 1893–5 : died Feb. 7, 1897.

LESLIE, SIR BRADFORD (1831–)

Born 1831 : son of Charles R. Leslie, R.A. : Civil Engineer : designed and built the first bridge over the Hughli between Howrah and Calcutta, 1874, and the Jubilee Bridge over the Hughli at Naihati, 1887 : Fellow of the Calcutta University : K.C.I.E., 1887.

LESTER, FREDERICK PARKINSON (1795–1858)

Son of John Lester : born Feb. 3, 1795 : educated at Camberwell and Addiscombe : joined the Bombay Artillery, 1811 : rose to be Maj-General, 1854 : in 1857 commanded the Southern Division of the Bombay Army : his excellent precautionary measures prevented the mutiny from spreading to Western India : died at Belgaum, July 3, 1858.

LETHBRIDGE, SIR ALFRED SWAINE (1844–)

Born Sep. 30, 1844 : son of W. F. Lethbridge : educated at King's College, London, and Aberdeen : M.D. : entered the Bengal Medical Service, 1867, and became Lt-Colonel, 1887 : served in Burma and Bengal : Inspr-General of Jails in Bengal, 1878–92 : general superintendent for the suppression of Thagi and Dakaiti, 1892 : Additional Member of the Governor-General's Legislative Council, 1895–7 : retired, 1898 : K.C.S.I., 1896.

LETHBRIDGE, SIR ROPER (1840–)

Born Dec. 23, 1840 : son of E. Leth-bridge : educated at Plymouth, <section end="Lethbridge, Sir Roper" />