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 death. In 1797–8 were published his ‘Elucidation of certain Points in H.M. Regulations for Cavalry,’ and his ‘Instructions for the Movement and Discipline of the Provisional Cavalry,’ the latter being certain regiments raised at the time under the Supplementary Militia Acts for home service on the plan of, but distinct from, the fencible cavalry. An excellent portrait is prefixed to Sir Denis Le Marchant's ‘Memoirs of General Le Marchant,’ 1841.

 LE MARCHANT, JOHN GASPARD (1803–1874), lieutenant-general, colonial administrator, third son of Major-general John Gaspard Le Merchant [q. v.], was born in 1803. On 26 Oct. 1820 he was appointed ensign in the 10th foot; in 1821 he became lieutenant in the 57th foot, in 1825 captain in the 57th and afterwards in the new 98th foot, and in 1833 major in the latter regiment, with which he served at the Cape. All his steps except the first were purchased. In 1836 he exchanged to an unattached majority, and was appointed adjudant-general, with the rank of brigadier-general, in the British auxiliary legion in Spain, under Generals Evans [see ] and Chichester [see in the Carlist war of 1835-7. He was present at the relief of, and action before, Bilbao in September 1835, the affairs on the heights of Arleban in Alava, (16-18 Jan. 1836), the raising of the siege of San Sebastian and the storming of the Carlist lines (4 May 1836), the passage of the Urmea, the taking of Passages, the general action at Alea in October 1836, and the general actions at Ermani, 10, 13, 15, 16 March 1837. For his service to the queen of Spain he was created knight-bachelor in 1838, and received special permission to wear the Spanish decoration of San Fernando and Charles III. In 1838 be purchased the lieutenant-colonelcy in the 99th foot returning from Mauritius, and in 1845 was transferred to the 85th light infantry, returning from the West Indies. Both the corps be brought into a high state of discipline, introducing in each a most elaborate system of interior economy. He left the 85th in 1846, on selection for the government of Newfoundland. He became colonel in 1851, major-general in 1858, lieutenant-general in 1661. Le Marchant was lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland from February 1847 to June 1852, lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia from June 1852 to December 1867, governor of Malta from 1859 to 1864 (during which period be held local rank of lieutenant-general), and commander-in-chief at Madras from 1865 to 1868. He was K.C.B. (civil, 1865), G.C.M.G. (1860), a lieutenant-general and colonel 11th (Devonshire) regiment. Le Marchant died at 80 St. George's Square, London, on 6 Feb. 1874. He married, in 1839, the third daughter of the Rev. Robert Taylor of Clifton Campville, Staffordshire, coheiress of her maternal grandfather, the Rev. John Watkins of Clifton all in the same county.

[Burke's Baronetage and Knightage, 1873; Army Lists; Colonial List. 1873; Duncan's Hist. Anglo-Spanish Legion, London, 1877 (?): lllustr. London News, 1874.]

 LEMENS, BALTHAZAR VAN (1637–1704), painter. [See .]

 LE MESURIER, HAVILLAND (1758–1806), commissary-governor, born in Guernsey in 1758, was youngest son of John Le Mesurier, hereditary governor of Aldemey, who died in 1793 [see under, 1781-1843]. Havilland obtained a scholarship at Winchester College in 1770, but resigned it in the next year, and after spending some time in mercantile connection with his father and eldest brother, Peter, married in 1782, and joined a large mercantile firm at Havre.

Thence he removed to London, but having suffered in the commercial disasters of 1793, he accepted the post of 'adjutant commissary-general of stores, supplies, and storage' with the forces on the continent under command of the Duke of York [see, of which Alderman (afterwards Sir Brook) Watson had been appointed commissary-general Le Mesurier was acting commissary-general of the army during the winter retreat through Holland and Westphalia to Bremen in 1794-5, and received the highest commendation from Count Walmoden (the elder) and General David Dundas (1735-1820) [q.v.] After his return he entered into partnership with his brother Paul [see below], as P. and H. Le Mesurier, merchants, 3 Austin Friars, City. During the invasion alarm of 1796 he was appointed commissary-general of the southern district, where be iutroducedatiewplan of supply with the warm approval of Sir Charles, afterwards the first Earl Grey [q.v.], who commanded the district. It embraced the eatablishment of