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 771 KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE [LAUGHTON wards of the House of Commons of Canada ; late Chief Justice of the Sviperior Court for the division of Quebec ; Lt.-Gov. of Quebec since 1911 ; is Knt. of grace of Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Is descended from two old French -Canadian families, which emigrated from Normandy and Brittany res))ectively about the middle of the 17th cent. Residence — Government House, Quebec. Issue — 1. Fran('ois Oscar Braun Langelier, b. 1895. 2. Joseph Charles Marc Pascal Langelier, b. 190:;. Z. Joseph l''ran50is Edouard Gerard Langelier, 1). 1909. 1. Marie Anne Juliette. 2. Marie Laure Gisfilo Fran^oise. LANGFRMAN, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1912.— Sib Jan Willem Sttjckeris Langerman. B. 7 June, 1853 ; m. 1882, Gertrude, dau. of Dr. Etitchen, of Cape Town ; memb. of House of Assembly, Union of S. Africa. Residence — 145, Van Beek Street, Johannesburg, S. Africa. LANGLEY, K.C.M.G. Creat. 1912 ; C.B. 1899. — Sir Walter Louis Frederick Goltz Lang- ley, s. of late Henry Langley, J.P., 2nd Life jrds., and Harriet Maria, dau. of James Bradshaw, Doldst. Gds., late M.F. for Canterbury. B. at IJoblenz 22 Feb. 1855 ; m. 15 Sept. 1894, Gertrude Mary, dau. of W. Ramsay ; apptd. to Foreign Dfifice 1878 ; was priv. sec. to successive Parly. Under-Secs. of State for Foreign Affairs 1887-98 ; !ias been Assist. Under-Sec. of State, Foreign Iffice, since 1907. Residence — 10, Warwick Square, S.W. Club — Travellers'. Issue — Huliirt' b'rancis Grace Langl 'v, b. 80 July, 1895. LANKESTER, K.C.B. (civ.). Creat. 1907.— 5iR Edwin Ray Lankester, s. of Edwin Lank- !ster, M.D. B. 15 May, 1847 ; ed. at St. Paul's School, Camb., and Oxford (M.A. ) ; Radcliffe ravelling Fellow 1870 ; Fell, and lecturer Exeter Doll. Oxford, 1872 ; professor of zoology and 1874—90 ; Regius professor natural history, Edinburgh, 1882 ; Linacre pi'ofessor coiuparative matomy, Oxford, 1891—98 ; Fullerian professor )f physiology and comparative anatomy, Royal institution, London, 1898-1900 ; director natural iistory depts., Brit. Museum, 1898-1907 ; roy. nedallist 1885 ; Copley medallist 1913, and vice- )res. of the Roy. Society, 1896 ; founder and )res. Marino Biological Association, Plymouth l^aboratory ; pres. of the Brit. Assoc. York Meet- ng, 1906 : foreign memb. of the Institute of j'rance ; correspondent and memb. of nearly ill the chief scientific societies of Europe and Lmerica ; hon. Fell. Exeter Coll., and hon. tudent of Christ Church, Oxford ; hon. D.Sc. )xon. ; LL.D. ; F.R.S. Residence — The Briar Jate, 331, Upper Richmond Road, Putney, S.W. LARMOR, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1909.— Sir ''OSEPH Larmor, s. of Hugh Larmor, of Magher- igall, CO. Antrim, farmer, and Anna, dau. of oseph Wright, of Stonyford, co. Antrim, farmer. 5. at Magheragall, 11 July, 1857 ; ed. at Roy, i.cademical Instn. Belfast, Queen's Coll. Belfast, ,nd Camb. (M.A., Senr. Wrangler 1880), D.Sc. )xford, Dublin, and London, D.C.L. Dur., LL.D. Glasgow, Aberdeen, St. Andrews, and Birming- lam ; Fell, of St. John's Coll. Camb. since 1880 ; i'.R.S. ; Lucasian Professor of Mathematics inco 1903 ; M.P. for Cambridge Univ. since i'eb. 1911; sec. of the Roy. Society 1901-12. lesidence — St. John's Coll., Cambridge. Club — ^theiueuni. LASCELLES, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1913.— Sir Alfred George Lascelles, s. of late Hon. Jeorgo Edwin Lascelles, and Lady Louisa Nina /lurray, dau. of 4th Earl of Mansfield. B. 12 )ct. 1857 ; m. 26 Oct. 1911, Isabel Carteret, dau. f late Francis John Thynne, D.L., of Haynes 'ark, Beds ; ed. at Oxford, B.A. (2nd cl. mod. iistory); Barr.-at-law, Inner Temple, 1885: acted on several occasions as pres. of Distiiet Courts in Cyprus and as puisne judge ; pres. of District Court, Papho, 1892, and Larnaea, 1893 ; actg. puisne judge 1895; actg. Queen's Advocate 1896 ; Queen's Advocate 1898 ; Attorney-Gen., Ceylon, 1892, and Chief Justice there since 1911. Resilience — Colombo, Ceylon. Club — Oxford and Cambridge. Issue — Francis Alfred George Lascelles, b, Dau., b. 9 June. 19U. Aug. 1912, LASCELLES, Privy Counsellor. Apptd. 1894 ; G.C.B. (civ.) 1897; G.C.M.G. 1892; G.C.V.O. 1904 ; K.C.M.G. 1886. — Right Hon. Sir Frank Cavendish Lascelles, s. of the Right Hon. William Saunders Sebright Lascelles, and Lady Caroline Georgiana, dau. of the 6th Earl of Car- lisle. B. 23 Mar.:h, 1841; m. 25 June, LS67, Mary Emma (d. 3 April, 1897), dau. of Sir Joseph Francis Olliffe, M.D. ; ent. Diplomatic Service 1861 ; 2nd sec. 1871 ; agent and consul-gen. in Bulgaria 1879 ; env. extraord. and min. plenipo. to Roumania 1887, and to Persia 1891 ; am- bassador at St. Petersburg 1894-5, and at Berlin 1895-1908 ; has Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown 1904, and the Order of the Black Eagle 1908. Clubs — Athenajum ; Travellers' ; Marl- borough ; St. James's. Issue — ■ 1. The late Maj. William Frank Lascelles, late Scots Guards, b. 21 March, 1868 ; m. 4 Nov. 1889, Lady Svbil Evelvn de Vere Beauclcrk (d. 20 Sept. 1910), dau. of William, 10th Duke of St. Albans, and d. 8 March. 191o. Residence— 14, Chester Square, S.W. Clubs — Guards' ; Turf. Issue — 1. Esther Mary. 2. Diana. 2. Gerald Claud Lascelles, b. 19 July, 1869 ; Viee- Consul at Tangier; m. 1899, Cecil, dau. of late Count Joseph Raflo. 1. Florence Caroline, m. 1 June, 1904, Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, G.V.C.O. (see Knightage). LA TOUCHE, K.C.S.I. Great. 1901 ; C.S.L 1896. — Sir James John Digges La Touche, 3. of Wm. Digges La Touche, of Dublin. B. 16 Dec. 18)4 ; ed. at Trin. Coll. Dub. ; B.A. 1865 ; ent. I.C.S. 1867 ; served in various capacities at Ajmere, Gorukhpur, Burmah and Benares until 1893, when he was apptd. chief sec. to Govt, of North-West Provinces ; memb. of Board of Revenue 1896 ; acting Lt.-Gov. 1898 ; Lt.-Gov. of the United Provinces 1901-6 ; memb. of Council of India 1907-14. Residence — 53, Raglan Road, Dublin. Club— Kildare Street (Dub.). LAUGHTON, Knt. Bach. Creat. 1907.— Sir John Knox Laughton. B. 23 April, 18'50 ; m. 1st, 1860, Isabella (d. 1884), dau. of John Carr, of Dunfermline ; m. 2nd. 1886, Maria Josefa, dau. of Eugenio de Alberti, of Cadiz ; ed. at Roy. Institution School, Liverpool, and Camb. (M.A., hon. Fell. Caius Coll. 1895) ; ent. R.N. a-; naval instructor ; served in Baltic during Russian war 1854-5 (medal) ; second Chinese war 1856-9 (medal and three clasps : Fatshan, Canton. Taku Forts) ; afterwards in Mediterranean and Chaii- nel ; mathematical and naval instructor Roy. Naval Coll., Portsmouth. 1866-73 ; in san^e capacity and lecturer on meteorologj-, Greenwich, 1873-85 ; lecturer on naval history 1876-89 ; pres. Roy. Meteorological Soc. 1882-84 ; pro- fessor of modern history, King's Coll., London, 1885-1912 ; and in the Univ. of London since 1912 ; sec. of the Navy Records Society 1803- 1912 ; hon. D.Litt. Oxford 1904 ; hon. Litt.D. Camb. 1913; author and editor of numerous works relating to naval sciences and history. Residence — 9, Pepys Road, Wimbledon. Issue — 1. Laughton, b. 2. Laugliton. b. 3. Laughton, b. 4. Laughton, b. 3. dau.
 * omparative anatomy, University Coll. London,
 * /lub.s — Sa ile ; Bath.