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 773 KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE [LEGARD mil. sec. to H.R.H. the late Duke of York. B. at Colombo, Ceylon, 15 Dec. 1849; m. 1882, Ada Alexandrina, dau. of late Alfred Alexander Julius, of Stanley Lodge, Mortlake ; ed. at Cheltenliam Coll. and Camb. ; mathematical tripos, B.A. 1872, M.A. 1876 ; Barr.-at-law (Inner Temple) 1873 ; Solic.-Gen. Ceylon, 1888- 91 ; Attorney-Gen. Ceylon, 1892-1902 ; Chief -Justice of Ceylon 1902—6 ; knighted by letters patent. Residence — The Grey House, Langton Green, Kent. Clubs — Oxford and Cambridge ; Royal Societies'. Issue — 1. Chnrlcs Peter Julius layard, b. 11 Jan. 1885; lieut. 1!.A. 2. llayraond Julius Layard, b. 22 April, 18SC. 3. Austen Havelock Layard, b. 20 Feb. 1895. 1. Ada Mildred, m. 1 Nov. 1904, Lieut.-Col. Hubert Isarke. Hoy. West Kent Begt. 2. Kditli Vivien. LEACH, K.C.B. (mil.). Great. 1907 ; C.B. (mil.) 1886. — Maj.-Gen. SrR Edmund Leach, e. of the late Henrv Leach, D.L., J. P., of Corston, Pembrokeshire. B. 28 Nov. 1836 ; m. 1869, Frances Elizabeth, dau. of the late W. H. Ince, of 27, Thurloe Square : ed. at R.M.C. Sandhurst ; ent. Army as ensign in 50th Regt. 1854, capt. 1864, maj. 1866, lieut.-col. 1876, lieut. -col. commdg. 1st Batt. the Qu^een's Own (Roy. W. Kent Regt.) 1883, col. 1884, major-gen. 1894, ret. 1898 ; served in Crimea 1856-6 ; New Zealand 1863-6 (brevet-maj., despatches three times, medal) ; Egypt 1882 (medal, bronze star, and 4th class Osmanieh) ; and in Nile expedition 1885 (despatches, C.B.) ; A.A.G. Eastern district 1886-91 ; commdg. troops in Barbados 1894- 95 ; apptd. col. The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regt.) 1904. Residence — 27, Thurloe Square, S.W. Issue — . 1. Lt.-Col. Henry Edmund Burleigh Leach, S. Wales Bordrs., m. 3 Deo. 1895, Florence, dau. of Col. "Way. 2. William Kobert Ronald Leach, B.X. ; m. 1906, Gwladys Graham Parry. LEACH, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Elizabeth Maby, dau. of Sir Thomas Sebastian Bazley, 2nd Bt. M. 1883, Gen. Sir Edward Pemberton Leach, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., who was awarded the V.C. for gallant conduct in comdg. a reconnaissance at Maidanak 1879 ; he d. 26 April, 1913. Resi- dence — 3, Egerton Place, S.W. LEACH, K.C.V.O. Great. 1904. — Maj. -Gen. Sib John Le.ch, s. of the late Thomas Leach, of Seaford Lodge, Ryde, Isle of Wight. B. 3 May, 1848 ; m. 1878, Agnes, dau. of tlie late Henry Beck, of Heme Bay, and widow of Maj. R. M. Sowell ; ed. at Rov. Mil. Acad. Woolwich ; ent. R.A. 1869, joined to R.H.A. 1876 ; served with D Battery R.H.A. in the Bazaar Valley exped. and Afghan campaign 1878-9 (medal) ; maj. R.H.A. 1890, It.-col. 1896 ; col. on the staff R.A. school of gunnery, horse and field art., 1900 ; brig.-gen. comdg. R.A., Bengal, 1901-4 ; com- manded the artillery at the Dellii Durbar 1903 (Delhi Durbar medal) ; maj. -gen. on the staff comdg. the Woolwich district 1904 ; comdr. of coast defences, Plymouth, 1905 ; ret. 1908. Club — Naval and MiUtary. r LECLEZIO, Knt. Bach. Great. 1887.— Sm Eugene Piebbe Jules Leclezio, s. of Eugene S. Leclezio, of Mauritius. B. 1832 ; m. 1859, Camille, dau. of Capt. J. C. Accary, of the French Army ; ed. at Roy. Coll., Mauritius ; Barr.-at- law "(Middle Temple) 1858 ; Acting Advocate- Gen, of Mauritius 1868-70 ; memb. of the Council of Government 1869-78 ; puisne judge 1876 ; chief justice 1883-98. Residence — Port Louis, Mauritius. LEE, K.C.M.G. Great. 1902; C.B. (civ.) 1892. — Sib Henby Austin Lee, s. of George A. Lee, Ceylon Civil Service, of Frogmoro, Guernsey. B. 6 April, 1847; m. 1892, Madeleine, o. dau. of Benjamin Franklin Smith, of New York, and widow of Arthur Taylor ; ed. at Elizabeth Coll., Guernsey, and Oxford, B.A. 1869 ; ent. Foreign Office 1870, 3rd sec. in Diplomatic Service 1870, sec. of Legation 1892, sec. of Embassy 1898, coun- cillor of Embassy 1904 ; was attached to Lord Salisbury's special embassy to Constantinople 1876, and was assist, private sec. to Lord Beacons- field at Berlin Congress 1878 ; private sec. to successive Under-Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs 1880—7 ; commercial attache for France, Belgium, and Switzerland ; represents Great Britain on Council of Suez Canal Go. Residences — British Embassy, Paris ; Isle of Jethou, Chan- nel Islands. Clubs — St. James's ; Brooks's ; Arthur's. LEE, Knt. Bach. Great. 1911. — Sib Sidney Lee, s. of L. Lee, of London, merchant, and Jessie Davis. B. in London, 5 Dec. 1859 ; ed. at City of London Sch., and Oxford (B.A.), hon. D.Litt. Oxford, hon. LL.D. Glasgow, hon. D.Litt. Man- chester, editor of the " Dictionary of National Biography " ; chrmn. of the exec, committee Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust, Stratford-on- Avon, since 1903 : memb. of Royal Gommn. on Public Records since 1910 ; author of (among other works) " A Life of William Shakespeare," " A Life of Queen Victoria," " The French Renaissance in England," and " Principles of Biography," 1911. Residence — 108a, Lexham Gardens, W. Club — Athenfeum. LEE, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Hbnbietta Bue- LEIGH, dau. of Rev. J. Hill, of Brighton. M. 1861, Sir Joseph Cocksey Lee, J. P., late dep. chrmn. of the Manchester Ship Canal Company, who d. 17 Dec. 1894. Residence — Walworth House, Cheltenham. LEES, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Maeia, dau. of Sir Oliver Nugent, of Antigua. M. 1875, Sir Charles Cameron Lees, K.C.M.G., who was suc- cessively Gov. of Labuan and Consul for Borneo, Gov. of the Bahamas, the Leeward Islands, Barbados, Mauritius, and British Guiana. He d. 26 July, 1898. Residence — 33, Pembroke Road, Kensington, W. Issue — 1. Jlary CataUna Munnings. 2. Louisa Cameron, m. 1905, Frank Furnivall, I.C.S., and has issue. Residence — Lahore, India. LEETHAM, Knt. Bach. Great. 191^.— Lt.-Gol. Sib Aethub Leeth.m, s. of late William Leetliam, J. P., steamship-owner, of London, Hull and Newcastle, and Sarah, dau. of H. C. Cordukes, of York. B. at Hull, 1 March, 1859 ; m. Loiiisa, dau. of late Col. H. Shakespear, Bengal S.C. ; ed. privately and in Germany ; sub. -lieut. W. Norfolk Mil. 1877 ; lieut. 20th Hussars 1880 ; capt. 13th Hussars 1886 ; maj. Roy. Monmouthshire Engineers 1898, It.-col. 1903 ; ret. 1910 ; gen. staff officer 3rd Grade 1914 ; served in Soudan expedn. 1885-6 (medal and Khedive's star) ; priv. sec. to Under- Sec, for War (Lord Raglan) 1900-2 ; sec. to Roy. United Service Institution since 1904; F.S.A. ; has Coronation medal 1902 ; editor of "Cavalry Joxirnal " since 1906; memb. of Council of Nat. Defence Assocn., Smoke Abatement Society, and Soc. for Nautical Research ; chrmn. of the Militia Club. Resi- dence — 100, Park Street, Grosvenor Square, W. Clubs — Naval and Militai-y ; Union ; United Service ; Hurlingham ; Kemptoii Park ; San- down Park. LEGARD, K.C.B. (civ.). Great. 1909 ; C.B. (civ.) 1905. — LiEUT.-GoL. Sib James Digby Legaed, s. of the late James Anlaby Legard, of Kirby Misperton, Capt. R.N., K.T.S., and the late