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 L. LADYKIRK. Sea " Mar.ioriranks of Ladykirk, co. Berwick," Barony (Marjori- hanks), cr. 12, and ex. 19 June 1S73. LAGEHAM. See "St. John de Lageham " [co. Surrey], Baron; (St. John), cr. 1293 ; dormant since 1349. LAHORE. See " Haudisge of Lahore and Kinc's Newton, co. Derby," Yiscountcy (Harding*), cr. 18-16. LAKE OF DELHI AND LASWARY AND ASTON CLINTON, co. Buckingham. Barony. 1. Gerald Lake, of Aston Clinton, Bucks, 1st s.( a ) of I 1S04 Lancelot Charles Lake, of Flambards, in Harrow on the Hill, Midx., by Letitia. da. ef John Gpmlet, of Isleworth, was b. 27 July 17-14 ; Viscountcy. entered the Army (1st Life Guards), 9 May 17. r )9, in which he . ., n „ became Major Gen. in 1790 ; Lieut. Gen. in 1797. and finally General, I. IbUl. 29 Apr fl 1802, He was also Col. of the 53d Foot. 1791 : of the 73d Foot, 1797, ami of the SCth in 1S00. He. was M.P. for Aylesbury, 1790 — 1802. as also fur Armagh [I.] 1S00. In 1797 he was in command of the north of Ireland, during the rebellion, and defeated a French force which there landed in Aug. 1798. From Aug. 1S00 to July lSOo he was Commanded rs Chief in India dining the Mahratta war which, in conjunction with Sir Arthur Wellesley (afterwards Duke of Wellington) he brought to a successful close, after the battles of Delhi. Assays, and Laswary, 11 and 23 Sep. and 1 Nov. 1S03. He consequently received the thanks of Pari. "and was cr., 13 Sep. lSO-1,0') BARON LAKK OF DELHI AND LASWAKYf 0 ) AND ASTON CLINTON, CO. Buckingham, and (three years later), ■1 Nov. 1807, VISCOUNT LAKE OF DELHI AND LASWARY( e ) AND ASTON CLINTON, co. Buckingham. He hi., 3 July 1770, Elizabeth, da. of Edward Barker, of St. Julians, Herts, sometime Consul at Tripoli. She, who was b. 17 Aug. 1751, d. 20 July 179S, ami was bur. at Aston Clinton. He (being an inveterate gambler) d. a poor man, in Lower Brook street, 20 Feb. 1S0S, aged 64, and was bur. 5 Match at Aston Clinton. Will prs 180S. II. 180S. 2. Francis Gerard (Lake), Viscount Lake of Deliii, &c, s. and h. 4. 31 March 1772, and bap. at Curzon Street, Chapel ; entered the Army 1790, in which eventually (1S21) be became Lieut. Gen., being sometime (179S) Lieut. Col. of the 1st Foot Guards, and subsequently (1808) of the ( n ) The second sou, Warwick Lake, Commissioner of the Stamp office, and Gent, of the Privy Chamber, d. mini., 31 Jan. 1821, aged 76, and was bur. at Kensington. ( b ) It is somewhat remarkable that, tho' he had served with distinction upwards of 40 years iu the Army, he was never knighted. ( u ) See vol. i, p. 79, note "a," sub "Amherst," as to titles referring to some victory gained by the grantee. B