LAMSON, George Henry (son of rev. W. O. Lamson, chaplain to the American ambulance during Franco-German war 1870). b. New York 8 Sep. 1852; resided with his parents in Paris 1858–70; studied medicine in Paris 1869–70; assistant surgeon to the American ambulance during Franco-German war 1870; surgeon in Paris during the siege, for which he received the bronze cross; graduated M.D. in Univ. of Pennsylvania 1872; a surgeon at Ferry Town, New York to 1874; at Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1874–6; came to England, Sep. 1876 at invitation of secretary of the League in aid of the Christians in Turkey; surgeon-in-chief to military hospital at Semendria, received a gold medal for bravery; chief of the English military hospital at Costo Foro, Bucharest, during Russo-Turkish war Aug. 1877 to March 1878; was snowed up six days without food on his way back from Plevna to Bucharest; received Star of Roumania and Turkish order of the Medjidie at end of the war 1878; L.R.C.P. Edinb., L.R.C.S. Edinb. and L.M.C.S. Edinb. May 1878; practised at Rotherfield, Tunbridge Wells, May 1878; bought a practice at Bournemouth for £400, 1879; went for a six months’ trip to America, April 1880; sold his practice and left Bournemouth, April 1881. (m. 16 Oct. 1878 Kate eld. child of Wm. John of Manchester, merchant); poisoned his brother-in-law Percy Malcolm John with aconitine at Wm. Henry Bedbrook’s school, Blenheim house, 2 and 4 St. George’s road, Wimbledon 3 Dec. 1881; surrendered himself at Scotland yard 7 Dec. 1881; tried before sir Henry Hawkins at the Old Bailey 9–14 March 1882, when found guilty and sentenced to death; reprieved twice to enable his friends in America to produce evidence of his insanity; confessed his guilt 27 April 1882; hanged in Wandsworth gaol 28 April 1882. Central criminal court sessions paper. Minutes of evidence, xcv 547–90 (1882); Browne and Stewart’s Reports of trials (1883) 514–67; Law Journal 24 Oct. 1891 pp. 652–3; Montagu Williams’s Leaves of a life (1891) 294–300, 348–63; Graphic, xxv 257 (1882), portrait.
L’AMY, James. b. Dunkenny 8 July 1772; advocate at Scotch bar 1794; sheriff of Forfarshire, July 1819 to death. d. Dundee 15 Jany. 1854. W. Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities (1873) p. 155.
LANAWAY, Charles. b. Henfield, Sussex 16 March 1793; played in Brighton and Sussex elevens; a butcher at Brighton 1819; first match at Lord’s, Sussex v. England 7 July 1828; underhand bowler. d. 49 London road, Brighton 6 Feb. 1870. bur. Henfield.
LANCASTER, Charles William (eld. son of Charles Lancaster of 151 New Bond st. London, gunmaker, d. 1847). b. York st. Portman sq. London 24 June 1820; in his father’s factory, succeeded to the business 1847; solved the problem of rifled cannon 1844–5; conceived the idea of the oval bore as proper form for all rifled arms and cannon 1850; superintended production of guns in Royal Arsenal, Woolwich; the Lancaster carbine was adopted as the arm for the royal engineers Jany. 1855, superseded by Martini-Henry rifle 1869; took out upwards of 20 patents 1850–72; the Czar of Russia had a large gold medal struck in his honour; A.I.C.E. 6 April 1852. d. 151 New Bond st. London 24 April 1878. Min. of proc. of instit. of C.E. liii 289–92 (1878); Sporting Mirror, iii 21–2 (1882).
LANCASTER, Henry Hill (son of Thomas Lancaster, merchant). b. Glasgow 10 Jany. 1829; ed. at Glasgow high school and univ.; Snell exhibitioner Balliol coll. Oxf. 1849; B.A. 1853, M.A. 1872, Arnold prizeman 1854; advocate at Edinburgh 1858, advocate depute 1868–74; sec. to commission of inquiry into state of King’s and Marischal colleges, Aberdeen 1858; member of royal commission on Scottish educational establishments 1872; wrote essays in North British and Edinburgh Reviews, more important of which were reprinted privately in 2 vols. 1876 and published in 1 vol. as Essays and Reviews Edinb. 1876. d. suddenly from apoplexy at 5 Ainslie place, Edinburgh 24 Dec. 1875. Journal of Jurisprudence, Feb. 1876 p. 107.
LANCASTER, Henry John. b. 1820; scene painter in London about 1840 to death; connected with the leading London and provincial theatres. d. 57 Grosvenor park, Camberwell, London 2 May 1892. bur. Nunhead cemetery.
LANCASTER, John (son of John Lancaster). b. Radcliffe near Bury, Lancs. 19 Sep. 1815; manager of Patricroft colliery 1841; mineral agent for lord Mostyn at Mostyn colliery 1847 etc.; manager earl Granville’s iron works and collieries, Shelton, Staffs. 1849–56; manager Shireoak colliery near Worksop 1855–58; built 5 blast furnaces at Kirkless hall iron works 1856–60 which were the second set in Lancs.; chairman Wigan coal and iron co. 1865–70; chairman West Cumberland iron and steel works 1870 to death; contested Wigan July 1865, M.P. Wigan 1868–74; F.G.S., M.I.M.E. 1863; rescued the crew of Confederate cruiser Alabama when she was sunk by the Federal war-steamer Kearsage off Cherbourg 19 June 1864. d. 58 Fitzjohn’s avenue, Hampstead 21 April 1884. Proc. of instit. of mechanical engineers (1884) 402–3.
LANCASTER, Thomas William (son of rev. Thomas Lancaster of Wimbledon, Surrey). b. Fulham, Middlesex 24 Aug. 1787; ed. at Oriel coll. Oxf., B.A. 1807, M.A. 1810; Michel scholar at Queen’s coll. 1808, Michel fellow 1809–16; C. of Banbury 1812 and vicar 1815–49; R. of Over Worton near Woodstock 1849 to death; Bampton lecturer 1831; select preacher to univ. of Oxf. 1832, public examiner 1832–3; under master of Magdalen college school 1840–9; author of The alliance of education and civil government with strictures on the university of London 1828; A treatise on confirmation 1830, 2 ed. 1861; Vindiciæ symbolicæ or a treatise on creeds, articles of faith and articles of doctrine 1848; Sermons 1860; found dead in his bed at his lodgings, High st. Oxford 12 Dec. 1859. bur. Holywell cemetery. J. R. Bloxam’s Register of Magdalen college, iii 270–1 (1863).
LANCE, George (son of Mr. Lance, inspector of Bow st. horse patrol). b. manor-house of Little Easton near Dunmow, Essex 24 March 1802; pupil of B. R. Haydon in London 1816–23; painter chiefly of fruit and flowers; exhibited 38 pictures at R.A., 135 at B.I. and 48 at Suffolk st. 1824–64; 2 fruit pieces and a portrait of himself are in the South Kensington museum. d. Sunnyside near Birkenhead 18 June 1864. Art Journal (1857) 305–7, (1864) 242; The Critic, xxi 416 (1860), portrait; I.L.N. xxxix 647, 648 (1861), portrait.
LANCE, George Edwin (son of rev. John Edwin Lance of Buckland St. Mary, Somerset). b. 1824; ed. at Haileybury college; went to India 1844; chief magistrate at Cawnpore, where he rendered conspicuous service during the mutiny; converted a tract of marsh land into a memorial garden at Cawnpore; retired on the annuity fund 1872. d. Cheduba, Festing road, Southsea 9 April 1890.