LANE, Richard James (brother of Edward Wm. Lane 1801–76). b. Berkeley Castle 16 Feb. 1800; articled to Charles Heath, line-engraver 1816; line-engraver and lithographer; exhibited 67 lithographs at R.A. and 16 at Suffolk st. 1824–72; associate engraver of the R.A. 1827; executed pencil and chalk sketches of most of the best-known people of the day; never surpassed as a lithographer; lithographed several hundred of the pictures of leading artists; lithographer to the Queen 1837, to Prince Albert 1840; director of etching class in science and art department, South Kensington 1864–72; edited Charles Kemble’s Readings from Shakspeare 3 vols. 1870; author of Life at the water cure, or a month at Malvern 1846, new ed. 1851, 3 ed. 1855; Spirits and water, by R. J. L. 1855. d. 19 Gloucester terrace, Campden Hill, London 21 Nov. 1872. Sandby’s History of royal academy, ii 71 (1862); I.L.N. xxx 419, 420 (1857) portrait, lxi 548 (1872) portrait; Magazine of art (1881) 431–2.
LANE, Richard James. b. 1803; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1824, M.A. 1832; called to Irish bar 1826; a leader of the Munster circuit; Q.C. 15 Feb. 1847; a comr. of Irish fisheries many years; public auditor of friendly societies in Ireland to death; crown prosecutor for co. Kerry. d. 123 Lower Bagot st. Dublin 1 Oct. 1885. Law mag. and law review, iii 204–6 (1857).
LANE, Samuel (son of Samuel Lane). b. King’s Lynn 26 July 1780; became deaf and partially dumb from falling into the water 26 July 1786; pupil of sir Thomas Lawrence, and one of his chief assistants; had a large practice in London as a portrait painter; exhibited 217 portraits at R.A., 1 at B.I. and 4 at Suffolk st. 1804–57; lived at 60 Greek st. Soho 1823–53, at Ipswich 1853 to death. d. 2 Paragon Buildings, Lower Brook st. Ipswich 29 July 1859.
LANE, Samuel Armstrong. b. 1802; M.R.C.S. 1829, F.R.C.S. 1843; surgeon and lecturer on surgery, St. Mary’s hospital, London; consulting surgeon Lock hospital; founder and principal of school of medicine, 1 Grosvenor place, London, adjoining St. George’s hospital 1830; edited S. Cooper’s Dictionary of practical surgery, brought down to the present time 1861. d. Ealing 2 Aug. 1892.
LANE, Samuel Haycroft. b. 1804; landlord of a beer shop in Shoreditch, London 1832–41; opened Royal Britannia Saloon, 188 Hoxton Old Town 12 April 1841, with concert opera, vaudeville, rope and other dancing, ballet and farce; bankrupt 18 Feb. 1842, discharged 14 June 1842; enlarged the Saloon Nov. 1850, closed it 29 June 1858; built the Britannia theatre on the same site at cost of £25,000, opened it 8 Nov. 1858. (m. Sep. 1843 Sara dau. of Wm. Borrow, actor, she was b. Clerkenwell 22 Sep. 1824 and has been owner of Britannia theatre since husband’s death). d. the Elms, West green road, Tottenham 27 Dec. 1871. bur. Kensal Green cemetery 4 Jany. 1872. H. B. Baker’s The London Stage, ii 257–9 (1889); The Era 14 Jany. 1872 p. 12.
LANERTON, Edward Granville George Howard, 1 Baron (4 son of 6 Earl of Carlisle 1773–1848). b. 23 Dec. 1809; entered navy 5 April 1823, captain 27 Dec. 1838; admiral on h.p. 1 April 1870; M.P. Morpeth 1848–52; created baron Lanerton of Naworth, Cumberland 8 Jany. 1874. d. 29 Grosvenor sq. London 8 Oct. 1880.
LANG, David (son of James L. Lang, writer). b. Glasgow 1846; ed. Glasgow univ., M.A., LLB.; admitted an advocate 1870; entertained at a public dinner 1884; a great fisherman. d. Glasgow 29 April 1886. Journal of Jurisprudence, xxx 322–24 (1886).
LANG, Gavin. b. Paisley; ed. Glasgow univ.; assistant minister of Presbyterian churches at Houstand and Killalan 1826; assist. minister West Kilbride 1828; minister in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, May 1828–32; minister of Glasford, Lanarkshire 1832; author of The Holy Gospel in continuous narrative 1884. J. Smith’s Our Scottish clergy, 3 S. (1851) 219.
LANG, John. b. Australia; in India and Europe 20 years; wrote in Household Words and the Welcome Guest; author of Too clever by half, or the Harroways. By the Mofussilite 1853; Too much alike or the three calendars 1854; The forger’s wife or Emily Orford 1855; Will he marry her? a novel 1858, new ed. 1871 and five other novels; also of Botany Bay 1859, new ed. under title of Clever Criminals 1878; Wanderings in India, and other sketches of life in Hindostan 1859.
LANG, John. b. 1826; connected with the Manchester Times 1840, managed it when under name of Manchester Examiner to 1889. d. Manchester about 1 Jany. 1891.