LAURENT, Henri (brother of preceding). b. 1827; operatic and vocal composer; published The Argyll galop 1857; H. Laurent’s Album of dance music 1858; A maiden’s blush waltz 1862 and upwards of 70 other pieces of dance music 1849–72. d. London 20 March 1861.
LAURI, Charles, stage name of Charles Lowe (eld. child of John Francis Lowe or Lauri d. 22 Jany. 1887 aged 77). b. 1833; at Sadler’s Wells with his brothers John and Frederick 1840; pantomimist and clown, one of the first to introduce the trap business being shot up from beneath the stage into the air; engaged at Drury Lane 1851; clown in E. L. Blanchard’s pantomime Harlequin and the golden goose, at Sadler’s Wells 26 Dec. 1860; appeared before the Queen at Her Majesty’s 14 Feb. 1861 as clown in E. L. Blanchard’s pantomime Harlequin and Tom Thumb; played clown at Sadler’s Wells 1861–2, Drury Lane 1863–8 and 1878; played clown at Wallack’s theatre, New York 7 June 1869, afterwards at Niblo’s Garden and the Tammany, New York; played in all the principal theatres in Great Britain and on the Continent; last appearance was at Grand theatre, Glasgow, Jany. 1888. d. of consumption, 128 Kennington park road, London 16 May 1889. Illust. Sporting News, ii 445 (1864), portrait, v 808 (1866), portrait; Illust. Sport and Dram. News, ii 268 (1874), portrait.
LAURI, John, stage name of John George Lowe (brother of the preceding). b. 1829; played harlequin at Her Majesty’s, Dec. 1860, at Princess’s, Dec. 1861 to 21 Feb. 1862, at Adelphi, Dec. 1862; played harlequin in New York with his brother 1869; a ballet master in London; his 2 daughters were dancers known as Stella and Luna. d. 14 Baker st. Clerkenwell, London 27 Sep. 1881.
LAURIE, James. Wine merchant 9 Billiter st. city of London 1833 to death; author of Tables of simple interest at 5, 4½ etc. per cent. 1831, 21 ed. 1861; Tables of simple interest at 5, 6 etc. per cent., also tables of commission 1842, 4 ed. 1854; Tables of exchange between Madeira and London 1844; Tables of exchange between Paris, Bourdeaux, &c. 1845; British and foreign share tables 1847; Manual of foreign exchange 1851, 5th thousand 1867; Universal exchange tables 1852; Decimal coinage 1854. d. 28 Aug. 1854.
LAURIE, John. b. 1792; entered Madras army 1809; ensign 9 Madras N.I. 29 July 1810, major 31 Oct. 1835 to 5 Aug. 1840; lieut.-col. 45 Madras N.I. 5 Aug. 1840 to 1845; lieut.-col. of 35 N.I. 1845–6, of 9 N.I. 1846–50, of 36 N.I. 1850 to 6 June 1851; col. of 1st European regiment 6 June 1851 to death; M.G. 28 Nov. 1854. d. Llandulas, North Wales 20 July 1861.
LAURIE, John (son of Benjamin Snaddon of Barrowstown, co. Linlithgow, who m. Agnes dau. of John Laurie and took the name of Laurie 1824). b. Scotland 1797; merchant in London and government contractor; partner in Laurie and Marner, coach builders, Oxford st. London; sheriff of London and Middlesex 1845–6; M.P. Barnstaple 25 Aug. 1854 but unseated on petition; M.P. Barnstaple 1857–59; author of Voice of humanity a voice of mercy 1852. d. 2 Aug. 1864. I.L.N. xxxii 561, 562 (1858), portrait.
LAURIE, Sir Peter (son of John Laurie of Stichell, Roxburghshire, farmer). b. Stichell 1778 or 1779; a saddler at 296 Oxford st. London 1806; became a contractor for the Indian army, made his fortune, retired 1827; governor of the Union bank of London 1839 to death; sheriff of London 1823–4, alderman for Aldersgate ward 6 July 1826 to death, contested the mayoralty 1831, lord mayor 1832–3; knighted at Carlton house 7 April 1824; master of the Saddlers’ company 1833, in whose hall there is a portrait presented to him by the company 24 Feb. 1853; pres. of Bridewell and Bethlehem hospitals; author of Maxims 1833; Killing no murder, or the effects of separate confinement in prisons and gaols 1846; A letter on the disadvantages and extravagance of the separate system of prison discipline 1848. d. 7 Park square, Regent’s Park, London 3 Dec. 1861 aged 83. bur. Highgate cemetery 10 Dec. J. Grant’s Portraits of public characters (1841) 120–53; I.L.N. ii 40 (1843), portrait.
Note.—He is ridiculed by Dickens in one of his Christmas books under an opprobrious pseudonym.
LAURIE, Richard Holmes (son of Robert Laurie of Fleet st. London, publisher, d. May 1836 aged 81). b. Fleet st. London 2 Dec. 1777; map, chart and print seller with James Whittle at 53 Fleet st. 1813 to Dec. 1818 when Whittle died and Laurie then carried on the business till his death; published Laurie’s Sailing directions for the Southern Atlantic 1855; Sailing directions for the North Sea 1855; Sailing directions for the straits of Gibraltar 1856. d. 53 Fleet st. London 19 Jany. 1858. Curwen’s Booksellers (1873) 346.
LAURIE, Robert. b. 1806; rouge croix pursuivant at Heralds’ college, London 11 Aug. 1823 to 1 Feb. 1839, Windsor herald 1 Feb. 1839 to 5 July 1849, Norroy king of arms 5 July 1849 to 19 Nov. 1859, Clarencieux king of arms 19 Nov. 1859 to death. d. Wentworth house, Richmond, Surrey 13 Jany. 1882.