LE BRETON, William Corbet (only son of William Le Breton). b. St. Helier’s, Jersey 1815; ed. Winchester and at Pemb. coll. Oxf. 1831–37, Morley scholar; fellow of Exeter coll. 30 June 1837 to 8 July 1842; B.A. 1835, M.A. 1837; dean of Jersey 26 Dec. 1849 to death; R. of St. Saviour’s, Jersey 1850–75; R. of St. Helier’s, Jersey 1875 to death; father of Lilian Langtry, actress. d. London 28 Feb. 1888.
LE BRUN, John. b. Switzerland; ed. at Gosport, Hampshire; ordained Congregationalist in Jersey 25 Nov. 1813; minister of the London missionary society at Port Louis, Mauritius 18 May 1814 to 1832 and 27 Dec. 1841 to death; returned to Mauritius on his own account 1834, built a chapel at Port Louis and established schools in Mauritius. d. Port Louis 21 Feb. 1865.
LECHMERE-CHARLTON, Edmund (elder son of Nicholas Lechmere of Hanley castle and Ludlow, who assumed additional surname of Charlton 1784). b. 20 Sep. 1789; M.P. for Ludlow 8 Jany. 1835 to 18 July 1837. d. 1857.
LECKENBY, John. b. Ripon 20 Sep. 1814; managed different branches of Yorkshire banking company; treasurer of Scarborough many years; F.G.S. 1859. d. Scarton 7 April 1877.
LECKIE, Elizabeth (dau. of John Horner of Edinburgh, linen factor). m. George Leckie; author of The Village School, a story. Edinb. 1837; The power of conscience, a dramatic poem 1841; The stepmother 1842; The Hebrew boy 1842; The guardian 1843; The dream of the western shepherd 1845. d. Edinburgh, March 1856.
LECLERCQ, Charles, stage name of Charles Clark. b. 20 Sep. 1797; made his first appearance on opening night of the Sans Pareil theatre, London as a dancer 27 Nov. 1806; chief dancer and inventor of the ballets at Surrey and Coburg theatres; manager of the Olympic about 1826; ballet master at Adelphi theatre, Glasgow 1844; ballet master at Olympic 1846, at Haymarket 1851 to death; his second wife Margaret Leclercq was well known as a dancer, she d. Bedford house, Carlyle sq. London 28 June 1889 aged 77. He d. 16 Albert st. Regent’s park, London 26 Nov. 1861. Era 1 Dec. 1861 p. 10.
Note.—His son Arthur Leclercq played harlequin in the pantomime Undine or the spirit of the waters, at Haymarket theatre Dec. 1858 to Feb. 1859, he was subsequently acting manager for Charles Fechter until his death in 1879 when he became acting manager for Mr. O’Neil; he died at his residence Fort Hamilton, Long Island, U.S. of America about 18 January 1890.
LECONFIELD, George Wyndham, 1 Baron (eld. natural child of 3 Earl of Egremont 1751–1837). b. St. Marylebone, London 5 June 1787; cornet 5 dragoon guards 31 March 1803; captain 72 foot 19 Sep. 1805; lieut. 1 foot guards 13 Nov. 1807; major 78 foot 31 Jany. 1811; major 12 light dragoons 25 April 1811; lieut.-col. 20 light dragoons 10 Dec. 1812, placed on h.p. 25 June 1816; served in Spain and Portugal, taken prisoner by the French Aug. 1810; came into the estate of Petworth, Sussex and others adjoining and £60,000 on his father’s death 1837; sheriff of Sussex 1842; created baron Leconfield of Leconfield in the east riding of the county of York 14 April 1859. d. Petworth, Sussex 18 March 1869, personalty sworn under £250,000 22 May 1869. Reg. and mag. of biog. i 385–6, ii 54 (1869).
LE COUTEUR, Sir John (eld. son of lieut.-gen. John Le Couteur d. 23 April 1835 aged 74). b. St. Helier’s, Jersey 1794; ensign 96 foot 15 Nov. 1810; lieut. 104 foot 21 Nov. 1811, placed on h.p. 25 Aug. 1817; brevet lieut.-col. 11 Nov. 1851; A.D.C. to the sovereign 27 Aug. 1830, resigned 1872; adjutant general of Jersey militia 1853–72; sold out of the army 1857; viscount or sheriff of island of Jersey 1842 to death, coroner there 1872 to death; F.R.S.; sec. and founder of Jersey agricultural and horticultural soc.; knighted by patent 17 Aug. 1872; published On the varieties, properties and classification of wheat 1836, 2 ed. 1872; On the rise, progress and state of agriculture in Jersey 1852; The rifle, its effects on the war 1855. d. Bellevue, Jersey 24 Dec. 1875. I.L.N. lxviii 311 (1876).
LEDGER, Charles. b. England; clerk in house of Messrs. Naylor at Lima 1836–8, and then at their establishment at Tacna where he purchased the alpaca wools from the Indians 1838–42; in business at Tacna from 1842; exported a flock of 276 alpacas to Sydney 28 Nov. 1858, which the government purchased for £15,000 and gave him £1300 a year to manage it. Illust. News of the World 17 Sep. 1859 pp. 173–4, portrait; Sporting Rev. Feb. 1863 pp. 127–9.