LEE, Thomas (son of Mr. Lee of Dublin and the Haymarket, London). b. Dublin 1 Dec. 1810; apprenticed to a goldsmith and jeweller London 1823; played in Suil Dhur the Coiner at Sadler’s Wells 1827; played in The Irish Tutor at Victoria theatre 1833 or 1834; acted in the provinces 1834–7; played at Sadler’s Wells 1837; acted Pat Rooney in The Omnibus at Covent Garden 23 Oct. 1838; proprietor of Beckford’s Head tavern, 38 Old st. St. Luke’s 1838–54; proprietor of The Adam and Eve, Eve’s terrace, Old St. Pancras road 1854–6, and of the Hoop and Adze, 37 St. John st. Clerkenwell 1856, where he d. 11 Aug. 1856. Actors by daylight, i 281–2 (1838), portrait; Theatrical Times, ii 153 (1847), portrait; The Era 17 Aug. 1856 p. 10.
LEE, William. b. 1809; painter in water-colours of English rustic figures and of scenes on the French coast; assoc. of Instit. of Painters in water-colours 1845, a member 1848; member and sec. of Langham Sketching club, All Souls’ Place, London; exhibited 3 pictures at R.A. and 5 at Suffolk st. 1844–55; published Classes of the capital, a sketch book of London life from tinted studies by W. Lee 1841, two parts only. d. 177 Euston road, London 22 Jany. 1865. Art Journal (1865) 139.
LEE, William. Barrister I.T. 2 July 1813, bencher 1845 to death, reader 1858; Richard Bethel afterwards lord chancellor Westbury was his pupil 1822; Q.C. Feb. 1845; a learned real property lawyer, his opinion was much esteemed by the chancery judges; often called upon by lord justice Knight-Bruce to give his opinion as amicus curiæ; lacked business habits, which prevented success in his profession. d. Brighton 7 July 1869. Law Times 17 July 1869 p. 262; T. A. Nash’s Life of lord Westbury, i 37–8, 43 (1888).
LEE, William (son of Henry Lee). b. Lewisham, Kent 1801; partner in firm of Lee, Son & Co., lime and cement merchants of London and Rochester; contested Maidstone 8 July 1852 and 30 March 1857; M.P. Maidstone 1853–57 and 1859–70. d. Holborough court near Rochester 29 Sep. 1881.
LEE, William (son of Wm. Lee, rector of Emly. d. Aug. 1835). b. Newport, Tipperary 3 Nov. 1815; ed. at Clonmel endowed sch. 1825–31 and Trinity college, Dublin; gained first or classical scholarship 1834, junior fellow 1839; B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840, B.D. and D.D. 1857; professor of ecclesiastical history in univ. of Dublin 1857–63; archbishop King’s lecturer in divinity 1863; R. of Arboe, Armagh 1862–4; exam. chaplain to abp. Trench 1863–4; archdeacon of Dublin 1864 to death; R. of St. Peter, Dublin 1864 to death; member of convocation and of convention of ch. of Ireland; member of new testament revision company Feb. 1870 to 1880; author of The inspiration of holy scripture, its nature and proof 1854, 5 ed. 1882; Three introductory lectures on ecclesiastical history 1858; Commentary on the Revelation of St. John 1882, on which he had been working since 1864. d. 64 Merrion square south, Dublin 11 May 1883. W. Lee’s University Sermons. Dublin (1886), memoir vii–xiv.
LEE, William (2 son of John Lee 1779–1859). b. 18 George st. Edinburgh 6 Nov. 1817; ed. univ. of Edinb., D.D. 1868; presbyterian minister at Roxburgh 1844–74; professor of ecclesiastical history in univ. of Glasgow, Nov. 1874 to death; author of The increase of faith 1867, 2 ed. 1868; The days of the Son of Man 1872; edited his father’s Lectures on the history of the church of Scotland 2 vols. 1860; The autobiography of Dr. Somerville of Jedburgh. d. 8 The College, Glasgow 10 Oct. 1866. The Glasgow Herald 12 Oct. 1886 p. 4.
LEECE, Joseph (1 son of John Leece). b. Edgley, Stockport, Cheshire 8 Sep. 1833; lodge boy to Joseph Whitworth, engineer, Manchester 1847, foreman of shops where he improved the machinery, managed the manufactory of guns and rifles; conducted the heavy gun trials Whitworth versus Armstrong 1863–4; introduced the Whitworth small arms to the volunteers; sighted the rifle for the Queen at Wimbledon 2 July 1860; hit the target 5 times in succession at 1000 yards; present at meetings for trial of light field guns at Versailles and Chalon; member of war office ordnance committee; managing director of sir J. Whitworth & Co.; M.I.C.E. 6 May 1879. d. Melbourne, Australia 13 Jany. 1886. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxxxv 399 (1886).
LEECH, John (son of John Leech, proprietor of the London Coffee-house, Ludgate Hill, London, bankrupt 6 Jany. 1832). b. Bennett st. Stamford st. London 29 Aug. 1817; ed. at the Charterhouse 1824–33; studied at St. Bartholomew’s hospital; published Etchings and Sketchings. By A. Pen 1835; employed on Bell’s Life in London; illustrated Theodore Hook’s novel Jack Brag 1837; contributed to fourth number of Punch 7 Aug. 1841 a full-page illustration entitled Foreign Affairs, signed with the Leech in the bottle as well as John Leech; chief artist on Punch 1842 to death, executed 600 cartoons and 2400 small drawings for which he received about £40,000; illustrated the Ingoldsby Legends and Albert Smith’s novels in Bentley’s Miscellany; supplied etchings or cuts for New Monthly Mag. 1842–4, Illuminated Mag. 1843–5, Dickens’ Christmas Stories 1843–8, R. S. Surtees’ sporting novels 1853–65, Once a Week 1859–64, Illustrated London News, Punch’s Pocket Book and many other works; published Portraits of the children of the nobility 1841; Pictures of life, from Punch 5 series 1854–69 and other books; exhibited a series of sketches in oil at Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, June–Aug. 1862; hunted with the Puckeridge and Pytchley hounds; his portrait by sir John Millais was exhibited at the R.A. 1855. d. 6 The Terrace, Kensington 29 Oct. 1864. bur. Kensal Green 4 Nov. An exhibition of outlines by J. Leech held at 9 Conduit st. London 1872. W. P. Frith’s John Leech 2 vols. (1891), portrait; F. G. Kitton’s John Leech (1884); John Leech and other papers. By John Brown (1882) 1–79; Fine Art. By W. A. Rossetti (1867) 282–9; Illust. Review iv 289–98, portrait; Baily’s Mag. ix 58–65 (1864), portrait; I.L.N. vii 329 (1845), portrait.
Note.—His widow Anne Leech was granted a civil list pension of £100, 19 June 1865; his only son C. W. Leech was drowned off Port Adelaide on his voyage home from Australia 29 March 1876 aged 20. He drew a portrait of himself as the clarionet player next to the conductor of the orchestra in the two-page cartoon entitled ‘Mr. Punch’s fancy ball’ in Punch 9 Jany. 1847.
LEEDS, Francis Godolphin D’Arcy Darcy-Osborne, 7 Duke of. b. 21 May 1798; styled marquess of Carmarthen 1799–1838; cornet 10 hussars 19 Sep. 1817, lieut. 1821–5; capt. 17 lancers 1825; capt. 2 life guards 1826–8; M.P. Helston 1826–30; summoned to house of lords as baron Osborne 2 July 1838; succeeded as 7 duke 10 July 1838; col. in chief of North York militia 11 Feb. 1846 to death; took the name of Darcy 6 Aug. 1849; celebrated as a huntsman and deer stalker. d. Clarendon hotel, 169 New Bond st. London 4 May 1859. m. 24 April 1828 Louisa Catherine 3 dau. of Richard Caton and widow of sir F. E. B. Harvey, bart. who d. 1819. She d. 8 April 1874. Burke’s Portrait gallery, ii 87, 90 (1833), portrait of the Duchess; I.L.N. xxv 616 (1854) portrait, xxxiv 478, 485 (1859) portrait.