BARONETAGE
Last updated 05/12/2017 (17 Feb 2025)
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
Names of baronets shown in blue have not yet been placed on the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the baronet was buried on that date.
LEES of Black Rock, co. Dublin
30 Jun 1804	UK	1	John Lees		Sep 1811
Sep 1811		2	Harcourt Lees	29 Nov 1776	7 Mar 1852	75
7 Mar 1852		3	John Lees	31 Dec 1816	19 Jun 1892	75
19 Jun 1892		4	Harcourt James Lees	24 Apr 1840	22 Mar 1917	76
22 Mar 1917		5	Arthur Henry James Lees	18 Jan 1863	10 Mar 1949	86
10 Mar 1948		6	Jean Marie Ivor Lees	30 Mar 1875	2 Apr 1957	82
2 Apr 1957		7	Charles Archibald Edward Ivor Lees	6 Mar 1902	4 Jan 1963	60
4 Jan 1963		8	Thomas Harcourt Ivor Lees	6 Nov 1941
LEES of South Lytchett Manor, Dorset
13 Feb 1897	UK	1	Elliott Lees MP for Oldham 1886‑1892 and Birkenhead 1894‑1906	23 Oct 1860	16 Oct 1908	47
16 Oct 1908		2	Thomas Evans Keith Lees	11 Apr 1886	24 Aug 1915	29
24 Aug 1915		3	John Victor Elliott Lees	11 Dec 1887	16 Apr 1955	67
16 Apr 1955		4	Thomas Edward Lees	31 Jan 1925	19 Feb 2016	91
19 Feb 2016		5	Christopher James Lees	4 Nov 1952
LEES of Longdendale, Cheshire
2 Mar 1937	UK	1	Sir (William) Clare Lees	9 Dec 1874	26 May 1951	76
26 May 1951		2	William Hereward Clare Lees	6 Mar 1904	20 Apr 1976	72
20 Apr 1976		3	William Antony Clare Lees	14 Jun 1935
LEESE of Worfield, Salop
15 Jul 1908	UK	1	Sir Joseph Francis Leese MP for Accrington 1892‑1909	28 Feb 1845	29 Jul 1914	69
29 Jul 1914		2	William Hargreaves Leese	24 Aug 1868	17 Jan 1937	68
17 Jan 1937		3	Oliver William Hargreaves Leese	27 Oct 1894	22 Jan 1978	83
22 Jan 1978 to     30 Jul 1979		4	Alexander William Leese Extinct or dormant on his death	27 Sep 1909	30 Jul 1979	69
LE FLEMING of Rydal Hall, Westmorland
4 Oct 1705	E	1	William Fleming MP for Westmorland 1696‑1700 and 1704‑1705	25 Jul 1656	29 Aug 1736	80
29 Aug 1736		2	George Fleming	c 1670	2 Jul 1747
2 Jul 1747		3	William Fleming MP for Cumberland 1756‑1757		31 Mar 1757
31 Mar 1757		4	Michael Le Fleming MP for Westmorland 1774‑1806	10 Dec 1748	19 May 1806	57
19 May 1806		5	Daniel Fleming	c 1785	1821
1821		6	Richard Fleming	4 Nov 1791	3 Apr 1857	65
3 Apr 1857		7	Michael Le Fleming	6 Apr 1828	1883	55
1883		8	Andrew Fleming Hudleston Le Fleming	1855	20 Oct 1925	70
20 Oct 1925		9	William Hudleston Le Fleming	26 May 1861	31 Oct 1945	84
31 Oct 1945		10	Frank Thomas Le Fleming	27 Dec 1887	5 Jul 1971	83
5 Jul 1971		11	William Kelland Le Fleming	27 Apr 1922	1 Nov 1988	66
1 Nov 1988		12	Quentin John Le Fleming	27 Jun 1949	4 Mar 1995	45
4 Mar 1995		13	David Kelland Le Fleming	12 Jan 1976
LEGARD of Ganton, Yorks
29 Dec 1660	E	1	John Legard MP for Scarborough 1660 and 1660‑1661	c 1631	1 Jul 1678
Jul 1678		2	John Legard	16 Jun 1659	5 May 1715	55
5 May 1715		3	John Legard	c 1685	14 Apr 1719
14 Apr 1719		4	Thomas Legard	c 1686	1735
1735		5	Digby Legard	c 1730	4 Feb 1773
4 Feb 1773		6	John Legard	c 1758	16 Jul 1807
16 Jul 1807		7	Thomas Legard	5 Dec 1762	5 Jul 1830	67
5 Jul 1830		8	Thomas Digby Legard	30 May 1803	10 Dec 1860	57
10 Dec 1860		9	Francis Digby Legard	8 May 1833	5 Jan 1865	31
5 Jan 1865		10	Darcy Willoughby Legard	10 Dec 1843	12 Apr 1866	22
12 Apr 1866		11	Charles Legard MP for Scarborough 1874‑1880	2 Apr 1846	7 Dec 1901	55
7 Dec 1901		12	Algernon Willoughby Legard	14 Oct 1842	9 Sep 1923	80
9 Sep 1923		13	Digby Algernon Hall Legard	7 Dec 1876	5 Jan 1961	84
5 Jan 1961		14	Thomas Digby Legard	16 Oct 1905	27 Mar 1984	78
27 Mar 1984		15	Charles Thomas Legard	26 Oct 1938	4 Feb 2025	86
4 Feb 2025		16	Christopher John Charles Legard	19 Apr 1964
LEICESTER of Tabley, Cheshire
10 Aug 1660	E	1	Peter Leicester	3 Mar 1614	11 Oct 1678	64
11 Oct 1678		2	Robert Leicester	11 Sep 1643	7 Jul 1684	40
7 Jul 1684 to     5 Aug 1742		3	Francis Leicester MP for Newton 1715‑1727 Extinct on his death	30 Jul 1674	5 Aug 1742	68
LEICESTER of Nether Tabley, Cheshire
17 May 1671	E	1	Gregory Byrne		Mar 1712
Mar 1712		2	Daniel Byrne	1676	25 Sep 1715	39
25 Sep 1715		3	John Byrne	c 1705	Jan 1742
Jan 1742		4	Peter Byrne (Leicester from 1744)	Dec 1732	12 Feb 1770	37
12 Feb 1770		5	John Fleming Leicester, later [1826] 1st Baron de Tabley	4 Apr 1762	18 Jun 1827	65
18 Jun 1827		6	George Fleming Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley	28 Oct 1811	19 Oct 1887	75
19 Oct 1887		7	John Byrne Leicester, 3rd Baron de Tabley	26 Apr 1835	22 Nov 1895	60
22 Nov 1895		8	Peter Fleming Frederic Leicester	25 Jan 1863	12 Jan 1945	81
12 Jan 1945 to     18 May 1968		9	Charles Byrne Warren Leicester Extinct on his death	30 Mar 1896	18 May 1968	72
LEIGH of Stoneleigh, Warwicks
29 Jun 1611	E	1	Thomas Leigh		1 Feb 1626
1 Feb 1626		2	Thomas Leigh He was subsequently created Baron Leigh in 1643 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1786	1595	24 Feb 1672	76
LEIGH of Newnham, Warwicks
24 Dec 1618	E	1	Francis Leigh He was subsequently created Earl of Chichester in 1644 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1653		21 Dec 1653
LEIGH of Tyrone
Feb 1622	I	1	Daniel Leigh		1633
1633 to     30 Jul 1638		2	Arthur Leigh Extinct on his death		30 Jul 1638
LEIGH of South Carolina, America
15 May 1773	GB	1	Egerton Leigh	11 Oct 1733	c 1785
c 1785		2	Egerton Leigh	c 1760	27 Apr 1818
27 Apr 1818 to     c 1870		3	Samuel Egerton Leigh Extinct on his death	10 Nov 1796	c 1870
LEIGH of Whitley, Lancs
22 May 1815 to     21 Jan 1843	UK	1	Robert Holt Leigh For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page MP for Wigan 1802‑1820 Extinct on his death	25 Dec 1762	21 Jan 1843	80
LEIGH of Altrincham, Cheshire
9 Feb 1918	UK	1	John Leigh MP for Clapham 1922‑1945	3 Aug 1884	28 Jul 1959	74
28 Jul 1959		2	John Leigh	24 Mar 1909	13 Dec 1992	83
13 Dec 1992		3	Richard Henry Leigh	11 Nov 1936	2 Jul 2021	84
2 Jul 2021		4	Christopher John Leigh	6 Apr 1941
LEIGHTON of Wattlesborough, Salop
2 Mar 1693	E	1	Edward Leighton MP for Shropshire 1698‑1700 and Shrewsbury 1709‑1710	c 1650	6 Apr 1711
Apr 1711		2	Edward Leighton	11 Aug 1681	6 May 1756	74
6 May 1756		3	Charlton Leighton	c 1715	5 May 1780
5 May 1780		4	Charlton Leighton MP for Shrewsbury 1774‑1775 and 1780‑1784	1747	9 Sep 1784	37
9 Sep 1784		5	Robert Leighton	1752	21 Feb 1819	66
21 Feb 1819		6	Baldwin Leighton	15 Jan 1747	13 Nov 1828	81
13 Nov 1828		7	Baldwin Leighton MP for Shropshire South 1859‑1865	31 May 1805	26 May 1871	65
26 May 1871		8	Baldwin Leighton MP for Shropshire South 1877‑1885	27 Oct 1836	22 Jan 1897	60
22 Jan 1897		9	Bryan Baldwin Mawddwy Leighton	26 Nov 1868	19 Jan 1919	50
19 Jan 1919		10	Richard Tihel Leighton	13 Feb 1893	26 Sep 1957	64
26 Sep 1957		11	Michael John Bryan Leighton	8 Mar 1935
LEIGHTON of Holland Park Road, Middlesex
11 Feb 1886	UK	1	Sir Frederic Leighton He was subsequently created Baron Leighton in 1896 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction the following day	3 Dec 1830	25 Jan 1896	65
LEITH of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
12 Sep 1919 to     9 Nov 1956	UK	1	Alexander Leith Extinct on his death	24 Sep 1869	9 Nov 1956	87
LEITH of Fyvie, Aberdeen
7 Mar 1923	UK		See "Forbes-Leith"
LEITH-BUCHANAN of Burgh St Peter, Norfolk
21 Nov 1775	GB	1	Alexander Leith MP for Tregony 1774‑1780	1741	3 Oct 1780	39
3 Oct 1780		2	George Alexander William Leith	c 1765	26 Jan 1842
26 Jan 1842		3	Alexander William Wellesley Leith	30 Oct 1806	3 Apr 1842	35
3 Apr 1842		4	George Hector Leith (Leith‑Buchanan from 1877)	10 Aug 1833	29 Sep 1903	70
29 Sep 1903		5	Alexander Wellesley George Thomas Leith‑Buchanan	5 Dec 1866	29 Apr 1925	58
29 Apr 1925		6	George Hector Macdonald Leith‑Buchanan	30 Jan 1889	1 Aug 1973	84
1 Aug 1973		7	Charles Alexander James Leith‑Buchanan	1 Sep 1939	8 Feb 1998	58
8 Feb 1998		8	Gordon Kelly McNicol Leith‑Buchanan	18 Oct 1974	26 May 2018	43
26 May 2018		9	Scott Kelly Leith-Buchanan	30 Sep 2010
LEKE of Sutton, Derby
22 May 1611	E	1	Francis Leke He was subsequently created Earl of Scarsdale in 1645 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1736	by 1581	9 Apr 1655
LEKE of Newark-upon-Trent, Notts
15 Dec 1663	E	1	Francis Leke MP for Nottinghamshire 1666‑1679	1 Nov 1627	Oct 1679	51
Oct 1679 to     Jun 1681		2	Francis Leke Extinct on his death		19 Jun 1681
LEMAN of Northaw, Herts
3 Mar 1665	E	1	William Leman MP for Hertford 1645‑1653 and 1659‑1660		3 Sep 1667
Sep 1667		2	William Leman MP for Hertford 1690‑1695	19 Dec 1637	18 Jul 1701	63
18 Jul 1701		3	William Leman	1685	22 Dec 1741	56
22 Dec 1741 to     1762		4	Tanfield Leman On his death the baronetcy presumably became extinct, although it was assumed by at least two parties in the late 1830s and early 1840s	13 Apr 1714	1762	48
			For further information on the subsequent history of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page
LE MARCHANT of Chobham Place, Surrey
14 Oct 1841	UK	1	Denis Le Marchant MP for Worcester 1846‑1847	3 Jul 1795	30 Oct 1874	79
30 Oct 1874		2	Henry Denis Le Marchant	15 Feb 1839	21 Jan 1915	75
21 Jan 1915		3	Denis Le Marchant	8 Jun 1870	29 Apr 1922	51
29 Apr 1922		4	Edward Thomas Le Marchant	23 Oct 1871	17 Nov 1953	82
17 Nov 1953		5	Denis Le Marchant	28 Feb 1906	20 Aug 1987	81
20 Aug 1987		6	Francis Arthur Le Marchant	6 Oct 1939	28 Jan 2016	76
28 Jan 2016		7	Piers Alfred Le Marchant	11 Apr 1964
LEMON of Carclew, Cornwall
24 May 1774	GB	1	William Lemon MP for Penryn 1770‑1774 and Cornwall 1774‑1824	11 Oct 1748	11 Dec 1824	76
11 Dec 1824 to     13 Feb 1868		2	Charles Lemon MP for Penryn 1807‑1812 and 1830‑1831, Cornwall 1831‑1832 and Cornwall West 1832‑1841 and 1842‑1857 Extinct on his death	3 Sep 1784	13 Feb 1868	83
LENNARD of West Wickham, Kent
15 Aug 1642	E	1	Stephen Lennard	c 1604	29 Jan 1680
Jan 1680		2	Stephen Lennard MP for Winchelsea 1681 and Kent 1698‑1700 and 1708‑1709	2 Mar 1637	15 Dec 1709	72
15 Dec 1709 to     8 Oct 1727		3	Samuel Lennard MP for Hythe 1715‑1727 Extinct on his death	2 Oct 1672	8 Oct 1727	55
LENNARD of Bell House, Essex
30 Jun 1801	UK		See "Barrett-Lennard"
LENNARD of Wickham Court, Kent
6 May 1880	UK	1	John Farnaby Lennard	27 Sep 1816	27 Dec 1899	83
27 Dec 1899		2	Henry Arthur Hallam Farnaby Lennard	7 Nov 1859	26 Feb 1928	68
26 Feb 1928 to     20 Apr 1980		3	Stephen Arthur Hallam Farnaby Lennard Extinct on his death	31 Jul 1899	20 Apr 1980	80
LEON of Bletchley Park, Bucks
5 Jul 1911	UK	1	Herbert Samuel Leon MP for Buckingham 1891‑1895	11 Feb 1850	23 Jul 1926	76
23 Jul 1926		2	George Edward Leon	7 May 1875	14 May 1947	72
14 May 1947		3	Ronald George Leon	22 Oct 1902	29 Aug 1964	61
29 Aug 1964		4	John Ronald Leon	16 Aug 1934
LESLIE of Wardis, Aberdeen
1 Sep 1625	NS	1	John Leslie		1640
1640		2	John Leslie		1645
1645 to     c 1680		3	William Leslie On his death the baronetcy became dormant		c 1680
c 1800		4	John Leslie He assumed the title c 1800	c 1750	30 Sep 1825	75
30 Sep 1825		5	Charles Abraham Leslie	4 Jul 1796	1 Mar 1847	50
1 Mar 1847		6	Norman Robert Leslie For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	10 Dec 1822	12 Jun 1857	34
12 Jun 1857		7	Charles Henry Leslie	27 Nov 1848	12 Oct 1905	56
12 Oct 1905		8	Norman Roderick Alexander David Leslie	10 Jan 1889	16 Jun 1937	48
16 Jun 1937		9	Henry John Lindores Leslie	26 Aug 1920	21 Jun 1967	46
21 Jun 1967 to     2001		10	(Percy) Theodore Leslie On his death the baronetcy became dormant	19 Nov 1915	2001	85
LESLIE of Juniper Hill, Surrey
22 Jan 1784	GB		See "Pepys"
LESLIE of Tarbert, Kerry
3 Sep 1787 to     21 Nov 1818	I	1	Edward Leslie MP [I] for Old Leighlin 1787‑1790 Extinct on his death	1744	21 Nov 1818	74
LESLIE of Glaslough, co. Monaghan
21 Feb 1876	UK	1	John Leslie MP for Monaghan 1871‑1880	16 Dec 1822	23 Jan 1916	93
23 Jan 1916		2	John Leslie Lord Lieutenant Monaghan 1921‑1922	7 Aug 1857	25 Jan 1944	86
25 Jan 1944		3	John Randolph Shane Leslie	24 Sep 1885	13 Aug 1971	85
13 Aug 1971		4	John Norman Ide Leslie	6 Dec 1916	18 Apr 2016	99
18 Apr 2016		5	Shaun Randolph Christopher Leslie	4 Jun 1947
L'ESTRANGE of Hunstanton, Norfolk
1 Jun 1629	E	1	Nicholas L'Estrange	27 Mar 1604	24 Jul 1655	51
24 Jul 1655		2	Hamon L'Estrange	8 Dec 1631	15 Feb 1656	24
15 Feb 1656		3	Nicholas L'Estrange	17 Oct 1632	13 Dec 1669	37
13 Dec 1669		4	Nicholas L'Estrange MP for Castle Rising 1685‑1689	2 Dec 1661	18 Dec 1724	63
18 Dec 1724		5	Thomas L'Estrange	1689	8 Nov 1751	62
8 Nov 1751		6	Henry L'Estrange		2 Sep 1760
2 Sep 1760 to     21 Apr 1762		7	Roger L'Estrange Extinct on his death		21 Apr 1762
LETHBRIDGE of Westway House and Winkley Court, Devon
15 Jun 1804	UK	1	John Lethbridge MP for Minehead 1806‑1807	12 Mar 1746	15 Dec 1815	69
15 Dec 1815		2	Thomas Buckler Lethbridge	21 Feb 1778	17 Oct 1849	71
17 Oct 1849		3	John Hesketh Lethbridge	1798	1 Mar 1873	74
1 Mar 1873		4	Wroth Acland Lethbridge	2 Jan 1831	26 Nov 1902	71
26 Nov 1902		5	Wroth Periam Christopher Lethbridge	19 Dec 1863	20 Feb 1950	86
20 Feb 1950		6	Hector Wroth Lethbridge	26 Aug 1898	29 Jun 1978	79
29 Jun 1978		7	Thomas Periam Hector Noel Lethbridge	17 Jul 1950
LETT of Walmer, Kent
31 Jan 1941 to     19 Jul 1964	UK	1	Hugh Lett Extinct on his death	17 Apr 1876	19 Jul 1964	88
LEVENTHORPE of Shingey Hall, Herts
30 May 1622	E	1	John Leventhorpe	c 1560	23 Sep 1625
23 Sep 1625		2	Thomas Leventhorpe	18 May 1592	30 Apr 1636	43
30 Apr 1636		3	John Leventhorpe	30 Jul 1629	29 Nov 1649	20
29 Nov 1649		4	Thomas Leventhorpe	30 Nov 1635	27 Jul 1679	43
27 Jul 1679 to     30 Aug 1680		5	Charles Leventhorpe Extinct on his death	15 Sep 1594	30 Aug 1680	86
LEVER of Hans Crescent, London
8 Feb 1911	UK	1	Arthur Levy Lever MP for Harwich 1906‑1910 and Hackney Central 1922‑1923	17 Nov 1860	23 Aug 1924	63
23 Aug 1924		2	Tresham Joseph Philip Lever	3 Sep 1900	30 Apr 1975	74
30 Apr 1975 to     28 Oct 2021		3	Tresham Christopher Arthur Lindsay Lever Extinct on his death	9 Jan 1932	28 Oct 2021	89
LEVER of Hulme, Cheshire
6 Jul 1911	UK	1	William Hesketh Lever He was subsequently created Baron Leverhulme in 1917 with which title the baronetcy remained merged until its extinction in 2000	19 Sep 1851	7 May 1925	73
LEVER of Allerton, Lancs
3 Feb 1920 to     1 Jul 1947	UK	1	Sir Samuel Hardman Lever Extinct on his death	18 Apr 1869	1 Jul 1947	78
LEVESON-GOWER of Sittersham, Yorks
2 Jun 1620	E		See "Gower"
LEVINGE of High Park, co. Westmeath
26 Oct 1704	I	1	Richard Levinge MP for Chester 1690‑1695 and Derby 1710‑1711; MP [I] for Blessington 1692‑1693, Longford Borough 1698‑1699 and 1703‑1713 and Kilkenny City 1713‑1715; Solicitor General [I] 1690‑1695 and 1704‑1709; Speaker of the House of Commons [I] 1692. Attorney General [I] 1711‑1714; Chief Justice of the Common Pleas [I] 1720‑1724. PC [I] 1721	2 May 1656	13 Jul 1724	68
13 Jul 1724		2	Richard Levinge MP [I] for Westmeath County 1723‑1727 and Blessington 1727‑1748	1685	27 Feb 1748	62
27 Feb 1748		3	Charles Levinge	1693	29 May 1762	68
29 May 1762		4	Richard Levinge	c 1723	30 Oct 1786
30 Oct 1786		5	Charles Levinge	17 Apr 1751	19 Jan 1796	44
19 Jan 1796		6	Richard Levinge	29 Oct 1785	12 Sep 1848	62
12 Sep 1848		7	Richard George Augustus Levinge MP for co. Westmeath 1857‑1865	1 Nov 1811	28 Sep 1884	72
28 Sep 1884		8	Vere Henry Levinge	28 Nov 1819	22 Mar 1885	65
22 Mar 1885		9	William Henry Levinge	21 May 1849	17 Apr 1900	50
17 Apr 1900		10	Richard William Levinge	12 Jul 1878	30 Oct 1914	36
30 Oct 1914		11	Richard Vere Henry Levinge	30 Apr 1911	27 Dec 1984	73
27 Dec 1984		12	Richard George Robin Levinge	18 Dec 1946
LEVY of Humberstone Hall, Leics
4 Feb 1913	UK	1	Sir Maurice Levy MP for Loughborough 1900‑1918	9 Jun 1859	26 Aug 1933	74
26 Aug 1933 to     11 Apr 1996		2	Ewart Maurice Levy Extinct on his death	10 May 1897	11 Apr 1996	98
LEVY-LAWSON of Hall Barn, Bucks and Peterborough Court, London
13 Oct 1892	UK	1	Edward Levy-Lawson He was subsequently created Baron Burnham in 1903 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	28 Dec 1833	9 Jan 1916	82
LEWIS of Llangorse, Brecon
14 Sep 1628 to     c Nov 1677	E	1	William Lewis MP for Petersfield 1640 and 1640‑1648, Breconshire 1660 and Lymington 1661‑1677 Extinct on his death	26 Mar 1598	c Nov 1677	79
LEWIS of Ledstone
15 Oct 1660 to     14 Aug 1671	E	1	John Lewis Extinct on his death	c 1615	14 Aug 1671
LEWIS of Harpton Court, Radnor
11 Jul 1846	UK	1	Thomas Frankland Lewis MP for Beaumaris 1812‑1826, Ennis 1826‑1828, Radnorshire 1828‑1835 and Radnor 1847‑1855; Secretary to the Treasury 1827‑1828; Vice President of the Board of Trade 1828; Treasurer of the Navy 1830; PC 1828	14 May 1780	22 Jan 1855	74
22 Jan 1855		2	George Cornewall Lewis MP for Herefordshire 1847‑1852 and Radnor 1855‑1863; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1855‑1858; Home Secretary 1859‑1861; Secretary of State for War 1861‑1863; PC 1855	21 Apr 1806	13 Apr 1863	56
13 Apr 1863		3	Gilbert Frankland Lewis	21 Jul 1808	18 Dec 1883	75
18 Dec 1883 to     7 Nov 1911		4	Herbert Edmund Frankland Lewis Extinct on his death	31 Mar 1846	7 Nov 1911	65
LEWIS of Brighton, Sussex
6 Apr 1887 to     10 Feb 1893	UK	1	Charles Edward Lewis MP for Londonderry 1872‑1886 and Antrim North 1887‑1892 Extinct on his death	25 Dec 1825	10 Feb 1893	67
LEWIS of Nantgwyne, Glamorgan
15 Feb 1896	UK	1	Sir William Thomas Lewis He was subsequently created Baron Merthyr in 1911 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	5 Aug 1837	27 Aug 1914	77
LEWIS of Portland Place, London
1 Aug 1902	UK	1	Sir George Henry Lewis	21 Apr 1833	7 Dec 1911	78
7 Dec 1911		2	George James Graham Lewis For information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	12 Sep 1868	8 Aug 1927	58
8 Aug 1927 to     2 Jan 1945		3	George James Ernest Lewis Extinct on his death	25 Feb 1910	2 Jan 1945	34
LEWIS of Essendon, Herts
11 Feb 1918	UK	1	Frederick William Lewis He was subsequently created Baron Essendon in 1932 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1978	25 May 1870	24 Jun 1944	74
LEWTHWAITE of Broadgate, Cumberland
26 Jan 1927	UK	1	William Lewthwaite	29 Oct 1853	13 Dec 1927	74
13 Dec 1927		2	William Lewthwaite	20 Jun 1882	13 Jun 1933	50
13 Jun 1933		3	William Anthony Lewthwaite	26 Feb 1912	25 Dec 1993	81
25 Dec 1993		4	Rainald Gilfrid Lewthwaite	21 Jul 1913	15 Apr 2003	89
15 Apr 2003 to     28 Jul 2004		5	David Rainald Lewthwaite Extinct on his death	26 Mar 1940	28 Jul 2004	64
LEY of Westbury, Wilts
20 Jul 1619	E	1	James Ley He was subsequently created Earl of Marlborough in 1626 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1679	1552	14 Mar 1629	76
LEY of Epperstone Manor, Notts
27 Dec 1905	UK	1	Francis Ley	3 Jan 1846	27 Jan 1916	70
27 Jan 1916		2	Henry Gordon Ley	12 Mar 1874	27 Sep 1944	70
27 Sep 1944		3	Gerald Gordon Ley	5 Nov 1902	24 Mar 1980	77
24 Mar 1980		4	Francis Douglas Ley	5 Apr 1907	10 May 1995	88
10 May 1995		5	Ian Francis Ley	12 Jun 1934	29 Jul 2017	83
29 Jul 2017		6	Christopher Ian Ley	2 Dec 1962
LEYLAND of Hyde Park House, London
31 Aug 1895	UK		See "Naylor-Leyland"
LIDDELL of Ravensworth Castle, Northumberland
2 Nov 1642	E	1	Thomas Liddell		1650
1650		2	Thomas Liddell		Nov 1697
Nov 1697		3	Henry Liddell MP for Durham City 1689‑1690 and 1695‑1698, and Newcastle upon Tyne 1701‑1705 and 1706‑1710	c 1644	1 Sep 1723
1 Sep 1723		4	Henry Liddell, later [1747] 1st Baron Ravensworth MP for Morpeth 1734‑1747	1 Aug 1708	30 Jan 1784	75
30 Jan 1784		5	Henry George Liddell	25 Nov 1749	26 Nov 1791	42
26 Nov 1791		6	Thomas Henry Liddell He was subsequently created Baron Ravensworth in 1821 with which title the baronetcy remains merged, although as at 30/06/2014 the baronetcy does not appear on the Official Roll of the Baronetage	8 Feb 1775	7 Mar 1855	80
LIGHTON of Merville, co. Dublin
1 Mar 1791	I	1	Thomas Lighton MP [I] for Tuam 1790‑1798 and Carlingford 1798‑1800	by 1756	27 Apr 1805
27 Apr 1805		2	Thomas Lighton	19 May 1787	11 May 1816	28
11 May 1816		3	Thomas Lighton	1814	1817	3
1817		4	John Lees Lighton	1 Jan 1792	5 Apr 1827	35
5 Apr 1827		5	John Hamilton Lighton	20 May 1818	29 Apr 1844	25
29 Apr 1844		6	Christopher Robert Lighton For information on the death of his son John, see the note at the foot of this page	28 May 1819	12 Apr 1875	55
12 Apr 1875		7	Christopher Robert Lighton	4 Jul 1848	15 Aug 1929	81
15 Aug 1929		8	Christopher Robert Lighton	30 Jun 1897	1 Aug 1993	96
1 Aug 1993		9	Thomas Hamilton Lighton	4 Nov 1954
LINDSAY of Evelick, Perth
15 Apr 1666	NS	1	Alexander Lindsay		c 1690
c 1690		2	Alexander Lindsay	26 Feb 1660	c 1720
c 1720		3	Alexander Lindsay		6 May 1762
6 May 1762		4	David Lindsay	c 1732	6 Mar 1797
6 Mar 1797 to     6 Mar 1799		5	Charles Scott Lindsay Extinct on his death		6 Mar 1799
LINDSAY of West Ville, Lincs
4 Sep 1821	UK	1	Coutts Trotter For details of the special remainder included in the creation of this baronetcy, see the note at the foot of this page	15 Sep 1767	1 Sep 1837	69
1 Sep 1837 to     7 May 1913		2	Coutts Lindsay Extinct on his death	2 Feb 1824	7 May 1913	89
LINDSAY of Dowhill, Kinross
27 Feb 1962	UK	1	Martin Alexander Lindsay MP for Solihull 1945‑1964	22 Aug 1905	5 May 1981	75
5 May 1981		2	Ronald Alexander Lindsay	6 Dec 1933	6 Mar 2004	70
6 Mar 2004		3	James Martin Evelyn Lindsay	11 Oct 1968
LINDSAY-HOGG of Rotherfield Hall, Sussex
22 Dec 1905	UK	1	Lindsay Lindsay-Hogg MP for Eastbourne 1900‑1906	10 Mar 1853	25 Nov 1923	70
25 Nov 1923		2	Anthony Henry Lindsay-Hogg	1 May 1908	31 Oct 1968	60
31 Oct 1968		3	William Lindsay Lindsay-Hogg	12 Aug 1930	7 Dec 1987	57
7 Dec 1987		4	Edward William Lindsay-Hogg	23 May 1910	18 Jun 1999	89
18 Jun 1999		5	Michael Edward Lindsay-Hogg	5 May 1940
LIPPINCOTT of Stoke Bishop, Gloucs
7 Sep 1778	GB	1	Henry Lippincott MP for Bristol 1780	14 Sep 1737	30 Dec 1780	43
30 Dec 1780 to     23 Aug 1829		2	Henry Cann Lippincott Extinct on his death For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	5 Jun 1776	23 Aug 1829	53
LIPTON of Osidge, Middlesex
29 Jul 1902 to     2 Oct 1931	UK	1	Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton Extinct on his death For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	10 May 1850	2 Oct 1931	81
LISTER of Park Crescent, Middlesex
26 Dec 1883	UK	1	Joseph Lister He was subsequently created Baron Lister in 1897 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1912	5 Apr 1827	10 Feb 1912	84
LISTER-KAYE of Grange, Yorks
28 Dec 1812	UK	1	John Lister-Kaye		28 Feb 1827
28 Feb 1827		2	John Lister Lister-Kaye	18 Aug 1801	13 Apr 1871	69
13 Apr 1871		3	John Pepys Lister-Kaye	18 Feb 1853	27 May 1924	71
27 May 1924		4	Cecil Edmund Lister-Kaye	16 Jan 1854	27 Jan 1931	77
27 Jan 1931		5	Kenelm Arthur Lister-Kaye	27 Mar 1892	28 Feb 1955	62
28 Feb 1955		6	Lister Lister-Kaye	19 Dec 1873	12 Feb 1962	88
12 Feb 1962		7	John Christopher Lister Lister‑Kaye	13 Jul 1913	15 May 1982	68
15 May 1982		8	John Philip Lister Lister‑Kaye	8 May 1946
LISTON-FOULIS of Colinton, Edinburgh
7 Jun 1634	NS	1	Alexander Foulis		c 1670
c 1670		2	James Foulis		19 Jan 1688
19 Jan 1688		3	James Foulis		1711
1711		4	James Foulis		Jul 1742
Jul 1742		5	James Foulis		3 Jan 1791
3 Jan 1791		6	James Foulis		1825
1825		7	James Foulis	9 Sep 1770	2 May 1842	71
2 May 1842		8	William Foulis (Liston-Foulis from 1843)	27 Jul 1812	22 Feb 1858	45
22 Feb 1858		9	James Liston-Foulis	3 Jul 1847	29 Dec 1895	48
29 Dec 1895		10	William Liston-Foulis	27 Oct 1869	16 Apr 1918	48
16 Apr 1918		11	Charles James Liston-Foulis	4 Jan 1873	18 Jun 1936	63
18 Jun 1936		12	Archibald Charles Liston-Foulis	5 Aug 1903	9 Oct 1961	58
9 Oct 1961 to     5 Feb 2006		13	Ian Primrose Liston Foulis Extinct on his death	9 Aug 1937	5 Feb 2006	68
LITHGOW of Ormsary, Argyll
1 Jul 1925	UK	1	James Lithgow	27 Jan 1883	23 Feb 1952	69
23 Feb 1952		2	William James Lithgow	10 May 1934	28 Feb 2022	87
28 Feb 2022		3	James Frank Lithgow	13 Jun 1970

	The special remainder to the baronetcy of Leigh created in 1815
	From the London Gazette of 27 December 1814 (issue 16969, page 2535):-
	His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty, to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to Robert Holt Leigh, of Whitley, in the county of Lancaster, Esq. with remainder to the heirs male of Holt Leigh, of Whitley, Esq. Deceased, father of the said Robert Holt Leigh.
	The Leman baronetcy
	In the standard works on the baronetage, the baronetcy of Leman is presumed to have become extinct on the death of the 4th baronet in 1762. The title was, however, assumed by an alleged cousin of the 4th baronet and continued to be assumed by his descendants.
	The following [edited] report appeared in The Preston Chronicle of 7 July 1838, reprinted from The Derbyshire Courier:-
	A singular instance of good fortune has just occurred to an intelligent and respectable mechanic of Nottingham, named John Leman, who, after working in the stocking-frame for some years, and subsequently being engaged in the lace making business, is now, in his 24th year, elevated to a baronetage, by the style and title of Sir John Leman, Baronet, of Northaw, in the county of Hertford. He succeeds to the title and large estates attached to it as the nearest heir-male of his cousin in the third degree, Sir Tanfield Leman, Bart. of Northaw, who was nephew to the deceased John Leman, Esq., of Nottingham, a retired gentleman in the army, the present Sir John's great grandfather. Sir John is great grandson of the Rev. Philip Leman, rector of Warboys, Huntingdon. The title has been in abeyance for many years, owing to the present possessor's want of pecuniary means to establish his right to it, and the proceeds of the estate … have, in consequence, accumulated to an extent almost incalculable. The decision in favour of the claimant was come to a few weeks ago …
	The supposed succession of this Sir John Leman is, however, totally at odds with the succession shown in Cokayne's Complete Baronetage and must therefore be viewed as being extremely doubtful. In any event, I have been unable to find any further reference to the supposed new baronet.
	In the newspaper report quoted above, there is a reference to estates of incalculable value. Commencing in February 1853, if not earlier, a series of advertisements began to be published in newspapers offering shares in the "Leman Estate Fund". The advertisements stated that the value of the property which was to be divided amongst the subscribers was £3,000,000 and that, by purchasing shares for 10 shillings each, subscribers would receive a return of £15 per share when the final division of the estates took place. Not surprisingly, this offer was too good to be true, and in December 1853 the principals of the scheme were convicted of fraud and conspiracy.
	Sir Norman Robert Leslie, 6th baronet
	Sir Norman was killed by rebels during the Indian Mutiny. The following account of his death (written by Major Macdonald, commander of the 5th Bengal Irregular Cavalry) appeared in the Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce on 29 June 1857:-
	The following was received yesterday:-
	"Rohnee 14th June, 1857
	"As it is probable that exaggerated accounts will reach you of the tragedy enacted here on the night of the 12th instant, I send you in a few words a true account of the same to allay anxiety on the part of the friends of the survivors.
	"On the evening of the 12th instant, Lieut. Sir Norman Leslie and Dr. Grant joined me in front of my house, as usual, to take tea, and about a quarter to 9 o'clock Dr G. got up to go into my house to wind up the clock; before leaving, on his rising from his chair, he said 'who can these fellows be', and at the same instant we heard a rush of feet towards where we were sitting. I had just time to jump up, when I received three sword cuts on the head in quick succession. I seized my chair by the arms and defended myself successfully from three other cuts made at me, and succeeded in giving an ugly poke to my opponent which appeared to disconcert him and he at once bolted, followed by the others (three in all). I was streaming blood and made for the house (followed by Dr. Grant) to staunch my wounds. I found Dr. G severely wounded, one deep cut in the arm and a second fearful gash on the hip. We then went back to see after poor Leslie, whom we found stretched on the ground in a dying state; he must have received his death blow [from] the first cut and have fallen forwards on his face, for he was cut clean through his back into his chest, and breathing through the wound in his lungs [and he had] also many cuts on the head; he was quite sensible, and said, as I bent over him 'oh Macdonald, it is very hard to die in this manner', and added 'my poor wife and children, what will become of them?' I told him he had only a few minutes to live and to make his peace with God, and that all should be done for his poor wife and family that could be done. Under such fearful circumstances he then applied himself to make his peace with God, poor fellow, and breathed his last in about half an hour afterwards.
	"It was a dark, cloudy night, the moon had not got up and the scoundrels had easily got within a few paces of us before we heard the rush upon us. A Sentry was planted to the North and we were sitting to the East of the house, and as we were attacked in silence and the whole affair did not last one minute, even our servants were not aware of the attack till we appeared before them covered with blood, and they were so astonished that I could scarcely get them to the lines to turn out the Regiments or rather the small portion of it left at Head Quarters.
	"Next moment we had every man off duty around us, the poor fellows receiving the greatest sympathy and expressing the greatest horror of the deed.
	"There was no tracing the miscreants on account of the darkness of the night; a small party of the Sowars galloped off to Deogurh (two miles off) but found all quiet there, and Lieutenant Cooper, Commanding Detachment of the 32nd Regiment, came over in a very short time with fifty of his men, but I requested him to return with them as the hundred armed men in my lines were more than match (as they said themselves) for any odds composed of such miscreants.
	"Dr. Grant says we are not dangerously wounded, though I was scalped by one of the cuts, and my scalp found next morning on the scene of action! I can write no more being rather weak and shaking. The murderers looked like sepoys in undress, and I have today heard that some of the disbanded men are in the district trying to talk over the Southals, and probably they thought, if they could only kill the European Officers the men of the Regiment might get disheartened and either join them, or that they would not act so effectively without their European Officers. The Doctor and myself had a most miraculous escape. I can't account for the fellows running away and we in such a helpless condition."
	The fate of the three attackers is graphically reported in a further letter from Major Macdonald which was published in The Observer on 13 September 1857:-
	Two days after my native officer said he had found out the murderers (of Sir Norman Leslie), and that they were three men of my own regiment. I had them in irons in a crack, held a drum-head court-martial, convicted and sentenced them to be hanged the next morning. I took on my own shoulders the responsibility for hanging them first, and asking leave to do so afterwards. That day was an awful one of suspense and anxiety. One of the prisoners was of very high caste and influence, and this man I determined to treat with the greatest ignominy, by getting the lowest caste man to hang him. To tell you the truth I never expected for a moment to leave the hanging scene alive, but I was determined to do my duty, and well knew the effect that pluck and decision had on the natives. The regiment was drawn out; wounded cruelly as I was, I had to see everything done myself, even to the adjusting of the ropes, and saw them looped to run easy. Two of the culprits were paralysed with fear and astonishment, never dreaming that I would dare to hang them without an order from Government. The third said he would not be hanged, and called on the Prophet and on his comrades to rescue him. This was an awful moment; an instant's hesitation on my part and probably I should have a dozen balls through me; so I seized a pistol, clapped it to the man's ear, and said, with a look there was no mistake about, 'Another word out of your mouth, and your brains shall be scattered on the ground.' He trembled, and held his tongue. The elephant came up, he was put on his back, the rope adjusted, the elephant moved, and he was left dangling. I then had the others up, and off in the same way. And after some time, when I had dismissed the men of the regiment to their lines, and still found my head on my shoulders, I really could scarcely believe it.
	Sir George James Graham Lewis, 2nd baronet
	Sir George was killed in Switzerland in August 1927 when he fell in front of a train. The Times of 9 August 1927 reported his death as follows:-
	Sir George Lewis, the head of the firm of Lewis and Lewis, solicitors, who has been staying at the Val Mont clinic at Les Planches, above Montreux, for about ten days, fell from the steps in front of the Grand Hotel, Montreux-Territet, shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon [i.e. 8 August], on to the electrified line of the Swiss Federal Railway at the moment when a train was approaching from the direction of the Rhône Valley, The mutilated body, which has been identified by his valet, is at Territet. His family have been informed of the accident.
	The Melbourne Argus of 19 August 1927 stated that:-
	"Sir George Lewis, principal of the London legal firm of Lewis and Lewis, was killed by a train at Territet, where he was spending a holiday. The reports of the tragedy were conflicting. Some said that Sir George Lewis was sitting on the balustrade of the Grand Hotel, and that he overbalanced and fell, and was mangled by the train. Others said that he walked on to the line. The Montreux examining magistrate's report discounts the hypothesis that Sir George Lewis committed suicide. The magistrate suggests that Sir George was running to catch a train, for which he had a ticket in his pocket, and that he slipped and fell on to the rails.
	John Hamilton Plumptre Lighton (26 June 1855‑6 July 1872), son of Sir Christopher Robert Lighton, 6th baronet
	John Lighton died after being struck by a cricket ball, aged only 17. The following report appeared in The York Herald of 13 July 1872:-
	The Ripton Hall School Cricket Ground, Derbyshire, was on Saturday the scene of a fatal accident to John Hamilton Plumptre Lighton, aged 17 years, the son of the Rev. Sir Christopher Robert Lighton, Bart., of Ellaston Hall, situated between Norbury and Rocester, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Deceased was a scholar at Ripton School conducted by the Rev. Dr. Dears. On Friday afternoon deceased, accompanied by several of his school-fellows, proceeded to the cricket ground adjoining the hall. A ball struck Lighton on the side of the head, immediately above the right ear. He became stunned for a few minutes and continued play, but a short time after was compelled to desist. He fell sick and gradually grew worse, until it was deemed necessary to summon medical aid, when Lighton was found to be suffering from compression on the brain, brought on by a blow from a cricket ball. Between twelve and half-past he became insensible, and, in spite of all efforts the poor young fellow died within an hour afterwards. It is stated that deceased was either the fourth or fifth son of Sir C. Lighton, and that an elder brother of deceased's, in the navy, some years ago had the misfortune to stumble from a ship's mast, and although not killed, remained in a very critical state for several months, and then became stone blind. The inquest on the body was held at Ripton Hall, on Saturday evening. The jury returned a verdict "That the deceased was accidentally killed from a blow by a cricket ball."
	The special remainder to the baronetcy of Trotter (later Lindsay) created in 1821
	From the "London Gazette" of 28 July 1821 (issue 17730, page 1555):-
	His Majesty has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for granting the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom to … Coutts Trotter, of West-ville, in the county of Lincoln, Esq. with remainder in default of issue male, to the heirs male of the body of Anne, eldest daughter of the said Coutts Trotter.
	Sir Henry Cann Lippincott, 2nd and last baronet
	Sir Henry was acquitted of a charge of "violating the person" of a young girl at his trial in April 1810. The implication was that the charge was a "put-up job" in order to extort money from Sir Henry. The following report appeared in The Times of 26 April 1810, reprinted from the Bristol Mercury:-
	Wednesday Sir Henry Lippincott, Bart., was tried [at the Bristol Assizes], on the prosecution of Mary Milford, spinster (aged about seventeen) for the violation of her person; to which he pleaded not guilty.
	The case, on the part of the Prosecutrix, was opened by Mr. Smith; and the evidence detailed by the Prosecutrix appeared, in a very modest and prepossessing manner, to develop a scene of much depravity. She stated, that on Sunday, the 3rd of December last, in company with another young woman, of the name of Mary Jones, as they going to the cathedral, between 3 and 4 o'clock, as she supposed, to evening prayers, Mary Jones stopped to speak to two gentlemen - one in regimentals, the other not; that Mary Jones shortly overtook the Prosecutrix, and instead of leading her into the Cathedral, conducted her through the arch leading into the Cloisters; that they went up a flight of stairs, and Mary Jones led her into a room which had a sofa in it, and that, until she arrived in that room, she was not aware but that she was going into the Cathedral; that immediately afterwards the same two gentlemen Jones had previously spoken to (who proved to be Sir H. Lippincott and a Captain Gregory), entered the room ; that Capt. Gregory proposed to Mary Jones to go with him to his room to dress; that Captain Gregory and Mary Jones left her; that Sir Henry then began to take liberties with her person; that she resisted him; that he offered her money, two guineas, which she refused; that he then proceeded to acts of violence; that he held both her hands behind her by the wrists; that after using every effort to extricate herself, after making every noise in her power, crying out and stamping with her feet, she at last fainted away, and he accomplished his purpose. That immediately on quitting the room, she informed Mary Jones of what had passed, who censured her for not communicating it whilst in the room; that the same evening she informed a Mrs. Sarah Jones (a witness who could not, we understand, be found), and on the following day made a similar communication to Mrs. Roberts (the keeper of a huckster's shop in the Buck, and with whom she lodged), also to Sophia Jones, the sister of Mary Jones; that on the Monday se'nnight after the violation, the Prosecutrix, accompanied by Sophia Jones, met Sir Henry in College-green, in the evening; that he laid hold of her; and inquired how she did; that she replied by upbraiding him with having used her ill enough already. That Sir Henry thereupon flung her into the arms of a lusty gentleman passing by, and said, "Here, take this lass - I was intimate with her yesterday se'nnight." - The above facts were delivered by the young woman with much seeming reluctance. She then underwent a long cross-examination, in which she positively denied that she had ever said she had not fainted away, or that she had ever talked of money as a remuneration for the injury she had sustained.
	Mr. Short, surgeon, bore testimony to an appearance of her person having been violated, which he observed, on examination, ten days afterwards.
	Here the Prosecutrix's evidence closed.
	On the part of Sir Henry, it was sworn by Mary Jones, that the room into which she retired with Captain Gregory was not more than eight feet distance from the drawing-room; that she heard no noise; that she returned to the drawing-room in about ten minutes, and found Mary Milford tying on her bonnet; that she did not appear discomposed or agitated; and that she sat upon Captain Gregory's knee. This witness proved the door to have been locked on the Prosecutrix, and that the carpet and sofa were rumpled.
	Here Mr. Thompson attempted to cross-examine the witness, as to the Prosecutrix having informed her of the violence complained of, after she quitted the apartment; but the Learned Recorder considered it unnecessary, inasmuch as that part of the evidence stood unimpeached; and neither Mrs. Roberts or Sophie Jones were examined as to this particular point.
	Sophia Jones deposed, that Mary Milford had told her in a subsequent conversation, that Sir Henry had not violated her person; and that she had, at Milford's request, applied to Sir Henry for a pecuniary recompense. She, however, admitted that she had not made such statement at the Council-House, when she gave her information, and confirmed the Prosecutrix's evidence of having met Sir Henry on the Monday, when he flung her into the arms of a lusty gentleman, with this addition, that the Prosecutrix called Sir Henry a villain, and that he used the expression above stated.
	Captain Gregory was minutely examined as to any noise in the house, and the appearance of Mary Milford on his return to the room. He swore that he heard no noise, and that, on his return, the Prosecutrix appeared not discomposed. On being cross-examined, he admitted that he found the door locked upon Mary Milford, and that when he entered the room, Sir Henry said, "she would not consent to his being connected with her, nor receive money, although he had offered it."
	Mrs. Roberts (who was originally before the Magistrates, a witness in support of the prosecution) deposed, that in several conversations with her on the subject, Mary Milford had used frequent equivocations, and that she had said, she believed she had not fainted; that she, Mrs. Roberts, had frequently cautioned her against keeping company with Mary Jones, who was "a woman given to the town"; and that during a visit that she (Milford) had paid in London, in August last, she had heard that the Duke of Gordon would be obliged to pay £3000 for such a business, whether the attempt could be proved or not. It would be observed that Milford had previously denied all this, in her cross-examination.
	Mr. Allard, Mr. Lowe, and Mr. Taylor (of Wotton-under-Edge), were called upon to rebut the evidence of Mr. Short.
	After nearly seven hours' investigation (from eleven to six), the Recorder (Sir V[icary] Gibbs), proceeded to address the Jury, and commented, in severe terms, upon the unconsistent evidence of the Prosecutrix. He quoted a long paragraph from an eminent legal authority, upon the difficulty of both establishing and rebutting such a charge: that in this case "the attempt was made at noon-day, in the most public thoroughfare of the city, at the time a congregation was assembling together for public worship, and in a room where windows looked into the Cathedral"; added to which, the Prisoner had not taken to flight, and braved the charge; and really, observed the Recorder, "the attempt to establish the alleged offence stands upon such glaring improbabilities, that were it not that it is related in a Court of Justice, and the life of a fellow-creature at stake upon it, it is too gross even for ridicule to smile at." - The Recorder then said, that, if it were possible for a doubt to exist in the minds of any of the Jury, he would go through the evidence; but if not, their verdict would save him the trouble.
	The Jury considered about a minute, and returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
	The Recorder, in conclusion, observed, that while he rejoiced in the acquittal of the Prisoner, he could not consider any sort of censure due to those who conducted the prosecution.
	Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, 1st and only baronet
	The following biography of Sir Thomas appeared in the Australian monthly magazine Parade in its issue for February 1957:-
	When King Edward VII was Prince of Wales and an amiable patron of the grocery magnate Sir Thomas Lipton, he was a visitor aboard the yacht Shamrock when the mainmast collapsed and he missed decapitation by inches. Though he took the incident well at the time, he later wrote with justifiable peevishness to a friend: "I do not know why Sir Thomas goes in for yacht racing, for his goods are already so well known both sides of the Atlantic that he does not need to to advertise."
	But that was only the royal opinion. Sir Thomas knew better. In thirty years he spent more than a quarter of a million pounds of his grocery-made money on trying to capture the famed America's Cup - in reality no cup but an elaborately designed graceful silver jug - from the U.S. He won hundreds of other trophies - so many indeed that he had detectives to guard them day and night - for various European races, but he never got the America's Cup. It was, for 30 years, magnificent publicity. His five losing Shamrocks made him one of the best-known figures in the world and put his name where he wanted it - on everyone's lips. He was hailed in the United States as the great sporting Englishman, the man who erased the bitter feelings which had come to be associated with the racing of the Cup since the first race in 1851. The man who had been a multi-millionaire before he was 50 because he followed the precepts of two lines he saw in a New York store: "He who on his trade relies, Must either bust or advertise", knew what he was about, despite King Edward's opinion to the contrary.
	Early in his yachting career Lipton was proposed for the most exclusive sailing club in the world, the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, Isle of Wight, and it is alleged that his proposer was King Edward, then Prince of Wales. Lipton was blackballed, but the reason is not revealed in any authoritative document. Lipton nevertheless remained one of the world's most ardent yachtsmen. His Shamrocks were superb racing machines, built for a special purpose.
	Thomas Johnstone Lipton was born in 1850 in Glasgow, where his Irish peasant parents had emigrated during a potato famine. A few more pounds would have taken the family to America, but they were not available. After some years Lipton senior scraped together enough to open a tiny store in Stobcross St., Glasgow, for the sale of eggs, butter and ham. Thomas went to work at the age of nine for half a crown a week, of which he was allowed to keep a penny. The rest had to go to support the family. At 12, he left this job and took another, as a cabin boy, but he was sacked for careless polishing. He had saved the tiny fare from Glasgow to New York from his tips and wages before he got the sack, and proceeded to New York on the slow immigrant steamer Devonia. Having promoted for himself free board and lodging touting for customers off the ship for a landlord, he took a series of jobs which landed him broke and almost barefoot in various parts of the southern United States. He worked as a hand in the rice and tobacco plantations, as a stoker on a river steamer, as a roustabout in half a dozen places, wrote love letters for an amorous Spaniard and was beaten up by the Spaniard's wife. Eventually he worked a passage back to New York and got a job in a grocery store, where he saw the famed couplet on advertising.
	Having saved 500 dollars, he returned to see his mother, who seems to have been his one strong affection - apart from his limitless admiration for himself. He took her a bag of flour and a rocking chair. The morning after his arrival he was back behind the counter at Stobcross St., selling groceries. But the years in the United States had turned Lipton into a trader. Within a few days he astounded his parents by spending £18 buying sea-damaged hams, selling them for more than 100 per cent profit, and planning further ventures. They remonstrated, but he persisted. Soon he was buying pigs in Ireland, offloading them at Glasgow, and driving them through the Glasgow streets so the wondering populace would see stencilled on their bulging sides the news that they were "going to die for Lipton's customers."
	Lipton's market was famous in a few months, people coming from all over Glasgow not only to buy his teas, eggs, butter, hams, coffee and staples, but to marvel at the crude "come-on" advertisements plastered on the shop windows. At 27 he was already a very rich man, tremendously energetic; pictures show him looking already between 45 and 50, partly because of a wispy walrus moustache which hid his pleasant mobile mouth and showed only the too-small, too-shrewd eyes and the uninteresting chin and nose. Later, when he shaved his moustache to a thin line and adopted the tiny goatee which he preserved until his death, his face assumed a look of benevolence not entirely belying his character.
	Lipton's story is the story of the personal touch. Whenever he opened one of his thousands of stores he made a point of being at the opening, and always served the first customer himself. Although in 1898 he turned the business into a company, he retained the closest possible contact with it. When at last he had become an aging nuisance to the shareholders and managerial staff alike, his biographer friend and critic, William Blackwood, tells how bitterly he resented stepping aside, and how he indulged in "pathetic regrets and rather stupid resentments."
	As his chain of stores expanded he began buying tea and coffee and cocoa plantations, a pork-packing business to rival Swifts and Arrnours, and commenced chartering his own steamers. He had no interest in anything but business and Lipton. He was never heard to discuss a topic of the day, or a book or a picture or a personality. His closest friends were Lord Dewar, Harry Lauder, and William Blackwood. who wrote fulsomely of him while he was alive and candidly of him when he was dead. The four used to meet at Lipton's home, a large old-fashioned, stuffy, badly furnished suburban villa called Osidge in an unfashionable part of North London.
	Blackwood records that if the conversation moved from Lipton's character and successes away to other subjects Sir Thomas quickly brought it back. He never acknowledged that luck or the kindness or aid of others had played even the most minor parts in his career. Blackwood's acid after-death memoirs of his rich and powerful friend betray the hours of boredom he spent while Lipton was alive, discoursing on the subject of Lipton. Lauder presented some rather special competition to Sir Thomas, but never won the conversational stakes.
	Lipton had met the Prince and Princess of Wales on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Princess Alexandra had got off to a bad start on her plan to promote a Jubilee dinner of 700 tons of meat, bread, pudding, cheese and cake for 400,000 of England's poor. The money was slow in coming in until Lipton subscribed £25,000, was appointed to the Dinner Committee, and organised it into a success. During World War I, Lipton lent his steam yacht, Erin, to the Americans to use in succouring the unhappy Serbs, and himself sailed on it on several of its Mediterranean trips of mercy. Later he handed the boat over to the British Navy for use on patrol work in the Mediterranean, where it was eventually sunk by enemy action.
	Lipton's original challenge for the America's Cup was issued in 1899, with the first Shamrock, built by the late great Clyde shipbuilder, William Fife. Fife made him another Shamrock later, but Lipton shopped around for the other three boats which challenged in the years 1901, 1903, 1920 and finally in 1930, one year before his death at the age of 81. The Shamrocks sailed with both professional and amateur crews; one of them had three captains, a case of divided command which resulted, as usual, in failure. Certainly, all the technique and talent that money could buy was poured into the Shamrocks, but without avail.
	Lipton developed into a not unlikeable eccentric - vain, domineering, but usually genial - a tall, rather doggy figure distinguished by the tiny goatee and the rather large bow-ties of identical white-spotted dark blue foulard. He never married, nor is there any record of any love affair. He lived plainly but well at Osidge, cared for by two Cingalese servants who cooked him plain, abundant meals, every dinner topped off with a rice pudding made to his own recipe. When the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes finally did elect him, Lipton acknowledged the honour, but, with some dignity, declined to set foot in the clubhouse.

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