_b._ 1831; entered Glasgow univ. 1845 and Caius coll. Camb.
1850, B.A. 1855, M.A. 1861; ensign 92 foot 9 Feb. 1855, captain
19 Jany. 1864, sold out 12 Sep. 1865, served in Crimean war
1855–6; major 2nd royal Lanark militia 7 June 1870, lieut.-col.
8 April 1877 to death; Times correspondent for Franco-German
war July 1870; with the French army at battle of Forbach, then
with the German army; author of Doubles and Quits 2 vols. 1869;
Fair to see 3 vols. 1871; and Mine is thine 3 vols. 1878, novels
reprinted from Blackwood’s Mag. _d._ Mentone, France 23 March
1882. _Blackwood’s Mag. April 1882 pp._ 675–80.
LOCKHART, WILLIAM (brother of Laurence Lockhart 1796–1876). _b._
1787; M.P. co. Lanark 1841 to death; dean of faculties of univ.
of Glasgow 1853 to death; lieut.-col. commandant Lanarkshire
yeomanry cavalry. _d._ Milton-Lockhart 25 Nov. 1856.
LOCKHART, WILLIAM (only son of rev. Alexander Lockhart _d._
1831, V. of Stone, Bucks. 1821–30). _b._ at Warlingham, Surrey
22 Aug. 1819; ed. at Exeter coll. Oxf., B.A. 1842; joined John
Henry Newman at Littlemore 1842; received into church of Rome,
Aug. 1843, being the first of the tractarians who went over;
studied under the Rosminians in Rome 1843–5; entered the Order
of Charity 1845, procurator general; R. of St. Etheldreda’s,
Ely place, Holborn, London 1876 to death, which he purchased
for £5,300 and restored at cost of £6,000; edited The Lamp
when renamed The Illust. Catholic mag. 5 vols. 1871–3; author
of The communion of saints, or our relation to the Virgin, the
angels and the saints 3 ed. 1869; Non possumus or the temporal
sovereignty of the Pope 1870, 2 ed. 1870; Life of Antonio
Rosmini-Serbati, vol. 2, 1886; Cardinal Newman, a reminiscence
of 50 years 1891; found dead in his bed at the Presbytery, St.
Etheldreda’s, Holborn, London 15 May 1892. _The Biograph_, _iv_
432–3 (1880).
LOCKWOOD, ADOLPHUS RAVEN. _b._ 1841; ed. by Frederick
Chatterton; patronised by duke of Cambridge; with his brother
and sister Ernest and Fanny Lockwood first appeared as harpists
at Hanover sq. rooms, London, May 1847, music written for them
and taught them by Gerhard Taylor; harpist to king of Bavaria.
_d._ Munich 22 Jany. 1885. _I.L.N. xii_ 106 (1848), _portrait_.
LOCKWOOD, FREDERICK VERNON (2 son of Thomas Lockwood of
Dan-y-Craig, Glamorganshire). _b._ 1803; ed. at Eton and Trin.
coll. Camb., B.A. 1824, M.A. 1828; C. of Sturry, Kent 1826; R.
of Musham, Kent 7 March 1827 to 21 Jany. 1840; preb. of Lincoln
24 Jany. 1828 to March 1845; chaplain to House of Commons
1830–2; canon of Canterbury 16 Nov. 1838 to death; V. of Minster
in Thanet 21 Jany. 1840 to death. _d._ the Precincts, Canterbury
1 July 1851. _bur._ in the cathedral 5 July.
LOCKWOOD, SIR GEORGE HENRY (brother of the preceding). _b._ 25
March 1804; ed. at Eton; cornet 3 light dragoons 10 March 1825,
lieut.-col. 9 Nov. 1846, placed on h.p. 12 May 1853; served in
Afghanistan 1842 and the Punjaub 1848–9; commanded a brigade
at battle of Goojerat; A.D.C. to the Queen 2 Aug. 1850 to 27
Nov. 1874; col. 12 lancers 12 March 1861 to 1 Jany. 1872; col.
3 hussars 1 Jany. 1872 to death; general 22 Oct. 1870; C.B. 24
Dec. 1842, K.C.B. 13 March 1867. _d._ 18 Wilton st. Belgrave sq.
London 15 April 1884.
LOCKWOOD, HENRY FRANCIS. _b._ Doncaster 1811; articled to Peter
Robinson, London; superintended rebuilding of York castle 1832;
commenced practice at Hull 1834; removed to Bradford 1849, in
partnership with William and Richard Mawsom, built Bradford town
hall, the Exchange and Airedale coll.; erected rifle factory at
Enfield Lock 1856; removed to London 1874, competed for the law
courts, built the City Temple 1874 and Inns of court hotel 1866;
architect to sir Titus Salt at Saltaire; author with A. H. Cates
of The history and antiquities of the fortifications to the city
of York 1834. _d._ Heron court, Richmond, Surrey 20 July 1878.
_The Builder 27 July 1878 p._ 788.
LOCKWOOD, MARK (son of Mr. Lockwood a farmer near Leeds).
_b._ 25 April 1798; employed by his uncle Benjamin Crosby of
Stationers’ hall court, London, bookseller 1812–14 and by his
successors Simpkin and Marshall 1814–35, admitted a partner with
them 1835, superintended the buying department and country trade
1839 to death; became the greatest book buyer in the world.
_d._ 16 Highbury place, Islington 23 Nov. 1857. _bur._ Highgate
cemetery 28 Nov. _G.M. iv_ 106 (1858).
LOCKYER, HENRY FREDERICK. _b._ 1797; ensign 71 foot 25 March
1813; lieut. 3 foot 1820, captain 1822; major 97 foot 26 June
1835, lieut.-col. 26 Oct. 1841 to 26 Oct. 1858; commanded forces
in Ceylon 1855–60; M.G. 26 Oct. 1858; K.H. 1837; C.B. 4 Feb.
1856; granted distinguished service reward 9 Feb. 1855. _d._ on
board steamship Ripon on his way home from Ceylon 30 Aug. 1860.
LOCKYER, THOMAS. _b._ Old Town, Croydon, Surrey 1 Nov. 1826; a
bricklayer; the best wicket keeper of his day, a hard hitter
with a wonderful eye, a round-arm fast bowler; first played at
Lord’s in Middlesex v. Surrey 20 May 1850; manager of the Surrey
county eleven and United England eleven matches; landlord of
Prince Albert inn, Mitcham road, Croydon 8 Feb. 1860 to 1863;
landlord of Sheldon Arms inn, Croydon 17 Nov. 1865 to death.
_d._ Sheldon Arms inn, Whitgift st. Croydon 22 Dec. 1869. _bur._
Ch. Ch. Broad Green, Croydon. _F. Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores_,
_iv_ 114 (1863); _Sporting Review_, _lxiii_ 11 (1870); _Illust.
sporting news_, _iii_ 329 (1864), _portrait_; _Illust. Times
10 Aug. 1861 p._ 93, _portrait_; _R. Daft’s Kings of cricket_
(1893) 36, _portrait_.
LOCOCK, SIR CHARLES, 1 Baronet (3 son of Henry Locock, M.D.
1763–1843). _b._ Northampton 21 April 1799; resident private
pupil of sir Benjamin Brodie in London; M.D. Edinb. 1821;
L.R.C.P. Lond. 1823, F.R.C.P. 1836, member of council 1840–2;
had the best practice in London as an obstetric physician;
physician to Westminster Lying-in hospital many years; fellow of
university of London 1836 to death; first physician accoucheur
to the Queen 1840–75, attended at birth of all her children;
created a baronet 5 May 1857; F.R.S.; pres. of Royal Med. and
Chir. Soc. 1857; discovered the efficacy of bromide of potassium
in epilepsy 1857; contested Isle of Wight 22 July 1865; D.C.L.
Oxf. 1868; resided 26 Hertford st. Mayfair, London. _d._
Binstead, Isle of Wight 23 July 1875. _bur._ Kensal Green cemet.
28 July. _Munk’s College of Physicians_, _iii_ 270 (1878);
_I.L.N. lxvii_ 119, 124, 239 (1875), _portrait_; _Graphic_,
_xii_ 123 (1875), _portrait_.
LOCOCK, SIDNEY (3 son of the preceding). _b._ 9 Hanover sq.
London 14 May 1834; unpaid attaché at Athens 7 May 1853;
secretary of legation in Japan 1865, at the Hague 1868;
secretary of embassy at Constantinople 1872; minister resident
and consul general to republics of Guatemala, Costa Rica,
Honduras, Nicaragua and Salvador 23 May 1874 to 12 Feb. 1881;
minister resident in Servia 16 April 1881; appointed envoy
extraord. and min. plenipo. to emperor of Brazil 11 Feb. 1885
but did not proceed. _d._ 22 Southwick st. Hyde park, London 30
Aug. 1885. _Foreign Office List_ (1886) 213.
LODER, EDWARD JAMES (eld. son of John David Loder, violinist
1788–1846). _b._ Bath 1813; pupil of Ferdinand Ries at Frankfort
1826–34; composed music for J. S. Arnold’s drama Nourjahad
produced at English opera house, London, July 1834; musical
director at Princess’s theatre about 1846–50, then conductor
at Manchester; composed the operas of The Dice of Death 1835,
The Foresters 1845, The Deerstalkers 1845, The Night Dancers
produced at Princess’s Oct. 1846, revived there 1850, and at
Covent Garden 1860; Raymond and Agnes produced at Manchester
1855 and at St. James’s theatre London 1859 and other operas;
published three sets of Songs 1837–8; his name is attached to
150 pieces of music; author of First principles of singing 1838;
The modern pianoforte tutor 18--, new ed. 1870. _d._ London 5
April 1865. _I.L.N. xxxiii_ 491 (1858), _portrait_.
NOTE.--He _m._ a dau. of the choral conductor at Covent Garden, she was
_b._ London 1813, ed. at R. Academy of music, went to U.S. of America
in 1840 and made her debut with Braham at a concert in the Tabernacle,
New York, Nov. 1840, sang for 8 seasons at the Old Philharmonic and
Assembly concert rooms taking soprano parts; a teacher of music and
singing 1870–80. _d._ New York 28 Feb. 1880.
LODER, _George_ (son of George Loder of Bath, flute-player).
_b._ Bath about 1816; resided at Baltimore, U.S. of America,
some years; musical director of Olympic theatre, New York
1839; principal of New York vocal institute 1844; conductor for
Anna Bishop at Adelaide 1856; conductor with Lyster’s opera
troupe; organist, vocalist, conductor and composer in London
1860; published in 1861 his comic operetta Pets of the Parterre,
which had been produced at Lyceum theatre; published his musical
entertainment The old house at home 1862; The New York glee book
1844 contains several part-songs by him; published The middle
voice 1860, 12 solfeggi, and various separate songs. _d._ the
hospital, Adelaide, S. Australia 15 July 1868.
LODER, GILES. _b._ 9 Oct. 1786; Russia merchant at 5 Adam’s
court, Old Broad st. City of London 1839; purchased estate of
Whittlebury, Northamptonshire, from Lord Southampton’s trustees
for £335,000. _d._ 1 Clarendon place, Hyde park gardens, London
19 Aug. 1871, personalty sworn under £3,000,000, 31 Aug. _I.L.N.
9 Sep. 1871 p._ 235.
LODER, JOHN FAWCETT (brother of Edward James Loder 1813–65).
_b._ 1812; orchestral leader and manager of concerts at Bath;
violinist in London, and leader of concerts and festivals;
played the viola in Dando’s quartet at Crosby hall, London
1842–53. _d._ Hawley crescent, London 16 April 1853. _Grove’s
Dict. of Music_, _i_ 429, _ii_ 159 (1879–80).
LODER, SIR ROBERT, 1 Baronet (son of Giles Loder 1786–1871).
_b._ 7 Aug. 1823; ed. Emmanuel coll. Camb.; inherited from his
father the income of nearly two and a half millions of money,
with power of appointment among his children, besides estates
1871; sheriff of Northampton 1877; M.P. Shoreham 1880–5; cr.
baronet 27 July 1887; had estates in England, Russia and Sweden;
a scientific farmer. _d._ Beach house, Worthing 27 May 1888,
leaving more than £2,500,000 personalty.
LODGE, ROBERT JOHN. _b._ April 1810; manager of Marine Insurance
Co. 1839–88; salved from wreck of Royal Charter in 1859 £322,103
at a cost of 5⅓ per cent., and from the wreck of the Alfonso
XII. in 1885 £90,000 from a depth of 26⅔ fathoms, these and
other successes revolutionized the premium rate on specie;
presented with a farewell address signed by 20 marine insurance
companies and 60 members of Lloyd’s 1888; treasurer of Highgate
literary and scientific institution. _d._ 7 The Grove, Highgate
1 April 1893.
LODWICK, PETER. Entered Bombay army 1799; lieut. marine
battalion 26 May 1800, captain 23 May 1811; captain 11 N.I.
1818; lieut.-col. 6 N.I. 182- to 1829 or 1830; lieut.-col.
3 N.I. 1829 or 1830 to 1831; lieut.-col. 4 N.I. 1831 to 18
April 1833; lieut.-col. 11 N.I. 18 April 1833 to 1835 or 1836;
lieut.-col. 20 N.I. 1835 or 1836 to 28 June 1838; col. 16 N.I.
9 Nov. 1840 to 1869; general 25 Jany. 1861. _d._ Bagnéres de
Bigorre, France 28 Aug. 1873. _Report of proceedings in case
of The King, on the prosecution of J. Asplin v. Lodwick for a
libel_ 1810.
LOEWE, LOUIS. _b._ of Jewish parents at Zülz Prussian Silesia
1809; ed. at univ. of Berlin, Ph. D.; travelled in the East
1836–9; lecturer on oriental languages to Duke of Sussex 1839;
went to the East 13 times as secretary with sir Moses Montefiore
1839–74; principal of Jews’ College, Finsbury sq. London 1856;
opened a Jewish boarding school at Brighton 1858; naturalised
in England 12 July 1862; principal of the Judith theological
college at Ramsgate 1868–88; member of Numismatic Soc. 27 Feb.
1845 and a contributor to the Chronicle 1856 etc.; translated
J. B. Levinsohn’s Efés Dammim Conversations at Jerusalem 1841;
author of A dictionary of the Circassian language 1854; edited
Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore 2 vols. 1890. _d._ 53
Warwick road, Maida hill, London 5 Nov. 1888. _Morais’s Eminent
Israelites_ (1880) 208–11; _Numismatic Chronicle 3 Series vol.
ix Proceedings_ 22–3 (1889).
LOFFT, CAPEL (4 son of Capel Lofft, miscellaneous writer
1751–1824). _b._ Troston hall, Suffolk 19 Feb. 1806; ed. at Eton
1814–25, and King’s coll. Camb., fellow to 1837, Craven univ.
scholar 1827, B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832; barrister M.T. 6 June 1834;
author of Self-Formation, or the history of an individual mind.
By A fellow of a college 2 vols. 1837; Ernest 1839, anon., a
poem, 2 ed. with title of Ernest the rule of right 1868; New
Testament, suggestions for reformation of Greek text. By R. E.
Storer (_i.e._ Restorer) 1868; published at New York in 1861 an
edition of the Self-Communion of Marcus Antoninus, with notes.
_d._ at his estate Millmead in Virginia, U.S. of A. 1 Oct. 1873.
LOFTHOUSE, MARY (dau. of Thomas B. W. Forster of Holt Manor,
Wiltshire, landscape painter). _b._ 1853; water-colour painter;
her pictures were exhibited at the exhibition of lady artists,
Great Marlborough st. London; exhibited 4 landscapes at R.A.
1876–80; an associate of Royal Soc. of painters in water-colours
1884; (_m._ 3 June 1884 Samuel Hill Smith Lofthouse, barrister
L.I. 7 June 1869). _d._ Elmbank, Lower Halliford-on-Thames 2 May
1885.
LOFTUS, ARTHUR JOHN (only son of Arthur Loftus, captain R.N.)
_b._ 1817; ensign 97 foot 15 Dec. 1840; lieut. 10 royal hussars
1 May 1846; captain 18 hussars 26 Feb. 1858, sold out 21 Sep.
1860; Lucknow medal and clasp 1857; gentleman usher to the queen
1878–83; keeper of the crown jewels 23 April 1883 to death. _d._
Brighton 3 Sep. 1891.
LOFTUS, FERRARS (4 son of general Wm. Loftus, lieut. of Tower
of London). _b._ 24 June 1798; ensign grenadier guards 1815,
captain 27 Dec. 1833, sold out 1840; colonel 3 West York militia
25 April 1870 to death. _d._ Tyringham, Bucks. 9 Oct. 1877.
LOFTUS, GEORGE WILLIAM (2 son of 2 marquess of Ely 1770–1845).
_b._ 11 May 1815; ed. at Harrow; 2 lieut. rifle corps 22 June
1833; ensign grenadier guards 12 Sep. 1834, sold out 1839;
fought a duel with lord Harley, afterwards Earl of Oxford, at
Boulogne 10 Dec. 1839, they exchanged shots without effect;
bankrupt 2 May 1862 and 9 April 1867. _d._ Nice, France 19 Jany.
1877. _Montagu Williams’s Leaves of a life_ (1891) 2–4.
LOFTUS, WILLIAM FRANCIS BENTINCK (brother of Ferrars Loftus
1798–1877). _b._ 17 Aug. 1784; cornet 15 dragoons 30 Aug. 1799,
captain 20 April 1804; major 38 foot 9 April 1807 to 25 Dec.
1814 when placed on h.p.; colonel 50 foot 11 April 1851 to
death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. _d._ Chacombe priory, Northamptonshire
13 Sep. 1852. _G.M. xxxviii_ 635 (1852).
LOFTUS, WILLIAM JAMES (eld. son of the preceding). _b._ 7 Jany.
1822; ensign 38 foot 9 Nov. 1838, lieut.-col. 16 Jany. 1863,
placed on h.p. 22 Dec. 1863; served in North America and the
West Indies 1840–51; present at the Alma, at Inkerman, and in
siege of Sebastopol, Crimean medal with 3 clasps; served in
Indian mutiny, in siege and capture of Lucknow, Indian medal
with clasps 1857; C.B. 24 May 1873; general on the retired list
July 1881. _d._ Birtley Bramley, Guildford 29 March 1887.
LOFTUS, WILLIAM KENNETT. _b._ Rye, Sussex about 1821; ed. at
Newcastle gr. sch., at Twickenham, and Caius coll. Camb. 1840;
secretary to Newcastle Natural history soc.; geologist on staff
of sir W. F. Williams on Turco-Persian frontier commission
1849–52; sent out to Babylon and Nineveh by Assyrian excavation
fund 1853, returned 1855 with collections of tablets, &c. now
in British Museum; issued a volume of Lithograph facsimilies
of cuneiform inscriptions from 1852; author of Travels and
researches in Chaldea and Susiana, with account of excavations
at Nimrod and Shúsh 1857. _d._ on board the Tyburnia on his way
to England from Rangoon, Nov. 1858.
LOGAN, ALEXANDER STUART (son of minister of Relief church, St.
Ninians, Stirlingshire). _b._ St. Ninians 1810; ed. Glasgow
and Edinb. universities; advocate at Scottish bar 1835; senior
advocate depute Dec. 1853; sheriff of Forfarshire 4 Feb. 1854 to
death; held many briefs at bar of General Assembly; author of
On Robert Burns, an address, and Judas the Betrayer, a poetical
fragment 1871. _d._ 12 York place, Edinburgh 2 Feb. 1862, marble
bust in Court buildings, Dundee. _Norrie’s Dundee celebrities_
(1873) 207–8.
LOGAN, ARCHIBALD SPIERS. _b._ 1802; entered Madras army 1819;
lieut. 47 Madras N.I. 182-, captain 11 Sep. 1832; captain 33
N.I. 1835, lieut.-col. 7 Aug. 1846 to 1855; lieut.-col. of 15
N.I. 1855 to 24 Oct. 1858; commandant at Vellore 14 March 1856
to 1858; col. of 45 N.I. 9 Oct. 1860 to 1869; L.G. 25 June 1870.
_d._ Elm bank, Malvern 10 May 1873.
LOGAN, GEORGE. Entered Madras army 1819; captain 41 Madras N.I.
27 Jany. 1831, major 19 Sep. 1843 to 6 Oct. 1851; lieut.-col. of
2 European regiment 6 Oct. 1851 to 1853 and 1854–5; lieut.-col.
of 41 N.I. 1855–60, of 6 N.I. 1860 to 31 Dec. 1861; retired M.G.
31 Dec. 1861. _d._ Eastbourne terrace, Hyde park, London 4 Nov.
1870.
LOGAN, JAMES (son of a merchant). _b._ Aberdeen about 1794; ed.
at gr. sch. and Marischal college, Aberdeen; his reading ticket
at British museum dated from 1821; a journalist in London,
afterwards clerk in an architect’s office; made a pedestrian
tour in Scotland 1826; a transcriber on catalogue of British
museum Dec. 1838 to July 1840; secretary of Highland society
of London several years; wrote much in Transactions of the
Gaelic society of London, of which he was the Father; a brother
of the Charterhouse, London, expelled 1866; F.S.A.; author of
The Scottish Gael or Celtic manners as preserved among the
Highlanders 2 vols. 1831, 2 ed. 1876; Gaelic gatherings or the
highlanders at home 1848; and of the letterpress to R. R. Mac
Ian’s The clans of the Scottish Highlands 2 vols. 1843–9, new
ed. 1857. _d._ London, April 1872. _James Logan’s Scottish
Gael_, _new ed._ (1876) _memoir pp. ix–xx_; _R. Cowtan’s
Memories of the British Museum_ (1872) 310–11.
LOGAN, JAMES RICHARDSON. Went to the Straits Settlements about
1835; settled at Penang, Prince of Wales’s Island; started at
Singapore in 1847 the Journal of the Indian Archipelago and
Eastern Asia, which he edited for about 10 years; started and
edited the Penang Gazette; notary public of supreme court of
Prince of Wales’s Island; a member of Asiatic Society. _d._
Penang 20 Oct. 1869.
LOGAN, ROBERT ABRAHAM (son of Patrick Logan, captain 57 foot).
_b._ 26 July 1824; ensign 41 foot 26 Oct. 1841; ensign 57 foot
19 Nov. 1841, lieut.-col. 24 April 1872, placed on h.p. 26 July
1876; commanded 57 foot in New Zealand war 1861, took the Maori
Pah 1863; commanded brigade depots 49 and 50 at Hounslow 1877;
M.G. 1 July 1881; placed on retired list with hon. rank of L.G.
6 May 1882; C.B. 5 July 1865. _d._ 28 Glen Eldon road, Streatham
near London 27 Jany. 1890.
LOGAN, WILLIAM (son of a customer weaver). _b._ Damhead near
Hamilton, Lanarkshire 1813; a loom weaver; a district missionary
in St. Giles’, London, then in Leeds, Rochdale 1840, Glasgow,
again at Rochdale and at Bradford; established a temperance
dining room, the profits of which he distributed to the poor;
attended persons stricken with fever; great friend of David Gray
of Luggie the poet, and the soother of his dying hours 1861;
the friend of Janet Hamilton the poet of Coatbridge, who _d._
1873; author of An exposure of female prostitution in London,
Leeds and Rochdale 1843; The moral statistics of Glasgow 1849;
Words of comfort for parents bereaved of little children 1861,
8 ed. 1874; The great social evil 1871; The early heroes of the
temperance reformation 1873. _d._ Glasgow 16 Sep. 1879. _W. C.
Maclehouse’s Memoirs of one hundred Glasgow men_, _ii_ 177–8
(1886), _portrait_.
LOGAN, SIR WILLIAM EDMOND (2 son of Wm. Logan, baker, _d._
1841). _b._ Montreal 20 April 1798; ed. at high sch. and univ.
of Edinb.; in counting-house of his uncle Hart Logan in London
1818–29; manager of copper-smelting works at Swansea 1831–8;
demonstrated the important fact that the stratum of clay
underlying coal-beds was the soil in which the coal vegetation
grew; director of the geological survey of Canada 1842–70;
discovered the Eozoon Canadense, the earliest known life, in
Laurentian strata 1858; Canadian comr. at Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862, and at Paris exhibition 1855; F.R.S. 5 June
1851, royal medallist 1867; received cross of Legion of Honour
1855; Wollaston medallist of Geological Soc. 1856; knighted at
Buckingham palace 30 Jany. 1856; founded at cost of 20,000
dollars the Logan chair of geology in McGill university,
Montreal 1872; D.C.L. of Lennoxville univ. 1855; LL.D. of
McGill univ. 1856; F.G.S. 1837; F.R.S. Edinb. 1861; author with
T. S. Hunt of A sketch of the geology of Canada 1856. _d._
Castle Malgwin, Pembrokeshire 22 June 1875. _bur._ Llechryd
church, Cardiganshire. _B. J. Harrington’s Life of W. E. Logan.
Montreal_ (1883), _portrait_; _Morgan’s Bibliotheca Canadensis_
(1867) 228–34; _Quarterly journal of geol. soc. xxxii_ 76–80
(1876); _Wallich’s Eminent men of the day_ (1870), _portrait
ix_; _I.L.N. xviii_ 487–8 (1851), _portrait_.
LOGAN, WILLIAM HUGH (son of a writer to the signet). Apprentice
to a bank in Edinb.; manager of a bank at Berwick-on-Tweed;
banker at Berwick; twice mayor of Berwick; sheriff; supplied
Mr. R. H. Wyndham with all his occasional addresses, dramas
and burlesques for theatre royal, Edinb.; edited Edinburgh
theatrical and musical review, numbers 5 to 34 the last 1835;
writer of Le Bas Bleu, farce, T.R. Edinb. 30 March 1836; Rummio
and Judy, burlesque 183-; Absent without leave, farce, Strand
theatre, London 1837; Babes in the wood, pantomime, Queen’s
theatre, Edinb. 19 Dec. 1859; Shadows, farce, Queen’s theatre,
Edinb. 1862 and many other pieces; author of Memoir of Archibald
Maclaren, dramatist. Edinb. 1835, anon.; The Scottish banker
1839, 3 ed. 1847; On the law and practice of bills of exchange;
and of a short-lived serial called The dramatic spectator. By
Poz, Quiz and Co. Edinb. 1837; edited Fragmenta Scoto-Dramatica
1715–1758. Edinb. 1835, anon.; A Pedlar’s pack of ballads and
songs. Edinb. 1869. _d._ Jany. 1883. _R. Inglis’s Dramatic
writers of Scotland_ (1868) 66–8; _J. C. Dibdin’s Edinburgh
stage_ (1888) 34, 474, 478.
LOGIE, WILLIAM. _b._ Kirkwall 23 Feb. 1786; presbyterian
minister Ladykirk 1811–24; minister of Kirkwall 1824 to death;
D.D. of Edinb. univ. March 1854; author of God sending and
withdrawing the pestilence 1832; Sermons on the services of the
church, with memoir and portrait. Lond. 1857. _d._ Kirkwall 5
Sep. 1856.
LOGIN, SIR JOHN SPENCER (eld. son of John Login of Stromness,
Orkney). _b._ Stromness 9 Nov. 1809; ed. at univ. of Edinb.,
M.D. 1831; surgeon to Bengal horse artillery 1832, to the
Nizam’s army 1834, in Afghan campaign 1838 and in mission to
Herat 1839; surgeon British residency, Lucknow; postmaster in
Oude, superintendent of hospitals to king of Oude 1841; in
Punjaub army 1848–9, in charge of treasuries of Sikh government,
the citadel of Lahore, the post office in the Punjaub; guardian
of maharajah Duleep Singh 1849 to 1858; surgeon 17 April 1848,
retired 18 April 1858; knighted at Windsor castle 14 Nov. 1854;
resided 5 Lancaster gate, Hyde park, London. _d._ Felixstowe,
Suffolk 18 Oct. 1863. _Sir John Login and Duleep Singh_ (1890),
_portrait_.
LOGIN, THOMAS. _b._ Stromness, Orkney 1823; in public works
department India 1844, engaged in construction of Ganges canal
1847–54; executive engineer of the Darjeeling roads 1857;
superintending engineer at Umballa 1870; author of papers on
Benefit of irrigation in India and on construction of irrigating
canals, for which he received Telford premium from Instit. of
Civil engineers; F.R.S. Edinb. 1857; M.I.C.E. 19 May 1868. _d._
while inspecting the Thibet road in the Punjaub 5 June 1874.
_Proc. of Royal Soc. of Edinb. ix_ 205 (1878).