INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Le Geyt.
year. Address: 17, Nightingale Road, Calcutta, India.
Lehna Singh, Rana of Manasawal. (See Manasawal.)
Leigh, Lieut-Colonel Henry Percy Poingdestre, C.I.E., (1833); U.S.L., (1907); Indian Army (retired); b. Jamaica. 1851; s. of late Col. Henry Leigh of the 98th Regt.; m. Annie, d. of late W. R. Maxwell of 95th Regt., 1879; educ: privately and at R.M.C. Woolwich; joined Royal Artillery, 1871; Indian Staff Corps, 1877; served in 2nd and 16th Bengal Cavalry; entered the Punjab Commission, 1879; special duty in Kurrum Valley, 1880; Political Officer, 1st and 2nd Miranzai Expeditions, 1891; was a Commissioner in the Punjab. Clubs: Junior United Service, Bath. Address: c/o India Office, London.
Lely, Sir Frederic Styles Philpin, K.C.I.E., (1905); C.S.I., (1901); b. 1846; s. of late Rev. M. Philpin of Alcester; m. Helen; d. of Rev. Dr. James Mitchell of Poona; educ: Regent's Park College and Pembroke College, Oxford; joined I.C.S., 1869; was Assistant Collector and Magistrate, Talukdari Settlement Officer and Administrator of Sachia State, successively; Administrator of Porbunder State, 1886; Member of Commission to enquire into the working of the Agriculturists’ Relief Act, 1891; Collector and Magistrate, Surat, 1892; Additional Member of the Council of Bombay, since 1899; Member, Imperial Legislative Council, 1903; Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces, 1904; retired, 1905; Member of Royal Commission on Decentralisation, 1907-8; contested (L.) Sevenoaks Division, Kent, 1910. Pubiication: Suggestions for the better governing of India. Address: Sevenoaks, Kent. Club: Albemarle.
LeMesurier, Havilland, C.I.E. (1903); C.S.I., (1910); educ: Rugby; Balliol College, Oxford: entered I.C.S., 1884; Assistant Commissioner, Assam; Assistant Magistrate and Collector, Bengal, 1832; Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector, 1833; Magistrate and Collector, Bengal, 1837; Commissioner, Dacca, 1906; Chief Secretary to Government of Bengal, 1903; Chief Secretary to the Government of Bihar and Orisa, 1912. Address: Rangoon, Patna, Bengal. India.
Leutaigne, Captain E. C., Private Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor, Burma; b. 1881; joined service, 1909; promoted to present rank, 1913. Address: Burma.
Le Rossignal, Walter Aubin, I.C.S., Judge, Ambala, Punjab; educ: Victoria College, Jersey, and Exter College, Oxford; passed I.C.S. Exanunation, 1831; joined I.C.S. in the Punjab as Assistant Commissioner, 1833; became District and Sessions Judge, 1903; Temporary Additional Judge, Chief Court, Punjab, since October 1914. Address: Lahore, Punjab, India.
Leslie, Sir Bradford, K.C.I.E., (1887), designer and builder of bridges in Bengal; b. 1831; s. of late Charles R. Leslie, B.A.; m. Mary Jane Eliza (d. 1886); Fellow of Calcutta University; Officer de 'l instruction
