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        GB 0064 LEW · Collection · 1779-1782

        Papers of Cpt Thomas Lewis, consisting of correspondence with Lord Sandwich concerning Lewis's attempts to obtain promotion, 1779 to 1782, orders relating to ships' administration, 1780, and orders relating to the Romney, 1782. There are also notes and an account of the Carlisle Commission.

        Lewis , Thomas , 1742-1795 , Captain
        Lewis, Owen
        GB 0096 MS 946 · 1933-1944

        Account written by Owen Lewis, clerk of the Cooperative Society, about his friendship with Thomas Sturge Moore, writer and wood-engraver, [1933-1944].

        Lewis , Owen , fl 1933-1944 , clerk of the Cooperative Society
        GB 1556 WL 645 · 1861-1950

        Personal papers of Charlotte Lewin and her father, Louis Lewin, 1861-1950, including papers of Louis Lewin comprising school leaving, marriage and death certificates, testimonials and other papers; and personal papers of Charlotte Lewin including various certificates and testimonials, correspondence and other papers.

        Lewin , Charlotte , b 1892 , teacher
        GB 0064 LVG · Collection · 1893-1928

        Papers of Osbert Charles Gresham Leveson-Gower, including letters home, circulars and telegrams bound into five volumes, 1893 to 1908, and loose letters to Miss Leveson-Gower, 1919 to 1928. There are also two logs, 1905 to 1908.

        Gower , Osbert Charles Gresham , Leveson- , 1888-1968 , Commander
        GB 0120 MSS.3245-3249, 5370 · 1766-1812

        Personal papers and correspondence of John Coakley Lettsom, 1766-1812, including medical papers and pamphlets by Lettsom, newspaper cuttings relating to him, or subjects that interested him. Letters from various correspondents, mainly from the medical profession. The papers reflect his primary interests in 'Quacks and Quackery', clinical medicine, pathology, materia medica, variolation and vaccination. Many relate to the business of the Medical Society of London, of which Lettsom was President. There is also a fragment of an autobiography of his life as a as a student, MS.3245.

        Lettsom , John Coakley , 1744-1815 , physician and botanist
        LETHBRIDGE FAMILY
        GB 0074 E/LET · Collection · 1608-1938

        Records of the Lethbridge family relating to their estates in Southwark and the City of London, including the Manor of Paris Garden.

        Various.
        Lenwood, Frank
        GB 0102 CWM/LMS Home Personal Boxes 7-9 · c1870-1959
        Part of COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION

        Correspondence and papers, c1870-1959, of and relating to Frank Lenwood, including papers and correspondence, c1870-1920, concerning his parents Walter and Charlotte Lenwood; his early essays and press cuttings about him, c1881-1910; letters to his parents and correspondence about his schooling, 1882-1895; letters received from various correspondents, 1893-1933; printed circulars and personal letters from Lenwood and his wife Gertrude from trips to London Missionary Society (LMS) missions in China, India, Benares, the South Seas and Papua, 1906-1916, 1922; letters to various correspondents on religious and personal matters, 1916-1934, including his connection with Greengate Congregational Church; notebooks relating to preaching, 1926-1934 and undated; working papers on the `Oxford Group' movement, c1931-1933; copies of his articles and pamphlets, 1900-1933; copy of An order for the Solemnization of Matrimony ... with an order for the Burial of the Dead, undated, with annotations by Lenwood, 1900-1934 where dated; extracts from his diaries and letters, 1893-1935, for the use of his biographer, and reviews of the biography, 1936-1937; correspondence about the disposal of his books and papers, 1959.

        Lenwood , Frank , 1874-1934 , Congregational minister and missionary
        GB 0074 ACC/0159 · Collection · 1708-1827

        Records relating to property, acquired by the solicitors in the course of their work. The records include mortgages, leases, lease and releases, fines, assignments of term, copies from baptism, marriage and burial registers, extracts from wills and correspondence; mainly relating to properties and persons in East Bedfont, but also Hatton, Heston, Egham, Leckhampstead, New Windsor, Wraysbury, Aldgate, and West Ham, 1708-1827.

        Lehman, Chapman and Harrison , solicitors
        LEGGE FAMILY
        GB 0074 F/LEG · Collection · 1770-1885

        Records of the Legge family, earls of Dartmouth, including letters to the Countess of Dartmouth (Lady Frances Legg?) from her children and family members, 1809-1836; letters from Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, and her household, 1828-1856 (Lady Caroline Legg was lady-in-waiting to the Duchess); general family letters, 1820-1856; diaries and travel diaries (Italy and Germany) of Lady Caroline Legg, 1815-1836; papers of Lt Col Edward Legge including correspondence, travel diaries (Switzerland, Crimea, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Germany, France, Italy), 1853-1877; military notes, army diary and papers concerning service in the Coldstream Guards, 1855-1875, note books and memoranda books, undated; papers taken from Afghan commander Ayub Khan's camp at Kandahar, 1880.

        The collection also includes notes on the history of the Legge family, some letters and scrap-books relating to other members of the family; and other papers relating to Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, including letters to her from Queen Victoria, Leopold King of the Belgians, and the Duke of Wellington, 1839-1841.

        Legge , family , Earls of Dartmouth
        LEE, Shui-wai (fl 1966-1971)
        GB 0074 LMA/4500 · Collection · 1966-1971

        Papers of Shui-wai Lee relating to her nursing training and permission to work in Britain.

        Lee , Shui-wai , fl 1966-1971 , nurse and lecturer
        GB 0074 ACC/1553 · Collection · 1868-1929

        Papers, 1868-1929, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Bethnal Green and Upper Holloway including sales particulars, leases, deeds of covenant and probate of will.

        Lee, Bygott and Ecclestone , solicitors
        LEE FAMILY
        GB 0074 ACC/0184 · Collection · 1788-1859

        Letters of the Lee family, comprising letter from Thomas Martyn to Sir William Lee of Aylesbury thanking him for having recommended him for the living of Edgware, 1788; letter to the Morning Herald newspaper regarding the building of almshouses at Edgware by Charles Day, probably written by Philadelphia Lee, 1828; and letter from Thomas Wall, vicar of Edgware, to John Lee, lord of manor of Edgware Boys, 1859.

        Various.
        GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP119 Leathes · [1350-1863]

        Collection comprises correspondence with Philip Hammersley Leathes, manuscript papers, diaries, devotionals, dictionaries and pedigree rolls, title deeds and indentures, printed books and pamphlets, catalogues and the manuscripts of the architect, John Carter, [1350-1863]. Notably including correspondence from George Nayler of the College of Arms and Nicholas Carlisle, Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries, relating to publications of the Society, discoveries of antique brass plate, and the exchange of manuscripts between antiquaries, [1790-1838]; loose manuscript papers collected by Leathes, describing ornamentation in early printed devotionals, a fictional narrative entitled 'The amorous Jill: A tale', narrative of the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, notes relating to the observation of comets, including the comet of 1811, copies of charters of the reigns of Edward IV and Henry VII, papers relating to the Portland Vase, British Museum, fragments describing inscription on newly discovered brass plate, 1747-1829; pedigree rolls tracing the lineage of the English Crown, [1450, 1762]; manuscript volumes including collection of biblical extracts, liturgical handbook, autograph book with colour illustrations, antiquarian ephemera such as funeral memorials, armorials and the creation of nobles, volume by Francis Harrison entitled, 'The elements of navigation' with colour charts, tables and illustrations, dictionaries of Celtic and Saxon words, notes on the teaching of mathematics, commonplace book drawing on ancient and modern authors, manuscript diary including progress of architectural tour of Europe; title deeds and indentures for families in Nottingham, Southampton, London and Hungerford, residency certificates in Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, 1650-1751; printed books and pamphlets on the subjects of antiquarianism, genealogy and architecture, 1778-1853; manuscripts of John Carter, architect, acquired at his death in 1817 by his executor, Leathes, notably including autobiographical notebooks by Carter describing architectural subjects and tours, commonplace book, correspondence with Leathes, loose notes on linguistics and the ships of the Russia Company, obituaries of Carter and sale catalogue from his estate, 1700-1818; manuscript catalogues and display captions relating to the Leathes' papers, King's College London, 1819, 1837.

        Leathes , Philip Hammersley , [1770]-1838 , antiquarian
        GB 0100 KCLCA LEH/R & LEH/IN · 1939-1942, 1946

        Leatherhead Emergency Hospital in-patients registers, 1939-1942, 1946, (LEH/R1-2); Leatherhead Emergency Hospital index of patients admitted, 1942, (LEH/IN1).

        Leatherhead Emergency Hospital
        GB 0099 KCLMA Leakey · Created 1963, 1969, [1991]

        Papers relating to his life and career, 1915-1991, dated 1963, 1969 and [1991], principally comprising 'Nine lives, a soldier's story', a typescript memoir covering the period 1915-1991, including his service in North Africa and the Western Desert, 1939-1942 and 1943, the Middle East, 1942-1943 and 1954-1956, Normandy, 1944, and France, Belgium and Germany, 1945-1947, and hiswork as Director General of Fighting Vehicles, 1964-1966, and General Officer Commanding, Malta and Libya, 1967-1968, written in [1991].

        Untitled
        Lazerme, Jacques (1676-1756)
        GB 0120 MSS.3192-3197 and 3199-3202 · 1729-c 1755

        Notes of lectures of Jacques Lazerme, physician, 1729-c 1755.

        Lazerme , Jacques , 1676-1756 , lecturer and physician
        GB 0114 MS0020 · c1817-1860

        Papers of Sir William Lawrence, c1817-1860, comprising an account of patients admitted into the London Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye, (cases under Lawrence and Tyrell), 1817-1825; notes of hospital cases; notes used for delivery of lectures in surgery; notes and papers, including addresses made at St Bartholomew's Hospital; notes for lectures in ophthalmic surgery; notes and papers relating to comparative anatomy and physiology; notes of hospital cases; notes on surgical subjects; commonplace book containing case notes on his patients; lecture on ophthalmic surgery; case notes on ophthalmic patients of Lawrence and Travers.

        Lawrence , Sir , William , 1783-1867 , 1st Baronet , surgeon
        GB 0064 LAU · Collection · [1900-1937]

        Papers of Leonard G Carr Laughton, consisting of mainly notebooks, both in his hand and that of his father's, containing their research at the Public Record Office, British Museum and other repositories, relating to various aspects of nautical history. Among these are notes on Nelson, extracts from Pepys' diary and notes for articles on HMS VICTORY. There are also blueprints used in the restoration of HMS VICTORY, together with the Technical Committee minutes of meetings, 1927-8 and the Advisory Committee minutes, 1929. There are a series of notes on lectures given by Professor Sir John Knox Laughton, including those given at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich in the early 1900s. The collection contains a typed copy of L G Carr Laughton's 'Nautical Dictionary'; a card index for Dictionary of National Biography entries; a number of albums containing newspaper cuttings; and various correspondence including letters with Dr R C Anderson, 1925-37. Finally, there are some manuscripts written by others including Harold H Brindley and a copy of a personal logbook kept by Dudley Stone on board the ship MONKBARNS, 1913, Buenos Ayres to Australia.

        Laughton , Leonard G Carr , d 1956 , historian
        GB 0113 MS-LATHP · 1838-1871 (1838-1839; 1871)

        Latham's papers, 1838-1871, include his casebook, 1838-39, and his lectures on fever and the pulse, in his hand, 1871.

        Latham , Peter Mere , 1789-1875 , physician
        LATHAM (FIRST LORD)
        GB 0074 LMA/4062 · Collection · 1913-1970

        Records of Lord Charles Latham, leader of the London County Council, consisting of reports, papers, correspondence, notebooks and diaries including photographs and press cuttings belonging to Lord Latham.

        Latham , Charles , 1888-1970 , 1st baron Latham , local government official
        LARMITE FAMILY
        GB 0074 ACC/0343 · Collection · 1716-1897

        Records of the Larmite family relating to premises in Finchley. Documents include conveyances, lease and releases, abstracts of title, wills and probates, bargain and sales, mortgages, feoffment and papers relating to enclosure.

        Various.
        GB 0099 KCLMA Langlands · Created [1957-1977], 1984, [1985], 1988

        Copies of papers relating to his service in the Indian Army, 1918-1947, dated [1957-1977], 1984, [1985], 1988, principally comprising typescript notes for a talk on the Pakistani-Afghan border, 1957; a typescript account of his service with the Gurkha Rifles, North West Frontier, India, 1921-1923, written in [1957-1977]; 'A Gurkha in Rajputana', a typescript account of his servicein the Indian Army, 1930-1935, written in [1977]; 'Last days of the Raj', a typescript account of his experiences in India in 1947, written in [1985]; 'Mutiny in the Himalaya', a typescript text concerning the attempted mutiny of the state army of Chamba, India in 1926, [1926].

        Untitled
        GB 1556 WL 1433 · Collection · 1933-1941

        Papers of Felix Langer, 1933-1941, comprise three volumes of diaries plus enclosures. The diaries contain mostly sparse notes often barely legible. A large part of the content relates to books.

        Langer , Felix , 1889-1980 , journalist and author
        GB 0074 CLC/472 · Collection · 1847-1887

        Records of Richard Stuart Lane, Baltic shipping agent and merchant, comprising: letter books 1858-68, note book on foreign clients 1856, private diaries 1875-82 and correspondence and accounts 1847-87.

        Lane , Richard Stuart , fl 1847-1887 , merchant
        LANDSELL, Howard (1923-1990)
        GB 0074 ACC/3214 · Collection · 1934-1990

        Papers of Howard Lansell relating to Hampton Grammar School, including school prospectus, 1934; school reports, 1939; school photograph, 1938; The Lion school magazine, 1936-1990 (with some gaps); and papers relating to the Old Hamptonian Association, 1939-1990. Also school photograph for Twickenham County School, 1947.

        Hampton Grammar School x Hampton School
        LMA/4157 · Collection · 1938-1943

        Marriage registers for Lancaster Road, Congregational Church, Enfield, 1938-1943.

        Congregational Church of England and Wales
        GB 0099 KCLMA Lampen · [1978]

        Photocopy of typescript draft of 'Naval reminiscences, 1941-1944' covering his service in the Mediterranean, 1941 and 1943, notably the Battle of Crete, May 1941, and in the Arctic Ocean, 1942-1943, and his role in the construction of the Mulberry harbours, Normandy, 1944, written in [1978].

        Untitled
        LAMBETH, SURREY (MANOR)
        GB 0074 CLC/172 · Collection · 1685-1813

        Papers of the Manor of Lambeth, Surrey, comprising admission of tenant to land on Norwood Common, and entries in the tenants' court books of the manors of Lambeth and Croydon.

        Manor of Lambeth , Surrey
        LAMBETH HOSPITAL
        F/WAL · Collection · 1893-1944

        Papers relating to Lambeth Infirmary, later Lambeth Hospital, presented by Norah B. Wallis, Matron, 1919-1945, including dietary plans, notes on 'Training to become a nurse in 1906', hospital notices, statistics, reports, architectural plans, articles and photographs of wards and staff.

        Renfrew Road Workhouse , 1871-1922 x Lambeth Infirmary , 1876-1922 x Lambeth Hospital , 1922-1964
        LAM, Yee-Moon (b 1916)
        GB 0074 LMA/4508 · Collection · 1961-1981

        Passports (British and Hong Kong) belonging to Yee Moon Lam, merchant.

        Lam , Yee Moon , b 1916 , merchant
        LAM, Tom (fl 1970-2008)
        GB 0074 LMA/4502 · Collection · 1968-2007

        Personal papers of Tom Lam, charity worker, including photograph of students at the School for Chinese in Vietnam; edition of Chinese poetry; scroll of Chinese calligraphic work; magazines and journals.

        Lam , Tom , fl 1970-2008 , charity worker
        LAM, Ting Kau (fl 1935-2008)
        GB 0074 LMA/4505 · Collection · 1960

        Personal papers of Ting Kau Lam, restaurant owner, comprising passport and transcript of oral history My Life in London.

        Lam , Ting Kau , fl 1935-2008 , restaurant owner
        LAKE FAMILY
        GB 0074 ACC/0138 · Collection · 1663-1793

        Records of the Lake family relating to a property in Hounslow, called the Longhouse, including extracts from court rolls for the Manor of Twickenham; bonds; agreements; and receipts for quit rent.

        Various.
        GB 0074 P92/LDM · Collection · 1884-1977

        Papers of Lady Margaret Church, Chatham Street, Walworth including registers of baptisms, banns and marriages; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial records; church services registers; papers of church clubs and societies; faculties; a history of the church; and parish magazines.

        Lady Margaret Church, Walworth , Church of England
        GB 0099 KCLMA Kuhn-Regnier · Created 1942-1945

        Photocopies of papers relating to his internment as a POW in Thailand, 1942-1945, principally comprising diary of events in Tamnan Camp 25-27 Aug 1945; sketches of life in a Thai POW camp, 1942-1945; diary describing his evacuation from the camp and voyage back to the UK, 1945; newspaper cuttings relating to POWs in South East Asia, 1944-1945; map of the area betweenBangkok and Rangoon, 1945

        Untitled
        KNOTT AND LEGG FAMILIES
        GB 0074 ACC/2799 · Collection · 1849-1933

        Records of the Knott and Legg families including papers relating to the naval service of Stephen Knott, 1849-1905; marriage and death certificates, 1858-1933; burial records and undertakers' bills, 1905-1912; paying-in books, 1897-1923; and family photographs.

        Various.
        GB 0120 GC/85 · 1910-1918

        Papers relating to Montague Knapp's service as Fleet Surgeon, Senior Medical Officer to XI Destroyer Flotilla, HMS Blake, 1915-1917; medical records (largely relating to syphilis), 1910-1917; documents from German naval surgeon; photographs.

        Knapp , Montague Henry , 1867-1952 , Surgeon-Captain
        KITTO, MAUD
        GB 0074 F/KTO · Collection · 1881-1885

        Records of Maud Kitto, school teacher, mainly lesson notebooks and testimonials.

        Kitto , Maud , fl 1881-1887 , schoolteacher
        GB 0099 KCLMA Kirkman · Created 1943-1945, 1968

        Typescript official correspondence relating to Allied operations in Italy, 1944-1945, between Kirkman, General Officer Commanding 13 Corps, and Lt Gen Sir Oliver (William Hargreaves) Leese, 3rd Bt, General Officer Commanding 8 Army, Mar-Oct 1944, Lt Gen Sir John Harding, Chief of Staff, Allied Armies in Italy, Aug 1944-Jan 1945, and Lt Gen Sir Richard (Loudon) McCreery,General Officer Commanding 10 Corps, and subsequently General Officer Commanding 8 Army, Sep 1944-Jan 1945. Typescript 13 Corps operational instructions and orders, Apr 1944-Jan 1945, with typescript planning notes, dated Apr 1944, for Operation HONKER, the attack to secure the Liri valley for the advance on Rome, Italy, May 1944. Four volumes of narrative diaries, covering Kirkman's career in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, North West Europe and as Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office, Apr 1943-Sep 1945. Printed booklet entitled 'Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Historical Society, 19 Apr 1968, 5 Nov 1968', containing information provided byKirkman on the planning of the Third and Fourth Battles of Cassino, Italy, 1944.

        Untitled
        GB 2108 KUAS113 · 1959-[1989]

        Records created or held by Dennis Berry while he was the Head of the Architecture department at Kingston School of Art/ Kingston College of Art/ Kingston Polytechnic (now Kingston University). Includes photographs, scrap books, notes on town plan exhibitions and projects, notes on curriculum and examinations, meeting minutes, diaries, leaflets and publications from the Architecture department, and posters for an Architecture talk 1959.

        Berry , Dennis , d.2005 , architect and scholar Kingston School of Art Kingston College of Art Kingston Polytechnic Kingston University
        ACC/2642 · Collection · 1900-1986

        Records of the Kingston Road Methodist Chapel, Staines, comprising registers of marriages, 1900-1986.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        LMA/4396 · Collection · 1873-1957

        Records of the Kingston and Surbiton Presbyterian Church including Court of Session minute books, including history of the chapel, 1876-1962; Deacons' Court minute books, 1873-1957; Bazaar Committee minute book, 1938; annual reports, 1879-1938 (some gaps); Communicants' roll books, 1876-1954; register of baptisms, 1873-1875; financial accounts, 1879-1946; and letter book, 1880-1888.

        Presbyterian Church of England
        GB 0064 KIN · Collection · [1783-1800]

        Papers of Sir Robert Brice Kingsmill. Apart from the log of the ELIZABETH, 1783 to 1786, the collection consists of ten letter and order books, 1793 to 1800.

        Kingsmill , Sir , Robert Brice , 1730-1805 , Knight , Admiral
        GB 0074 LMA/4017 · Collection · 1914-1920

        Memoirs of Dr Peter Kingsford, pupil at the Ethelburga Street School, Battersea.

        Kingsford , Peter , fl 1914-1920
        KINCAID FAMILY
        GB 0074 ACC/1190 · Collection · 1763-1933

        Records of the Kincaid and Lonsdale families, including baptism, marriage and death certificates; wills and probates; funeral records; apprenticeship indenture to a woollen draper; City of London freedom admission; family correspondence and reminiscences; financial papers; Lonsdale family photographs; and items of needlework made by members of the Lonsdale family.

        Kincaid , family Lonsdale , family
        KIDD RAPINET {SOLICITORS}
        GB 0074 ACC/2916 · Collection · 1761-1904

        Papers, 1761-1904, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Hertford Road, Edmonton, including conveyances, abstracts of title and building agreement. Also papers relating to the Wood family of Littleton, including lease, marriage settlement and will.

        Kidd Rapinet , solicitors
        GB 2121 Keyes · 1920s-1943

        Papers of and relating to Sidney Keyes, 1920s-1943, comprising correspondence relating to an exhibition of his work at Dartford Grammar School; press cuttings and reviews of his work;

        letters of condolence on Keyes' death, including from Vita Sackville-West, [1943]; letters by Keyes, 1931, 1941-1943; examination certificates, including from Queen's College, Oxford; letters relating to Keyes' manuscripts; bills and financial papers; papers relating to the War Graves Commission; memorial service, [1943]; letters from Keyes to Michael Meyer, John Heath-Stubbs and Herbert Read; manuscripts of poems and plays, [1930s-1942]; loose typescripts; notebooks containing essays written whilst at Tonbridge School including some poetry; folder of work returned by the Royal Airforce;

        reminiscences of Sidney Keyes by Alistair Dennis Goodwin; letters from Keyes to J D Fage, 1938-1942; photographs, manuscripts and notebooks of Keyes, [1930s]; photocopies of papers of Keyes from the British Library, including letters to Milein Cosman, 1941-1942;

        photographs of Sidney Keyes, including portraits and groups whilst in the army, [1942-1943]; in plays, 1938; his gravestone; as a child and at Dartford Grammar School, 1920s; books of poetry by Keyes; books, magazines and periodicals of poetry by other poets.

        Keyes , Sidney Arthur Kilworth , 1922-1943 , poet