Wesleyan Methodist Ministers

Surnames L

Name

Date &
Place Born

Entered
Ministry

Date &
Place Died

Labbett, F. H. Hooper

 

1888

1934

Labrum, W. Arthur

 

1877

1930

Ladlow, Clifford Oswald

16-Jun-1906
Lincoln

1930

06-Feb-1986
St. Austell, Cornwall

Laing, Timothy

 

1851

1881

Laird, Caleb S. M.A.

 

1874

1908

Lake, W. H. Oliver

 

1893

1953

Lake, William Henry

08-Jun-1908
Hull

1933

27-Mar-1986
Bridlington

Lalmon, William A.

 

1816

1862

Lamb, Frederick

 

1893

1923

Lamb, Henry

 

1876

1878

Lamb, Robert

1881
London

1908

24-Sep-1966
Clacton-on-Sea

Lambert, David

 

1903

1961

Lambert, John

 

1832

1871

Lambert, Thomas T.

 

1867

1907

Lamech, Samuel

 

1901

1947

Lamming, Stanley Kenton

21-Sep-1897
York

1926

06-Feb-1995
Trentham,
Stoke on Trent

Lamont, James D.

 

1873

1911

Lampard, George

 

1888

1949

Lamplough, John

 

1862

1908

Lamplough, Robert

 

1855

1905

Lancaster, James

 

1810

1864

Lancaster, John

 

1804

1829

Lancaster, William E.

 

1902

1945

Lander, C. Trevorrow

 

1910

1935

Landreth, Norman

 

1914

1945

Lane, Ernest Owen

30-Jul-1884
London

1909

15-Feb-1973
Hereford

Lane, George

 

1820

1823

Lane, H. Tyler

 

1916

1962

Lane, John Gill

1891
Nottingham

1915

16-Oct-1963

Lang, Frederick Bartlett

18-Mar-1881
Plymouth

1909

21-Nov-1964
Reigate

Lang, George

 

1894

1922

Lang, Matthew

 

1823

1850

Lang, Robinson

 

1881

1937

Lang, Walter

 

1818

1876

Langdon, Samuel

 

1872

1908

Langley, Aaron

 

1836

1883

Langley, James

 

1860

1910

Langridge, William

 

1815

1864

Langstaff, John R.

 

1895

1953

Langton, Edward

1886
Little Budworth, Cheshire

1912

12-Jul-1965
Cheadle Hulme

Lanktree, Matthew

 

1821

1833

Lanktree, Matthew

 

1794

1849

Lansdown, Dennis Frank

23-May-1904
Bristol

1927

11-Dec-1997
Aldershot, Hampshire

Lansdown, Edwin C.

 

1895

1941

Lansley, Douglas

05-Sep-1910
Finchley, London

1933

08-Feb-1989
Cottingham, Hull

Lant, William Edwin

1878
Leicester

1906

04-Oct-1965

Larcom, William

 

1819

1820

Lardi, Giacomo Attilio

1899
Poschiavo, Switzerland

1922

06-Dec-1970
Eastbourne

Largomarsino, Francesco

 

1873

1910

Lartey, Ebenezer O.

 

1910

1927

Latham, George

 

1860

1931

Lau Ha Chun,

 

1897

1918

Lauder, Archibald

 

1899

1935

Laugher, Henry

 

1844

1883

Launder, George Henry

13-Mar-1908
Churchtown Redruth, Cornwall

1934

17-Mar-1993
Falmouth, Cornwall

Lavender, Walter

 

1881

1891

Laverack, John

 

1872

1926

Law, Frederick

 

1875

1928

Law, John Rossendale Stone

1892
Sheffield

1916

19-Apr-1971
Segbwema, Sieera Leone

Law, Joseph Oswald

21-Jan-1904
Waunllwyd, Monmouthshire

1928

11-Sep-1981 
Thornbury, Gloucestershire

Law, Thomas

 

1871

1922

Lawn, Benjamin

 

1874

1892

Lawn, Robert Gibson

1880
Melbourne, Derbyshire

1904

21-Jan-1966

Lawrence, Ernest H.

 

1922

1962

Lawrence, Francis

1883
Barbados

1916

02-Aug-1968
Barbados

Lawrence, George Edward

15-Jan-1903
York

1927

26-Nov-1984
Pillowell, Gloucestershire

Lawrence, Henry Jesse

16-Nov-1902
Banbury

1927

27-Jun-1983
Beltinge, Kent

Lawrence, James G.

 

1876

1930

Lawrence, William C.

 

1896

1943

Lawry, Henry H.

 

1845

1910

Lawry, Lyttleton

 

1874

1907

Lawry, Walter

 

1817

1859

Lawry, William C.

 

1864

1904

Lawson, James B. L.

 

1891

1962

Lawson, John

16-Jul-1909
Leeds

1932

20-Sep-2003
Exeter

Lawson, Samuel L. G.

 

1925

1935

Lawson, Sidney

 

1907

1943

Lawson, Thomas

 

1866

1920

Lawson, William H.

 

1899

1949

Lawten, Charles

 

1852

1864

Lawton, Joseph

 

1833

1875

Lawton, S. Wesley

 

1862

1895

Lax, William H.

 

1895

1937

Laycock, Cyril O.

 

1931

1960

Laycock, James

 

1832

1862

Laycock, Thomas

 

1796

1833

Layland, Edgar H. B.A.

 

A.C.

1918

Lazarus, R Singh

India

1922

After 1968

Lazenby, Henry T.

 

1894

1937

Le Bert, William B.

 

1844

1901

Le Feaux, Charles E.

 

1871

1879

Le Gresley, Philip

 

1853

1881

Le Gros, Armand J. T.

 

1878

1943

Le Lievre, John

 

1831

1861

Le Poidevin, Edward John

26-May-1908
Guernsey

1932

08-Sep-1980
Aberdeen

Le Rougetel, Helier

 

1865

1886

Le Sueur, Frederic Oliver

03-Jun-1897
St. Helier, Jersey

1919

03-Aug-1985
Midsomer Norton

Lea, William

 

1911

1955

Leach, Charles W.

 

1875

1905

Leach, Thomas

 

1842

1885

Leach, W. Attfield

 

1872

1927

Leach, William

 

1799

1846

Leadbeater, Joshua B.A.

 

1864

1883

Leake, Robert

 

1830

1875

Leale, George

 

1838

1888

Leale, John

1892
Guernsey

1914

22-Jul-1969
Guernsey

Lean, Robert

 

1848

1848

Lear, Samuel

 

1808

1832

Learoyd, Amos

 

1822

1865

Leathley, John

 

1868

1909

Leck, A. Simpson

 

1922

1952

Lee-Dunham, Charles

 

1883

1930

Lee, Donald Rathbone

28-Mar-1911
Stockport, Cheshire

1934

21-Mar-1988
St. Albans, Hertfordshire

Lee, G. Elliott

 

1905

1951

Lee, John

 

1803

1834

Lee, John

 

1837

1840

Lee, John Banks

1894
Ripon

1916

20-Nov-1964
Leeds

Lee, John Simpson

1889
Wingate
Co. Durham

1913

07-Feb-1974
Bearsden, Dunbartonshire

Lee, M. Herbert

 

1912

1962

Lee, Robert S.

 

1869

1931

Lee, Sylvester

 

1901

1948

Lee, Thomas

 

1748

1786

Lee, Thomas

05-Feb-1906
Alston, Cumberland

1929

14-Feb-1973
Newport, Monmouthshire

Lee, Thomas Edward

26-Aug-1903
Gosport, Hampshire

1928

15-Aug-1989
Muswell Hill, London

Lee, Walter

 

1896

1941

Lee, Wesley G.

 

1912

1954

Lee, William E.

 

1907

1940

Leech, John

 

1773

1810

Leedal, John J.

 

1896

1946

Lees, Frederick A.

 

1899

1902

Lees, James

 

1836

1882

Lees, Ronald

04-Jul-1909
Grimsby

1931

28-Nov-1981
Trowbridge, Wiltshire

Lees, Samuel

 

1863

1909

Lees, William

 

1849

1905

Leese, Gabriel

 

1893

1905

Legg, T. Charles

 

1904

1949

Leggatt, Benjamin

 

1788

1822

Leicester, William

 

1774

1777

Leigh, Albert G.

 

1929

1939

Leigh, Herbert D.

 

1918

1963

Leigh, John L.

 

1928

1957

Leigh, Samuel

 

1812

1852

Leith, Duncan G. M. M.A.

 

1901

1924

Lemmon, James

 

1827

1868

Lennard, E. Deaton

 

1904

1918

Lenton, George F. B.D.

 

1913

1915

Lenton, William Arthur

1876
Earls Barton

1903

26-Oct-1964

Leong On Tong,

 

1882

1913

Leopold, Charles L. M.A.

 

1907

1963

Leppington, John C.

 

1795

1833

Leppington, John C.

 

1832

1859

Lessey, Theophilus

 

1786

1821

Lessey, Theophilus

 

1808

1841

Lesson, John

 

1846

1850

Lester, Charles

 

1870

1883

Lester, George

 

1865

1922

Lester, George Henry

1881
Dunstable

1908

07-Nov-1963
Lincoln

Lester, George P.

 

1902

1950

Lester, William P.

 

1903

1952

Letcher, Owen J. D.S.O.

 

1897

1926

Lethaby, Walter

 

1871

1932

Letters, George Gilfillan

02-Jul-1839
Glasgow

1866

28-Dec-1868
Shotley Bridge

Lettieri, Nicoli

 

1882

1917

Letty, Reginald F.

 

St.

1916

Leung Lap Sau,

 

1913

1933

Levell, Alfred

 

1858

1886

Levell, William

 

1812

1862

Lever, Clifford

21-Dec-1899
Farnworth, Lancashire

1926

14-Aug-1987
Denmead, Hampshire

Levick, Samuel

 

1753

1772

Lewana, John

 

1866

1882

Lewis, David

 

1861

1888

Lewis, David Albert

22-Dec-1901
Tre’rddol, Cardiganshire

1931

31-Dec-1985
Rhyl

Lewis, Ewart Walter

08-Nov-1903
Staines, Middlesex

1928

28-Mar-1988
Eastbourne

Lewis, F. Warburton M.A.

 

1893

1952

Lewis, Frederick

 

1834

1863

Lewis, Greville Priestley

12-Nov-1891
Herne Bay

1915

06-Mar-1976
Eastbourne

Lewis, Henry

 

1865

1917

Lewis, J. Edmund

 

1883

1931

Lewis, James

 

1871

1898

Lewis, James

 

1889

1948

Lewis, John

 

1814

1816

Lewis, John

 

1814

1866

Lewis, John

 

1846

1890

Lewis, John

1885
Deiniolen, Caernarvonshire

1912

12-Oct-1965

Lewis, John Jackson

30-Jan-1907
Middlesbrough

1935

09-Dec-1978
Braunton, Devon

Lewis, Joseph

 

1811

1856

Lewis, Lewis

 

1837

1848

Lewis, Moses J.

 

1893

1946

Lewis, Owen

 

1920

1957

Lewis, Robert

 

1839

1888

Lewis, Robert

 

1870

1931

Lewis, Robert W.

 

1880

1892

Lewis, T. Frederick

 

1903

1955

Lewis, William H.

 

1842

1895

Lewis, William James

 

1866

1909

Lewis, William John

12-Sep-1890

1917

04-Dec-1973
Llanrhos, Caernarvonshire

Leyton, J. Hugh

 

1908

1918

Li Chi-Ping,

 

1914

1922

Lickes, Robert

 

1864

1906

Lickes. William Garfield

12-Feb-1893
Hull

1916

03-Sep-1981
Harrogate

Liddle, William Soper

30-Mar-1901
Durham

1929

30-May-1989
Tankerton, Kent

Liddy, John

 

1834

1886

Lidgett, J. Scott C.H. M.A.

 

1876

1953

Lightbourn, Alfred F.

 

1884

1947

Lightfoot, Archibald

18-Dec-1887
Togston, Northumberland

1914

30-Jan-1985
Colwyn Bay

Lightley, John W. M.A. B.D.

 

1892

1948

Lightwood, Edward

 

1841

1892

Lill, William

 

1813

1816

Lilly, Isaac

 

1790

1852

Limmex, William

 

1836

1889

Limon, Marshall

 

1879

1933

Linahan, John

 

1889

1945

Lindley, John H.

 

1929

1932

Lindley, William

 

1833

1890

Lindo, Samuel L.

 

1907

1910

Linds, Samuel L.

 

1868

1904

Lindsay, Robert

 

1836

1886

Lindsay, Robert H.

 

1827

1867

Lindsay, Thomas Arthur

11-Oct-1880
Douglas,
Isle of Man

1906

25-Sep-1972
Harrogate

Lindsay, William

 

1836

1886

Lines, Frederick Edward

17-Feb-1903
Devonport

1926

07-Jul-1980
Bournemouth

Links, Jacob

 

1818

1825

Linnell, Edward

 

1803

1808

Linton, Lawrence

24-Jul-1903
Bramley, Yorkshire

1934

1987
Brighton

Lister, Joseph

 

1874

1892

Litten, John H. C.B.E.

 

1903

1954

Little, C. Deane

 

1907

1962

Little, Henry

 

1862

1912

Little, James

 

1838

1878

Little, Joseph

 

1843

1911

Little, Joseph

 

1862

1923

Little, R. Ernest

 

1893

1950

Little, R. Wentworth

 

1872

1910

Little, Richard

 

1872

1922

Little, Stephen J.

 

1879

1928

Little, Thomas

 

1878

1946

Livermore, John

 

1778

1783

Livesley, Ernest Henry

28-Apr-1892
Moss Side, Manchester

1917

18-Dec-1981
Hitchin

Livingston, John

 

1849

1857

Llewellyn, Alfred

 

1867

1930

Llewellyn, Alfred John Dickenson

1883
Stoke Newington

1908

20-Dec-1966
Bournemouth

Llewellyn, Charles

 

1886

1906

Llewellyn, Thomas

 

1836

1889

Lloyd, Albert

 

1889

1952

Lloyd, Albert Kingsley

02-Nov-1903
Dudley

1926

24-Jan-2004
Orwell, Cambridgeshire

Lloyd, Edward B.

 

1813

1823

Lloyd, Evan

 

1875

1932

Lloyd, Henry

 

1747

1799

Lloyd, John

 

1826

1869

Lloyd, John

 

1896

1949

Lo Yu-Shan,

 

1898

1903

Lobb, J. Martyn

 

1874

1914

Lock, Samuel

 

1865

1916

Locke, John

 

1841

1890

Lockett, George

 

1861

1915

Lockhart, Richard A. O.B.E. M.A

 

1918

1963

Lockhart, William H.

 

1878

1921

Locking, Charles

 

1862

1869

Lockwood, Arthur

 

1901

1950

Lockwood, Harry

15-Apr-1904
Church, Accrington

1929

04-Sep-1979
Gillingham

Lockwood, John P.

 

1836

1887

Lockwood, R. Ughtred

 

1916

1919

Lockyer, Alfred

 

1839

1899

Lockyer, Edmund

 

1838

1889

Lockyer, Thomas F. B.A.

 

1874

1931

Lofthouse, Thomas

 

1826

1871

Lofthouse, William Frederick

1871
South Norwood

1896

05-Jul-1965

Lofthouse, Wilson

 

1835

1841

Loh Yat Sen,

 

1902

1948

Loko, D. Hodonou

 

1909

1962

Lokubalasuriya, Arthur

28-Aug-1897
Galle, Ceylon

1923

26-Mar-1973
Pannipittiya
Sri Lanka

Lomas, John

 

1820

1877

Lomas, Robert

 

1789

1810

Lomas, Thomas H.

 

1865

1922

Lones, Ezekiel

 

1870

1918

Long, George Ernest

10-Apr-1910
Southport

1932

27-Aug-1993
Holme, Carnforth, Lancashire

Long, Henry

 

1897

1918

Long, Mortlock

 

1846

1896

Longbottom, William

 

1827

1849

Longden, J. Birchenall

 

1894

1935

Longden, John

 

1849

1914

Longden, William R.

 

1857

1864

Longley, Frank Hollis

20-Jul-1907
Arlesey, Bedfordshire

1931

09-Feb-1989
Royston, Hertfordshire

Longley, Thomas

 

1780

1809

Looker, William

 

1896

1939

Loosley, Ernest George

18-May-1878
Maidenhead, Berkshire

1902

28-Aug-1972
Poole, Dorset

Lord, James W.

 

1880

1929

Lord, John H.

 

1840

1902

Lord, Samuel

 

1848

1912

Lord, William

 

1811

1873

Loten, Reginald A.

 

1908

1956

Lough, William

 

1844

1876

Lougheed, Thomas

 

1801

1849

Loutit, James

 

1825

1885

Love, Thomas H.

 

1879

1943

Loveless, James H.

 

1911

1924

Lovett, William

 

1855

1917

Lowe, Albert H. B.D.

 

1901

1955

Lowe, Benjamin

 

1901

1958

Lowe, George

 

1880

1930

Lowe, George

1750
Leivenshulme, Lancs.

1788

19-Aug-1839

Lowe, J. Powell

 

1869

1923

Lowe, Richard P.

 

1897

1921

Lowe, William

 

1846

1891

Lowes, Matthew

 

1756

1795

Lowis, Douglas William

18-Oct-1882
Loughborough

1904

09-Dec-1969
Loughborough

Lowry, Edward P.

 

1865

1921

Lowry, Frederick M.

 

1870

1924

Lowry, Richard W.

 

1889

1949

Lowther, Frank H.

 

1907

1948

Lowther, John B.

 

1897

1950

Lowther, W. Ellam

 

1916

1952

Lowther, W. Harold

 

1904

1950

Lowther, William B.

 

1868

1915

Lowthian, Joseph

 

1822

1872

Loxley, John H.

 

1867

1929

Loxton, Samuel

 

1835

1840

Lucas, Peter

 

1835

1887

Lucas, Richard

 

1754

1774

Lucas, Samuel

 

1836

1866

Lucas, Samuel

 

1837

1879

Luckcock, Stuart Sydney

28-May-1908
Muswell Hill

1932

17-Feb-2010
Dereham

Luckman, Charles Harold

20-Apr-1886
Kings Heath, Birmingham

1908

10-Apr-1971
Enfield

Lucy, Henry

 

1827

1838

Ludlow, Alexander M.

 

1905

1934

Ludlow, Richard H.

 

1899

1963

Ludlow, Richard Nelson

12-Apr-1904
Dublin

1927

28-Aug-1999
Poole, Dorset

Ludlow, William

 

1862

1903

Ludlow, William

 

1866

1925

Luke, Richard Hubert

22-Sep-1908
Camborne, Cornwall

1933

30-Nov-1987
Penzance, Cornwall

Luke, Theophilus

 

1878

1920

Luke, William O.

 

1913

1960

Lumb, Matthew

 

1783

1847

Lumley, William

 

1776

1776

Lumley, William B.

 

1875

1942

Lumsden, Charles

 

1883

1935

Lund, Mark

 

1914

1956

Lunn, George

 

1885

1943

Lupton, William

 

1828

1854

Lusher, Robert L.

 

1817

1849

Lutton, William

 

1857

1882

Luty, George Whitfield

27-Sep-1901
Hemsworth, Yorkshire

1923

18-Jun-1977
Holt, Norfolk

Lyddon, William

 

1908

1954

Lyle, Arthur J. O.

 

1867

1923

Lynch, James

 

1808

1858

Lyndon, E. Israel

 

1890

1936

Lyne, Arthur S.

 

1902

1949

Lyons, Beresford S.

 

1896

1952

Lyons, James

 

1865

1938

Lysk, Joseph

 

1808

1844

Lyth, John Arthur

 

1862

1867

Lyth, John D.D.

 

1843

1886

Lyth, Richard B. M.R.C.S.

 

1836

1887

Lywood, A. Clay

 

1895

1928

 

Note: William Lupton entered the Primitive Methodist Ministry in 1825 and transferred to the Wesleyan Ministry in 1828

References

Based on ‘ Ministers and Probationers of the Methodist Church’ , revised to September 1st 1963 by J. Henry Martin and J. Bernard Sheldon. London: Methodist Publishing House, 1964   

Additional information from  ‘Minutes and Yearbook of the Methodist Conference’ 

 

Comments about this page

  • Joseph Hugh Leyton began his circuit ministry as a pre-collegiate in 1905 as Joseph Hugh UNCLE, and changed his name in 1906 to LEYTON (Conference Journal 1906) and went to Handsworth College that year (see Hills 1908).

    (thanks to John Lenton for this correction)

    By Pamela Atkins (13/10/2015)

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