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WHO'S WHO IN THE FAR EAST (JUNE) 1906-7.
resumed duty as Auditor, July, 1905. Address: Manila, Philippine
Islands.
LAWSON, Eric St. John (BANGKOK),
Commissioner of Police; b. June.
24, 1839. Eluc.: Westminster
School. Joined Burmah Police, April, 1891; transferred to N. W. Provinces and Oudh on promotion, Aug., 1893; on famine work in addition to other duties, in Banda
District, Bundeli hund, 1896-97; services favourably mentioned in minute of Government, issued at close of famine; services placed at disposal of Government of Siam by Government of India, Oct., 1898; promoted to commissioner, March,
1902. Decoration: 2rl class of
White Elephant of Siam. Clubs:
East India United Service; British,
Bangkok. Address: Bangkok, Siam; Saint's Bay, Guernsey.
LAY, Julius Gareche (CANTON), American Consul-General; b. Aug., 9, 1872, at Washington, D.C.; m. Dec., 10, 1994, to Anne Howard. Educ.: Public Schools; Columbia
Grammar School, New York. Clerk, American Consulate, Ottawa, Canada, 1889-91; Vice-Consul, Ottawa, 1891-96; Consul at Windsor, Ontario, 1896-99; Consul-General, Barcelona, Spain, 1899-1904; Ameri- can Consul-General, Canton, since Nov., 1904; appointed Consul Gene- ral at Capetown, May, 1906. Club: Metropolitan, Washington, D.C. Address: American Consulate General, Canton, China.
LAY, W. T. (CHUNGKING), Commis-
sioner of Customs. Recommended
for first class decoration of third rank for assistance given in the development of trade, May, 1906. Address: Chungking, China.
LEARNED, Dr. Dwight
Dwight Whitney
(KYOTO), D.D., B.A., Ph.D.; Theological Teacher; b. Oct. 12, 1848, at Canterbury, Conn., U.S.A. ; m. July 7, 1875, Florence Helen Rehard. Educ.: Yale University. Professor of Greek, Thayer College, 1873-75; arrived in Japan, 1875, at time of opening of Doshisha College, and has since been con-. nected with that institution; at present Dean of Theological Depart- ment and Professor of Church History and New Testament, also Mission Secretary and Treasurer, Publications: Commentary on New Testament; Church History; Political Economy, etc. Address: Kyoto, Japan.
LEASK, Dr. John (SINGAPORE), M.B.,
Ch.M., Edin., J.P. ; Colonial Sur- geon Resident; b. Jnly 11, 1856, 5th
s. of Henry Leask, J.P., of Swart- land and Harkisgarth, Sandwick, Orkney; m. 1884, Alice, 2nd d. of
R. P. Trute, Stoke, Devon. Educ.: Madras College; St. Andrews; Edinburgh University; graduated 1879. Travelled in Australia and
South Sea Islands, 1880-81; District
Surgeon, Inanda Division of Victoria County, Natal, 1882; Colonial Surgeon, Malacca, 1891; Colonial Surgeon Resident, Pe- nang, 1893; Colonial Surgeon
Resident, Singapore, 1897; acting Principal Civil Medical Officer, Straits Settlements, 1901; Hon. Life
Member, St. John's Anbulance As-
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