Born in South Norwood and lived with his father John, a carpenter, mother and older sister. Attended the John Ruskin School, Croydon, leaving at the outbreak of War in 1939 without qualifications. He was not called up for active service perhaps because he was underweight for his height. Instead, he joined the Continental Union Trust in 1941 as a book-keeper. He was quickly appointed Company Secretary and thirty three years later, after moving to Warlingham, gained Fellowship of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries. He retired in 1984 and moved to Chagford, Devon in 1990.

Mentioned in Elliman (1902) as a collector of Coleoptera in the Watford and St. Albans area. Published ‘The British Coccinellidae’ in ERJV., 3, 1892, pp.149-150. Sold a collection of Coleoptera at Stevens’ auction rooms on January 20 1896 (Chalmers-Hunt (1976) p.130) There are beetles from London and Ireland bearing this name in the G.A.Hall collection at Oldham (information from Simon Hayhow). (MD 11/03)

A Doctor who published The Naturalist’s and Traveller’s Companion, containing Instructions for Collecting and Preserving Objects of Natural History, 1774. Presumably this is the same Lettsom whose collection is mentioned by Stephens (1828), I, p.57. His library was sold by Leigh and Sotheby between March 26 and April 3 1811 and included 1347 lots. (MD 11/03)

Born in Dryfesdale, Scotland and died in Dumfries. By trade a shoemaker he is recorded to have been associated with Sir E.Vavasour. His collection is mentioned by T. Hudson Beare in EMM., 37, 1901, p.99: ‘It may be of interest to put on record that this collection [late Mr Lennon’s collection of British Coleoptera] has now become public property; it has been acquired, by purchase, by the Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh [RSM].

Published ‘New aberrations of, and miscellaenous notes on Coccinellids’ in ERJV., 40, 1928, pp.34-37. Donisthorpe gave a miscellaneous collection of Swiss insects made by Leman to the HDO in 1925 (Smith (1986) p.133). (MD 11/03)

Lived at 5 Manfield Mews, London W.1 and had a special interest in Coleoptera. FRES from 1957. (MD 11/03).

Collected Carabidae in Kashmir and Baltistan published by H.W.Bates in Proc.ZSL., 1889, pp.210-215. Smith (1986) p.133 records that there are Lepidoptera in the HDO from China, Japan and Tibet collected by him; Chalmers-Hunt (1976) p.139 that he sold Lepidoptera at Stevens’ on 8 May 1902; and Harvey et al (1996) p.122 that there is a MS notebook concerning Lepidoptera in the NHM. Pedersen (2002) p. 61 records correspondence with Herbert Druce in the RESL dated 22 August 1896[?]. (MD 11/03, 11/09)

Exchanged 176 specimens of Coleoptera with the HDO in 1932. (Smith (1986), p.133). (MD 11/03)

Published a ‘Note on Lamia textor’ in Zool. 7, 1849, pp.2404-05. (MD 11/03)

Smith (1986) p.133 records that W.Bainbridge purchased insects from India, mainly Coleoptera, from Leadbeater for Hope in 1841. (MD 11/03)