L- Lawlor, Thomas
  Born in Dublin
Married Pauline Wales (marriage dissolved)
Was with the company from 1963 to 1971 and, as a guest artiste, from 1974 to 1975
Roles played: Bouncer, Counsel, Captain Corcoran, Sergeant of Police, Strephon, Guron, Florian, Pish-Tush, 2nd Yeoman, Lieutenant of the Tower and Giuseppe
He has since sung in Grand Opera.
- Lawson, AdrianBorn in Manchester
Was with the company from 1962 to 1965, 1971 and 1973
Roles played: Judge, Sir Joseph Porter, General Stanley, Major Murgatroyd, Lord Chancellor, Ko-Ko, Robin Oakapple, 2nd Citizen, Antonio, Annibale and Duke of Plaza-Toro
- Lawson, Winifred (1892 - 1961)Born in London on 15 November
Was with the company from 1922 to 1932
Roles played: Aline, Josephine, Mabel, Patience, Phyllis, Princess Ida, Yum-Yum, Rose Maybud, Elsie Maynard, Casilda and Gianetta
Wrote memoirs "A Song to Sing-O!" (Michael Joseph,1955)
- Lely, Durward (1852 - 1944)Born James Durward Lyall in Arbroath on 2nd September
Was with the company from 1880 to 1887
Created the roles of Duke of Dunstable, Tolloller, Cyril, Nanki-Poo and Richard Dauntless
Other roles played: Defendant, Alexis and Frederic.
Sang Don Jose in the London Premier of Bizet's "Carmen"
- Le Maistre, Helier (born 1866)Born in Jersey, Channel Islands
Married to Ellen Wyatt
Was with the company from 1889 to1902
Roles played: Usher, Counsel, Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre, Dick Deadeye, Colonel Calverley. Major Murgatroyd, Pish-Tush, Mikado, Wilfred Shadbolt, 1st Yeoman, Lieutenant of the Tower, Giuseppe, Luiz, Antonio, Mr Goldbury and Prince of Monte Carlo
- Leon, William George (1867 - 1901)Was with the company from 1890 to 1901
Roles played: Usher, Counsel, Judge, Notary, Sir Marmaduke Pointdextre, Dick Deadeye, Boatswain, Samuel, Solicitor, Major Murgatroyd, Sergeant Willis, Mountararat, Guron, Mikado, Pooh-Bah, Sergeant Meryll, Giorgio, Antonio, Don Alhambra, Phantis, Scaphio and Herald
- Leonard, PatriciaBorn in Stoke-on-Trent
Married to Michael Buchan
Was with the company from 1972 to 1982
Roles played: Mrs. Partlet, Lady Sangazure, Hebe, Little Buttercup. Edith, Ruth (P). Saphir, Lady Jane, Leila, lolanthe, Fairy Queen, Peep-Bo, Katisha, Mad Margaret, Dame Hannah, Phoebe Meryll, Dame Carruthers, Vittoria, Tessa, Duchess of Plaza-Toro and Elsa
- Lewis, Bertha (1887 - 1931)Born in London on 12 May
Was with the company from 1906 to 1910 and 1914 to 1931
Roles played: Bridesmaid, Lady Sangazure, Buttercup, Kate (P), Ruth (P), Lady Saphir, Lady Jane, Leila, Fairy Queen. Ada, Lady Blanche, Katisha, Dame Hannah, Dame Carruthers, Vittoria, Inez,Duchess of Plaza-Toro
Was travelling from Manchester to Cambridge in a car, driven by Henry Lytton, when it overturned shortly before reaching it's destination on May 3rd 1931. She received severe injuries and died in hospital a few days later.
Generally acknowledged to have been one of the great D'Oyly Carte figures.
- Lilley, BarbaraBorn in Saltbum, Yorks
Married to Peter Lyon
Was with the company from 1975 to 1981
Roles played: Aline, Josephine, Mabel, Patience, Phyllis, Princess Ida,Yum-Yum, Elsie Maynard and Gianetta
- Lloyd-Jones, Beti (born 1933)Born in Crosby, Lancashire
Married to Gordon Mackenzie (1986)
Was with the company from 1956 to 1982
Roles played: Lady Sangazure, Mrs. Partlet, Little Buttercup, Ruth (P), Lady Saphir, Lady Jane, Fairy Queen, Lady Blanche, Pitti-Sing, Katisha, Dame Hannah, Dame Carruthers, Inez, Duchess of Plaza-Toro, Salata and Bertha
- Lucas, Arthur (1889 - 1973)Married to Catherine Ferguson
Was with the company from 1918 to 1920
Roles played: Defendant, Ralph Rackstraw, Frederic, Duke of Dunstable, Tolloller, Hilarion, Leonard Meryll and Luiz
- Lugg, William (1852 - 1940)Born in Portsea on 4th June
Was with the company from 1884 to 1885
Created the roles of Scynthius
Other roles played: Usher and Notary
- Lyon, Peter Born in Leytonstone, London
Married to Barbara Lilley
Was with the company from 1979 to 1982
Roles played: Captain Corcoran, Strephon, Pish-Tush, Robin Oakapple and Giuseppe
- Lytton, Henry (1865 - 1936) Born Henry Alfred Jones in London on 3rd January
Was formerly known in the company as H.A. Henri
Married to Louie Henri
Was with the company from 1884 to 1885, 1887 to1903 and 1907 to1934
Roles played: Judge, Dr. Daly, J.W.Wells, Captain Corcoran, Dick Deadeye, Sir Joseph Porter, Pirate King, General Stanley, Archibald Grosvenor, Reginald Bunthorne, Strephon, Lord Chancellor, Gama, Mikado, Ko-Ko, Robin Oakapple, Wilfred Shadbolt, Jack Point, Giuseppe, Duke of Plaza-Toro, King Paramount and Ludwig
He was knighted 1930.
Wrote memoirs "Secrets of a Savoyard" (Jarrolds, 1922) and "A Wandering Minstrel" (1933)
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