Le Mesurier, LeMesurier, Lemesurier, Le Masurier and Le Messurier are variant spellings of a
surname originating in the
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey ...
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Gerald Le Mesurier
Gerald John Le Mesurier (1914-1943) was a South African flying ace of World War II, credited with 3 'kills'.
After completing his schooling at Diocesan College in Cape Town, he studied at the University of Cape Town. He joined the Special Se ...
(1914–1943), South African flying ace of World War II
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Henry LeMessurier
Henry William LeMessurier (August 19, 1848 – May 27, 1931) was a civil servant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Burin in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1885 to 1889 as a member of the Reform Party.
Biography
The ...
(1848–1931), Newfoundland civil servant and politician
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James Le Mesurier
James Gustaf Edward Le Mesurier (25 May 1971 – 11 November 2019) was the British co-founder of the White Helmets, a volunteer civil defence organisation in the Syrian Civil War, founded in southern Turkey in 2014. Le Mesurier was a British ...
(1971–2019), British army officer and co-founder of the White Helmets
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Joan Le Mesurier
Joan Dorothy Le Mesurier (née Long, formerly Malin; 3 July 1931 – 9 July 2021) was an English actress and author who was the widow and biographer of the actor John Le Mesurier.
Joan Long was born in Oldham, Lancashire. She was brought up in Ra ...
(1932–2021), English actress
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John Le Masurier
John Le Masurier (July 24, 1917 – August 31, 2014) was a British athletics coach who was best known for coaching three-time Olympic medalist Mary Rand who he connected with in 1958. He also coached sprinter Dave Segal, Chris Carter and Dia ...
(fl. 1950s - 1960s), British athletics coach
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John Le Mesurier
John Le Mesurier (, born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 191215 November 1983) was an English actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his comedic role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC television situation ...
(1912–1983), English actor
* John Le Mesurier (born 1933/34), English carpet salesman and alleged conspirator in the
Thorpe affair
The Thorpe affair of the 1970s was a British political and sex scandal that ended the career of Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal Party and Member of Parliament (MP) for North Devon. The scandal arose from allegations by Norman Josiffe ( ...
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John Le Mesurier (Alderney)
John Le Mesurier (1781–1843) was a soldier and governor of Alderney. He resigned his patent to the crown in 1825 and was the last hereditary Governor of Alderney.
Life
John le Mesurier was born on 7 July 1781, the eldest son of Peter Le Mes ...
(1781–1843), last hereditary governor of Alderney, Channel Islands
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John Lemesurier
John Lemesurier (or Le Mesurier or LeMesurier) (28 January 1826 — 26 June 1891) was a Canadian politician, serving as Mayor of Quebec City from January 1868 to November 1869.Kathleen Le Messurier
Kathleen Le Messurier was a female tennis player from Australia who was active in the 1920s and 1930s.
Le Messurier was the youngest daughter of Ernest and Jessie Le Messurier. She played competitive tennis for the Methodist Ladies College and ...
(fl. 1932), Australian tennis player
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Nicolas Le Messurier
Nicolas Le Messurier is an English sound engineer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Sound. He has worked on more than 150 films since 1968.
Selected filmography
* ''Superman'' (1978)
* '' A Passage to India' ...
(fl. 1960s), American sound engineer
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Paul Le Mesurier (1755 – 9 December 1805), British merchant, politician and Lord Mayor of London
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Robert Le Masurier
Sir Robert Hugh Le Masurier (29 December 1913 – 30 July 1996) was Bailiff of Jersey from 1962 to 1974. He was knighted in the 1966 Birthday Honours
The Queen's Birthday Honours 1966 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Quee ...
(1913–1996), Bailiff of Jersey, Channel Islands
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Robin Le Mesurier
Robin Mark Le Mesurier Halliley (22 March 1953 – 22 December 2021) was a British guitarist, known for his long collaborations with Rod Stewart and Johnny Hallyday, as well as for the wide-ranging nature of his musical performance, including mem ...
(1953–2021), British guitarist
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Thomas Le Mesurier (priest, born 1756)
Rev. Thomas Le Mesurier (28 August 1756 – 14 July 1822) was a British lawyer, cleric and polemicist.
He was born on Alderney, in the Channel Islands, the fourth son of John Le Mesurier, Hereditary Governor of that island. Educated at New College ...
(1756–1822), British lawyer, cleric and polemicist
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Thomas Le Mesurier (aviator)
Captain Thomas Frederick Le Mesurier DSC & Two Bars (6 February 1897 – 26 May 1918) was a British flying ace of the First World War credited with seven aerial victories. Le Mesurier was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) and Two B ...
(1897–1918), British World War I flying ace
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William LeMessurier
William "Bill" James LeMessurier, Jr. (; June 12, 1926 – June 14, 2007) was a prominent American structural engineer.
Early life and education
Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Bill was the youngest of four children of Bertha (Sherman) and Wi ...
(1926–2007), American structural engineer
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