# Leycester

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**Leycester** may refer to:

## People

### Given name

- [Hugh Leycester Hornby](/source/Hugh_Leycester_Hornby) (1888–1965), an Anglican clergyman in Lancashire
- [John Leycester Adolphus](/source/John_Leycester_Adolphus) (1795–1862), an English lawyer, jurist and author
- [Joseph Leycester Lyne](/source/Joseph_Leycester_Lyne), known as Father Ignatius of Jesus (1837–1908), an Anglican Benedictine monk
- [Leycester Coltman](/source/Leycester_Coltman) (1938–2003), British ambassador to Cuba from 1991 to 1994
- [Leycester Meares](/source/Leycester_Meares) (1909–1994), Australian judge
- [Robert Leycester Haymes](/source/Robert_Leycester_Haymes) (1870–1942), a lieutenant-colonel in the British Army

### Surname

- [Augustus Adolphus Leycester](/source/Augustus_Adolphus_Leycester), pastoralist and early settler at Tuncester, New South Wales, Australia
- [Francis Leycester](/source/Francis_Leycester) (fl.1520s–), first dean of Peterborough, England
- [George Leycester](/source/George_Leycester) (1763—1838), an English amateur cricketer
- [Joseph Leycester](/source/Joseph_Leycester) (1784–1859), an Irish politician
- [Peter Leycester](/source/Peter_Leycester) (1614–1678), an English antiquarian and historian
- William Leycester, a horticulturist in Bengal in about 1820, after which the genus *[Leycesteria](/source/Leycesteria)* was named

## Places

- [Leycester, New South Wales](/source/Leycester,_New_South_Wales), a locality in the City of Lismore, NSW, Australia
- [Leycester Creek](/source/Leycester_Creek), a perennial stream in the Richmond River catchment area, NSW, Australia

## See also

- [Leicester](/source/Leicester), a city in England
- [Leicester (disambiguation)](/source/Leicester_(disambiguation))
- *[Leycesteria](/source/Leycesteria)*, a genus of flowering plants named after horticulturalist William Leycester
- [Lord Leycester Hospital](/source/Lord_Leycester_Hospital), Warwick, England
- [Lord Leycester Hotel](/source/Lord_Leycester_Hotel), Warwick, England

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