Leycester

Leycester may refer to:

People

Given name

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

Surname

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

Places

• Leycester, New South Wales, a locality in the City of Lismore, NSW, Australia
• Leycester Creek, a perennial stream in the Richmond River catchment area, NSW, Australia

See also

• Leicester, a city in England
• Leicester (disambiguation)
• Leycesteria, a genus of flowering plants named after horticulturalist William Leycester
• Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick, England
• Lord Leycester Hotel, Warwick, England