Lanyon is a surname which originates from the hamlet of
Lanyon (Madron),
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
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Charles Lanyon
Sir Charles Lanyon DL, JP (6 January 1813 – 31 May 1889) was an English architect of the 19th century. His work is most closely associated with Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Biography
Lanyon was born in Eastbourne, Sussex (now East Sussex) in ...
(1813−1889), English architect
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George Lanyon Hacker (born 1928), English Suffragan Bishop of Penrith
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Ellen Lanyon (1926–2013), American painter and printmaker
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Hastie Lanyon, a fictional character in ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde''
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John Lanyon Whiting John Lanyon Whiting (February 23, 1851 – September 15, 1922) was a lawyer and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Kingston in 1886.
The son of Reverend Richard Whiting and Mary Philp, both natives of England, he was born in ...
(1851–1922), Canadian lawyer and politician
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Karen Lanyon, Australian senior career officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Mike Lanyon (born 1951), former Australian rules footballer
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Owen Lanyon
Colonel Sir William Owen Lanyon KCMG CB (21 July 1842 – 6 April 1887) was a British colonial administrator and British Army officer.
Early life and career
Lanyon was born in County Antrim, Ireland, to Sir Charles Lanyon and his wife Elizab ...
(1842−1887), British colonial administrator
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Peter Lanyon
George Peter Lanyon (8 February 1918 – 31 August 1964) was a British painter of landscapes leaning heavily towards abstraction. Lanyon was one of the most important artists to emerge in post-war Britain. Despite his early death at the ag ...
(1918−1964), Cornish painter
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Ted Lanyon (1939–2008), Canadian retired professional ice hockey player
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Walter C. Lanyon (1887−1967), English religious writer
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Wesley E. Lanyon (1926–2017), American ornithologist and museum curator
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William Carlton Lanyon Dawe, generally known as Carlton Dawe (1865–1935), Australian author
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William James Lanyon Smith
William James Lanyon Smith (1 December 1922 – 2 December 2018) was a New Zealand naval officer. He served in the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War II and was second-in-command of a midget submarine during an attack i ...
(1922–2018), New Zealand naval officer
Places
In Antarctica
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Lanyon Peak, a sharp rock peak in Victoria Land
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Mount Lanyon, a large mountain in the Prince Charles Mountains
In Australia
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Lanyon High School, a school in Canberra
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Lanyon Homestead
Lanyon is an historic homestead and grazing property located on the southern outskirts of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory.
History
The site was first occupied following white settlement by Timothy Beard, who depastured cattle on th ...
, an historic site in Canberra
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Lanyon Valley, a suburb of Canberra
In the United Kingdom
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Lanyon (Madron), a farm and hamlet in Cornwall
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Lanyon Place railway station
Belfast Lanyon Place (formerly Belfast Central, and known colloquially as Central Station) is a railway station serving the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. Located on Bridge Street in the Laganside area of central Belfast, it is one of fou ...
, a railway station in Belfast
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Lanyon Quoit, a dolmen in Cornwall
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West Lanyon Quoit, a dolmen in Cornwall
In the United States of America
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Lanyon, Iowa
Lanyon is an unincorporated community in Lost Grove Township in Webster County, Iowa.
Geography
It is located 17 miles south of the county seat of Fort Dodge, 2.65 miles south and one mile west of Harcourt (on U.S. Route 169), and 3.3 miles ...
, an unincorporated area
Arts and entertainment
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The Spectre of Lanyon Moor
''The Spectre of Lanyon Moor'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''.
Plot
The Sixth Doctor and Evelyn team up with the Brigadier to defeat an ancient evil i ...
'', a Big Finish Productions audio drama
Companies
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Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon, a 19th-century firm of Civil Engineers and Architects in Ireland
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Lanyon Solutions, a software company
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