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.
Lanyon was born in the seaside town of Eastbourne, Sussex (now East Sussex) in 1813. His father was John Jenkinson Lanyon, a purser in the Royal Navy, and his mother was Catherine Anne Mortimer.
Following his education, he took up an apprentice civil engineer with Jacob Owen in ...
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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.
Lanyon was born in the seaside town of Eastbourne, Sussex (now East Sussex) in 1813. His father was John Jenkinson Lanyon, a purser in the Royal Navy, and his mother was Catherine Anne Mortimer.
Following his education, he took up an apprentice civil engineer with Jacob Owen in Portsmouth. During this time, Owen was made senior Engineer and Architect of the Irish Board of Works, and when Owen moved to Dublin, Lanyon followed. Whilst here he married Owens' daughter, Helen Elizabeth, in 1835. They had ten children, including Sir William Owen Lanyon, an army officer and colonial administrator. He followed this with a short time as County Surveyor in Kildare, before moving on to Antrim in 1836. He remained County Surveyor of Antrim until 1860 when he resigned from being County Surveyor to concentrate on private jobs and...
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