Lanchester

Lanchester may refer to:

Places

• Lanchester, County Durham, a village in England
• Lanchester Polytechnic, former name of Coventry University

People

• Ann Margaret Lanchester (fl. 1803), British fashion designer
• John Lanchester (born 1962), British journalist and novelist
• William Forster Lanchester (1875–1953), British zoologist

Lanchester family

• Henry Jones Lanchester (1834–1914), English architect; father of:
  • Henry Vaughan Lanchester (1863–1953), architect and brother of Frederick W
  • Frederick W. Lanchester (1868–1946), his son, engineer who devised Lanchester's laws (mathematical formulae for calculating the strength of military forces) and founded Lanchester Motor Company
  • Edith Lanchester (1871–1966), English socialist and suffragette; mother of:
    • Waldo Lanchester (1897–1978), British puppeteer
      • Muriel Lanchester (née Bell) (1902–1992), British ceramicist and wife of Waldo
    • Elsa Lanchester (1902–1986), Oscar-nominated English character actress
  • George Lanchester (1874–1970), British engineer

Other uses

• Lanchester Motor Company, a now defunct Birmingham car manufacturer
  • Lanchester armoured car, of World War I
  • Lanchester 6×4 armoured car, post World War I
• Lanchester submachine gun, used primarily by the Royal Navy in the Second World War

See also

• Lancaster (disambiguation)