Lanchester

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Lanchester may refer to:

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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)

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