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Sir William Owen Lanyon - resident of England 
Case #171 
Extracted from Principal Registry of the Probate Divorce
and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice. 
Died in New York (widower) 
Will dated: 13 February 1885 
Probated in Kern County 25 November 1889 
Probated in England 11 June 1887 
Father: Sir Charles Lanyon 
Bros: John Lanyon, Lisbreen, Belfast, Ireland 
Herbert Owen Lanyon, The Abbey, Belfast, Ireland 
Louis Mortimer Lanyon, Donegal St., Belfast, Ireland 
Sis: Mary Owen Hollams, Marloes Rd., Kensington, London 
Elizabeth Helen Lanyon, The Abbey, Belfast, Ireland 
Niece: Helen Slacke, Waterford, Ireland 
Nephew: Charles Slacke, Waterford, Ireland 
The above children of deceased sister, Catherine Ann Slake 
Wife's sis: Matilda Levy, 51 Grosvenor St. London, England 
Father-in-law: Joseph Moses Levy, 51 Grosvenor St. London, England 
Sister-in-law: Annie Clark, Place de Opera, Paris, France 
Relationship not stated: Florence Louisa Young, Valparaiso, Chili, S.A. 
English Executors and Trustees: 
William Hollams, No.1 Dr. Johnson's Bldg. Temple, London 
John Lanyon, Lisbreen, Belfast, Ireland 
Executor: Jackson A. Graces, Los Angeles, California 
Witnesses: Herbert Edward Cox, 10 St. Swithins City, E.C. 
Robert Rodd, Butler to J. M. Levy, 51 Grosvenor Street, London. 
Sir William Lanyon of 51 Grosvenor St., London, England, was a 
Colonel in Her Majestys Army, C.B. & K.C.M.G. The plot of 
ground owned by him in Brompton Cemetery, England, was left 
to sisters-in-law Matilda Levy (spinster) and Annie Clark, 
the wife of George Richard Campbell Clark.