*** Source: Early California Wills, California: California Society, D.A.R., 1952, 952 pgs. *** ---page 19--- 19 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. ---end---