Leonard Herbert LANHAM

1870 - 1951  (80 years)

• Name	Leonard Herbert LANHAM
  Birth	12 Oct 1870	Dorking, Surrey   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	150D50A6643A47CC807BACB6472C1422CFDE
  Death	Jun 1951	Wandsworth RD   [3]
  Notes	1881 census: Leonard LANHAM, aged 10, born St Martin, Dorking, Surrey, was a pupil at a school at 76 Cambridge Terrace, Marylebone, London. 1891 census: see father's Notes. 1911 census: at 2 Creighton Road, South Ealing, Middlesex (5 rooms) (all LANHAM), Leonard Herbert (head, 40, married, clerk, born Dorking, Surrey), Louise (wife, 34, married 12 years, 3 children all living, born Hull, Yorks), Louise Elizabeth (daughter, 11, born Acton, Middlesex), Edwin Henry (son, 8, born Acton, Middlesex) and Albert Frederick (son, 5, born Acton, Middlesex). 1921 census: at 44, Hillcrest Road, Acton, Middlesex, Leonard Herbert LANHAM (head, 50y 8m, married, born Dorking, Surrey, export clerk with Winsor & Newton, artists trade, 38 Rathbone Place, London W), Louise LANHAM (wife, 44y 5m, married, born Hull, Yorks, home duties), Edwin Henry LANHAM (son, 18y 6m, single, born Acton, clerk with Wm. Younger & Co, brewers, Belvedere Road, Lambeth), Albert Frederick LANHAM (son, 15y 6m, born Acton, clerk with Winsor & Newton, artists trade, 38 Rathbone Place, London W), Elizabeth JANES (mother in law, 72y 3m, widow, born Honiton, Devon, retired licensed victualler), William Albert Brock MINTER (son in law, 20, married, born Ealing, Middlesex, railway guard with Metropolitan District Company Railway, Electric Railway House, Broadway, Heston) and Louise Elizabeth MINTER (daughter, 21y 7m, married, born Acton, millinery assistant with Hill's Miliners, 89 Wigmore Street, London W). 1939 Register: at 43 Chisholm Road, Croydon, Surrey: COOK, Charles H born 1 Aug 1891, married, PSV driver (motor) COOK, Alice born 2 Jun 1887, married, lady chef COOK, Frederick D born 21 Jul 1921, single, capstan operator LANHAM, Leonard H born 12 Oct 1870, widower, retired
  Person ID	I4746	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	William Henry LANHAM,   b. Bef 8 Oct 1834, Dorking, Surrey d. Mar 1915, Wandsworth RD (Age ~ 80 years)
  Mother	Louisa Henrietta PREVOST,   b. 15 Nov 1833, St Marylebone, London d. Dec 1905, Wandsworth RD (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1860	Dorking, Surrey   [4]
  	William Henry Lanham, full age, bachelor, clerk of Dorking, father Henry Lanham (deceased) and Louisa Henrietta Prevost, full age, spinster of Dorking, father John(?) Prevost. Both signed. Witnesses W S Prevost, J Prevost, Robert James Bristow.
  Family ID	F1608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa JANES,   b. Mar 1877, Hull, Yorkshire d. Jun 1935, Surrey NE RD (Age ~ 58 years)
  Marriage	13 Apr 1899	St James, Edmonton, Middlesex   [5, 6]
  Children	1. Louise Elizabeth LANHAM,   b. 14 Nov 1902   d. 3 Jul 1946, Brentford, Middlesex (Age 43 years)   2. Edwin Henry LANHAM,   b. 13 Dec 1902, Acton, Middlesex d. Dec 1974, Canterbury RD (Age 72 years)   3. Albert Frederick LANHAM,   b. Mar 1906, Acton, Middlesex d. Sep 1983, Canterbury RD (Age ~ 77 years)
  Family ID	F1607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S178] BMD index, Q4 1870 Dorking 2a/129. (Reliability: 3). [S387] 1939 Register at findmypast.com. [S178] BMD index, aged 80, Q2 1951 Wandsworth 5d/771. (Reliability: 3). [S371] England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 at ancestry.com, September 2015 and later. [S455] London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 at ancestry.com. [S178] BMD index, Q2 1899 Edmonton 3a/552. (Reliability: 3).