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Edith Lanchester (1871-1966), English socialist and suffragette; Elsa Lanchester (1902–1986), Oscar-nominated English character actress; Frederick W. Lanchester (1868–1946), engineer who devised Lanchester's laws and founded Lanchester Motor Company Lanchester's laws, mathematical formulae for calculating the strength of military forces
Oct 10, 2021 · Edith Lanchester was abducted and committed on 25 October 1895, causing a national outcry. On the Spot: Nandini Das ‘No historical record is an unmediated window into the past.’
Her bohemian, socialist-minded parents, James Sullivan and Edith Lanchester, were notorious in Britain for choosing to live together and have children out of wedlock. Early on, the men in Edith’s family tried to end the arrangement by kidnapping her and committing her to an insane asylum, the cause of Edith’s ‘insanity’ alleged to be over-education.
With his wife Octavia Lanchester (age 56 born St. James) and their children Henry V. Lanchester (age 27 born at St John's Wood), Architect; Eleanor C. Lanchester (age 24 born Lewisham), Fashion Artist; Frederick W. Lanchester (age 22 born Lewisham), Patentee; Francis Lanchester (age 20 born Brighton), Bank Clerk; Edith Lanchester (age 19 born Hove), Teacher in Training School; Edward M ...
Mar 8, 2021 · On #internationalwomensday2021 #IWD2021 we'd like to share the story that tells of the life of Edith ‘Biddy’ Lanchester, younger sister of Henry, Frank and Frederick. In the late 1890’s Edith was making the front pages of newspapers from Birmingham to New York with her story of feminism, socialism and kidnapping.
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Elsa Sullivan Lanchester was born on 28th October 1902 in Lewisham, London. Her parents were James Sullivan and Edith Lanchester. She also had an older brother named Waldo Sullivan Lanchester who became a puppeteer.
Dec 27, 1986 · Miss Lanchester was born to an eccentric London couple, James and Edith Sullivan, on Oct. 28, 1902. Her parents were socialists, pacifists and vegetarians, and her mother - whose maiden name the ...
