Lanchester Explained

Lanchester may refer to:

Places

Ann Margaret Lanchester (fl. 1803), British fashion designer
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
Henry Jones Lanchester (1834-1914), English architect
Henry Vaughan Lanchester (1863–1953), architect and brother of Frederick W
John Lanchester (born 1962), British journalist and novelist
Waldo Lanchester (1897–1978), British puppeteer
William Forster Lanchester (1875–1953), British zoologist

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