Owen Lanyon
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Colonel Sir William Owen Lanyon KCMG CB (1842 - 1887) was a British colonial administrator and British Army officer.
Lanyon was commissioned into the 6th Foot in 1860, but transferred to the 2nd West India Regiment in 1866.
In South Africa he took over administration of Transvaal from Sir Theophilus Shepstone on 4 March 1879, and remained in that position until 8 August 1881. He then served in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War.
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