Henrietta was the eldest daughter of Henry and Isabella Lanyon (see the post Captain Cork!)
Henrietta was born in 1818, her brother Henry Scott a year later. He died aged 19 of a fever. Elizabeth Caroline was born in 1824 and died aged 14 of water on the brain. Charles was born in 1826 and died aged 16 of TB.
Henrietta, as the sole surviving child, set out to commemorate her parents by installing a beautiful stained glass window at St Allen church in their memory.
She also made a number of donations to Truro cathedral, including her father’s jewelled sword and gold snuff box. These items are now lost.
But her pièce de résistance was the lectern at Truro cathedral!
The eagle was chosen to represent St John the Evangelist. Henrietta paid £550 for the lectern, a huge sum in those days and despite that they spelt her name incorrectly on the commemorative plaque! Harriett rather than Henrietta!
The Lanyons 