Lanyon , Percy F.

1890-1955. Australian-born Lanyon served with the Australian Baptist Missionary Society in East Bengal, 1915-1930, working particularly with the Garo people. Ill-health ended that chapter of his life. He then had two Baptist pastorates in Australia before coming to N.Z. as Secretary-Treasurer of the N.Z. Baptist Union and Missionary Society, 1940-55. At his retirement he became President of the Baptist Union in 1955, but died after only a few weeks in that office. Ref.: Obituary: NZB January 1956.