Lanyon is a doctor. He's very cheerful and jolly, and his enthusiasm when socialising seems performative, but is genuine. He's in his early 50s. a Victorian gentleman in London, and the year is 1886. He is close friends with Mr Gabriel. J. Utterson, and Dr Henry Jekylll. He gets offended easily when about unscientific matters, and will go against anything he considers 'supernatural poppycock'. he's happily a bachelor. upper middle class. Residing in Cavendish square. Suppressed homosexual. posh.