Education
Westminster School.
Westminster School.
Lenon was 21 years old, and a lieutenant in the 67th Regiment of Foot (later The Royal Hampshire Regiment), British Army during the Second Opium War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 21 August 1860 at the Taku Forts, China, Lieutenant Lenon, with Lieutenant Robert Montresor Rogers and Private John McDougall of the 44th Foot, displayed great gallantry in the ditches and entering the North Taku Fort by an embrasure during the assault. They were the first of the British troops established on the walls of the Fort. After retirement with the rank of Brevet Major, he was commanding officer of the 3rd (West Kent) Kent Rifle Volunteers from 1871 to 1883 in the rank of lieutenant-colonel.