Cynthia Lennon Cynthia Lennon Cynthia Lillian Lennon ("née" Powell; 10 September 1939 – 1 April 2015) was the first wife of English musician John Lennon and mother of Julian Lennon. She grew up in the middle-class section of Hoylake, on the Wirral Peninsula in North West England. At the age of 12, she was accepted into the Junior Art School, and was later enrolled in the Liverpool College of Art. John Lennon also attended the college; a meeting with Powell in a calligraphy class led to their relationship. When John was performing in Hamburg with the Beatles, she rented his bedroom from
John Lennon (Royal Navy officer) of twenty-two hands were killed or wounded. Two lawsuits followed with the underwriters of the "Hibernia"'s cargo, and Lennon and his owners were liable for £8,000 in damages, or more than double the loss that would have been incurred if Lennon had surrendered. In 1818-19, Lennon and "Hibernia" transported convicts to Van Diemen's Land. Lennon and his wife Mary had two daughters. He died in retirement at his home, in Plymouth, England, on 27 August 1846 from complications (a bronchial infection) resulting from a wound he received in 1796. John Lennon (Royal Navy officer) John Lennon (1768–1846), was a naval