Charles Lanier (January 19, 1837 – March 6, 1926) was an American banker, and railroad executive who inherited the bulk of his father's fortune, who was a close friend of J.P.

[1] In 1859, he joined his father in the family banking establishment, Winslow, Lanier & Co., that was founded in 1849 with Richard H.

[8] Lanier was a close friend of fellow banker J.P. Morgan, and the two worked together on many of the largest and most important transactions of the day.

[12] Together, they were the parents of: In 1882, Lanier and his wife built an estate called "Allen Winden" in Lenox, Massachusetts.

After Lanier’s death in 1926, the house was demolished, and replaced by a simpler home designed by Henry Seaver.