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Langton, John Montague Ellis, elder son of John Langton, F.R.C.S., of St. Marylebone, by Sophia, second daughter of John Scott, of Bickley, Kent, surgeon; b. Feb. 23, 1873; adm. April 28, 1887 (R); left April 1892; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 18, 1892); B.A. 1896; a pupil at Swindon Works, G. W. R., 1897; Divisional Locomotive Superintendent, Egyptian State Railways, 1906-21, Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer 1921-5, Chief Mechani­ cal Engineer 1925; Order of the Nile 1916, of Ismail 1925; M. l. Mech. E. 1922; m. Nov. 30. 1912, Olivia, second daughter of Lieut.-Col. John Walter Boyes, of Haslemere, Surrey: d. Dec. 12, 1957.

Langton, Henry Neville Scott, brother of John Montague Ellis Langton (q.v.); b. May 30, 1874; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (R); left July 1892; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 13. 1893); B.A. 1896; appeal sec. London Hospital and private sec. to Viscount Knutsford 1917; author of Woven in a Prayer Rug (1923), and other works; m. July 27, 1911, Blanche, youngest daughter of the Rev. Charles Chapman Murray-Browne, Vicar of Hucclecote. Gloucs; d. June 30, 1949.

Langton, Edward; kept a boarding house in Little Smith Street 1768-84 (voter in Smith Street for parliamentary elections 1774 and 1780) ; evidently Edward Langton, St Stephens Court, New Palace Yard, Westminster, will dated 29 March 1792, proved PCC 13 Jul 1793 by his widow and executor Dorothy Langton ; his will shows that Joseph Auterac (qv) was his nephew. He can be identified as Edward Langton, a clerk in the office of the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, one of the Tellers to the Exchequer, who was appointed Deputy and First Clerk to Lord Hardwicke as Teller of the Exchequer in Apr 1787.

LANGTON, CHARLES, third son of George Langton, Langton Hall, Lincs., and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Mainwaring, Goltho, near Wragby, Lincs.; b. 14 Nov 1800; adm. 1 Oct 1813; in school list Oct 1814; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1820; BA 1824; MA 1827; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Jan 1823; ordained 1830; Rector of Onibury, Shropshire 15 Nov 1832-41, res.; m. 1st, 22 Mar 1832 Charlotte, dau. of Josiah Wedgwood, Maer, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 12 Oct 1863 Emily Catherine, dau. of Robert Waring Darwin MD FRS, Shrewsbury, Shropshire; m. 3rd, 21 Feb 1884 Augusta Anne Helen, eldest dau. of Col. Francis Henry Dawkins, 1st Foot Guards; d. at Frankfurt am Main, Germany 26 Aug 1886.

LANGTON, CHARLES, brother of Peregrine Massingberd (qv); bapt. 3 Dec 1783; in school list 1797; left Easter 1797; Cadet, EICS Madras 1803; Lieut., 12th Native Infantry 11 Mar 1804; d. at Tellicherry, Madras 6 Aug 1809.

Langton, Cecil Molyneux Howard; b. July 18, 1895; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (G); left Easter 1912; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Gloucs. Regt. Jan. 23, 1915; attached M. G. C. Jan. 1916; wounded at Loos, losing the sight of both eyes, April 1916; retired June 18, 1916; in the Trades Intell. Dept. Foreign Office, May 1918 - Aug. 1919; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. 1920; B.A. 1923; m. Dec. 11, 1923, Helen Cynthia, daughter of Russell Thompson, of Minehead, Somerset; d. Aug. 25, 1951.

LANGTON, ALGERNON, brother of Peregrine Massingberd (qv); b. 8 Mar 1781 (IGI); at school under Vincent (Al. Cant. ); officer in Army; Maj. ,1817 [check]; Downing Colkl. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 10 Jun 1823, matr. Mich. 1823; BA 1828; ordained priest (Norwich) 13 Jun 1824; m. 1820 Marianne, dau. of Samuel Drewe; d. 18 Aug 1829.

LANGSTON, THOMAS ALFRED OLLIVANT, eldest son of Thomas Langston MD LRCP MRCS LSA, Warwick Square, London, and Ellen Sophia, dau. of John Shaw; b. 1 Sep 1868; adm. 20 Apr 1881 (H); left Dec 1882; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCS LRCP 1891; Surgeon-Lieut., Indian Medical Service, Bengal 30 Jan 1893; Capt., 30 Jan 1896; retd. as Maj., 30 Jan 1905; served on Waziristan expedition 1894-5, North-West Frontier 1897-8, mentioned in despatches 1897; re-employed 6 Nov 1914; Lieut. -Col. 1917.

Langston, Stephen Horatio, brother of Thomas Alfred Ollivant Langston (q.v.); b. June 24, 1877; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (A); left July 1896; Keble Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1896; B.A. 1900; cadet, Federated Malay States civil service, Nov. 1900; officer class v. Jan. 1906; class iv. Jan. 1912; class iii. Jan. 1918; class ii. Jan. 1919; class i. July 1927; m. Nov. 23, 1909, Ethel Annie, only child of the Rev. Joseph Benjamin Hunt, Rector of Kirklinton, Cumberland; d. Oct. 28, 1960.

Langrish, Roger Silvester, son of Vivian Langrish FRAM, Prof. Roy. Academy of Music, and Gwendolen Helen Mary, d. of Arthur Silvester Cavell, chartered accountant, of Bristol; b. 21 Aug. 1924; adm. Jan. 1938 (H); left Nov. 1942; RNVR (Sp) 1943-5 (Lieut. ); Univ. of St Andrews 1948-50; asst. master Arnold House Sch., Lond., 1946-8 and 1950-64; IAPS Dip. Ed. 1953; asst. master Gayhurst Sch., Gerards Cross, 1964-78, Glengorse Sch., Battle, Sussex, 1978-84; retd.; m. 1 Aug. 1951 Helen Mabel, sister of John Alexander Gow (qv).