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James Haughton Langston
M.P.
Standing three-quarter length painted portrait of James Haughton Langston, formally dressed in black, holding papers in his right hand and resting his left hand
Portrait of James Haughton Langston by Thomas Lawrence, c.1810
Born1796
Died1863
Occupationpolitician

James Haughton Langston (25 May 1796[1][2] – 19 October 1863) was a British landowner and Member of Parliament.

Life

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He was the son of John Langston of Sarsden House, Oxfordshire, and his wife, Sarah. He was educated at Eton College (1811). He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1814, graduating DCL in 1819.[3]

In 1812 Langston succeeded his father, inheriting the Sarsden estate. He was appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1819–20 and verderer of Wychwood Forest.

Langston served as MP for New Woodstock from 1820 to 1826 and Oxford from 1826 to 1834 and from 1841 to 1863. He died in 1863. He had married the Hon. Julia Moreton, the daughter of Thomas Reynolds Moreton, 4th Baron Ducie. They had one daughter who survived into adulthood, Julia, to whom he bequeathed his Oxfordshire estate. In 1849 she married her cousin Lord Moreton, later 3rd Earl of Ducie.

References

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  1. ^ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  2. ^ Peters, Christine (1995). The Lord Lieutenants and High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire. Perpetua Press. p. 7. ISBN 9781870882125. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Langston, James Haughton" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Woodstock
1820–1826
With: John Gladstone 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Oxford
1826–1836
With: John Ingram Lockhart to 1830
William Hughes Hughes 1830–32
Thomas Stonor 1832–33
William Hughes Hughes from 1833 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Oxford
1841–1863
With: Donald Maclean to 1847
Sir William Wood 1847–53
Edward Cardwell 1853 – March 1857
Charles Neate March – July 1857
Edward Cardwell from July 1857 		Succeeded by


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