William Gore-Langton (1760–1847)
Colonel William Gore-Langton (December 1760 – 14 March 1847), known as William Gore until 1783, was a British politician. He sat in the House of Commons for 45 years.
Background
Born William Gore, he was the son of Edward Gore and Barbara, daughter of Sir George Browne, 3rd Baronet. This branch of the Gore family descends from Sir John Gore, Lord Mayor of London in 1624, younger son of Gerard Gore, whose elder son Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet, of Magharabeg was the ancestor of the Earls of Arran, the Barons Annaly and the Barons Harlech. Montague Gore was his nephew.
Political career
Gore-Langton was Member of Parliament for Somerset between 1795 and 1806 and again between 1812 and 1826, for Tregony between 1808 and 1812 and for Somerset East between 1832 and 1847. He was also a Colonel in the Oxford Militia.
Family
Gore-Langton married firstly Bridget, daughter of Joseph Langton (d. 1779), in 1783, and assumed the same year by Royal license the additional surname of Langton according to the will of his father-in-law. Through this marriage Newton Park in Somerset came into the Gore family. After Bridget’s death in 1793 he married secondly Mary, daughter of John Browne. There were children from both marriages. His son from his first marriage, William Gore-Langton, was the father of William Gore-Langton and the grandfather of William Temple-Gore-Langton, 4th Earl Temple of Stowe while his son from his second marriage, Henry Gore-Langton, represented Bristol in Parliament.
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Gore-Langton
| Parliament of Great Britain | ||
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| Preceded by Sir John Trevelyan, Bt Henry Hippisley Cox |
Member of Parliament for Somerset 1795–1801 With: Sir John Trevelyan, Bt 1795–1796 William Dickinson 1796–1801 |
Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain |
Member of Parliament for Somerset 1801–1806 With: William Dickinson 1801–1806 Thomas Buckler Lethbridge 1806 |
Succeeded by Thomas Buckler Lethbridge William Dickinson |
| Preceded by James O'Callaghan Godfrey Wentworth Wentworth |
Member of Parliament for Tregony 1808–1812 With: James O'Callaghan |
Succeeded by Alexander Grant William Holmes |
| Preceded by Thomas Buckler Lethbridge William Dickinson |
Member of Parliament for Somerset 1812–1826 With: William Dickinson |
Succeeded by William Dickinson Sir Thomas Buckler Lethbridge |
| Preceded by William Dickinson Edward Ayshford Sanford |
Member of Parliament for Somerset 1831–1832 With: Edward Ayshford Sanford |
Constituency abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Somerset East 1832–1847 With: William Papwell Brigstocke 1832–1835 William Miles 1835–1847 |
Succeeded by William Miles William Pinney |