William Gore-Langton (1824–1873)
William Henry Powell Gore-Langton DL, JP (25 July 1824 – 11 December 1873), was a British Conservative Party politician. Background and education Gore-Langton was the son of William Gore-Langton, son of William Gore-Langton. His mother was Jacintha Frances Dorothea Collins (d.1822), daughter of Henry Powell Collins (1776–1854), twice MP for Taunton (1811–1818, 1819–1820) of Hatch Court in Somerset. 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. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. Political career Gore-Langton sat as one of the two Members of Parliament (MP) for Somerset Western from 1851 to 1859 and again from 1863 to 1873. He also served as a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Somerset. Family Gore-Langton married Lady Anna Eliza Mary, ...
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