Sir Hercules Langford, 1st Baronet (1626 – 1683) was an

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baronet, merchant and landowner. Langford was appointed

High Sheriff of Antrim The High Sheriff of Antrim is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Antrim. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the high sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besides his judi ...

in 1661 and was

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in 1677. A devout

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, Langford was removed from the Commission of the Peace in Meath in the wake of Colonel Blood's plot to seize

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. His estate was a centre of presbyterian worship, with a minister and a meeting-house supported by the family. On 19 August 1667 he was created a

baronet A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...

, of Kilmackevett in the

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. He married Mary Upton, a daughter of Henry Upton of

Castle Upton Castle Upton is situated in the village of Templepatrick, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is around north-west of Belfast. Originally the site of a 13th-century fortified priory of the Knights of St John, the present building was constr ...

, County Antrim. Their sons were Arthur Langford and Henry Langford, both members of the

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,Dictionary of Irish Biography
Langford, Sir Arthur
(Retrieved 31 October 2022). and Theophilus Langford. One of their daughters, Mary, married Sir John Rowley and their children included

Hercules Rowley Hercules Rowley (1679 – 19 September 1742) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Early life He was the only son of Sir John Rowley who was knighted for his services at the time of the Restoration and the former Mary Langford eldest daughter and heire ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Langford, Sir Hercules, 1st Baronet 1626 births 1683 deaths 17th-century Anglo-Irish people Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland High Sheriffs of Antrim High Sheriffs of Meath Irish Presbyterians