Sir James Langham, 7th Baronet (31 January 1736 – 7 February 1795) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1784 to 1790. Langham was the son of William Langham and his wife Mary Drought, daughter of Anthony Drought. He inherited the

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from his uncle Sir John Langham, 6th Baronet in 1766. He was

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in 1767, and in 1784 Langham was elected

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for

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, holding the seat until 1790. Langham married Juliana Musgrave, daughter of George Musgrave (1717–1742) of Nettlecombe and

Combe Sydenham Combe Sydenham is an historic manor in Somerset, England. The 15th-century manor house, called Combe Sydenham House is in the parish of Stogumber, Somerset and is situated just within the boundary of Exmoor National Park. It is a Grade I list ...

in Somerset, and sister and heiress of Thomas Musgrave (1741–1766) of

,A P Baggs, R J E Bush and M C Siraut, 'Parishes: Stogumber', in

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, ''Somerset'': Volume 5, ed. R W Dunning (London, 1985), pp. 177–190 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol5/pp177-190

Stogumber Stogumber () is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the eastern flank of the Brendon Hills. Besides Stogumber village itself, the parish includes the hamlets of Ashbeer, Capton, Escott, Higher Vexford, Kingswood, Lower Vellow, Low ...

, Somerset. By his wife he had children including Sir William Langham, 8th Baronet, eldest son and heir; and Sir James Langham, 10th Baronet, younger son. Langham died at the age of 59.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Langham, James 1736 births 1795 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire Place of birth missing British MPs 1784–1790 Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies