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

Life

He was the son of John Langston of

Sarsden House Sarsden is a village and civil parish about south of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. The 2001 Census recorded the parish population as 83. Since 2012 Sarsden has been part of the Churchill and Sarsden joint parish council area, sharing a paris ...

, Oxfordshire, and his wife, Sarah. He was educated at

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(1811). He maticulated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1814, graduating DCL in 1819. In 1812 Langston succeeded his father, inheriting the Sarsden estate. He was appointed

High Sheriff of Oxfordshire The High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'. The title of High Sheriff is therefore much olde ...

for 1819–20 and verderer of Wychwood Forest. Langston served as MP for New Woodstock from 1820 to 1826 and

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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,

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, to whom he bequeathed his Oxfordshire estate. In 1849 she married her cousin Lord Moreton, later 3rd Earl of Ducie.

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* 1796 births 1863 deaths High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub