Sir Arthur Langford, 2nd Baronet (circa 1652 – 29 March 1716) was an
Anglo-Irish
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lawyer and politician.
Langford was the eldest son of
Sir Hercules Langford, 1st Baronet and Mary Upton, and inherited his father's
baronetcy
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in 1683. He entered
Trinity College Dublin
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in 1670 and
Lincoln's Inn
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in 1671. He was a devout
Presbyterian
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and helped to found the presbyterian general fund in 1710.
Between 1692 and 1693, Langford represented
Duleek
Duleek (; ) is a small town in County Meath, Republic of Ireland, Ireland.
Duleek takes its name from the Irish language, Irish words ''daimh'' and ''liag'', meaning house of stones, referring to an early stone-built church, St. Cianán's Churc ...
in the
Irish House of Commons
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. He was subsequently elected to represent
Coleraine
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from 1695 to 1713 and
County Antrim
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between 1715 and his death in 1716.
[E. M. Johnston-Liik]
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.101 (Retrieved 31 October 2022). He was succeeded in his title by his brother,
Henry Langford.
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Irish MPs 1692–1693
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