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

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baronet, merchant and landowner. Langford was appointed

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in 1661 and was High Sheriff of Meath 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

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, of Kilmackevett in the

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

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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