Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet (c. 1621 – 22 August 1699) of Cottesbrook, Northamptonshire was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1656 and 1662. He married four times, but he had no heir.

Life

Langham was the eldest son of

Sir John Langham, 1st Baronet Sir John Langham, 1st Baronet (20 April 1584 – 16 May 1671) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons in 1654 and 1660. He was the eldest son of Edward Langham of Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, wh ...

and his wife Mary Bunce.John Burke ''A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of ..., Volume 2''
/ref> He was educated at

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, where he matriculated in 1638, and was admitted to

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in 1640 to train for the law. He was knighted in 1660 and appointed Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1664. In 1656, Langham was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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. He was elected MP for

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in 1659 for the

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. In 1661, Langham was elected Member of Parliament for

in the

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but the election was declared void on 13 June. Langham was again elected MP for Northampton in February 1662 but the election was also declared void on 26 April 1662. Langham inherited the

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on the death of his father in 1671. He was elected a

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in 1678. Langham married four times, his first wife being Mary Alston, the daughter of Sir Edward Alston. His second wife was Elizabeth Hastings who was known her religious observance. She was the daughter of the poet Lady Lucy and

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and she came with a £10,000 dowry. His third wife was Penelope, the daughter of

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and his fourth wife was Dorothy, the daughter of John Pomeroy of Devon. He died at Kensington and was buried at Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire, leaving no male children. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his brother

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. His daughter married

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References

History of Parliament - LANGHAM, Sir James (c.1621-99), of Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mdx. and Cottesbrooke, Northants.
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Place of birth missing Year of birth uncertain Fellows of the Royal Society English MPs 1656–1658 English MPs 1659 English MPs 1661–1679 Burials in Northamptonshire