LANGAN, John Francis Hevey, J.P., for Co. Meath (High Sheriff, 1913). Educ. at Downside; only son of late Frederick Hevey Langan, J.P., of Mount Hevey, Co. Meath, and Elizabeth (d. 1898), eldest dau. of Laurence Rorke, of Moat Farrell, Co. Longford; b. 1871; m. 1900, Rowena, dau. of Win. Jas. Martin, M.D., of Dublin, and has issue one son and two daus. Res.: Mount Hevey, Hill of Down, Co. Meath; Irish Automobile Club.
LANGFORD, Baron (Irld.. 1800).— John Hercules William Rowley, 5th Baron; only surviving son of Hercules Edward, 4th Baron, K.C.V.O., and Georgina Mary (d. 1901), dau. of Sir Richard Sutton, 4th Bart.; b. 16th Dec, 1894; s. his father 29th Oct., 1919. Res.: Summerhill House, Enfield Co. Meath.
LANGHAM, Sir Herbert Charles Arthur, Bart. (Engl., 1660), late Lieut. 3rd Batt. Northamptonshire Regt.; son of Sir Herbert Hay, 12th Bart, and Anna Maria (d. 1876), dau. of 3rd Baron Sandys; b. 24th March, 1870; s his father as 13th Bart., 12th Dec, 1909; m. 1st June, 1893, Ethel, dau. of Sir William Emerson-Tennant, 2nd Bart (title extinct), and has issue one son. Res.: Tempo Manor, Co. Fermanagh.
LANGRISHE, Richard, J.P. City of Kilkenny; Clerk of the Crown and Peace. Co. Kilkenny, 1869-1916; son of 3rd Baronet; b. 1834; m., 1st, 1863, Fannie (d. 1867), eldest dau. of Stafford Chaine, of Spring Farm, Co. Antrim; 2nd, 1871, Sarah Ogle (d. 1873), dau. of late Very Rev. Ogle William Moore, Dean of Clogher; 3rd, 1882, Amitia Sneade, dau. of late Rev. Frederick Brown, of Fernbank, Beckenham, and has issue three sons and four daus. Res.: Archersfield, Kilkenny.
LANGRISHE, Sir Hercules Robert, Baronet (Irel., 1777), J.P., D.L, for Kilkenny (High Sheriff, 1891); late Capt. Army Motor Res., late Capt. and Hon. Major 3rd Batt. Oxfordshire L. I.; Commander R.N.V.R.; served in European War in Mediterranean Expedition and later as K.M.; was Master of Kilkenny Foxhounds, 1889-1907: only son of Sir James, 4th Bart., and his 1st wife, Adela de Blois (d. 1901). only dau. of the late Thomas de Blois Eccles, of Charlemont, Staffordshire; b. 27th June, 1859: s. his father as 5th Bart., 20th Aug., 1910; m. 16 April, 1887, Helen Ambrosia Hume, dau. of the late Rt. Hon. Fitzwilliam Hume Dick, P.O., M.P. (formerly Hume), of Humewood, Co. Wicklow, and has issue living one son, Keen yachtsman: owned several well-known racing yachts; won the R.Y.S. Queen's Cup in 1890, with cutter Samana. Recns.: hunting, yachting, motoring. Res: Knocktopher Abbey, Thoraastown, Co. Kilkenny. Clubs: Marlborough and Carlton, London; Kildare Street, Dublin; Royal Yacht Squadron.
LANGRISHE, Henry Hoadly. Educ: T.C.D., B.A., 1895; admitted Solicitor, 1897; Trooper Leicester Squadron I.Y., S. African War, 1900-01 (Queen's medal, four clasps presented by Edward VII). Assistant Resident Northern Nigeria, 1902, Solicitor to New Ross Harbour Commissioners, &c, 1905-16; appointed Clerk of the Crown and Peace for Kilkenny County and City, 1916; b. 30th Sept., 1872; m. 1903, Norah, dau. of late Rev. T. Coney, J.P., of Braywick Grove, Maidenhead. Issue living: Roger Hercules, b. 1905; Noreen Sylvia, b. 1907; Beatrice Aileen, b. 1908. Recns.: Sea angling, golf, taking tobacco Res.: Charterhouse, Kilkenny; Ballask Cottage, Broadway, Wexford. Clubs: Irish Automobile, Kilkenny County.
LANIGAN-O'KEEFFE, Captain Francis Stephen, M.B.E. (1919), Capt. late Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Educ. at Belvedere College. Dublin, and Mount St. Mary's; served during European War, 1914-18 (wounded twice); youngest son of late S. M. Lanigan-O'Keeffe, J.P., of Glanaguile, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary; b. 1891; m. 1915, Sylvia, only dau. of Lieut. Col. A. J. Hoag, V.D. Res.: Delville, Giasnevin, Co. Dublin.
LANSDOWNE, Marquess of, Earl of Wycombe and Viscount Calne, 1784; Baron Wycombe, 1760 (Gt. Brit.); Earl of Kerry, 1723; Earl of Shelburne, 1753; Viscount Clanmaurice, 1723 (Irld.), Baron Nairne (Scotl., 1681); Visct. Fitzmaurice and Baron Dunkeron, 1751; Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw, 1181 (Irld.), Henry Charles Keith Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess, K.G. (1894); P.C. (1895); M.A. and Hon. D.C.L. (Oxon.). G.C.M.G. (1884): G.C.S.I. (1883); G.C.I.E. (1888): received the Victorian Chain, 1905, late Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in the room of 4th Marquess of Bath. Was a Lord of the Treasury, 1868-72: Under Sec. of State for War, 1872-74; Under Sec. for India (1880); Governor-General of Dominion of Canada (1883-8); Viceroy and Governor-Gen of India (188893); Secretary of State for War (18951900); Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1900-1905): Minister without Portfolio, 1915-16; Chairman of Council of British Red Cross Society, 1915-20; is a J.P. for Wiltshire and also for Co. Kerry; Hon. Col. Wilts Yeo. Cavalry: elder son of Henry, 4th Marquess, K.G.. and his second wife. Hon. Emily Baroness Nairne (d. 1895), elder dau. of the late General the Comte de Flahault and the late Baroness Keith and Nairne; b. 14th Jan.. 1845; s. his father 5th July, 1866: and his mother in Baron of Nairne, 25th June, 1895: m. 8th Nov., 1869, Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton, G.B.E., C.I., C.H., youngest dau. of the 1st Duke of Abercorn, KG, and has issue one son and two daus. Res.: 65 Brooke Street, London, W.; Bowood, Calne; Derreen House, Kenmare. Brooks's and Travellers' Clubs, London.
