Colonel William Gore-Langton (December 1760 – 14 March 1847), known as William Gore until 1783, was a British politician. He sat in the

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for 45 years.

Background

Born William Gore, he was the son of Edward Gore and Barbara, daughter of Sir George Browne, 3rd Baronet. This branch of the Gore family descends from Sir John Gore,

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in 1624, younger son of Gerard Gore, whose elder son Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet, of Magharabeg was the ancestor of the Earls of Arran, the Barons Annaly and the

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was his nephew.

Political career

Gore-Langton was Member of Parliament for

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between 1795 and 1806 and again between 1812 and 1826, for

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between 1808 and 1812 and for

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between 1832 and 1847. He was also a Colonel in the Oxford Militia.

Family

Gore-Langton married firstly Bridget, daughter of Joseph Langton (d. 1779), in 1783, and assumed the same year by Royal licence the additional surname and arms of Langton according to the will of his father-in-law. Through this marriage Newton Park in

came into the Gore family. After Bridget's death in 1793 he married secondly Mary, daughter of John Browne. There were children from both marriages. His son from his first marriage, William Gore-Langton, was the father of William Gore-Langton and the grandfather of

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while his son from his second marriage,

Henry Gore-Langton (William) Henry Gore-Langton (1802 – 16 May 1875), was a British Liberal Party politician. Background Gore-Langton was a younger son of William Gore-Langton by his second wife Mary, daughter of John Browne. Political career Gore-Langton was ...

, represented

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in Parliament.

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