Sir John Charles Patrick Langham, 14th Baronet (30 June 1894 – 1972) was an Irish landowner and botanical artist.

Life

John Charles Patrick Langham was born on 30 June 1894[1] at Tempo Manor, County Fermanagh.[2] His parents were Sir Charles Langham, 13th Baronet and Ethel Sarah "Jennie" Tennant. His maternal grandfather was Sir William Emerson Tennent, 2nd Baronet of Tempo Manor.[3] He attended Rugby and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and went on to work as a land agent for a number of large Irish estates including Coolattin, County Wicklow.[2] He married Rosamond Christabel Rashleigh on 1 October 1930.[4] Langham succeeded his father as Baronet after his death in 1951.[3]

Langham was a botanical artist, whose work was preserved at the family home, including eight volumes of watercolour studies.[2][5]

Langham died in 1972 and was succeeded by his son, Captain Sir James Michael Langham, 15th Baronet.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Ruvigny et Raineval, Melville Henry Massue, marquis de (2001). The Plantagenet roll of the blood royal : being a complete table of all the descendants now living of Edward III, King of England. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books. p. 448. ISBN 9780788418723.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Butler, Patricia (2000). Irish botanical illustrators & flower painters. Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club. p. 88. ISBN 1851493573.
  3. 1 2 Maguire, W. A. "Langham, Sir (Herbert) Charles Arthur". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Rosamund, Lady Langham". British Museum. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Butler, Patricia (1997). Three hundred years of Irish watercolours and drawings. London: Phoenix Illustrated. pp. 95–96. ISBN 0753802066.
  6. ↑ Burke's Peerage, volume 2 (2003), p. 2234
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