George Colt Langley
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|birth_date= 8 November 1810Burke's Family Records, p. 374{{cite journal |title=The Family of Langley of Shropshire|journal=Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society |date=1892 |publisher=Adnitt and Naunton |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aXpHAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA146|page=145 |accessdate=18 May 2019 |language=en}}
|birth_place= Bristol, England
|death_date= {{dda|28 December 1896|8 November 1810|df=y}}
|death_place= Southsea, Hampshire, England
|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= Royal Marines
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|battles= First Carlist War
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General Sir George Colt Langley, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB}} (8 November 1810 – 28 December 1896) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.
Military career
Langley was born in Bristol, the eighth of 12 children born to John Langley and Annabella Claringbold.
Educated at Adams' Grammar School, Langley was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He commanded a detachment of marines off the coast of Spain during the First Carlist War.{{cite web|first=William James |last=Kerr|title=The Genealogical Tree of the Family of Jarrett of Orange Valley, Jamaica, and Camerton Court, Co. Somerset|url=http://www.orange-tree-valley.co.uk/hnj/rr01/rr01_027.htm|accessdate=20 May 2016}} He became Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces in December 1854{{London Gazette|issue=21643|page=4183|date=13 December 1954}} and Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in January 1862{{London Gazette|issue=22587|page=92|date=7 January 1862}} before retiring in July 1867.{{London Gazette|issue=23273|page=3854|date=9 July 1872}}
Personal life
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His wife Maria Catherine Langley died in 1887 at the age of 66, their eldest son Lionel died in India in 1890 at the age of 40. Family memorial in Hampshire, retrieved 14th 11 2022
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Category:Royal Marines generals
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath