Sir Hercules Langford, 1st Baronet

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Sir Hercules Langford, 1st Baronet (1626 – 1683) was an Anglo-Irish baronet, merchant and landowner.

Langford was appointed High Sheriff of Antrim in 1661 and was High Sheriff of Meath in 1677. A devout Presbyterian, Langford was removed from the Commission of the Peace in Meath in the wake of Colonel Blood's plot to seize Dublin Castle. His estate was a centre of presbyterian worship, with a minister and a meeting-house supported by the family. On 19 August 1667 he was created a baronet, of Kilmackevett in the Baronetage of Ireland.

He married Mary Upton, a daughter of Henry Upton of Castle Upton, County Antrim.

Their sons were Arthur Langford and Henry Langford, both members of the Irish House of Commons,Dictionary of Irish Biography, [https://www.dib.ie/biography/langford-sir-arthur-a4668 Langford, Sir Arthur] (Retrieved 31 October 2022). and Theophilus Langford.

One of their daughters, Mary, married Sir John Rowley and their children included Hercules Rowley.

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Category:1626 births

Category:1683 deaths

Category:17th-century Anglo-Irish people

Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland

Category:High sheriffs of Antrim

Category:High sheriffs of Meath

Category:Irish Presbyterians