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William Wass Langford

William Wass Langford

Male Bef 1772 - 1817  (> 44 years)

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  • Name William Wass Langford 
    Born Bef 09 Dec 1772 
    Christened 09 Dec 1772  Eton, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 25 Apr 1817  Downing-Street, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 07 May 1817  St. Margaret's, Westminster Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I01831  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 

    Father William Langford,   b. Abt 1745, South Mymms, Middlesex Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1814, Sydenham House, Lewisham, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Margaret 
    Family ID F00560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • --- "Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette" 08 May 1817, page 4:
      In Downing-street, Wm. W. Langford, esq; for many years his Majesty's consul general at Tripoli: he was in the very act of writing to engage his passage to the Mauritius (to the civil service of which island he was appointed) when a fit of apoplexy caused his almost instant death.

      --- "The Naval Chronicle" Vol. 37, Apr. 1817, page 440:
      DEATHS. On the 25th April, at his apartments in Downing-street, in a fit of apoplexy, Wm. W. Langford, Esq. many years consul-general at Tripoli, and brother of Captain George Langford, R.N.

  • Sources 
    1. Scan of Original Burial Record.