Baron Langford
Baron Langford, of Summerhill in the County of Meath, is a title in the
Peerage of Ireland. It was created in
1800 for
Clotworthy Rowley. Born Clotworthy Taylor, he was the fourth son of
Thomas Taylor, 1st Earl of Bective (whose eldest son was created
Marquess of Headfort in
1800) and Jane Rowley, daughter of Hercules Langford Rowley and his wife Elizabeth Rowley, 1st Viscountess Langford (created
1766). The Viscountcy of Langford became extinct in
1796 on the death of Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford. Clotworthy Taylor succeeded to the Rowley estates and assumed by Royal license the surname of Rowley in lieu of Taylor. Four years later the Langford title was revived when he was raised to the
Peerage of Ireland as Baron Langford. His great-grandson, the fourth Baron, sat in the
House of Lords as an
Irish Representative Peer from
1884 to
1919. The present holder of the Barony is a descendant of Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley, second son of the first Baron, and succeeded his kinsman the eighth Baron in
1953. Lord Langford is Constable of
Rhuddlan Castle and Lord of the Manor of Rhuddlan. As a descendant of the first Earl of Bective, he is also in remainder to the Earldom of Bective, the Viscountcy of Headfort, the Barony of Headfort and the Baronetcy of Kells, titles held by his kinsman the
Marquess of Headfort.
The family seat is
Bodrhyddan Hall,
Clwyd,
Wales.
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Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford (
1763-
1825)
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Hercules Langford Rowley, 2nd Baron Langford (
1795-
1839)
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Clotworthy Wellington William Robert Rowley, 3rd Baron Langford (
1824-
1854)
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Hercules Edward Rowley, 4th Baron Langford (
1848-
1919) (elected a Representative Peer in 1884)
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John Hercules William Rowley, 5th Baron Langford (
1894-
1922)
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William Chambre Rowley, 6th Baron Langford (
1849-
1931)
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Clotworthy Wellington Thomas Edward Rowley, 7th Baron Langford (
1885-
1952)
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Arthur Sholto Langmead Rowley, 8th Baron Langford (
1870-
1953)
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Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, 9th Baron Langford (b.
1912)
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Marquess of Headfort*
Viscount Langford
