Sir Charles Langham, 13th Baronet
Sir Herbert Charles Arthur Langham, 13th Baronet (24 May 1870, Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire – 3 October 1951, Tempo) was an English landowner, photographer, ornithologist and entomologist.
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Sir Charles Langham, 13th Baronet
- Name
- Herbert Charles Arthur Langham
- Born
- 24 May 1870
- Died
- 3 October 1951
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · United Kingdom
- Occupation
- photographer · entomologist · lawyer
- Education
- Eton College
- Languages
- English
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Sir Herbert Charles Arthur Langham, 13th Baronet (24 May 1870, Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire – 3 October 1951, Tempo) was an English landowner, photographer, ornithologist and entomologist.
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Key facts
• Name — Herbert Charles Arthur Langham • Born — 24 May 1870 • Died — 3 October 1951
Life
Life
He was educated at Eton and later became a lieutenant in the Northamptonshire Regiment. He married Ethel (known in the family as Jenny) Tennent in 1893 and came to live in Tempo Manor, County Fermanagh, which she had inherited. The house and estate had been built by her grandfather, another naturalist, James Emerson Tennent. Langham was deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for the county. In 1930 he was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh. After his death in 1951, his son John inherited his title and the Manor.
Entomology
Entomology
• Illustration — Drawer of Pieridae from the Langham collection, Ulster Museum From 1890 Langham spent spring and summer in the French and Swiss Alps. He was primarily a collector. His butterfly and moth collection includes English and Irish specimens. The French Alps, Swiss Alps and Alpine collection is butterflies only and is augmented by specimens (purchased) from Scandinavia, Palestine (ex Philip Graves), Persia, North Africa and Russia.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Charles Langham, Herbert Charles Arthur Langham, Sir Charles Langham, Sir Herbert Charles Arthur Langham and Sir Herbert Charles Arthur Langham, 13th Baronet. His recorded language was English. He was the child of Sir Herbert Hay Langham, 12th Bt. And Anna Maria Frances Sandys. He married Ethel Sarah Emerson-Tennent. One child is recorded: Sir John Langham, 14th Baronet.
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Identity
Sir Charles Langham, 13th Baronet is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Recorded with the occupation photographer.
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1870
Sir Charles Langham, 13th Baronet was born on 24 March 1870.
1951
Sir Charles Langham, 13th Baronet died on 3 October 1951.
Photography
Langham used a full-plate camera with a tripod and hand-held cameras manufactured by Leica and Voigtländer and other cameras from the American company Kodak. His subjects included the village and people of Tempo, the Alps, family and the female nude.
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