pp._ 19–61, _portrait_.
LANGFORD, JOSEPH MUNT. _b._ 1809; employed by Messrs. Blackwood,
publishers 1830, head of their London branch 1845–81; dramatic
critic of The Observer many years; part author of several dramas
produced at the Adelphi theatre, London about 1854. _d._ 2 The
Paragon, Winchester 28 Aug. 1884.
LANGHAM, STEPHEN NATHANIEL (son of a farm labourer). _b._
Hinckley, Leics. May 1820; pugilist, always known as Nat.
Langham, height 5 feet 10 inches, weight 11 stone; beat Wm.
Ellis 1843, Tom Lowe 1844 and Doctor Campbell 1845; beat George
Gutteridge £25 a side at Bourne, Lincs. 23 Sep. 1846; beat Wm.
Sparkes the Australian £50 a side at Woking Common 4 May 1847;
beaten by Harry Orme £50 a side 117 rounds in 176 minutes at
Lower Hope Point down the river Thames 6 May 1851; beat Tom
Sayers £100 a side, 61 rounds in 122 minutes near Lakenheath,
Suffolk 18 Oct. 1853; fought Ben Caunt £200 a side, 60 rounds
in 89 minutes at Standing Creek, Medway 21 Sep. 1857, not
decided; won 6 out of 7 fights, is the only man who ever beat
Tom Sayers; kept the Ram inn, Bridge st. Cambridge 1851 to 1853,
the Cambrian Stores, 12 Castle st. Leicester sq. London 1853 to
1861, and the Cambridge Stores at 12 Castle st. 1870 to death;
kept the Mitre tavern, 62 St. Martin’s lane, London 1862 to
1869; bankrupt 2 March 1869, discharged 29 March 1870. _d._ the
Cambridge Stores, Castle st. London 1 Sep. 1871. _bur._ Brompton
cemetery 7 Sep. _H. D. Miles’s Pugilistica_, _iii_ 234–52
(1881), _portrait_; _F. W. J. Henning’s Prize Ring_ (1888)
160–7; _Illust. sporting news_, _ii_ 277 (1863), _portrait_.
LANGLEY, ALBERT GORDON (eld. son of Charles Langley of
Chudleigh, South Devon). A student of Middle Temple 15 Jany.
1837, certificate of honour Nov. 1857, studentship May 1858,
barrister M.T. 30 April 1859, admitted ad eundem at L.I. 2 Nov.
1863; author of A reading of the act to further amend the law
of property and to relieve trustees 1860; An essay on the law of
pleading by way of claim for alternative relief 1881; edited E.
E. Deacon’s The law and practice of bankruptcy 3 ed. 1864. _d._
19 Lee terrace, Blackheath 29 Jany. 1888.
LANGLEY, DANIEL BAXTER. _b._ 1797 or 1798; ed. St. John’s coll.
Camb., S.C.L. 1828, LLD. 1841; V. of Olney, Bucks. 1834–56;
R. of Yardley-Hastings with Denton, Northants. 1856 to death;
author of Olney lectures delivered in the parish church of
Olney 1840; Morning and evening prayers compiled from the
Common Prayer Book 1862; Christian laconics, or many things in
few words 1862; The destruction of earthly hopes a reason for
the cultivation of heavenly affections 1865, 2 ed. 1868. _d._
Yardley-Hastings rectory 15 March 1881.
LANGLEY, EDWARD (son of Mr. Langley who lived to be 93, by his
wife who lived to be 105). _b._ 1763; a surgeon at Riseley,
Beds. 1803–28 when he retired. _d._ St. John st. Bedford 25
Jany. 1859 aged 96.
NOTE.--His mother’s father lived to be 103, and her grandfather 100.
LANGRIDGE, GEORGE DAVID. _b._ Kent 1829; emigrated to Australia;
represented Collingwood in legislative assembly of Victoria 1874
to death; comr. of public works Aug. 1880 to July 1881; comr. of
trade and customs March 1883 to Feb. 1886; chief secretary and
minister of customs Nov. 1890 to death. _d._ Melbourne 24 March
1891.
LANGSLOW, ROBERT. Barrister M.T. 7 Feb. 1823; attorney general
of Malta 5 July 1832 to Nov. 1838 when granted pension of £300
on abolition of the office; judge of district court of Colombo
No. 1 South, Ceylon 8 June 1840, suspended from his office for
dilatoriness in discharge of his duty 11 Dec. 1843, removed
July 1844; was residing 6 Powis place, Bloomsbury, London in