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The Family Tree of the Eliots of Port Eliot in Cornwall, England

Bef 1781 - 1832 (> 51 years)

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Name	George Langford
Born	Bef 24 Apr 1781
Christened	24 Apr 1781	Upton cum Chulvey, Buckinghamshire [1]
Died	05 Oct 1832	London, England
Buried	11 Oct 1832	St. Mark's, Kennington, Lambeth, Surrey [2]
Person ID	I01827	Eliots of Port Eliot
Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

Father	William Langford, b. Abt 1745, South Mymms, Middlesex , d. 21 Jan 1814, Sydenham House, Lewisham, Kent (Age 69 years)
Mother	Margaret
Family ID	F00560	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Wife Mary Ramsbottom, b. 30 Apr 1782, d. 11 Jun 1824, Lyon, France (Age 42 years)

Married 14 Jun 1803 St. George's Hanover Square, London [3]

--- "Salisbury and Winchester Journal" 20 Jun 1803, page 3:
MARRIED. ON Tuesday, at St. George's, Hanover-Square, Capt. Langford, of the Royal Navy, to Miss Ramsbottom, of Windsor: the Captain, assisted by a rope ladder, had early in the morning borne off his fair prize from her bedchamber, to which she had been confined by her relations; and having, by means of a prior consent, obtained the necessary documents from Doctor's Commons, he had secured her by the silken bands of Hymen, whilst a sharp pursuit was maintained on the northern road, on the supposition that the fugitives were embarked for Gretna Green.

Children

	1. Son Langford, b. 22 Mar 1804, Windsor, Berkshire
	2. Edward Edwards Langford, b. 23 Nov 1809, Brighton, Sussex
	3. Henry Jolliffe Langford, b. 17 Apr 1811, d. 05 Dec 1834, Stoke, Devon (Age 23 years)

Last Modified 16 Jun 2021

Family ID F00562 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

--- "The United Service Magazine" 1832, page 431:
DEATHS.
October 5th. Capt. George Langford, R.N. aged 52. This officer was promoted to the rank of [Post] Captain in March, 1808, while commanding the Sappho, for capturing a Danish ship of war, of superior force, called the Admiral Yarol. He served nearly the whole of his time as Midshipman and Lieutenant, in the fleet under the command of the immortal Nelson; and was present in the boats, commanded by Sir Thomas Hardy (then a Lieutenant), at the cutting out of the Mutine, from the harbour of Santa Cruz, and at the battles of St. Vincent, the Nile, landing in Egypt, and capture of the Guillaume Tell, and in many minor conflicts in boats, &c. during the active period of warfare in the Mediterranean, from 1797 to 1800. The last ship Capt. Langford commanded was the Alpheus frigate, on the East India station, and which was paid off in 1816.