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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Langdale, Henry Bickersteth, Baron, 1783-1851 NRA: Bickersteth, Henry (1783-1851) 1st Baron Langdale, Master of the Rolls DNB: Bickersteth, Henry, Baron Langdale (1783-1851), law reformer and master of the rolls LBT ID: LdLangd1 VIAF ID: 54533266 LOC ID: n88256590 | B/BAP: 1783-06-18 DIED: 1851-04-18 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
Son of a physician of the same name; he studied at Caius College, Cambridge and the Inner
Temple, was a friend of Sir Francis Burdett and Jeremy Bentham, and was appointed master of
the rolls and created Baron Langdale in 1836. In 1835 he married Lady Jane Elizabeth
Harley, daughter of the Earl of Oxford. | |
