Elizabeth Langham born Lady Elizabeth Hastings (19 February 1635 – 18 March 1664) was an English noblewoman who was seen as an example of godly life. She had a talent for languages.
She was known for her devotion to her education and her religious duties. The sisters were taught by their well educated mother, but it was Elizabeth who was the keenest student.[1]
On 18 November 1662, she became the second of Sir James Langham, 2nd Baronet's four wives. Her husband had just been the member of parliament for Northampton. She came with a dowry of £10,000. They lived at houses at Cottesbrooke and Crosby Place in London which belonged to her father-in-law. She became the step mother of Mary Langham who was eleven years old. Elizabeth became her tutor in matters religious.[1]
Death and legacyedit
Langham died in Cottesbrooke in 1664 after a marriage of less than two years. She was pregnant and she died of smallpox. She was said to be recognised for her goodness towards the poor, her servants, her family and the household. Her husband's brother, William, wrote her a eulogy which included the lines "That skill in Scripture, and in Tongues she got/ Made her a living Bible Polyglot". Her step-daughter, Mary, inherited her religious devotion[1] and she would in time marry Henry Booth, first earl of Warrington.[2]
In 1683 Samuel Clarke published The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons in this Later Age which included Langham. Clarke described Langham as the "epitome of a godly gentlewoman".[3] She had been included in more than five other books of biographies of women.[4]
Referencesedit
^ abcdMatthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2004-09-23). "Elizabeth Langham in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/71779. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/71779. Retrieved 2023-04-17. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Clarke, Samuel (1683). The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons in this Later Age: In Two Parts, I. Of Divines. II. Of Nobility and Gentry of Both Sexes. Thomas Simmons at the Princes Arms in Ludgate-street.
^"Collective Biographies of Women". cbw.iath.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
December 18, 2023
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