Baron Langdale
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Baron Langdale was a title that was created twice in British history. The first creation came in the Peerage of England
Peerage of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....

 on 4 February 1658 when the prominent royalist
Cavalier
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 commander of the English Civil War
English Civil War
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, Sir Marmaduke Langdale
Marmaduke Langdale
Sir Marmaduke Langdale was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War.He married Lenox , daughter of Sir John Rodes of Barlborough, Derbyshire, and his third wife Catherine, daughter of Marmaduke Constable of Holderness on 12 September 1626, at St Michael-le-Belfry in York...

, was made by Baron Langdale, of Holme. He had fought alongside Prince Rupert and the Marquess of Newcastle at the Battle of Marston Moor
Battle of Marston Moor
The Battle of Marston Moor was fought on 2 July 1644, during the First English Civil War of 1642–1646. The combined forces of the Scottish Covenanters under the Earl of Leven and the English Parliamentarians under Lord Fairfax and the Earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists commanded by Prince...

, prior to the war he was the High Sheriff of Yorkshire
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
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 and in later life a Catholic convert. His son, the second Baron, was Governor of Kingston-upon-Hull. The title descended from father to son until the death of the fifth Baron in 1777. He had no heir as his only son had died as an infant and the title became extinct on his death in 1777. The title commonly had "of Holme" on the end of their title, in reference to Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north east of Howden and south west of Market Weighton...

 where they were based at Holme Hall. The name "Langdale" itself was derived from the Langdale hundred of Pickering
Pickering, North Yorkshire
Pickering is an ancient market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of the county of North Yorkshire, England, on the border of the North York Moors National Park. It sits at the foot of the Moors, overlooking the Vale of Pickering to the south...

 in the County of York
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 where the ancestors of Marmaduke had come from.

The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

 on 23 January 1836 when Henry Bickersteth
Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale
Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale KC, PC was an English law reformer and Master of the Rolls.He was born on 18 June 1783 at Kirkby Lonsdale, three years before his brother Edward Bickersteth...

 was made Baron Langdale, of Langdale in the County of Westmorland. He was appointed Master of the Rolls
Master of the Rolls
The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the second most senior judge in England and Wales, after the Lord Chief Justice. The Master of the Rolls is the presiding officer of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal...

 the same year. He had one daughter but no sons and the barony became extinct on his death in 1851. the evangelical clergyman Edward Bickersteth was the younger brother of Lord Langdale.

Barons Langdale (of Holme); First creation (1648)

  • Marmaduke Langdale, 1st Baron Langdale of Holme (1658–5 August 1661). he was born at Pighall
    Beverley
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    , the son of Peter Langdale and Anne Wharton. He married Lenox Rhodes on 12 September 1626. They had five 5 children. He died at Holme-on-Spalding-Mooron 5 August 1661, aged 63.
  • Marmaduke Langdale, 2nd Baron Langdale of Holme (14 January 1661–25 February 1703). He was born at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, the son of Marmaduke Langdale, 1st Baron Langdale of Holme and Lenox Rhodes. He married Elizabeth Savage of Beeston. They had six children. He died at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on 25 February 1703, aged 42.
  • Marmaduke Langdale, 3rd Baron Langdale of Holme (1703–12 December 1718). He was the son of Marmaduke Langdale, 2nd Baron Langdale of Holme and Elizabeth Savage. He married Frances Draycott of Painesley. They had three children. He died at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on 12 December 1718.
  • Marmaduke Langdale, 4th Baron Langdale of Holme (1718–8 January 1771). He was the son of Marmaduke Langdale, 3rd Baron Langdale of Holme and Frances Draycott. He married Elizabeth Widrington. They had four children. He died at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on 8 January 1771.
  • Marmaduke Langdale, 5th Baron Langdale of Holme (1771–1777). He was the son of Marmaduke Langdale, 4th Baron Langdale of Holme and Elizabeth Widrington. He married Constantia Smythe. They had five children. He died at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor on 5 April 1777, when the barony became extinct

Barons Langdale; Second creation (1836)

  • Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale
    Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale
    Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale KC, PC was an English law reformer and Master of the Rolls.He was born on 18 June 1783 at Kirkby Lonsdale, three years before his brother Edward Bickersteth...

    (1783–1851)
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