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[[Brigadier-General]] '''Harold Stephen Langhorne''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CB|CMG}} (17 September 1866 – 26 June 1932) was an officer in the [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps]] of the [[British army]] and served in India, [[Burma]], Hong Kong, South Africa and France.
== Early life ==
He was the son of [[John Langhorne (King's School Rochester)|Reverend John Langhorne]], headmaster of [[King's School, Rochester]] and Henrietta Long of [[Harston Hall]], [[Harston]], [[Cambridgeshire]] and Landermere Hall, [[Thorpe-le-Soken]].
He attended [[Tonbridge School]] and then went to the [[King's School, Rochester]]. He went to the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]], London, England, which was established in 1741 to educate the military branch of the Board of Ordnance to produce officers for the Artillery and Engineers. He entered the [[Royal Artillery]] in 1885, and by 1890 served in India.
==Family, Marriage and Children==
[[File:Amy Helen Francis Hadow (born Toghoo, Bengal 21 December 1867 died Cheltenham, Gloucester, England 17 July 1953).jpg|thumb|right|Amy Helen Francis Hadow (born Toghoo, Bengal 21 December 1867 died Cheltenham, Gloucester, England 17 July 1953). Wife of Brigadier-General Harold Stephen Langhorne.]] ▼[[Image:Henriettalanghorne(long)1836-1869harstonhallcambridge.jpg|left|thumb|Henrietta Langhorne, née Long (1836-1869) mother of HS Langhorne]]
▲[[File:Amy Helen Francis Hadow (born Toghoo, Bengal 21 December 1867 died Cheltenham, Gloucester, England 17 July 1953).jpg|thumb|right|Amy Helen Francis Hadow (born Toghoo, Bengal 21 December 1867 died Cheltenham, Gloucester, England 17 July 1953). Wife of Brigadier-General Harold Stephen Langhorne.]]
His brother John Langhorne became principal of [[John Watson's Institution]], [[Edinburgh]]. Two of his half-brothers also became senior army officers: Major-General [[Algernon Philip Yorke Langhorne]] and Brigadier [[James Archibald Dunboyne Langhorne]].
Harold Stephen Langhorne met his future wife after he fell from a horse during a [[polo]] match in India. In order to recover from the fall he was seated beside her and her father Major General [[Frederick Edward Hadow]], believed to have been a senior officer of the [[Hyderabad Contingent]] Force. He married Amy Helen Francis Hadow (born [[Taungoo|Toghoo]], [[Bengal]] 21 December 1867 died Cheltenham, Gloucester, England 17 July 1953) at [[Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India on 28 December 1891.
They had five children:
* Francis Harold Langhorne (born 1892 [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]], [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]], India), emigrated to [[Slocan junction]], [[British Columbia]] and signed up with the [[Canadian Expeditionary Force]] at [[Valcartier]] on 18 September 1914. He was killed in action at [[Cambrai]] on 29 September 1918 whilst a [[Lieutenant]] with the [[2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles]] (British Columbia Regiment)<ref>[https://archive.today/20120801064055/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/cef/001042-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=512271 Item Display - Soldiers of the First World War - CEF - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada]</ref>)
[[Image:LanghorneFrancisHarold1892-1918(age14).jpg|right|thumb|Francis Harold Langhorne (aged 14). Killed in action at [[Bourlon Wood]], Cambrai September 1918]]
* Ursula Margaret (Peggy) Langhorne (born [[Ticehurst]], Kent in September 1894)
[[Image:LanghorneedwardwalterbornHongKong1900brotherofFrancisHaroldLanghorneofBourlonWood.jpg|thumb|* Edward Walter Langhorne in(born 1900 Hong Kong joined the Royal Artillery, served in [[Mesopotamia]] and India.
* Hilda Mary Langhorne (born [[Harbledon]], [[Canterbury]] 15 April 1901 died 1999) lived with her parents in Egypt, joined the ARP in 1939 and worked as an ambulance driver in London during the [[The Blitz|blitz]].
* Edward Walter Langhorne (born 1900 Hong Kong joined the Royal Artillery, served in [[Mesopotamia]] and India. After leaving the army he worked in the 1930s in oil extraction in [[Trinidad]] and was present for the [[Butler riots]]. He was present at [[Guayaguayare]] and [[Forest reserve]]. In the 1950s he worked again in oil extraction for the [[Ministry (government)|Ministry]] of [[public works|Works]] [[Kaduna]], [[Nigeria]]. He later lived with his wife Rose at [[Whitchurch, Hampshire]].
* Elizabeth Langhorne (born 23 October 1911 at the [[Royal Army Clothing Depot]], [[Pimlico]], London died Gloucester 1999).
* Hilda Mary Langhorne (born [[Harbledon]], [[Canterbury]] 15 April 1901 died 1999) lived with her parents in Egypt, joined the ARP in 1939 and worked as an ambulance driver in London during the [[The Blitz|blitz]]. She was based at the London Auxiliary Ambulance Station at 39A crawford Street, London. For this she received the [[Defence Medal (United Kingdom)|Defence Medal]] in 1946. She later became a governess to Sir [[Sidney Woodwark]], physician to Queen Elizabeth. Late in her retirement she resided at Whaddon and then Brookethorpe, both near Gloucester.
[[File:LanghorneHildamary(1901-1999).jpg|left|thumb|Hilda Mary Langhorne (1901 - 1999). Hilda Mary Langhorne (15 April 1901 died Gloucestershire 1999)]]
* Elizabeth Langhorne (born 23 October 1911 at the [[Royal Army Clothing Depot]], [[Pimlico]], London died Gloucester 1999). Elizabeth attended [[Cheltenham Ladies College]] from 1925 to 1931, with a scholarship from 1927 to 1930 and was a senior prefect from 1930 to 1931. In 1931 she won the [[Dorothea Beale]] exhibition in History to enter St Hilda's College, Oxford and in 1933 won the [[Mansfield essay prize]](open to 1st and 2nd year students in all subjects; for an essay on "The study of Aristotle in the thirteenth century). She won the University Gibbs Scholarship in history (awarded on the result of a competitive examination) and her College exhibition was raised to a scholarship. She was the first woman to win the Gibbs Scholarship. In 1934 she completed B.A. Final Honour School of modern history, class II. Her special period was A.D. 919-1273 and special subject The Third Crusade. In 1934-1935 she undertook the Gamble studentship for research (a college studentship). From 1935-1936 she was a junior lecture in history as [[Royal Holloway College]] In 1935 she undertook Post Graduate work under the direction of [[F. M. Powicke|Professor Powicke]]. Her research was on "The problem of the papacy in the twelfth century, with special reference to the preaching of apostolic poverty during the pontificate of Eugenius II". She was a lecturer in modern history at St Hilda's from 1936 to 1938. From 1938 to 1939 she was a part-time teacher at Cheltenham Ladies college. From 1941- 1942 she was a National Service interviewer, [[Stockport]]. In 1942 she was appointed part-time to the Staff of the Social Reconstruction Survey organised by Nuffield College, Oxford. She married Francis Hugh Vowles in 1938, residing at 135 Finlay road, Gloucester. She was chair of the Gloucestershire local history society. They later lived at the Old Rectory, Whaddon, Gloucester before dividing this land and building "New Hasbrook" next door.
== Career and later life ==
Langhorne served in the Royal Artillery, where he was promoted to Captain (1895), Major (1904), Lieutenant-Colonel (1907), and Colonel (1914). His ordnance formation was as follows: Ordnance Officer 4th Class 1896–1902, 3rd Class 1902–7,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27505 |date=19 December 1902 |page=8760 }}</ref> 2nd Class 1907–14, 1st class 1914.<ref>Who was who, 1929-1940</ref>
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