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Hercules Langford Rowley PC ( c. 1714 – 25 March 1794) was an Irish politician and landowner. Early life. Rowley was born c. 1714. He was the only son of Frances ( née Upton) Rowley and Hercules Rowley, [1] a Member of Parliament for County Londonderry from 1703 until his death in 1742. [2] .
Hercules Rowley (1679 – 19 September 1742) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Early life. He was the only son of Sir John Rowley who was knighted for his services at the time of the Restoration and the former Mary Langford eldest daughter and heiress of Sir Hercules Langford, 1st Baronet.
The viscountcy of Langford became extinct in 1796 on the death of Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford. Clotworthy Taylor succeeded to the Rowley estates and assumed by Royal licence the surname of Rowley in lieu of Taylor.
His maternal uncle, Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford represented County Antrim and Downpatrick in the Irish Parliament. After his death in 1796, the Rowley estates were inherited by his younger brother, Clotworthy (who assumed the surname of Rowley, by Royal licence, in 1796 and in 1800 the Langford title was revived when he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Langford ).
Lord Langford by Robert Hunter. Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford (29 October 1737 – 24 March 1796), styled The Honourable Hercules Rowley between 1766 and 1791, was an Irish politician. Rowley was the son of Hercules Rowley and Elizabeth Upton, 1st Viscountess Langford.
She was the wife of Hercules Langford Rowley, a member of the Irish Privy Council, grandson of Sir John Rowley and Mary, daughter of Sir Hercules Langford, 1st Baronet (see Langford baronets). She was succeeded by her son, the second Viscount.
Anglo-Irish politician
