Anna Gore Langton
Anna Gore Langton | |
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Born | February 1820 |
Died |
3 February 1879 London |
Nationality | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Spouse(s) | William Gore-Langton |
Children | William Temple-Gore-Langton, 4th Earl Temple of Stowe |
Parent(s) |
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos Lady Mary Campbell |
Anna Gore Langton or Lady Anna Eliza Mary Gore-Langton (February 1820 – 3 February 1879) was an English campaigner for women's rights.
Life
Langton was born in February 1820 to Lady Mary and Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, second duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1797–1861) at the ancestral seat of Stowe House. Her father spent a vast inheritance and was declared a bankrupt. The contents of Stowe House were sold in 1848. Her parents obtained a divorce by act of parliament in 1850.[1]
Langton avoided the sale and divorce as she married in 1846 and went to live at Newton Park. Her husband William Henry Powell Gore-Langton was a member of parliament.[1]
She worked with the Women's Printing Society and she was in the vanguard of improving women's education. She sat on the committee in 1871 that was ensuring that women could become doctors in Edinburgh.[1]
In 1872 she was elected president of the Bath committee of the National Society for Women's Suffrage. She had signed the Mill's petition for universal women's suffrage six years before. In June 1877 she and others were allowed to petition Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, concerning a bill to allow women the vote. The bill was presented by Jacob Bright, but it was defeated. Langton called a meeting to discuss a way forward given the large defeat at her house.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Elizabeth Crawford, ‘Langton, Lady Anna Eliza Mary Gore- (1820–1879)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 7 Nov 2017
- ↑ Elizabeth Crawford (2 September 2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. pp. 717–719. ISBN 1-135-43401-8.