Anna Gore Langton

Anna Gore Langton
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

Stowe House (in 1829) was her ancestral home

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]

Langton died in London on 3 February 1879.[1]

References

  1. 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
  2. ↑ Elizabeth Crawford (2 September 2003). The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928. Routledge. pp. 717–719. ISBN 1-135-43401-8.
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