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About Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford
Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford, styled The Honourable Hercules Rowley between 1766 and 1791, was an Anglo-Irish politician. Rowley was the son of Hercules Rowley and Elizabeth Upton, 1st Viscountess Langford. At the 1783 Irish general election, he was returned to the Irish House of Commons for both County Antrim and Downpatrick. He chose to sit for County Antrim, a seat he held until 1791 when he succeeded his mother in the viscountcy and entered the Irish House of Lords. He was also elected for Longford in 1783 and 1790, but again chose to sit for County Antrim. Langford died unmarried in March 1796, aged 58. The viscountcy died with him.
Everything about Hercules Rowley, 2nd Viscount Langford →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland
- Born
- October 29, 1737
- Died
- March 24, 1796