Background
He was the son of Reverend John Langhorne and Frances Yorke.
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James Langhorne
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He was educated at Tonbridge School, Kent and the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, which was established in 1741 to educate the military branch of the Board of Ordnance to produce officers for the Artillery and Engineers.
Career
He entered the Royal Artillery in 1898 and was promoted to Captain (1904) and then to Major (1914). He was awarded the Brevet Lieutenant - Colonel and was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel (1923) and Colonel (1927). He was Inspector-General of West Indian Local Forces and Officer Commanding the Troops Jamaica (1932–1936).
He represented India at cricket in 1904/1905, at time when the Indian cricket team was made up of Europeans.
He retired in 1936 and was awarded a C.B.E. in that year. Married 1914 Constance Phyllis (died 1937) eldest daughter of Henry Grant Madan Conybeare, Justice of the Peace, Gunfield, Ingatestone, Essex.
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Membership
He was a member of Balfour Mission to United States.A. (1919), Member of the Inter-Allied Control Commission, Germany 1920 - 1926 and was served as a Colonel in the Royal Artillery, Western Command 1927 - 1931.
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United Kingdom