Elizabeth Langham
Elizabeth Langham | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Hastings February 19, 1635 |
| Died | March 18, 1664 |
| Cause of death | Smallpox |
| Nationality | Kingdom of England |
| Education | at home |
| Occupation | gentlewoman |
| Known for | godly life |
Elizabeth Langham born Lady Elizabeth Hastings (February 19, 1635 – March 18, 1664) was an English exemplar of godly life.
Life
Langham was probably born at the family seat of Donington Park. She born on 19 February 1635. She was one of the ten children of Ferdinando Hastings, 6th Earl of Huntingdon and his wife, the poet, Lucy Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon. The first three of her brothers died and they were replaced by Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon who became her father's heir in 1656 at the age of five.[1]
She was one of four sisters. She was known for her devotion to her education and her religious duties. The sisters were taught by their well educated mother, but it was Elizabeth who was the keenest student.[1]
Death and legacy
Langham died in Cottesbrooke in 1664. Her husband's brother, William, wrote her a eulogy which included the lines "That skill in Scripture, and in Tongues she got/ Made her a living Bible Polyglot".
In 1683 Samuel Clarke published The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons in this Later Age which included Langham. Clarke described Langham as the "epitome of a godly gentlewoman".[2]
References
- ^ a b Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2004-09-23), "Elizabeth Langham in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. ref:odnb/71779, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/71779, retrieved 2023-04-17
- ^ https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Lives_of_Sundry_Eminent_Persons_in_t/l9kTngEACAAJ?hl=en
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