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General Sir George Colt Langley, KCB (8 November 1810 – 28 December 1896) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines.

Military career

Langley was born in Bristol, the eighth of 12 children born to John Langley and Annabella Claringbold.

Educated at Adams' Grammar School, Langley was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He commanded a detachment of marines off the coast of Spain during the First Carlist War. He became Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces in December 1854 and Deputy Adjutant-General Royal Marines (the professional head of the Royal Marines) in January 1862 before retiring in July 1867.

Personal life

His wife Maria Catherine Langley died in 1887 at the age of 66, their eldest son Lionel died in India in 1890 at the age of 40.

References

1. Burke's Family Records, p. 374
2. ^ "The Family of Langley of Shropshire". Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. Adnitt and Naunton: 145. 1892. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
3. Kerr, William James. "The Genealogical Tree of the Family of Jarrett of Orange Valley, Jamaica, and Camerton Court, Co. Somerset". Retrieved 20 May 2016.
4. "No. 21643". The London Gazette. 13 December 1954. p. 4183.
5. "No. 22587". The London Gazette. 7 January 1862. p. 92.
6. "No. 23273". The London Gazette. 9 July 1872. p. 3854.
7. Family memorial in Hampshire, retrieved 14th 11 2022

• 1810 births
• 1896 deaths
• Royal Marines generals
• Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
• Military personnel of the First Carlist War
• Military personnel from Bristol