Note 49 — IV TOPHAM BEAUCLERK 1739-1780 AND BENNET LANGTON 1741-1800

Langton’s sisters are generally spoken of as three in number. But Burke’s History of the Landed Gentry mentions but two, Diana and Juliet. There was a younger brother, Ferne, who died in boyhood, and the floral name, not unlike a girl’s, may have been responsible for the confusion.