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John Langley

17th centuryMerchant and politicianEurope · c. 1650Most named place: London

John Langley was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1653.

Langley was active as a merchant of the City of London and a member of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers serving as one of its Court Assistants in several occasions. In 1652 he was appointed Commissioner for the Admiralty and Navy and also Prime Warden of the Fishmongers Company.

He was also on the Committee of the English East India Company in several occasions from 1650 to 1657. He was Deputy-Governor of the Levant Company from 1671 to 1672 and was again elected as one of the Court Assistants from 1672 to 1673.

Langley became poor in his old age and he was granted a pension of £20 per annum by the Court of Common Council.

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