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'''James Archibald Dunboyne Langhorne''' [[CBE]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (24 February 1879 – 11 May 1950, [[St John's Wood]], London, England) was a British military officer. He was a [[brigadier]] in the [[British Army]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Langhorne was the son of [[John Langhorne (King's School Rochester)|Reverend John Langhorne]] and Frances Yorke.<br />
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He was educated at [[Tonbridge School]], [[Kent]], and the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military Academy]] at Woolwich.<br />
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He represented India at [[cricket]] in 1904/1905, when the Indian cricket team was made up of Europeans.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
He entered the [[Royal Artillery]] in 1898 and was promoted to captain (1904) and major (1914). He served in the [[World War I|First World War]], was wounded, mentioned in dispatches, and received the [[Distinguished Service Order]]. He was promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel and to lieutenant-colonel (1923) and colonel (1927). He was a member of [[Balfour Mission]] to the U.S. (1917), member of the Inter-Allied Control Commission, Germany 1920–1926 and served as a colonel in the Royal Artillery, Western Command 1927–1931. He was inspector-general of West Indian Local Forces and officer commanding the troops Jamaica (1932–1936).<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
In 1914, he married Constance Phyllis, the eldest daughter of Henry Grant Madan Conybeare, J.P. of Gunfield, [[Ingatestone]], [[Essex]]. Constance died in 1937. His siblings included Major-General [[Algernon Philip Yorke Langhorne]]. [[Brigadier-General]] [[Harold Stephen Langhorne]] was his half-brother.<br />
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He retired in 1936 and was awarded a [[Order of the British Empire|C.B.E.]] in that year.<br />
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== References ==<br />
The information cited in this page is from the book: ''Who Was Who, 1941–1950''<br />
* [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/30770.html Cricket Statistics]<br />
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