Sir Charles Langham, 13th Baronet

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Sir Herbert Charles Arthur Langham, 13th Baronet (24 May 1870 – 3 October 1951) was an English landowner, photographer, ornithologist and entomologist. He was born in Cottesbrooke, Northamptonshire, and died in Tempo, County Fermanagh. He went to Eton College and served as a lieutenant in the Northamptonshire Regiment. In 1893 he married Ethel “Jenny” Tennent, and they lived at Tempo Manor in County Fermanagh, which she had inherited. The house was built by her grandfather, James Emerson Tennent. Langham was deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for the county, and in 1930 he served as High Sheriff of Fermanagh. After his death, his son John inherited the title and the manor.

Langham was a keen photographer. He used a full-plate camera on a tripod and also handheld cameras from Leica, Voigtländer and Kodak. He photographed Tempo village and its people, the Alps, his family, and the female nude. From 1890 he spent springs and summers in the French and Swiss Alps. He was mainly a collector. His butterfly and moth collection includes English and Irish specimens. The Alpine collection (French and Swiss Alps) is butterflies only and was expanded with purchases from Scandinavia, Palestine, Persia, North Africa and Russia.