John Langhorne

John Langhorne

John Langhorne may refer to:
* John Langhorne (poet), English poet and prebendary
* John Langhorne (Giggleswick School), mathematical master at Giggleswick School
* Reverend John Langhorne, master of Tonbridge School, headmaster of The King's School, Rochester and vicar of Lamberhurst
* John Langhorne (John Watson), headmaster of the Dean Orphanage Charity School later known as John Watson's School in Edinburgh
* John Langhorne, nineteenth century banker at Berwick on Tweed.
* John Bailey Langhorne, Solicitor and proprietor of the "Newcastle Chronicle"


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