First found in Leicestershire where they were anciently seated as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1327 when William of Langham held estates.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Christopher Langham, who arrived in New York in 1633; Phillip Langham, who came to Virginia in 1658; and Francis Langham, who came to Barbados in 1664..

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