Genealogical Information

Samuel Frederick Langham was the Coroner for the City of London who heard the inquest into the death of Catherine Eddowes, murdered by Jack The Ripper, on September 30, 1888. I found a couple of genealogical websites which contain some information about his life and family.

31 Elizabeth Langham’s father was J G Langham, a noted solicitor in Hastings, who shared the same birthplace – Holborn – as another solicitor of the period, Samuel F Langham (Holborn was home to the legal firm Langham Solicitors at 10 Bartlett's Buildings). In his turn, S.F. Langham was the father of Samuel Frederick Langham, the famous City of London coroner (tenure of the City office was 1884-1901 although Langham was active as a deputy coroner since 1849 and an officer of The Coroner's Society since at least 1851; he is the subject of Parts IV and V of our series). Coroner Langham was a contemporary of West Middlesex coroner Dr. Thomas Bramah Diplock (tenure of office 1868-1892). Since both coroners worked in London, there can be little doubt that they knew one another professionally, if not through this Diplock-Langham union in Hastings.

Source: "Jerianne's Rib" Blog by David O'Flaherty, writer, researcher, blogger at http://davidoflaherty.blogspot.com/

Here is another website with some information on the Langham family, including Samuel Frederick:

http://home.btconnect.com/juvens/images/square_toes.pdf
Source: "Square toes and formal: Sketches of some of the people and places who have been associated with Young, Coles & Langdon over the past 180 years", by Christopher Langdon, Chapter 7, page 22