Bennet Langton

Bennet Langton (c. 1736 – 1801) was an English writer and a founding member of the Literary Club.

He was baptised in York on 11 January 1736, and he graduated from Trinity College, Oxford in 1757.

He gained an introduction to Johnson as a young man due to his interest in The Rambler.

[1] He succeeded Johnson as professor of ancient literature at the Royal Academy.

[3] Langton married Mary, née Lloyd (died 1820), widow of John Leslie, 10th Earl of Rothes, at St Marylebone Parish Church in 1776[4] and they had nine children.