The Howes came into possession of Langar Hall and its estates in 1677 through the marriage of John Grobham Howe to Annabella, one of the daughters of Emanuel Scrope, 1st Earl of Sunderland and Martha Jones.

He was MP for Nottingham from 1673 to 1698, Groom of the Bedchamber to William III and Surveyor General of the Roads.

[2] In the second decade of the 19th century, the house burned down and was replaced with the present smaller one in plain Georgian design.

The Howe connection with Langar ended in 1818 when the hall was sold to John Wright Esq.,a Nottingham banker and part-owner of the Butterley Company at Ripley, Derbyshire.

[2] It was turned into a hotel from a family home by Geoffrey Huskinson's daughter, Imogen Skirving (1937–2016).

[6] Guests at Langar Hall have included Keira Knightley, Henry Blofeld, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, and former Labour leader Ed Miliband married Justine Thornton there in 2011.