Sir Hercules Langrishe, 5th Baronet

Sir Hercules Robert Langrishe (27 June 1859 - 23 October 1943) was an Irish Baronet, High Sheriff of Kilkenny.

The other three, Adela, Beatrice and May, achieved some success as tennis players, as to a lesser extent did Hercules[2] He was educated at Malvern[1][3] In 1887 he married Helen, daughter of Rt Hon.

He served in the 3rd Battalion of the Oxford Light Infantry, rising to the rank of Major.

[3] He was a King's Messenger, carrying dispatches to Russia during the First World War.

[3] While dining at the Squadron, in its clubhouse[6] - Cowes Castle one night, Lord Crawford pointed to a star, observing that one day it may run into the earth.