Sir Hercules Langrishe, 5th Baronet

Sir Hercules Robert Langrishe (27 June 1859 - 23 October 1943) was an Irish Baronet, High Sheriff of Kilkenny. soldier and sailor, and a keen huntsman and yachtsman.

The only son of Sir James Langrishe, 4th Baronet and Adela de Blois Eccles, daughter of Thomas de Blois Eccles of Charlemont, Staffordshire.

He was educated at Malvern

His younger son, therefore, succeeded to the title, as 6th Baronet.

Military

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

He was High Sheriff of County Kilkenny in 1891. Samoena - a 94 tonne sailing yacht, for which he commissioned Charles E Nicholson to build a 20 ft cutter. - Cowes Castle one night, Lord Crawford pointed to a star, observing that one day it may run into the earth. Sir Hercules Langrishe replied “If it does, I hope we will be on the starboard tack”.