Long, Charles Edward

The following data is extracted from Long Family Records.

(1796-1861), genealogist and antiquary: b. at Benham Park, Berkshire; s. Charles Beckford L-- of Langley Hall; Edward L--, the historian of Jamaica, was his grandfather; educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he gained a declamation prize, and in July 1818 won the chancellor's gold medal for English verse; he materially assisted Dr. Butler in his biographical notes to the lists of Harrow scholars; during many years he was a correspondent of the Gentleman's Magazine, and the leading antiquarian periodicals; with the assistance of Sir Charles George Young, Garter, Long compiled in 1845 a volume called "Royal Descents; a genealogical List of the several Persons entitled to quarter the Arms of the Royal Houses of England"; he made "Genealogical Collections of Jamaica Families", which he presented to the British Museum, and he also gave to the Museum many valuable documents relating to Jamaica.

Source: Long Family Records

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