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Long, Edward
The following data is extracted from Long Family Records.
(1734-1813), author: b. Roselyon St. Blazey, Cornwall; s. Samuel L of Longville, Jamaica, Tredudwell in Cornwall and Queen Square, Bloomsbury, London; was entered at Gray's Inn, 1753; went to Jamaica on his father's death and filled the post of private secretary to Sir Henry Moore, baronet, the then lieutenant-governor, who had married his sister; in a short time he was promoted to judge of the vice-admiralty court in Jamaica; his chief work was the "History of Jamaica"; his son, Charles Edward L----, gave it to the British Museum.
Source: Long Family Records
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