- Walter Long of Preshaw
Walter Long of
Preshaw House ,Hampshire , JP, DL (24 November 1788 -5 January 1871 ) was an English landowner.Descended from the Long family of
Wiltshire , he was born atCorhampton , Hampshire, the only son of John Long and Ellen Hippesley Trenchard. He was educated atOriel College, Oxford where he gained a BA in 1809, and MA in 1812. He was a student ofLincolns Inn in 1809. He became a Justice of the Peace in 1815 and was appointedHigh Sheriff of Hampshire in 1824.On the death of his father in 1797 he inherited the estate of Preshaw at Upham with its
Elizabethan Mansion, surrounded by approximately convert|1670|acre|km2, and in 1810 commissioned John Nash to make alterations to the house. [John Nash: Architect to King George IV - Page 283 by John Summerson - 1949] He also inherited amoiety of the estates of his maternal uncle J.W.H Trenchard in 1801 including the manor of Overcourt,Gloucestershire which prior to ownership by the Trenchards, (from 1617) had been owned by Henry Long, Lord of the manor of Southwick, and was at one time a Royal hunting lodge; the present building dates from the late 14th century, and was restored byEdward IV for his mother, the Duchess Cecily. Walter Long also inherited the estates inSomerset andDorset on the death of his uncle, the eminent surgeon ofSt Bartholomew's Hospital , William Long of Marwell Hall, in 1818, and those inOxfordshire on the death of his cousin John Blackall in 1829, which includedHaseley Court . [A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain etc - John Burke 1838]Marriage and family
Walter Long married
12 February 1810 Lady Mary Carnegie, eldest daughter of AdmiralWilliam Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk G.C.B, and Mary Ricketts. They had eleven children.He died
5 January 1871 and Lady Mary died7 March 1875 . They are both buried at Upham.References
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