Langford Lovell

Profile & Legacies Summary

24^th Jan 1775 - 11^th Mar 1852

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Son of Langford Lovell (1732-1795) of Antigua. Despite his rentier appearance in the 1851 census and in his will, 'Langford Lovell' or 'L. Lovell' appears as a West India merchant of New City Chambers between 1822 and 1850.

Matriculated 14/11/1793 Magdalen Oxford aged 18; Married Harriet Heathcote 1798 at Westminster; 1851 census shows Langford Lovell born West Indies Antigua 'landed proprietor' aged 76 at The Close, Winchester, with daughter Ann.
Will of Langford Lovell of Hursley Hampshire proved 19/04/1852. He left his wife Harriet an annuity of £300 p.a. secured on his English property and the remainder of his estate, including his real estate in the West Indies and the United States, to his only daughter Ann.

Sources

T71/877 Antigua claim nos. 108 (Otto's) and 119; T71/881 Dominica claim no. 149 (Londonderry).

Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1715-1886 [database online]; Pallot's Marriage Index 1780-1837; 1851 census online.
PROB 11/2151/234.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Harriet Hersent Heathcote

Children

Ann (1801-)

University

Oxford (Magdalen) [1793 ]

Associated Claims (3)

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1817 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner

Londonderry [ Dominica ]

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Firm Investment

Langford Lovell
West India merchant

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Cultural (1)

Paintings

...The grandchildren of Sir William Heathcote 3rd Bt. By William Owen, including Langford Lovell's daughters Harriet and...

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Historical (1)

BooksAuthor?

A letter to a friend, relative to the present state of the Island of... 1818

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Physical (2)

Country house

Hursley House

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This was the house of Lovell's wife's family, the Heathcotes. Lovell was in occupation there in the...

Public building

Village Hall (includes plaque to donor Langford Lovell of Wendove Dean) [Built]

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Plaque to Langford Lovell of Wendover Dean, building given by him for a school and for lectures 'according to the articles of the Church of England in their plain and literal sense.'...