Charles Long of Saxmundham

1747 - 1812


Biography

Son of Charles Long of Hurts Hall (q.v.), from whom he inherited Norbrook.

  1. Will of Charles Long of Saxmundham Suffolk [made in 1810] proved 29/01/1813. In the will he left his property in trust, with a sub-trust for his Jamaica property and Hurts Hall, to support an annuity of £200 p.a. for his wife Jane Long, for the benefit of his brother Dudley North (ne Long) for life, with remainder to his wife, and then to Dudley North's children, with remainder to [the testator's first cousin] Beeston Long for life and then Beeston Long's son William. In a codicil he left £3000 to Charles Lee of Kingston now or late clerk to Messrs Robertson & Co.

Sources

  1. PROB 11/1540/466.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

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
1778 [EA] - 1811 [LA] → Owner

Legacies Summary

Physical (1)

Country house
Hurts Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk [Built] 
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Hurts Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk. Originally built c.1650, rebuilt 1803 by Samuel Wyatt for Charles Long. Destroyed by fire c.1890, rebuilt in Neo-Elizabethan style 1893. Stands in wooded park of...

Relationships (8)

Son → Father
Grandson → Grandfather
Nephew → Uncle
Notes →
Also father-in-law and son-in-law. Beeston Long's daughter Jane married her first cousin Charles Long of...
First Cousins
First Cousins
Deceased Husband → Widow
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Also first...
First Cousins
Brothers

Addresses (1)

Saxmundham, Suffolk, East Anglia, England