Richard Penruddocke Long
Richard Penruddocke Long
Early life
Born at
In 1846 his elder brother Walter married 21-year-old Harriet Avarina Brunetta Herbert, only daughter and heiress of Captain Owen Herbert, of Dolforgan Hall, Montgomeryshire.[4] Harriet died the following year as a result of complications during childbirth, and Walter died three months later, some say of a broken heart.[4] These events eventually led to Long inheriting his father's estates in 1867, including South Wraxall Manor, Rood Ashton House and Southwick Court in Wiltshire, and the former Herbert estates of Dolforgan and Machynlleth in Montgomeryshire.
Career
Long's relationship with his father was at times strained, with disagreements over money and property, and what Long saw as his father's refusal to help him establish his political career, having contested
Due to his increasing anxiety over the state of his finances, he was considering the possibility his family would be forced to live cheaply on the Continent to save sufficient money to service the outstanding debts on the Montgomeryshire estates. He suffered ongoing health problems, and in 1856 he had been injured in a shooting accident, which resulted in the loss of his right eye. Three years later, in 1859, Long entered the
In 1867 when Long succeeded to his father's estates, the family relocated to Rood Ashton.[8] Rood Ashton House was built for his grandfather Richard Godolphin Long in 1808, replacing an earlier mansion. The estate was originally purchased by Edward Long of Monkton House in 1597 and passed down through the generations. Due to illness Long retired as Member of Parliament in 1868.[9] His troubles continued on inheriting Rood Ashton, and he and his wife, with their younger children spent protracted residences abroad – in Switzerland and France – partly for health and partly for domestic financial reasons. Long was under pressure from his stepmother, the former Lady Mary Bisshopp, who believed she had not been adequately provided for under the terms of her late husband's will. He wrote to her expressing regret that he was unable to help her financially, due to the many demands made by delayed improvements to the estate and Rood Ashton House, and advised that she should curb her extravagant lifestyle. In 1871 to pay debts, he was forced to sell the greater part of the heavily encumbered Dolforgan estate for £76,500.[4]
Later years and death
Charlotte enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, often travelling to
In 1872, after Emperor
Long died, aged 49 in Cannes and was buried in
Family and legacy
On 4 October 1853, Long had married Charlotte Anna, fourth and only surviving daughter of the politician
The oldest son Walter became a cabinet minister and was later raised to the peerage as Viscount Long.[12] His second son Richard sat also in the Parliament of the United Kingdom and was ennobled with the title Baron Gisborough.[12] Florence Frideswyde (1855–1941), his eldest daughter, was married to Sir Arthur Fairbairn, 3rd Baronet, grandson of Sir William Fairbairn, and the next younger daughter Margaret Henrietta Georgina (1859–1914) was married to Colonel Hugh Frank Clutterbuck. Another daughter named Frances Laura Arabella (1864–1932) was first the wife of the explorer Harry Willes de Windt, and secondly of the engineer Anthony George Lyster. Long's other children were:
- Robert Chaloner Critchley Long (4 September 1858 – 5 October 1938), married Maud Felicia Frances Ann Pugh-Johnson (d. 1916), youngest daughter of Captain Willes Johnson and his third wife[notes 1] on 6 February 1884
- Charlotte Ethel Long (1861–1936), married John Evan Hamilton Martin on 31 January 1889
- Henry Hope Giffard Long (1862–1866)
- Maud Avarina Millesaintes Long (1867–1880)
- Colonel William Hoare Bourchier Long (1868–1943), married Vera Cecily Marchant Oliver on 25 November 1911
Notes
- ^ She was Margaret Anne Pugh, later Mrs. Pugh-Johnson from 2 February 1879, and eldest daughter of Major David Pugh, of Llanerchydol Hall, near Welshpool, and Rhiwargor, co. Montgomery, sometime MP, DL, and High Sheriff for Montgomeryshire, by his wife, Anne, only child and heiress of Evan Vaughan, Esq., of Beguildy, co. Radnor.
References
- ^ a b c Dod, Roger P. (1859). The Parliamentary Companion. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 239.
- ^ "Long, Richard Penruddocke (LN844RP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Player profile: Richard Long". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ a b c "National Library of Wales – Dolforgan Estate Records". Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ^ Debrett, John (1967). Robert Henry Mair (ed.). Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son. p. 151.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment – British House of Commons, Chippenham". Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
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- ^ Kendle, p. 3
- ^ Kendle, p. 7
- ^ Kendle, p. 8
- ^ a b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial Families. Edinburgh: Grange Publishing Works. p. 1207.
Bibliography
- Kendle, John (1992). Walter Long, Ireland and the Union, 1905–1920. McGill-Queen's Press. ISBN 0-7735-0908-9.
- Papers of Viscount Long, Ref no. 947. Swindon: Wiltshire Records Office. 1992.
Further reading
- Nicol, Cheryl (2016). Inheriting the Earth: The Long Family's 500 Year Reign in Wiltshire. Hobnob Press. ISBN 1906978379.