Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough
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The Right Honourable The Lord Farnborough GCB PC PC (Ire) FRS FSA |
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| Chief Secretary for Ireland | |
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In office 1805–1806 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Vansittart |
| Succeeded by | William Elliot |
| Paymaster of the Forces | |
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In office 1807–1826 |
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| Monarch |
George III George IV |
| Prime Minister |
The Duke of Portland Spencer Perceval The Earl of Liverpool |
| Preceded by |
Earl Temple and Lord John Townshend |
| Succeeded by | William Vesey-FitzGerald |
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| Born |
2 January 1760 London |
| Died | 17 January 1838 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Tory |
| Spouse(s) | Amelia Hume (d. 1837) |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough GCB PC PC (Ire) FRS FSA (2 January 1760 – 17 January 1838) was an English politician and connoisseur of the arts.
Born in London, he was the fourth surviving son of West Indies merchant Beeston Long and his wife Sarah Cropp. A senior branch of the family of Hurts Hall in Suffolk established themselves in Jamaica after the conquest of the island in 1665. Educated at a private school in Greenwich and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Long matriculated in 1779, but is not known to have taken a degree. He was entered at the Inner Temple, later making the grand tour between 1786 and 1788, exploring Rome and laying the foundation of his art collection under the tuition of James Byres.
Long was a friend of William Pitt, whom he had met at Cambridge, and his involvement in politics began as early as 1788 when he was canvassing for Lord Hood, the ministerial candidate in the Westminster election, and he himself entered parliament in January 1789 as member for Rye, a Treasury controlled seat. He afterwards sat as member for Midhurst (1796–1802) and for Wendover (1802–06), (boroughs whose parliamentary representatives were nominated by Pitt's friend Lord Carrington) and for Haselmere (1806–26), where the sole patron was the Pittite Earl of Lonsdale. Becoming junior secretary to the Treasury in 1791, he acted as parliamentary whip and teller and in 1796 on the government's behalf, undertook much of the general election management. In 1801 when Pitt left office, Long followed, and was rewarded with a yearly pension of £1500. At Pitt's behest he was appointed Treasury advisor to the Prime Minister Henry Addington, and in 1802 was sworn of the Privy Council.
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