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Authorised form of nameLong; Charles (1761 - 1838); Baron Farnborough
Dates1761 - 1838
Date of birth1761
Place of deathBromley Hill, Kent
Date of death17 January 1838
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Wormley, Hertfordshire
ActivityEducation:
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Career:
MP for Rye (1789-1796); Joint Secretary of the Treasury (1791-1801); MP for Midhurst (1796-1802); a Director of Greenwich Hospital (1799-1829); Privy Councillor (1802); MP for Wendover (1802-1806); Lord of the Treasury (1804-1806); MP for Haslemere (1806-1826); Joint Paymaster General (1807-1817);Trustee of the British Museum (1812); sole Paymaster General (1817-1826); an original Trustee of the National Gallery
Honours:
KGCB 1820; Baron 1826
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/02/1792
RelationshipsSon-in-law of Sir Abraham Hume (FRS 1775)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1838 No 35 p 94
CodeNA3659
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1791/27Long, Charles, Baron Farnborough: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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