Baron Farnborough is a title that has been created twice in the

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. The first creation came on 8 July 1826 when the politician and art collector Charles Long, of

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, was made Baron Farnborough, ''of Bromley Hill Place in the

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''. The title became extinct on his death in 1838. Lord Farnborough was the brother of Samuel Long,

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for

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, and

Beeston Long Beeston Long (4 February 1757 – 1820), of Combe House, Surrey, was an English businessman. Life He was the son of Beeston Long, a West India Merchant and deputy Governor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation, and brother of Charles Long ...

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. The barony referred to

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. The second creation came on 11 May 1886 when the

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theorist Sir Erskine May was made Baron Farnborough, ''of

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in the

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''. He died only six days later, when the peerage became extinct. The second creation of the barony of Farnborough is the second shortest-lived peerage title in British history (after the barony of Leighton). The barony referred to

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First creation (1826)

Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough (2 January 1760 – 17 January 1838) was an English politician and connoisseur of the arts. Early life Born in London, he was the fourth surviving son of West Indies merchant Beeston Long and his wife Sara ...

(1760–1838)

Second creation (1886)

* Thomas Erskine May, 1st Baron Farnborough (1815–1886)

References

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Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Long MP, Baron Farnborough
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