Walter Long of Preshaw House,

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, JP, DL (24 November 1788 – 5 January 1871) was an English landowner. Descended from the Long family of

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, he was born at

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, Hampshire, the only son of John Long and Ellen Hippesley Trenchard. He was educated at

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where he gained a BA in 1809, and MA in 1812. He was a student of

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in 1809. He became a justice of the peace in 1815 and was appointed

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in 1824. On the death of his father in 1797 he inherited the estate of Preshaw at Upham with its

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mansion, surrounded by approximately , and in 1810 commissioned John Nash to make alterations to the house. He also inherited a

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of the estates of his maternal uncle J. W. H. Trenchard in 1801 including the manor of Overcourt,

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. Prior to ownership by the Trenchards (from 1617), Overcourt had been owned by Henry Long, Lord of the manor of Southwick, and was at one time a royal hunting lodge. The present building dates from the late 14th century, and was restored by

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for his mother Cecily, Duchess of York. Walter Long also inherited the estates in

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and

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on the death of his uncle, the eminent surgeon of

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, in 1818, and those in

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on the death of his cousin John Blackall in 1829, which included

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Marriage and family

On 12 February 1810, Walter Long married Lady Mary Carnegie, eldest daughter of Admiral

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G.C.B, and Mary Ricketts. They had twelve children. He died 5 January 1871 and Lady Mary died 7 March 1875. They are both buried at Upham.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Long, Walter of Preshaw 1788 births 1871 deaths Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford High Sheriffs of Hampshire

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Marriage and family

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