Beeston Long junior

Profile & Legacies Summary

1757 - 1820

Biography

London West India merchant, son and successor in partnership of Beeston Long (1710-1785), and brother of Sir Charles Long 1st Baron Farnborough (q.v.), Samuel Long and Rev. William Long.

Will of Beeston Long of City of London (made in 1813) proved 25/08/1820. Under the trust will, he left £10,000 to his son William and £5000 apiece to his [unnamed] daughters, and his residuary estate to his wife Frances.

Sources

PROB 11/1633/319.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Associated Estates (4)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

SD - Association Start Date
SY - Association Start Year
EA - Earliest Known Association
ED - Association End Date
EY - Association End Year
LA - Latest Known Association

1788 [EA] - 1788 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession

Exeter [ Jamaica | Vere ]

1817 [EA] - → Other

Hyde Estate [ Jamaica | St Thomas-in-the-Vale ]

1788 [EA] - 1788 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession

Pedro Penn [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

Long, Drake & Long were given as mortgagees, and the estate and enslaved people were in the possession of their attorneys

1783 [EA] - 1788 [LA] → Mortgagee-in-Possession

Saltspring Pen [ Jamaica | St Elizabeth ]

Long, Drake & Long were shown by name as mortgagees-in-possession from 1786 onwards but are identifiable as the mortgagee-in-possession as early as 1783.

Legacies Summary

Commercial (3)

Name Partner

Drake & Long, originally Long, Drake & Co.
West India merchant

Details

Chairman

London Dock Company
Dock Company

Details

Governor

Bank of England
Banker

Details

notes →

Member of Court of Directors 1784-86, 1787-89, 1790-92, 1793-96, 1797-1800, 1801-20; Deputy Governor 1804-1806; Governor 1806-1808....

Cultural (1)

Paintings

Portrait of Beeston Long Esq., commissioned by the Directors of the London Dock Company, As a testimony of their Regard and Esteem, and for his indefatigable zeal and attention to the affairs of the...

Details

notes →

http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/145443.html; http://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co64496/portrait-mezzotint-beeston-long-chairman-of-the-print-portrait A proof before...