LONGDEN, SIR HENRY ERRINGTON (son of Thomas Hayter Longden).
_b._ 14 Jany. 1819; ed. at Eton and Sandhurst; ensign 10 foot
16 Sep. 1836, lieut.-col. 20 July 1858, placed on h.p. 14 June
1864; served in Sutlej campaign 1845–6, in Punjaub campaign
1848–9; buried under the ruins of Mooltan 12 Sep. 1849 and after
some hours dug out unhurt; in battle of Goojerat; medal and 2
clasps; employed in surveying forests of the Himalayas 1849–52;
in Indian mutiny 1857–8, took part in capture of Lucknow, chief
of the staff to Lugard’s force 1859, Indian medal and 2 clasps;
adjutant general Bengal 17 Jany. 1866 to 16 March 1869; general
1 July 1881; col. of second battalion Hampshire regiment, late
67 foot, 24 June 1883 to 11 Nov. 1888; col. of the Lincolnshire
regiment, late 10 foot, 11 Nov. 1888 to death; C.B. 21 March
1859, K.C.B. 29 May 1886; C.S.I. 28 May 1870. _d._ Bournemouth
29 Jany. 1890.
LONGDEN, SIR JAMES ROBERT (youngest son of John Robert Longden
of Doctors’ commons, London, proctor). _b._ 1827; government
clerk in the Falkland islands 1844, colonial secretary there to
1861; pres. of Virgin Islands 1861; lieut. governor of Dominica
5 Sep. 1865; governor of British Honduras 5 Dec. 1867; governor
of Trinidad 18 July 1870; governor of British Guiana 14 March
1874; governor of Ceylon 30 June 1877 to 1883; C.M.G. 23 Feb.
1871, K.C.M.G. 13 March 1876, G.C.M.G. 24 May 1883; alderman of
Hertfordshire under Local government act. _d._ Longhope near
Watford, Herts. 4 Oct. 1891; cremated at Woking cemet. 9 Oct.
LONGFIELD, GEORGE (4 son of rev. Mountifort Longfield, V. of
Desertserges, co. Cork). Ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, scholar
1837–42, fellow 1842 to death; B.A. 1840, M.A. 1844, B.D.
1864, D.D. 1866; professor of Hebrew, univ. of Dublin 1869 to
death; treasurer of St. Patrick’s cathedral 1877; author of An