Ernest Caswell Long

Captain Ernest Caswell "Boy" Long (8 May 1892 – 26 August 1950) was an English soldier and rancher in Kenya known for being a glamorous playboy and well-known member of the Happy Valley set. He was the brother of Charles Aubrey Long and Henry Stephen Long, who both later worked for him.

His paternal grandparents were Robert Caswell Long and Emma Deacon. His maternal grandfather was the Rev. Henry Alexander Carwardine, Vicar of Ogbourne St Andrew.

Career During World War I, he was a Captain in the Grenadier Guards.

Long first came to Kenya, around 1912, as tutor to The Hon. Thomas Cholmondeley, only son and heir of Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere and was selected by his mother, Lady Florence Anne Cole (the daughter of Lowry Cole, 4th Earl of Enniskillen). In time, he became manager for Lord Delamare residing at Soysambu, Elmenteita, until , when he resigned after marrying Genesta (née Heath) Farquhar. to Mary Millicent Erskine-Wemyss, the only daughter of Randolph Gordon Erskine-Wemyss of Wemyss Castle, and Lady Lillian Mary Paulet (a daughter of the 14th Marquess of Winchester). She was the sister of Michael Erskine-Wemyss (who married Lady Victoria Cavendish-Bentinck, only daughter of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland). Before their divorce, they were the parents of:

Margaret Long (b. ) James Alner Long (1922–2005), who served aboard the HMS Paladin with the East Indies Fleet during the Burma Campaign.

Second marriage In 1924 in Kenya, he remarried to heiress Genesta Mary (née Heath) Farquhar, the daughter of insurance executive Cuthbert Eden Heath and Sarah Caroline Gore Gambier . She was previously married to Arthur McNeill Farquhar, son of Adm. Sir Arthur Murray Farquhar. Before their divorce, they were the parents of: as well as an affair with his older brother, Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) during this time.

Third marriage His third marriage was to debutante and model Paula Alexandra Gertrude Marie (née Gellibrand) Allen, the daughter of Welsh timber merchant William Clarke Gellibrand, and granddaughter of James Dever (who represented Saint John division in the Senate of Canada). She was previously married, and divorced, from Pedro Monés, Marquess of Casa Maury (who married Freda Dudley Ward after his divorce from Paula), and William Edward David Allen, MP.

Long died in Nairobi, Kenya, on 26 August 1950 and was buried at the City Park Cemetery there.