Longchamps History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Longchamps family

The surname Longchamps was first found in Herefordshire "where Henry I. granted to Hugh de Longchamp the castle and manor of Wilton, to hold by the service of two mens-at-arms in the Welsh wars: and the gift was confirmed to his son, Hugh II, by Henry II., the year after accession. The next heir Henry de Longchamp, Sheriff of Hereford in 1190, and of Wrocester in 1195, married Maude, sister of William de Cantilupe, and died in 1211. " 1

"Longchamp gained the absolute confidence of the King, who on leaving England for the Crusade of 1189, appointed him and Hugh Pudsey, joint regents of the Kingdom." 1

Nigel de Longchamps, also known as Nigel Wireker, (fl. c. 1190-1200), was an English satirist, poet and monk of Christ Church, Canterbury. William Longchamp (died 1197), also known as William de Longchamp or William de Longchamps, was a medieval Lord Chancellor, Chief Justiciar, and Bishop of Ely in England. His family originated in the village of Longchamps, Normandy.

His brother, Henry de Longchamp or Henry de Longo Campo (c1150-1212), born in Wilton Castle, near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire was an English politician, High Sheriff of Herefordshire for 1190 and 1193 and later was appointed High Sheriff of Worcestershire from 1195 to 1197. 2

Ralph of Longchamp (c.1155-c.1215) was an English physician and natural philosopher who taught at Oxford and possibly in Paris.

Longshaw is an area within Billinge Higher End at the western boundary of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester. And Longshaws, is a township, in the parish of Long Horsley, union of Morpeth, in Northumberland. The Longshaw Estate is an area of moorland, woodland and farmland in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England. The Estate has been held by the National Trust since 1931.

Early History of the Longchamps family

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Longchamps Spelling Variations

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Early Notables of the Longchamps family

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Longchamps migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Longchamps Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Francois Longchamps, aged 24, who landed in Louisiana in 1719 3
Louis Longchamps, who settled in New York State in 1775
Louis Longchamps, who arrived in New York in 1798 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Longchamps (post 1700) +

Baron Michel Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813-1900), Belgian liberal politician and scientist
Gaston Albert Gohierre de Longchamps (1842-1906), French mathematician, known for his geometric de Longchamps point
Baron Jean Michel P.M.G. de Selys Longchamps DFC (1912-1943), Belgian noble and World War II RAF fighter pilot, best known for his 1943 aerial attack on the Gestapo headquarters in Brussels in occupied Belgium
Sybille de Selys Longchamps (b. 1941), Belgian aristocrat

Citations +

Cleveland, Dutchess of The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages. London: John Murray, Abermarle Street, 1889. Print. Volume 2 of 3
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)