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Walter Long (MP)
Walter Long may refer to: * Walter Long (1560/65–1610), English knight of South Wraxall and Draycot, Wiltshire, friend of Sir Walter Raleigh * Walter Long (c. 1594–1637), his son, English knight of Wiltshire * Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet of Whaddon (c. 1603–1672), English MP for Ludgershal, prosecuted in the Star Chamber and imprisoned in the Tower of London * Sir Walter Long, 2nd Baronet of Whaddon (1627–1710), his son, English MP for Bath * Walter Long (MP 1701–02) (c. 1648–1731), English MP for Calne * Walter Long (of Preshaw) (1788–1871), English landowner of Preshaw, Hampshire * Walter Long (of South Wraxall) (c. 1712–1807), English Landowner of South Wraxall, Wiltshire * Walter Long (1793–1867), English landowner of Rood Ashton, Wiltshire and MP for North Wiltshire *Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long (1854–1924), British politician, MP, Secretary of State for the Colonies and First Lord of the Admiralty * Walter Long (British Army officer) (1879–1917), his so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Long (died 1610)
Sir Walter Long (1560 or 1565? – October 1610) was an English knight and landowner, born in Wiltshire, the son of Sir Robert Long and his wife Barbara Carne. Public service He was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Wiltshire in 1593. In 1601 Long was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire and in 1602 Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire under Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford. The two Sir Walters Long was a friend of Sir Walter Raleigh, (Raleigh's brother Carew had married Long's mother-in-law, widow of the first Sir John Thynne of Longleat), and according to historian John Aubrey, Long was the first in the country to introduce the fashion of smoking tobacco, his friend Raleigh being the first to bring it to England. Long's home of South Wraxall Manor is one of the houses in England where legend says tobacco was first smoked by the two Sir Walters, although the same legend has been told of other locations. Aubrey also alludes to Sir Walter Long's ostentatious lifestyle, saying h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Long (c
Walter Long may refer to: * Walter Long (1560/65–1610), English knight of South Wraxall and Draycot, Wiltshire, friend of Sir Walter Raleigh *Walter Long (c. 1594–1637), his son, English knight of Wiltshire *Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet of Whaddon (c. 1603–1672), English MP for Ludgershal, prosecuted in the Star Chamber and imprisoned in the Tower of London * Sir Walter Long, 2nd Baronet of Whaddon (1627–1710), his son, English MP for Bath * Walter Long (MP 1701–02) (c. 1648–1731), English MP for Calne * Walter Long (of Preshaw) (1788–1871), English landowner of Preshaw, Hampshire *Walter Long (of South Wraxall) (c. 1712–1807), English Landowner of South Wraxall, Wiltshire * Walter Long (1793–1867), English landowner of Rood Ashton, Wiltshire and MP for North Wiltshire *Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long (1854–1924), British politician, MP, Secretary of State for the Colonies and First Lord of the Admiralty * Walter Long (British Army officer) (1879–1917), his son, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet Of Whaddon
Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet of Whaddon (1592 – 15 November 1672) was an English politician. Early life The second son of Henry Long (1564–1612) and Rebecca Bailey, Long was educated at Lincoln's Inn. He had inherited no land at his father's death, but when his elder brother Henry died in 1621, he inherited the extensive but heavily encumbered family estates. On 26 December 1621 he married Mary Coxe (died 1631) and by 1623 his debts had increased alarmingly. With the assistance of his father-in-law he obtained a seat for Salisbury in the 1625 Parliament, possibly as a means to avoid his creditors. He was elected to Parliament in 1626 as Knight of the Shire for Wiltshire. Parliamentary career Long was a vocal supporter of the remonstrance defending the House of Commons against the charge of unparliamentary proceedings, and played an active part in supporting Pembroke's attack on the Duke of Buckingham. In several speeches he questioned the duke's Protestantism and implie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Walter Long, 2nd Baronet Of Whaddon
Sir Walter Long, 2nd Baronet (1627 – 21 May 1710) was born in Wiltshire, the son of Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet of Whaddon and his wife Mary Cox. He inherited the manor of Whaddon from his father in 1672, and three years later Rodmarton, his brother Robert's inheritance from their father (formerly owned by Robert Cox, father of Mary). In 1660 Walter's father had built a large addition to Whaddon House, which was surrounded by parkland. This manor house was destroyed by fire in the 19th century. Whaddon Grove Farm now stands on the site of the House, there remains a 17th-century back door in a moulded frame, and there are two stone former dairies. These two properties, together with most of the rest of his estates, descended to his nephew Calthorpe Parker Long (son of Sir Philip Parker, 1st Baronet). In 1706 Long purchased an estate in Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, which included Polebridge Farm. This eventually passed to Walter Long (of South Wraxall). He was Member of Parliament fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Long (MP 1701–02)
Walter Long JP (c. 1648 – 16 July 1731), of Bristol and South Wraxhall, Wiltshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1701. Long was the son of Walter Long (c. 1623 – c. 1699) of Bristol and South Wraxhall and his wife Barbara Brayfield. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 1 April 1664, aged 15. He inherited the Wraxhall estate from his father in 1699. Long's Wiltshire property meant he could put himself forward as a candidate at Calne at the first general election of 1701, when he was returned as Member of Parliament in a contest. He was probably supported by Henry Blaake, an outgoing member. He was inactive in the House and on 10 May he was granted leave of absence for an unspecified period. At the second general election in November 1701, he withdrew when Blaake stood again as a candidate. He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire for the year 1703 to 1704. Long's grandfather John Long (c. 1585 – 1636) was disinherited by his fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Long (of Preshaw)
Walter Long of Preshaw House, Hampshire, JP, DL (24 November 1788 – 5 January 1871) was an English landowner. Descended from the Long family of Wiltshire, he was born at Corhampton, Hampshire, the only son of John Long and Ellen Hippesley Trenchard. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford where he gained a BA in 1809, and MA in 1812. He was a student of Lincoln's Inn in 1809. He became a justice of the peace in 1815 and was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire in 1824. On the death of his father in 1797 he inherited the estate of Preshaw at Upham with its Elizabethan mansion, surrounded by approximately , and in 1810 commissioned John Nash to make alterations to the house. He also inherited a moiety of the estates of his maternal uncle J. W. H. Trenchard in 1801 including the manor of Overcourt, Gloucestershire. 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 roya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Long (of South Wraxall)
Walter Long of South Wraxall, near Bradford-on-Avon ( 1712–1807), the great-great-great grandson of Sir Walter Long of South Wraxall and Draycot, was born in Wiltshire, and inherited along with other family estates, the 15th-century house known as South Wraxall Manor. His ancestors made their wealth initially as clothiers. He served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1764. Long died in Bath in 1807, aged at least 93 years. He bequeathed the bulk of his fortune to the sons of his cousin Richard Long of Rood Ashton, Wiltshire.”Old Walter Long of Bath (1712–1807) - A Man of Parsimonious Habits” in Cheryl Nicol, ''INHERITING THE EARTH: The Long Family's 500 Year Reign in Wiltshire'' (2016), chapter 6 Marriage controversy At the age of about sixty, and never previously married, Long became engaged to Elizabeth Ann Linley, a celebrated singer of the town of Bath, and a great beauty. She was about sixteen years old. The engagement was arranged by her father Thomas Linley, an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Long (1793–1867)
Walter Long JP, DL (10 October 1793 – 31 January 1867) was an English magistrate and Conservative Party politician. Background Born in West Ashton in Wiltshire, he was the oldest son of Richard Godolphin Long and his wife Florentina, daughter of Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet. Long was educated at Winchester College and then went to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts in 1812. Career Long served as major in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. He entered the British House of Commons in 1835, sitting as a member of parliament (MP) for North Wiltshire for thirty years until 1865. Long was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Somerset, for Montgomeryshire and for Wiltshire, representing the latter county also as Justice of the Peace. Family On 2 August 1819, he married firstly Mary Anne, second daughter of the politician and lawyer Archibald Colquhoun in Easter Kilpatrick in Dunbartonshire and had by her six children, three daughters and three sons. After her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long
Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long, (13 July 1854 – 26 September 1924), was a British Unionist politician. In a political career spanning over 40 years, he held office as President of the Board of Agriculture, President of the Local Government Board, Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary of State for the Colonies and First Lord of the Admiralty. He is also remembered for his links with Irish Unionism, and served as Leader of the Irish Unionist Party in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1910. Background and education Long was born at Bath, the eldest son of Richard Penruddocke Long, by his wife Charlotte Anna, daughter of William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick (originally Hume). The 1st Baron Gisborough was his younger brother. On his father's side he was descended from an old family of Wiltshire gentry, and on his mother's side from Anglo-Irish gentry in County Wicklow. When young, Walter lived at Dolforgan Hall, Montgomeryshire, a property owned by his grandfather. Whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Long (British Army Officer)
Brigadier General Walter Long, CMG, DSO (26 July 1879 – 28 January 1917) was a British soldier. Background The eldest son of the 1st Viscount Long and his wife Lady Dorothy (Doreen) Boyle, he was baptized 11 September 1879 at St John's Church, West Ashton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Military career Educated at Harrow, he joined the Royal Scots Greys as a second lieutenant on 20 May 1899. In November of that year he went with his regiment to South Africa to serve in the Second Boer War, where he took part in the ride under Sir John French to the relief of Kimberley, Northern Cape, and was badly wounded at Dronfield. On return to duty he was appointed ADC to General Sir Bruce Hamilton, and promoted lieutenant on 10 July 1900. He served throughout the campaign, and was promoted to captain on 23 April 1902. The war formally ended in early June 1902, but Long stayed in South Africa until late November, when he left on the ''SS Carisbrook Castle''. He was mentioned in dispatche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long
Walter Francis David Long, 2nd Viscount Long (14 September 1911 – 23 September 1944), was a British peer and soldier. Early life The eldest son of Brigadier-General Walter Long (d. 1917) and Sibell Vanden Bempde-Johnstone, granddaughter of Baron Derwent. Long was educated at St David's School, Reigate, and later at Eton on the insistence of his mother, who had remarried in 1921 to Lord Glyn. Traditionally the Longs were educated at Harrow. After his father's death in 1917, there was tension between his grandfather, Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long and his mother, who refused to allow her son to spend any of his school holidays with him at Rood Ashton House. Lord Long was afraid that she had not instilled any affection for Rood Ashton in his grandson, and he consequently believed he might eventually sell the estate, which had been in the family for hundreds of years. Military career Long's father had been killed in action in 1917, during World War I and so on the demise o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Long (actor)
Walter Huntley Long (March 5, 1879 – July 4, 1952) was an American character actor in films from the 1910s. Career Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, Long appeared in nearly 200 films. Long debuted in films in 1909 with Broncho Billy Anderson. He disliked the working conditions for making films, so after that project he returned to acting on stage. He appeared in many D. W. Griffith films, notably ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915), where he appeared as Gus, an African American, in blackface make-up, and ''Intolerance'' (1916). He also supported Rudolph Valentino in the films '' The Sheik,'' '' Moran of the Lady Letty,'' and '' Blood and Sand.'' He later appeared as a comic villain in four Laurel and Hardy films during the early 1930s. On Broadway, Long appeared in ''Adonis'' (1899), ''Leave It to Me!'' (1938), ''Very Warm for May'' (1939), ''Boys and Girls Together'' (1940), ''Follow the Girls'' (1944), and ''Toplitzky of Notre Dame'' (1946). Personal life In 1908, Long marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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