Michael Long (21 October 1928 – 18 August 1985) was a British judge of the

Sovereign Base Areas Akrotiri and Dhekelia, officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA),, ''Periochés Kyríarchon Váseon Akrotiríou ke Dekélias''; tr, Ağrotur ve Dikelya İngiliz Egemen Üs Bölgeleri is a British Overseas Territory o ...

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

, having previously worked as a lawyer and judge in various African countries and as

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in Belize.

Life

Michael Long was born on 21 October 1928. He was the younger brother of Audrey Margaret Freeman (née Long, d.o.b. 20 August 1920, died 27 March 2011, aged 90). After being educated in the Channel Islands and at

Jesus College, Oxford Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship St ...

, Long served in the

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from 1950 to 1956 before being

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in 1956. He was then a member of the Army Legal Staff, in various locations including Cyprus, until 1960, when he became Crown Counsel and Resident Magistrate in Uganda. He moved to Kenya in 1965, initially as Principal of the Kenya School of Law before becoming Senior State Counsel and Deputy Registrar General. A move to Gambia followed in 1970, holding similar positions, then a posting as Crown Counsel in

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before becoming a magistrate in Hong Kong in 1974. He left in April 1980 to become Director of Public Prosecutions in Belize. In the following year, he was appointed as Resident Judge of the

. After a long illness, he died on 18 August 1985 at the age of 56. Michael Long was the brother-in-law of Dr Paul Freeman, former Keeper of Entomology at the Natural History Museum. Michael was married, and was the father of two children, Nigel Long and Carol Long.

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1928 births 1985 deaths Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Directors of Public Prosecutions of Belize Members of the Middle Temple British barristers British Cyprus judges 20th-century British judges British expatriates in Belize Uganda Protectorate judges British Kenya judges Gambia Colony and Protectorate judges British Malaya judges British Hong Kong judges {{UK-law-bio-stub