Sir James Long, 5th Baronet (1682 – 16 March 1729) was an

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landowner and Tory politician who sat in the

and

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between 1695 and 1729. The son of James Long and his wife Susan Strangways, he was born at Athelhampton and baptised at

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in 1682. He was the grandson of

Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet (c. 1617 – 22 January 1692) was an English politician and Royalist soldier. Born at South Wraxall, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, the son of Sir Walter Long and Anne Ley (daughter of James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough ...

and brother of the celebrated

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beauty Anne Long (c. 1681 – 1711). He succeeded to the

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on the death of his brother

Sir Giles Long, 4th Baronet The Long, later Tylney-Long Baronetcy, of Westminster in the County of London, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created in 1662 for Robert Long. History The baronetcy was created for Robert Long, Member of Parliament from 162 ...

, in 1698. He married Henrietta Greville on 6 June 1702 at St Martin in the Fields,

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. She was the daughter of Fulke Greville, 5th

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and his wife Sarah Dashwood, and a descendant of the

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. On the death of his grandmother Lady Dorothy Long in 1710, he inherited the Draycot Estate together with Athelhampton Manor, other land in

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and

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, and an estate near

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. He used the inheritance to purchase more land in Dorset, adjacent to Athelhampton, in the manors of

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and

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. Long was returned as

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for

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at the

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and again in 1708 and 1710. At the

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, he was returned as MP for

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. He did not stand at the 1722 British general election but was returned as MP for

in 1727. Long died at his London residence in

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on 16 March 1729 from

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. There were four daughters and two sons from his marriage. Four of his six children survived him, including

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who succeeded to the baronetcy. His daughter Susanna created a scandal by marrying her mother's gardener in 1732, as noted in his diary by Viscount Perceval, (related distantly by marriage to the Longs). Lady Henrietta Long died 19 May 1765 at Bath.

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