Sir Walter Long, 2nd Baronet (1627 – 21 May 1710) was born in Wiltshire, the son of

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 fathe ...

and his wife Mary Cox. He inherited the manor of

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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 Sir Philip Parker, 1st Baronet (c. 1625 – March 1690), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1679 and 1687. Parker was the son of Sir Philip Parker of Erwarton and his wife Dorothy Gawdy, daughter of Sir Robert Gawd ...

). In 1706 Long purchased an estate in

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, Wiltshire, which included Polebridge Farm. This eventually passed to

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 ...

. He was Member of Parliament for

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from 1679 (the Habeas Corpus Parliament) to 1681. Walter Long, 2nd Baronet, died unmarried at his house in James Street,

Covent Garden Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist si ...

, London, and the baronetcy became extinct.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Whaddon, Walter Long, Sir, 2nd Baronet of 1627 births 1710 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Walter People from Wiltshire English MPs 1680–1681

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