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

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, 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

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, 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

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). In 1706 Long purchased an estate in

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

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. He was

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for

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from 1679 (the

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) to 1681. Walter Long, 2nd Baronet, died unmarried at his house in James Street,

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, London, and the baronetcy became extinct.

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People from Wiltshire English MPs 1680–1681

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