William Houston Long (8 November 1843 – 29 August 1912) was a member of the

Queensland Legislative Council The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland. It was a fully nominated body which first took office on 1 May 1860. It was abolished by the Constitution Amendment Act 1921, which to ...

. Long was born in

Settrington Settrington is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Malton. It was historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire until 1974. History Sir Francis Bigod of Settringt ...

, Yorkshire, England in 1843 to Charles Long and his wife Anna Maria (née Wigram). Long was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in 1873 and served for five years before resigning in 1878. He eventually travelled back to England and died in

Hove Hove is a seaside resort and one of the two main parts of the city of Brighton and Hove, along with Brighton in East Sussex, England. Originally a "small but ancient fishing village" surrounded by open farmland, it grew rapidly in the 19th cen ...

, Sussex in 1912.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Long, William Members of the Queensland Legislative Council 1843 births 1912 deaths People from Settrington