LONG, Robert (c.1600-73), of Westminster and Nonsuch, Surr.

Sec. to Ld. Treas. Marlborough by 1626 – 28; servant to Charles I by 1633; commr. for preventing export of butter 1636, compounding with tobacco planters 1636; jt. commissary for the army in the north 1639; receiver of recusancy forfeitures (south) 1639 – 46; surveyor-gen. to Queen Henrietta Maria 1641 – 46, by 1661 – 69, treas. and receiver-gen. 1671 – d., auditor of the receipt in the Exchequer 1643 – 46, 1662 – d.; sec. to Charles II as Prince of Wales 1645 – 49; sec. of state 1649 – 52; PC 14 May 1649 – Jan. 1652, 3 July 1672 – d.; commr. for trade and plantations 1672–d.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 299; 1633–4, p. 35; 1635–6, pp. 240, 377; 1638–9, p. 572; 1639, p. 119; 1640–1, p. 528; 1641–3, p. 494; Add. 1625–49, p. 722; 1660–1, p. 478; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 867; Clarendon, Rebellion, iv. 22; v. 2, 323.

Commr. for corporations, Yorks. 1662 – 63, assessment, Westminster 1663 – d., Surr. 1665 – d.; jt. keeper of Somerset House 1664 – d.; j.p. Surr. 1666–d.HMC 8th Rep. pt. 1 (1881), 275; CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 661.