Family and Education
b. c. Sept. 1616, o.s. of Sir Walter Long of Draycot Cerne by Lady Anne Ley, da. of James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough. educ. L. Inn 1634. m. by 1640, Dorothy (d.1710), da. of Sir Edward Leach of Shipley, Derbys., 1s. d.v.p. 5da. suc. fa. 1637, uncle (Sir) Robert Long as 2nd Bt. and in Yorks. estate 13 July 1673.Wilts. Inquisitions (Index Lib. xxiii), 241; Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. iii. 58.
Offices Held
Capt. of horse (royalist) 1642, col. 1644–6.
Sheriff, Wilts. (royalist) 1644 – 45; commr. for assessment, Wilts. 1664 – 80, 1689 – 90, Yorks. (W. and N. Ridings) 1679 – 80; j.p. Wilts. 1671 – d., dep. lt. 1675–?d., commr. for recusants 1675.
Gent. of privy chamber 1673–85.
FRS 1663.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Draycot Cerne, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
LONG, Sir James (1616-92)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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