Walter Long (d. 1731)
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Walter Long JP (c.1648 – 16 Jul 1731) was a British politician. The son of Walter Long (c.1623-c.1699) and his wife Barbara Brayfield, he was elected Member of Parliament for Calne, Wiltshire in 1701 but lost his seat the following year to Edward Bayntun.
His grandfather John Long (c1585-1636) was disinherited by his father, Sir Walter Long (Knt) of South Wraxall and Whaddon, by the contrivances of the latter's second wife Catherine nee Thynne, (daughter of Sir John Thynne of Longleat) but a compromise later led John to receiving South Wraxall, and his brother the manor of Draycot. South Wraxall eventually passed to Walter Long, who died unmarried in 1731. He is buried at South Wraxall, Wiltshire.
References
- A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs, from September 1678 to April 1714 -
Narcissus Luttrell - 1857
- A Chronological Register of Both Houses of the British Parliament - Robert Beatson - 1807
