Richard Long (ca. 16911760) of Rood Ashton, Wiltshire, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the

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from 1734 to 1741. Long was born in

Steeple Ashton Steeple Ashton is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, east of Trowbridge. In 2021 the parish had a population of 1221. In the north of the parish are the hamlets of Ashton Common and Bullenhill. Name and history Until the Dis ...

, Wiltshire, the eldest son of Richard Long of Rood Ashton and his first wife Elizabeth Long, daughter of Thomas Long of Rowden,

Chippenham Chippenham is a market town in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies north-east of Bath, Somerset, Bath, west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The town was established on a crossing of the River Avon, ...

. He was admitted at the

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in 1706 and matriculated at

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on 8 May 1707, aged 17. He married Anne Martyn, daughter and heiress of John Martyn of Hinton, Steeple Ashton. He succeeded in 1730 to the Chippenham estate of his maternal uncle Thomas Long. Long was elected as Tory member of parliament for

in a fierce contest at the 1734 general election. His only recorded vote was against the Spanish Convention in 1739. He did not stand at the 1741 general election. Long died on 6 May 1760. He and his wife had two sons and three daughters. His grandson, by his son Richard, was

Richard Godolphin Long Richard Godolphin Long (2 October 1761 – 1 July 1835) was an English banker and Tory politician. Life and career Baptised at West Lavington, Wiltshire a month after his birth, he was the son of Richard Long (died 1787) and his wife Meliora, ...

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