Samuel Long (16 August 1746 – 19 October 1807), of

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, Surrey, was an

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. The son of Beeston Long, a West India Merchant and deputy Governor of the

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, and brother of

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jnr. and

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, Long married in 1787 Lady Jane Maitland, 4th daughter of

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. Three years later in 1790, Long was elected to Parliament as member for

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. He was appointed

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the same year. Long and his wife had a daughter and two sons: Lt. Col. Samuel Long (m. Louisa Emily, 2nd daughter of

Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (21 April 1775 – 30 June 1851), KG, of Knowsley Hall in Lancashire (styled Lord Stanley from 1776 to 1832, known as Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe from 1832-4), was a politician, peer, landowner, bui ...

, and Archdeacon Charles Maitland Long. After his death at their London residence in

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in 1807, his widow remarried a year later to Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet.

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*''A Chronological Register of Both Houses of the British Parliament'' - by Robert Beatson 1807 1746 births 1807 deaths

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