Henry Long (died 1573)

Henry Long (1544–73), of Shingay, Cambridgeshire, was an English politician.

Family

Henry Long was born about 1544, son of Sir Richard Long (c1494-1545/6) and Margaret Donnington. King Henry VIII was his godfather.[1]

He married Dorothy Clarke, daughter of Nicholas Clarke of North Weston, Oxfordshire, step-daughter of Roger Alford of Hitcham, Buckinghamshire. They had one daughter, Elizabeth (c1652-1611) who married William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh.[2] After Henry's death in April 1573, his widow married Sir Charles Morison.[3] Dorothy had four children with him and died in 1618.

Career

He was Sheriff for Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1569-70. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Cambridgeshire in 1571.[4]

References

  1. ↑ A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 3 by John Burke
  2. ↑ A P Baggs, S M Keeling and C A F Meekings, 'Parishes: Shingay', in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 8, ed. A P M Wright (London, 1982), pp. 124-127 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol8/pp124-127 [accessed 16 April 2015].
  3. ↑ Cassiobury: The Ancient Seat of the Earls of Essex By Paul Rabbitts, Sarah Priestley (2014) Amberley Publishing
  4. ↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/long-henry-1544-73
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