Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet

Who was Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet?

Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet of Whaddon was an English politician.

The second son of Henry Long and Rebecca Bailey, Long was educated at Lincoln's Inn. He had inherited no land at his father's death, but when his elder brother Henry died soon after, he inherited the extensive but heavily encumbered family estates.

On 26 December 1621 he married Mary Coxe and by 1623 his debts had increased alarmingly. With the assistance of his father-in-law he obtained a seat for Salisbury in the 1625 Parliament, possibly as a means to avoid his creditors. He was elected to Parliament in 1626 as Knight of the Shire for Wiltshire.