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Sir Robert Long, 6th Baronet
Politician
1705 – 1767
Who was Sir Robert Long, 6th Baronet?
Sir Robert Long, 6th Baronet was an English politician.
The only surviving son of Sir James Long, 5th Baronet and his wife Henrietta Greville, Long was baptised on 8 November 1705 at St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he succeeded his father as 6th Baronet on 16 March 1729, and inherited the family estates, including the manors of Draycot and Athelhampton.
He was elected Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Wootton Bassett in 1734, and for Wiltshire in 1741.
He married on 29 May 1735 at Woodford, Essex, Emma Child, the daughter of Richard Tylney, 1st Earl Tylney, of Wanstead, and his wife Dorothy Glynn.
Sir Robert and Emma had two daughters and four sons including:
Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet, inherited Wanstead from his uncle, John Tylney, 2nd Earl Tylney
Charles Long, whose granddaughter Emma married George Julius Poulett Scrope
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- Born
- 1705
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Balliol College
- Died
- Feb 10, 1767
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on July 23, 2013
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