Viscount Long
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. It was created in 1921 for the Conservative
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politician Walter Long, who had previously served as Member of Parliament
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, President of the Board of Agriculture, President of the Local Government Board
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, Secretary of State for the Colonies
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and First Lord of the Admiralty. His grandson, the second Viscount (son of Brigadier General Walter Long) was killed in action in the Second World War. He was succeeded by his uncle, the third Viscount. He had earlier represented Westbury
Westbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Westbury was a parliamentary constituency in Wiltshire from 1449 to 2010. It was represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, and then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801...
in Parliament as a Conservative. the title is held by his son, the fourth Viscount. He served as a government whip from 1979 to 1997 in the Conservative administrations of Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
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and John Major
John Major
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. However, Lord Long lost his seat in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999
House of Lords Act 1999
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.
Richard Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough
Richard Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough
Richard Godolphin Walmesley Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough was a British soldier and politician...
, was the younger brother of the first Viscount.
Viscounts Long (1921)
- Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long (1854–1924)
- Walter Francis David Long, 2nd Viscount LongWalter Long, 2nd Viscount LongWalter Francis David Long, 2nd Viscount Long was a British peer.The eldest son of Brigadier General Walter Long, CMG, DSO , Long was educated at St David's School, Reigate, and later at Eton on the insistence of his mother, who had remarried in 1921 to Baron Glyn. Traditionally the Longs were...
(1911–1944) - Richard Eric Onslow Long, 3rd Viscount LongRichard Long, 3rd Viscount LongRichard Eric Onslow Long, 3rd Viscount Long DL TD was a British Conservative Party politician. He married Gwendoline Hague-Cook in 1916, and they had three sons, including Richard Long, and one daughter....
(1892–1967) - Richard Gerard Long, 4th Viscount LongRichard Long, 4th Viscount LongRichard Gerard Long, 4th Viscount Long CBE is a British peer and former Conservative politician.The second son of the 3rd Viscount Long, he was educated at Harrow School and served with the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Wiltshire Regiment from 1947–49...
(b. 1929)
The heir apparent
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is the present holder's son Hon. James Richard Long (b. 1960)