Walter Long

Walter Long may refer to:

  • Walter Long (1565–1610), English knight of South Wraxall and Draycot, Wiltshire, friend of Sir Walter Raleigh
  • Walter Long (c. 1594–1637), his son, English knight of Wiltshire
  • Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet (c. 1591–1672), English MP for Ludgershal, prosecuted in the Star Chamber and imprisoned in the Tower of London
  • Sir Walter Long, 2nd Baronet (1627–1710), his son, English MP for Bath
  • Walter Long (MP 1701–1702) (c. 1648–1731), English MP for Calne
  • Walter Long (of Preshaw) (1788–1871), English landowner of Preshaw, Hampshire
  • Walter Long (of South Wraxall) (c. 1712–1807), English Landowner of South Wraxall, Wiltshire
  • Walter Long (1793–1867), English landowner of Rood Ashton, Wiltshire and MP for North Wiltshire
  • Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long (1854–1924), British politician, MP, Secretary of State for the Colonies and First Lord of the Admiralty
  • Walter Long (British Army officer) (1879–1917), his son, British officer in the First World War
  • Walter Long, 2nd Viscount Long (1911–1944), his son, British peer and soldier
  • Walter Long (actor) (1879–1952), United States character actor, starred in Laurel and Hardy films

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    “All histories do shew, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all men are evil, and will declare themselves so to be when occasion is offered.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)

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