Henry Long (died 1573)

Henry Long (1544–1573), of Shingay, Cambridgeshire, was an English politician.

Family

Henry Long was born about 1544, son of Sir Richard Long (c. 1494 – 1546) 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 (c. 1562–1611) 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]