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Authorised form of name	Long; Sir; James (? 1617 - 1692); politician
Dates	? 1617 - 1692
Nationality	British
Place of birth	South Wraxhall, Wiltshire, England, Europe
Date of birth	1616 or 1617
Place of death	London, England, Europe
Date of death	22 January 1692
DatesAndPlaces	Baptism: Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, Europe (12 January 1617) Burial: Draycot Cerne, Wiltshire, England, Europe (3 February 1692)
Occupation	Soldier; Politician
Activity	Education: At home and in France; Lincoln's Inn (admitted 1634) Career: Served in the Royalist Army (1642-1646); Sheriff of Wiltshire (1644-1645); captured Chippenham for the King (1645); Commissioner for Assessment for Wiltshire (1664-1680, 1689-1690) and for Yorkshire (West and North Ridings) (1679-1680); Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1673-1685); Deputy-Lieutenant for Wiltshire (1675); Commissioner for Recusants (1675); MP for Malmesbury (1679; 1681; 1690-1692)
Membership category	Original Fellow
Date of election	20/05/1663
Proposer	William Brouncker
Proposer	Samuel Tuke
RSActivity	Committee and panels: Mechanical Committee (1664) ; Committee for Agriculture [Georgical] (1664)
Other Royal Society activity	Reported on experiments concerning natural history and zoology (1663); Developed an entomological collection for the Society (1663); Proposed a way of advancing the manufacture of tapestry in England (1663)
Relationships	Parents: Sir Walter Long and Anne Ley; succeeded his uncle as 2nd baronet (1673) Grandparents: James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough Married: Dorothy Leech
OtherInfo	In his political career, Long was following in his family's footsteps, as they has represented various Wiltshire constituencies since the 15th century. He represented Malmesbury in all three Exclusion Parliaments and was added to the committee to investigate pamphlets in defence of Thomas Osborne, earl of Danby, whose impeachment was planned. His correspondence with and contributions to the Royal Society and its meeting show a keen interest in entymology, falconry, and ichthyology.
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Aubrey; Henning; Burke EDB; ODNB Notes: The election date is Long's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. There are two people with this name, one was admitted 4 Secember 1661, and the other admitted 15 April 1663. Hunter gives birth date as 1616. Aubrey states Long was educated at Westminster School and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Code	NA4526

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
EL/L5/5	Letter, from Lord [William] Brouncker to Colonel [James] Long	1663
DM/5/80	'Recommended to Mr Aubrey'	c.1660s
DM/5/79B	'Recommended to Col Long'	c.1660s
DM/5/64	Minutes of meetings of the Committee for Agriculture (endorsed as 'Transactions of the Georgicall Committee')	October 1664-February 1665

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