Florentina (Flora), having been previously engaged to Henry Cobbe (uncle of Frances Power Cobbe), who had died the day before the proposed marriage, formed a strong attachment to the then-elderly poet George Crabbe.Ellen, the eldest daughter, married John Walmesley in 1812 their children included Richard Walmesley (1816–1893), a lawyer and latterly owner of Lucknam Park, Wiltshire.Walter (1793–1867), the eldest son, was also a member of parliament, representing North Wiltshire.After a lingering illness Long died aged 73, at Rood Ashton House, six weeks after his wife, and was interred in the family's crypt at St Mary's Church, Steeple Ashton. On 28 March 1786, he married Florentina Wrey, third daughter of Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet, and had by her four daughters and two sons. He was the founder of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry.

Long entered the House of Commons in 1806, sitting for Wiltshire until 1818. He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1794. In 1799, he purchased Steeple Ashton Manor House and farm, which remained in the family until 1967, and commissioned architect Jeffry Wyattville to build Rood Ashton House nearby in 1808. īy 1800, Long was a partner in the Melksham Bank, together with his younger brother John Long, John Awdry and Thomas Bruges. 1787) and his wife Meliora, descendant of Sir John Lambe. Richard Godolphin Long (2 October 1761 – 1 July 1835) was an English banker and Tory politician.īaptised at West Lavington, Wiltshire a month after his birth, he was the son of Richard Long (d. For other people named Richard Long, see Richard Long (disambiguation).

The Book of Paul by Richard Long