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.A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain, Volume 3 by John Burke

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.A P Baggs, S M Keeling and C A F Meekings, 'Parishes: Shingay', in A P M Wright, A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely, vol. 8 (London, 1982), pp. 124-127. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol8/pp124-127 [accessed 16 April 2015].

After Henry's death in April 1573, his widow married Sir Charles Morison.Sarah Priestley, Cassiobury: The Ancient Seat of the Earls of Essex By Paul Rabbitts (Amberley Publishing, 2014). 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.

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