Richard Long, 4th Viscount Long

For other people named Richard Long, see Richard Long (disambiguation).

Richard Gerard Long, 4th Viscount Long CBE (born 30 January 1929, in London) is a British peer and former Conservative politician.

The second son of Richard Long, 3rd Viscount Long, he was educated at Harrow and served with the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Wiltshire Regiment from 1947–49. His elder brother, Walter Reginald Basil, had died in Greece in 1941 during World War II and Long succeeded to his father's title in 1967.

In 1974, he entered politics as an Opposition Whip and was then a Lord-in-Waiting (senior Government whip) from 1979 to 1997.

Married three times, he lived for many years at The Island, Newquay, Cornwall, a house on a rock linked to the mainland by a private suspension bridge. He is the father of the late actress, Charlotte Long.

References

• Burke's Peerage
• Who's Who 2009

Further reading

• Inquisition Post Mortem: An Adventurous Jaunt Through a 500 Year History of the Courtiers, Clothiers and Parliamentarians of the Long Family of Wiltshire; Cheryl Nicol

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Long

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Richard Eric Onslow Long	Viscount Long 1967–present	Incumbent