Charles Wigram Long

Charles Wigram Long was a British Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1895 to 1910.

Biography

Long was the son of Charles Long, who was Archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and his wife Anna Maria, the daughter of Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet.
He entered the Royal Artillery in 1860, becoming a captain in 1874, a brevet major in 1881, and a lieutenant-colonel in 1886.
He later became a justice of the peace and a deputy lieutenant of Worcestershire.

Political career and interests

Long was elected at the 1895 general election as the Member of Parliament for the Evesham division of Worcestershire, and held the seat until he stood down at the January 1910 general election. He had succeeded Sir Edmund Lechmere, 3rd Baronet, as Evesham's M.P.

Family

In 1889 Long married Constance Vansittart, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Vansittart of the Coldstream Guards.