Lady Catharine Long (née Walpole; 5 November 1797 – 20 August 1867) was an English novelist and religious writer of the 19th century.
They had nine children, with eight surviving to adulthood:[7] Lady Catharine died suddenly at her home, Landthorne Hatch, near Farnham, Surrey, from a heart attack in the early hours of 20 August 1867.
[13] The local newspaper reported: Her ladyship had attended a croquet party at Aldershot on Monday afternoon, and retired to rest in a state of apparent health and cheerfulness, but being somewhat alarmed at the terrific peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning, rang for her maid, who, being dressed, and in company of some of the other domestics in consequence of the terrible storm, was immediately in attendance.
Her ladyship displayed considerably timidity, and sat for a time upon in the bedroom, interrogating the maid as to the weather and the fearfulness evinced by some of the other servants.
Two unusual thunder claps followed in and her ladyship was observed to start suddenly dnd drop her head, The maid, alarmed, ran to another room for assistance, and on returning found her ladyship dead.She was buried in St Lawrence church in Seale, Surrey, which contains several white marble monuments to members of the Long family, including her eldest son, Edward Horatio, and her husband's uncle Lt.-Gen. Robert Ballard Long.