Colonel James Long was a British Army officer during the 18th century.
Long began his military career as an officer in the 1st Foot Guards.
In 1741 he was given a royal warrant to raise a new infantry regiment from "any county or part of Great Britain".
The regiment saw service under his command at the Battle of Prestonpans during the Jacobite rising of 1745.
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