Michael Long (21 October 1928 – 18 August 1985) was a British judge of the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, having previously worked as a lawyer and judge in various African countries and as Director of Public Prosecutions in Belize.
After being educated in the Channel Islands and at Jesus College, Oxford, Long served in the Royal Air Force from 1950 to 1956 before being called to the bar by Middle Temple in 1956.
He was then a member of the Army Legal Staff, in various locations including Cyprus, until 1960, when he became Crown Counsel and Resident Magistrate in Uganda.
A move to Gambia followed in 1970, holding similar positions, then a posting as Crown Counsel in Sarawak before becoming a magistrate in Hong Kong in 1974.
[1] Michael Long was the brother-in-law of Dr Paul Freeman, former Keeper of Entomology at the Natural History Museum.