Walter Long JP, DL (10 October 1793 – 31 January 1867)[1] was an English magistrate and Conservative Party[2] politician.
Born in West Ashton in Wiltshire, he was the oldest son of Richard Godolphin Long and his wife Florentina, daughter of Sir Bourchier Wrey, 6th Baronet.
[3] He entered the British House of Commons in 1835, sitting as a member of parliament (MP) for North Wiltshire for thirty years until 1865.
Long died after short illness, aged 73 at Torquay in Devon and was buried at his birthplace, near his home Rood Ashton House.
[6] Criticised for his handling of the siege, he was later court-martialled and subsequently jumped to his death from a 4th floor window of the Grosvenor Hotel in London.