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Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet (1617 - 22 Jan 1692)

Politician and captain in the royalist army Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/16968 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Long,_2nd_Baronet Relevant locations: Residence at Draycot Cerne, Wiltshire
Relationships: Lady Dorothy Long (-1710) was a wife of Sir James Long
References in Documents:
MS Book of Benefactors (MacGregor, ed.)

The most noble of ladies, Dorothy wife of that most generous and learned of men, Sir James Long, Bart., of Draycot Cerne in the county of Wiltshire, was the pride and joy of her family and her sex, and showed a deep interest in primitive religions and antiquities. Her piety and great good will to this University led her to give a carved ivory crozier which had belonged to Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, to this museum to be placed with the other treasures.