Background
LONG, Walter Hume was born on July 13, 1854 in Bath. Son of late Richard Penruddocke Long, Rood Ashton, Wiltshire, and Dolforgan, Montgomeryshire, and Charlotte, daughter of Right Honourable W. W. Fitz-William-Hume Dick.
LONG, Walter Hume was born on July 13, 1854 in Bath. Son of late Richard Penruddocke Long, Rood Ashton, Wiltshire, and Dolforgan, Montgomeryshire, and Charlotte, daughter of Right Honourable W. W. Fitz-William-Hume Dick.
Harrow; Christ Church, Oxford. Doctor of Laws.
Member of Parliament (Conservative) North Wiltshire, 1880-1885. Devizes Division, 1885-1892. Parliamentary Secretary to Local Government Board, 1886-1892.
Member of Parliament (Conservative) West Derby, Liverpool, 1892-1900. President Board of Agriculture, 1895-1900. President of Local Government Board, 1900-1905.
Member of Parliament (Conservative) South Bristol, 1900- 1906. Member of Parliament (Conservative) South Dublin 1906-1910. Chief Secretary, Ireland, 1905-1906. P C., Justice of the Peace, D.L.; Honourable Birmingham; Member of Parliament (Conservative) Strand Division since 1910; Colonel commanding Royal Wiltshire Imperial Yeomanry (Prince of Wales’s Own) since 1898.
Conservative.
Fellow of the Royal Society.
Cricket, hunting.