Background
The only surviving son of Sir James Long, 5th Baronet and his wife Henrietta Greville, Long was baptised on 8 November 1705 at Street Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, he succeeded his father as 6th Baronet on 16 March 1729, and inherited the family estates, including the manors of Draycot and Athelhampton.
Career
Charles Long, whose granddaughter Emma married George Julius Poulett Scrope
Sir Robert Long died on 10 February 1767 and was buried at Draycot.
Membership
8th Parliament of Great Britain. 9th Parliament of Great Britain. 10th Parliament of Great Britain.
11th Parliament of Great Britain.
12th Parliament of Great Britain]
He was elected Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Wootton Bassett in 1734, and for Wiltshire in 1741.