3-082-171 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Wigram Long, the new M.P. for Evesham, 1895. Engraving from a photograph. 'The long contest for the Parliamentary seat in the Evesham Division of Worcestershire, vacated by the death of Sir E. Lechmere, ended, on Jan. 22, in the return of Lieutenant-Colonel Long, the Conservative candidate, who polled 4760 votes against 3585 cast for Mr. Frederic Impey. Lieutenant-Colonel Long, M.P., is the second son of the late Ven. Charles M. Long, Archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire. He was born in October 1842, and married Constance Mary, seventh daughter of the late Colonel Robert Vansittart, of the Coldstream Guards. He was formerly in the Royal Horse Artillery. This is his first entry into Parliament, and he is the fiftieth new member since the General Election. A magistrate for Worcestershire, he is well known in the district which he now represents'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.