Charles Long (priest)

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Charles Maitland Long (born 23 February 1802 in Carshalton – died 6 October 1875 in London) was the Archdeacon of the East Riding from 1854[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol4/pp16-18 British History On-line] to 1873.

The son of politician Samuel Long, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press [https://archive.org/stream/p2alumnicantabri04univuoft#page/204/mode/2up > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. iv. Kahlenberg – Oyler, (1947) p204 ] He was ordained in 1827 and held incumbencies at Woodmansterne, Whitchurch, Shropshire, and Settrington.