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The Right Honourable The Viscount Long PC JP FRS
The Viscount Long (1903).
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 10 December 1916 – 10 January 1919
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Bonar Law
Succeeded by	The Viscount Milner
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office 10 January 1919 – 13 February 1921
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Sir Eric Geddes
Succeeded by	The Viscount Lee of Fareham
Leader of the Irish Unionist Alliance
In office 1906–1910
Preceded by	Edward James Saunderson
Succeeded by	Sir Edward Carson
Personal details
Born	(1854-07-13)13 July 1854 Bath, England
Died	26 September 1924(1924-09-26) West Ashton, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative Ulster Unionist
Spouse(s)	Lady Dorothy Boyle (c. 1860–1938)
Children	5
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long PC JP FRS (13 July 1854 – 26 September 1924) was a British Unionist politician. In a political career spanning over 40 years, he held office as President of the Board of Agriculture, President of the Local Government Board, Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary of State for the Colonies and First Lord of the Admiralty. He is also remembered for his links with Irish Unionism, and served as Leader of the Irish Unionist Party in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1910.

Long was born at Bath, the eldest son of Richard Penruddocke Long, by his wife Charlotte Anna, daughter of William Wentworth FitzWilliam Dick (originally Hume). Richard Chaloner, 1st Baron Gisborough, was his younger brother. On his father's side he was descended from an old family of Wiltshire gentry, and on his mother's side from Anglo-Irish gentry in County Wicklow. When young, Walter lived at Dolforgan, Montgomeryshire, a property owned by his grandfather. Whilst living there, his father inherited the Rood Ashton estate.