Lislebone Long

Biography:

Sir Lislebone Long was a supporter of the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War but he was a Presbyterian and he resisted Pride's Purge and although not secluded by Pride he shortly afterwards absented himself for a short while from the House. After the regicide of Charles I in which he took no part he was an active member of the three Protectorate parliaments and was knighted by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell.