sentences:  He was elected to Parliament in 1626 as Knight of the Shire for Wiltshire.Long was a vocal supporter of the remonstrance defending the House of Commons against the charge of unparliamentary proceedings, and played an active part in supporting Pembroke's attack on the Duke of Buckingham.In several speeches he questioned the duke's Protestantism and implied that the duke was involved in precipitating the death of James I.