STRONG, THOMAS BANKS, son of Thomas Banks Strong, St. John’s Road, Putney, Surrey, Clerk, Accountant-General’s Branch, War Office, and Anna Lawson; b. 24 Oct 1861; adm. 23 Jan 1873, exhibitioner 1874; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1879, matr. 10 Oct 1879; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1882, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1883; BA 1883; MA 1886; BD 1889; DD 1902; Mus. Doc 1917; DD Durham 1913; DLitt Leeds 1922; Lecturer, Christ Church 1884, Tutor and Senior Student 1888-1901, Junior Censor 1892; ordained deacon 1885, priest 1886 (both Oxford); Bampton Lecturer 1895; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1901-20; Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Univ. 1913-7; GBE 3 Jun 1918; consecrated Bishop of Ripon 24 Aug 1920; translated to Oxford 28 Oct 1925; retd. 1937; Clerk of the Closet, Royal Household 1925-37; Busby Trustee 28 May 1907-10; a Governor of the School 26 Jul 1920; author, A Manual of Theology, 1892, and other works; d. unm. 8 Jun 1944. DNB.
Strong, Rupert Henry Mordaunt, son of Rev. Rupert Stanley Strong, Vicar of St John's Drury Lane, and Helen Norah Margaret Strausberg; b. 10 May 1911; adm. Apr. 1925 (H); left Apr. 1929; Trin. Coll. Dublin, BA; a psychoanalyst, Vice-Pres. Irish Psychoanalytical Assn; practised in Dublin; m. 1944 Eithne O'Connell, poet and novelist, d. of J. Q, O'Connell of Ardagh, Co. Limerick; d. 6 Dec. 1984.
STRONG, P. F.; b.; at school under Vincent (name up School 1800).
STRONG, MELANCTHON, eldest son of Melancthon Strong, Garratt, Surrey, snuffman, and Eleanor, dau. of Thomas Sanders, Charlwood, Surrey; bapt. Wandsworth 6 Sep 1732; adm. (aged 13) Feb 1745/6; apprenticed to Samuel Sandeforth, citizen and wax chandler 1747; d. 28 May 1748.
Strong, Brian Eustace, brother of Rupert Henry Mordaunt Strong (qv); b. 22 Oct. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (G); left July 1931; a mining engineer, AIMM; West Africa 1934-42; Min. of Fuel and Power, opencast coal production, 1943; m. 16 July 1943 Honor Florence, sister of Cyril Frederick Marten Hale (qv); d. 1979.
Strong, Bernard Edwin, son of Gustave Strauss, of West Kensington; b. July 26, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1888; left July 1892; assumed the surname of Strong in lieu of Strauss; a merchant and company director; m. Feb. 20, 1900, Eugenie, daughter of Julius Cohen; d. Nov. 21, 1951.
STRODE, WILLIAM, of Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS; in school lists 1656, first three quarters; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1656, adm. pens. 14 May 1656, scholar 1656, matr. Lent 1656/7; BA 1659/60; MA 1663; ordained deacon (Norwich) Sep 1661.
STRODE, WILLIAM, elder son of Philip Strode, Plympton, Devon, and Wilmot, dau. of William Houghton, Houghton Towers, Lancs.; bapt. 11 Jan 1602/3; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1617, matr. 1 Jun 1621, aged 19, Westminster Student; BA 1621; MA 1624 (incorp. Cambridge 1628); BD 1631; DD 1638; Public Orator, Oxford Univ. from 1629; Proctor 1629; ordained; Rector of East Bradenham, Norfolk, 1633; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 1 Jul 1638; Vicar of Black Bourton, Oxfordshire 1638; Vicar of Badby, Northants 22 Aug 1639-42; author The Floating Island, a tragi-comedy acted by the Students of Christ Church before Charles I 29 Aug 1636 (a published version appeared in 1655), and of some occasional verse; m. 17 Jul 1642 Mary, dau. of Rev. John Sympson DD, Prebendary of Canterbury; d. 10 Mar 1644/5. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.
STRODE, W.; b.; at school under Vincent (name up School 1791).
STRODE, GEORGE; b.; adm.; BB 1693; KS 1696. [Perhaps George Strode, son of Barnard Strode, and Margaret ---, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 2 Jan 1684 (IGI)].