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STRACHEY, GEORGE, son of John Strachey (adm. 1750, qv); b. 30 Aug 1776; adm. 12 Jun 1787; was Robert Southey’s “substance” in 1788; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1792, scholar 19 Apr 1795; BA 1797; MA 1822; adm. Middle Temple 21 Nov 1792; Writer, EICS Madras 1796; Assistant, Military Secret and Political Dept., 1798; Secretary and Accountant to Commissioners of Sinking Fund 1803; Secretary to Finance Committee 1805; Joint Assay Master 1807; Private Secretary to Governor 1808; Judge and Magistrate, Zillah of Cuddapah 1809; Secretary, Military Department 1811; Junior Secretary to Government 1812; Chief Secretary 1813-21; retd. 1824; d. 17 Jan 1849.

STRACHEY, EDWARD, second son of Sir Henry Strachey, Bart. (adm. 1750, qv); b. 18 Dec 1774; adm. 21 Jan 1783; St. Andrews Univ.; Writer, EICS Bengal 1792; Commissioner, Court of Requests 1793; Deputy Register of Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut 1800; Secretary to Resident, Patna 1801; Judge, Zillah of Agra 1806; Second Judge, Provincial Court of Appeal, Dacca; retd. 1815; Examiner at India House, London, 1820; an intimate friend of Mountstuart Elphinstone, who acknowledged his debt to Strachey’s advice and example (Colebrooke, Life of Hon. Mounstuart Elphinstone, 1884, ii, 309); author, translation of Bija Ganita, 1813; m. 13 Oct 1808 Julia, youngest dau. of Major-Gen. William Kirkpatrick, EICS Bengal; d. 3 Jan 1832. DNB.

STRACEY, EDWARD; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1718/9; in under school list 1720.

STOYTE, FRANCIS, son of John Stoyte, Dublin, Ireland; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1726; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1731, 1732; in 1741 Ensign, Major-Gen. Howard’s Regt. of Foot.

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STOURTON, JOHN MARMADUKE JOSEPH, son of Hon. John Joseph Stourton, and Caroline Emma, dau. of Patrick McNolty; b. [Paris ?] 31 May 1847; adm. 29 Jan 1862 (G); left Christmas 1863; [perhaps “author”, 1881 Census]; d. 30 Aug 1899.

STOUGHTON, WILLIAM, of Surrey; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1561, aged 16 (being the first Student elected from the School under the statutes of Queen Elizabeth, ), Westminster Student to 1572; BA 1 Feb 1564/5; MA 1568; BCL (Supd. ) Nov 1571.