STRATFORD, HON. FRANCIS PAUL, third son of John Stratford, 1st Earl of Aldborough (I), and Martha, dau. of Ven. Benjamin O’Neale, Archdeacon of Leighlin; b.; at school under Markham (Ethel M. Richardson, Long Forgotten Days (leading to Waterloo), 1928, 77-8); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Sep 1763, aged 18; BA 1766; [ordained ?]; d. 1820. [Whitmore also has entry for his brother John Stratford, 3rd Earl of Aldborough (I), b. c. 1744, d. 1823, “see new slip”, but this may be a misunderstanding on his part]
Stratford, Alan Howard, brother of Martin Gould Stratford (qv); b. 19 Mar. 1914; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left July 1930; Univ. of London, BSc 1935; aircraft design Airsreed Ltd 1935-7, Rolls Royce Ltd 1937-9; RAFVR 1939-5 (Flt Lieut.), p.o.w. Brest 1941; engine flight testing Napiers Ltd 1945-6; BEA 1946-53; Hawker-Siddeley Aviation 1953-64; FRAeS 1962, CEng 1965; chairman and man. dir. Alan Stratford Associates Ltd (air transport consultancy) 1964-; Rees Jeffreys Fellow Univ. of Southampton 1976; author of Air Transport Economics in the Supersonic Era 1967, 2nd ed. 1973; m. Apr. 1946 Ellen Joan, d. of George Herbert Nunn of Weston, Bath; d. Oct. 2005.
STRANGWAYS, HENRY BULL, eldest son of Henry Bull Strangways, Shapwick, Somerset, and Elisheba, dau. of Harry Bewes, Beaumont, Plymouth, Devon; b. 8 Mar 1808; adm. 11 May 1821 (G); Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Apr 1826; BA 1841; landowner in Somerset, Gloucestershire and Devon; JP Somerset; m. 1st, 22 Sep 1830 Sophia Jane, only dau. of George Henry Templer (qv); m. 2nd, 12 Oct 1841 Harriet Ann, only dau. of William Lawrence, The Greenway, Gloucs.; d. 8 Apr 1884.
STRANGE, WILLIAM ROBERT, son of Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange (qv), and his second wife; b. 7 Feb 1809; adm. 12 Jan 1818; absent Christmas 1818 – Jun 1821; readm. 20 Jun 1821 (Stelfox's); left Christmas 1822; Cadet, EICS Madras 1824; Lieut., 2nd Cavalry 30 Jul 1827; Capt., 8 Jan 1841; Maj., 23 May 1854; ret. as hon. Col., 31 Dec 1861; m. 4 May 1833 Charlotte Jane Halkett, eldest dau. of Maj. Charles Tyler, Royal Artillery; d. 4 Sep 1889.
STRANGE, WILLIAM HENRY THOMAS, eldest son of William Robert Strange (qv); b. 7 Mar 1834; adm. 1 Oct 1846 (Rigaud's); left Midsummer 1848.
STRANGE, THOMAS LUMISDEN, eldest son of Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange (qv), and his second wife; b. 4 Jan 1808; adm. 12 Jan 1818; readm. 20 Jun 1821 (Stelfox's); left 1823; at Haileybury Coll. 1824-6; Writer, EICS Madras 1825; Register, Zillah of Malabar 1829; Assistant Judge and Joint Criminal Judge, Malabar 1831; Acting Judge and Criminal Judge, Malabar 1842; Sub-Judge, Calicut 1843; Civil and Sessions Judge, Tellicherry and Bellary 1845; Special Commissioner for enquiring into the Moplah disturbances in Malabar 1852, and for enquiring into the system of judicature in the Presidency 1859; Judge of High Court, Madras 1862 – res 2 May 1863; returned to England; author, Manual of Hindu Law, 1856, and a number of freethinking works; m. 1st, 1 Jan 1840 Mary Rosa, widow of Capt. William Edward John Hodgson, EICS Bengal, Bengal Horse Artillery, and dau. of Capt. Samuel Tickell, EICS Bengal; m. 2nd, 4 Apr 1856 Emily Burn, eldest dau. of Major-Gen. Peter James Begbie, Madras Artillery; d. 4 Sep 1884. DNB.
STRANGE, SIR THOMAS ANDREW LUMISDEN, second son of Sir Robert Strange, Kt, Covent Garden, London, engraver, and Isabella, dau. of William Lumisden, Edinburgh; b. 30 Nov 1756; adm. 3 Mar 1769; KS 1770; his acting as Demea in the Adelphi is referred to in a letter from his mother quoted N. K. Strange, Jacobean Tapestry, 1947; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1774, matr. 1 Jun 1774, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1774 – void 25 Jun 1784; BA 1778; MA 1782; DCL 1818; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Feb 1776, called to bar 24 Nov 1785; Chief Justice of Nova Scotia 1789; Recorder of Madras 1797-1800; knighted 14 Mar 1798; Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Madras 26 Dec 1800 – 4 Jun 1817; returned to England 1817; author, Notes of Cases, 1816, The Elements of Hindu Law, 1825; m. 1st, 28 Sep 1797 Jane, sister of Robert Anstruther (qv); m. 2nd, 11 Oct 1806 Louise, youngest dau. of Sir William Burroughes, Bart., MP, successively Advocate-General and Puisne Judge, Bengal; d. 16 Jul 1841. DNB.
Strange, Richard Fairbrother, son of Lieut.-Col. Edward Fairbrother Strange, of South Kensington, by Margaret Elisabeth, daughter of Walter Scott Coward; b. July 3, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (R); left Dec. 1921; Pilot Officer (Equipment) R.A.F.V.R. June 1, 1940; Flying-Officer July 24, 1941; Flight Lieut. Sept. 1, 1942; d. 23 Mar. 1983.
STRANGE, JAMES NEWBOROUGH, son of Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange (qv), and his second wife; b. 2 Oct 1812; adm. 22 Sep 1824 (Stelfox's); KS 1826; left 1827; entered Royal Navy 18 Apr 1827; Lieut., 23 Feb 1839; Cdr., 30 Mar 1842; Capt., 10 Jan 1854; Rear-Adm., 10 Sep 1869; retd. 1 Apr 1870; Vice-Adm., 22 Mar 1876; Adm., 9 Jan 1880; served in Niger expedition 1840-1; m. 15 Jan 1846 Charlotte Maria, youngest dau. of George Eyre, Bramshaw, Wilts.; d. 1 Nov 1894.