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Strachey, (Sir) Charles (Bart. ), son of Evelyn John St Loe Strachey PC MP, Sec. of State for War, Labour politician, and his second wife Celia, d. of Rev. Arthur Hume Simpson, Rector of St Mary Magdalene, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex; b. 20 June 1934; adm. Sept. 1947 (B); left July 1952; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1955, BA 1958, MA 1962; res. EMI 1958-62; marketing man. Ford 1962-75; succ. his cousin Edward Strachey, 2nd Baron Strachey, as 6th Bart. 17 May 1973, but did not assume the title; economic development officer Islington Council 1976-93; m. 1973 Janet Megan, d. of Alexander Miller; d. 18 June 2014.

STRACHEY, RICHARD, third son of Sir Henry Strachey, Bart. (adm. 1750, qv); b. 21 May 1781; in school lists 1795, 1797 (Clapham); of Ashwick Grove, Somerset; DL JP Somerset; a copy of the Eton Microcosm, presented to him by Thomas Clapham (qv), in which Strachey described Clapham as “domi Usherii et verberatoris acerbissimi”, was preserved at Ashwick Grove; m. 1 Jun 1830 Anne Maria, dau. of Alexander Powell MP, Hurdcott House, Wilts. ; d. 5 May 1847.

STRACHEY, JOHN, eldest son of John Strachey (adm. 1750, qv); b. 4 Apr 1773; adm. 12 Jun 1787; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Jul 1789, matr. 1789; Writer, EICS Bengal 1791; arrived in India 7 Aug 1791; Assistant to Persian Translator and Commissioner of Court of Requests 1791; Register of Dewanny Adawlut, Tirhoot 1793; Judge, Mymensingh 1800; Judge and Magistrate, Kanpur 1803; res. in India 3 Mar 1804; d. at Mahè, India 17 Nov 1808.

STRACHEY, JOHN, brother of Sir Henry Strachey, Bart. (adm. 1750, qv); b. 20 Jul 1737; adm. Jun 1750; KS 1751; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1756, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1756, scholar 6 May 1757, matr. 1756; BA 1760; MA 1763; LLD 1770; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1761; ordained deacon (Canterbury) 1760, priest (Winchester) 24 Jun 1763; an Usher at the School 1761; Domestic Chaplain to Right Rev. Philip Yonge (qv), Bishop of Norwich; Rector of Erpingham, Norfolk, from 1769; Rector of Thwaite, Norfolk, from 1773; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III Apr 1774 (still 1808); Archdeacon of Suffolk from 5 Mar 1781; Preacher at the Rolls Chapel 1783; Prebendary of Llandaff from 7 Jun 1786; FSA 28 May 1772; superintended the printing of the Rolls of Parliament from Edward I to the nineteenth year of Henry VII, published in six folio volumes in 1777; m. 14 Nov 1770 Anne, sister of John Wombwell (qv); d. 17 Dec 1818.

STRACHEY, SIR HENRY, BART., eldest son of Sir Henry Strachey, Bart. (adm. 1750, qv); b. 6 Dec 1772; adm. 21 Jan 1783; Writer, EICS Bengal 1790; arrived in India 25 Aug 1792; Register of Dewanny Adawlut, Jessore 1793; Translator to Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut 1798; Magistrate, Midnapur 1800; Third Judge, Court of Appeal and Circuit, Ceded Provinces 1803; retd. 31 Mar 1805; succ. father as 2nd baronet 1 Jan 1810; of Sutton Court, Somerset; High Sheriff, Somerset 1832; d. unm. 11 Apr 1858.

STRACHEY, SIR HENRY, BART., eldest surviving son of Henry Strachey, Sutton Court, Somerset, and his first wife Helen, dau. of Robert Clerk, Listonfield, Midlothian, physician; b. 23 May 1737; adm. Jun 1750; Clerk, War Office, to 1764; Private Secretary to Lord Clive in India 1764-6 and in England to 1774; MP Pontefract 5 Dec 1768-74, Bishop’s Castle 1774 – Jun 1778, Saltash 1 Oct 1778-80, Bishop’s Castle 1780-1802, East Grinstead 1802-7; Secretary to Commission for restoring peace in America 1774-8; Clerk of Deliveries of Ordnance 20 Jun 1778 – Oct 1780, Principal Storekeeper of Ordnance 16 Oct 1780 – May 1782; Joint Secretary of the Treasury 29 Mar – 15 Jul 1782; Joint Under-Secretary of State, Home Department Jul 1782 - Apr 1783; Principal Storekeeper of Ordnance 12 Apr 1783 – Mar 1784; assisted King’s Commissioners in negotiations for peace with the American Colonies in Paris 1783; Master of the Household from 16 Jul 1794; created baronet 15 Jun 1801; m. 23 May 1770 Jane, widow of Capt. Thomas Latham, Royal Navy, and dau. of John Kelsall, Greenwich, Kent; d. 1 Jan 1810. DNB.

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.