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, 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)].

STRATFORD, WILLIAM, only son of Right Rev. Nicholas Stratford DD, Bishop of Chester, and ---, sister of Stephen Luddington (qv); bapt. Manchester Collegiate Church 14 Sep 1671 (IGI); adm.; KS 1683; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1688, matr. 29 Jun 1688, aged 16, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1688 – 4 Jul 1705 (void on appointment as Canon), Tutor 1696-9; BA 1692; MA 13 Mar 1694/5; BD 1703; DD 1705; ordained; Chaplain to Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, and tutor to his son Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (qv); Stratford’s correspondence with Edward Harley between 1710 and Stratford’s death is printed HMC Portland vol. vii; Chaplain to Speaker, House of Commons (still 1705); Archdeacon of Richmond from 10 Sep 1703; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 6 Jul 1705; Rector of Little Shefford, Berks., from 1707; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (to 1717); gave £50 to the building fund for the New Dormitory; Busby Trustee 13 Mar 1727/8; d. unm. 7 May 1729. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

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, 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.

STRADLING, GILBERT, son of Very Rev. George Stradling DD, Dean of Chichester and Prebendary of Westminster, and Margaret, dau. of Sir William Salter, Kt, Iver, Bucks., Carver to Charles I; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1681; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1685, matr. 17 Dec 1685, aged 18, Westminster Student from 22 Dec 1685, Catechist 1715-26; BA 1689; MA 1692; ordained; resided in Christ Church until his death, latterly a recluse; d. unm. 25 Oct 1727. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

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.

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.

STOUGHTON, GEORGE, son of George Diops Stoughton (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1729/30; KS 1735; left 1736; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Jul 1737; d. unm. 3 Nov 1763.