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.

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.

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)].

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, 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.

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.

STUART, DOUGLAS, second son of Rev. and Hon. Andrew Godfrey Stuart, Rector of Cottesmore, Rutland, and his second wife Mary Penelope, second dau. of Hon. Leland Noel Noel (qv); b. 20 Oct 1859; adm. 16 Apr 1868 (G); QS 28 Jan 1870; left May 1873; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1873; BA 1877; MA 1880; ordained deacon 1879, priest 1880 (both Gloucester & Bristol); Curate, Fairford, Gloucs. 1879-81, All Saints, Leeds 1881-7; Vicar of Ipplepen, Devon, from 1887; d. 2 Apr 1897.

STUBBE, EDMUND, son of Rev. Edmund Stubbe, Rector of Rendlesham, Suffolk, and nephew of Wolfran Stubbe (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1696; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1700, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1700, aged 18, scholar 2 May 1701, matr. 1700; BA 1703/4; MA 1707; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1706, Major Fellow 25 Apr 1707; although elected a Fellow of Trinity through the influence of Bentley, Stubbe signed the petition of 1709 to the Bishop of Ely against Bentley, who afterwards declared that Stubbe “was the worst character that ever entered a college”; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 21 Sep 1707, priest (Ely) 21 Dec 1707; Vicar of Eaton Bray, Beds., 1714 (disp. to hold with V. Marsworth 1734); Vicar of Marsworth, Bucks., from 3 Feb 1734; m. Mary --- (IGI); d. 1740.

STUBBE, EDMUND, son of Francis Stubbe, Scottowe, Norfolk, and Anne, dau. of Robert Coke, Mileham, Norfolk, and sister of Sir Edward Coke, Kt, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1610, adm. scholar 1611, matr. Easter 1611; BA 1614/5; MA 1618; BD 1631; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1616 – c. 1621; ordained; Rector of Huntingfield, Suffolk, from 1621; Rector of Longford, Derbyshire 1630; Rector of Cookley, Suffolk 1635; adm. Gray’s Inn 16 Nov 1635 [sic : check]; author, Fraus Honesta, a Latin comedy acted at Cambridge, afterwards published in 1635; m. 15 Oct 1627 (IGI) Margaret, dau. of Wolfran Smith, Lackfield, Suffolk; d. 9 Apr 1659.