Strachey, Henry, 1737-1810

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Strachey, Henry, 1737-1810

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1737-1810

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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.

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GB-2014-WSA-16395

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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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