John Strachey (priest)

John Strachey

John Strachey (1737–1818)[1] was Archdeacon of Suffolk[2] from 5 March 1781 until his death on 17 December 1818.[3]

Life

Strachey was born in Edinburgh on 30 July 1737,[4] the second son of Henry Strachey of Sutton Court, and younger brother of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet.[5] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[6] He was ordained in 1760 and became Chaplain to Philip Yonge, Bishop of Norwich of Erwarton from 1801 to 1835. He held livings at Erpingham and Thwaite.[citation needed]

Strachey was an Honorary Chaplain to the King from 1774 until his death at Ramsgate.[7] He was the preacher of the Rolls Chapel, from 1783 to 1817.[6]

Antiquarian

Strachey was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. He saw through the press the 1777 edition of the Rolls of Parliament (Edward I to Henry VII, partial).[6] He also began an index and glossary to the Rolls. It was continued by John Pridden, with John Calder; and completed by Edward Upham, with publication in 1832.[8]

Family

Portrait of Archdeacon Strachey and his Family, by William Beechey, with his wife Anne and eight children

Strachey married Anne Wombwell (died 1836), daughter of George Wombwell.[5][9] They had five sons, two of whom died young, and five daughters.[10] The sons included John Strachey (1773–1808) and George Strachey (1776–1849), both judges in India.[11][12] The third son to reach adulthood, Christopher Strachey (1778–1855), was a naval captain.[13][14]

Of the daughters, Eliza married in 1814 Barlow Trecothick, of Addington Place. He was the son of James Ivers Trecothick and his wife Susanna Edmondstone, and great-nephew of Barlow Trecothick the Lord Mayor of London.[15][16][17] Elizabeth (died 1875), a diarist, married Thomas Henry Ernst of Westcombe;[15][18] Ernst (1774–1855) was in the East India Company service from 1792 to 1811, and bought the Westcombe estate at the end of the 1810s.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ genealogy.org
  2. ^ National Archives
  3. ^ British History On-line
  4. ^ "The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 88, Part 2" p631
  5. ^ a b Burke, Bernard (1853). A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain. Colburn. p. 54.
  6. ^ a b c "Strachey (or Strachie), John (STRY756J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. ^ 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' Norwich Post, Wednesday, 23 December 1818; Issue 1904
  8. ^ Riddell, Richard. "Pridden, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22780. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  9. ^ Debrett, John (1839). The Baronetage of England. J. G. & F. Rivington. p. xxxvi.
  10. ^ Nichols, John (1828). Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century: Consisting of Authentic Memoirs and Original Letters of Eminent Persons; and Intended as a Sequel to the Literary Anecdotes. Vol. 5. author. p. 201.
  11. ^ "Strachey, John (STRY789J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  12. ^ "Strachey, George (STRY792G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  13. ^ O'Byrne, William R. (1849). "Strachey, Christopher" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray. pp. 1129–1130.
  14. ^ Burke, Edmund (1856). Annual Register. p. 273.
  15. ^ a b Burke, Bernard (1865). Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Harrison and sons. p. 1055.
  16. ^ Burke, Bernard (1865). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Harrison. p. 388.
  17. ^ Warren, Frank (1984). Addington: A History. Phillimore. p. 38.
  18. ^ "Women's Language and Experience, 1500-1940 Women's Diaries and Related Sources Part 6: Sources from Wiltshire, Somerset and Hampshire Record Office". www.ampltd.co.uk.
  19. ^ Dāsa, Rāmachandra; Prinsep, Henry Thoby (1844). A General Register of the Hon'ble East India Company's Civil Servants of the Bengal Establishment from 1790 to 1842. Printed at the Baptist Mission Press. p. 113.
  20. ^ "Deeds etc of the Ernst family Batcombe". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2020.


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