Stransham Family (other)
There have been various famous members of the Stransham family: * Anthony Blaxland Stransham (d. 1900), general, leader of the Royal Marines during the First Opium War *Edward Stransham Edward Stransham (c. 1557 at Oxford – executed 21 January 1586, at Tyburn) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929. Life Edward Stransham was born at Oxford around 1557. He was educated at St John's Coll ... (c. 1557–1586), English Roman Catholic priest and Catholic martyr * Streynsham Master (1640–1724), pioneer in the British East India Company {{disambig ...
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Anthony Blaxland Stransham
General Sir Anthony Blaxland Stransham (22 December 1805 – 6 October 1900) was a senior officer in the Royal Marines. Background Stransham was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Stransham of the Royal Marines, and grandson of Major Samuel Stransham, also of the Royal Marines, who raised the Union Flag on the Falklands in 1771, claiming formal possession of the islands for the United Kingdom. Military career Stransham entered the Royal Marines on 1 January 1823. Four years after entering the service, he was present as a subaltern at the Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827. Stransham led the Royal Marines during the First Battle of Canton in the First Opium War on 18 March 1841. He was wounded and promoted to captain. He was awarded the Baltic Medal, having been with Charles John Napier in 1854. From 1862 to 1867, General Stransham was Inspector-General of the Royal Marines. Later in his career, as a general, the "Grand Old Man of the Army" became a Knight Grand Cross of ...
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