Richard Lestrange (L'Estrange, Strange) (born before Aug 1517Inquisition Post Mortem of John le Strange held at Norwich 25 Oct 1518 - Exchequer Series) of

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and

King's Lynn King's Lynn, known until 1537 as Bishop's Lynn and colloquially as Lynn, is a port and market town in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk in the county of Norfolk, England. It is located north of London, north-east of Peterborough, no ...

, Norfolk; later of

Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...

, Ireland, was an English politician.

Family

He was the second son of

Sir Thomas le Strange Sir Thomas Le Strange (1494–1545) of Hunstanton, Norfolk, born in 1494, son of Robert le Strange (''d''. 1511), sixth in descent from Hamo le Strange, brother of John le Strange, 6th Baron of Knockyn, was Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII, and ...

and Anne Vaux, daughter of Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden. His brother,

Nicholas Lestrange Sir Nicholas le Strange (1 January 1511 – 19 February 1580) of Hunstanton, Norfolk, was an English Member of Parliament (MP). The eldest son of Sir Thomas Le Strange, he succeeded his father in 1545 and was knighted in 1547. His mother was ...

, was also an MP, who represented Castle Rising, Norfolk and King's Lynn. He was related to William FitzWilliam, but their exact connection is unrecorded. He married Dorothy Astley and they had one son, Thomas. His descendants settled at Castle Strange,

county Roscommon "Steadfast Irish heart" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Roscommon.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Connacht , subdi ...

Career

He was

Mayor of Waterford The Kings of Viking Waterford (914–1170) The Vikings, who had created a longphort near Waterford in 853, finally settled and created a town in 914. These were led by Ottir Iarla. Ragnall ua Ímair then installed himself over them in 917, how ...

1581-2 and 1588-9. He was a

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(MP) of the Parliament of England for

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in 1559 and for

in 1563. He was an early supporter of the rights of

Mary I of England Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain from January 1556 until her death in 1558. Sh ...

.LESTRANGE (STRANGE), Richard (b. by 1526), of Hunstanton and King's Lynn, Norf.; later of Kilkenny, Ireland
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 He probably secured election through his brother Nicholas, who was Chamberlain to the Duke of Norfolk; both Horsham and King's Lynn were controlled by the Duke.

References

Year of death missing English MPs 1559 English MPs 1563–1567 People from Hunstanton Mayors of places in Ireland People from King's Lynn Year of birth uncertain Le Strange family {{1563-England-MP-stub