Sir James Henry Stronge, 5th Baronet (8 December 1849 – 20 May 1928) was an

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barrister, footballer and politician. Stronge was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

and

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. He was pursuing a legal career when he inherited

Tynan Abbey Tynan Abbey in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, was a large Gothic Revival architecture, neo-gothic-romantic country house built c. 1750 (later renovated c. 1815) and situated outside the village of Tynan. It was home to the Stronge Baronets, ...

and succeeded his father, Sir John Stronge, 4th Baronet. He graduated from

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in 1874. Stronge was appointed

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in 1880 and

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in 1885. He played for

Old Etonians Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

in the

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and

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s. He also held the position of Imperial Grand Master of the

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and was a Major in the 4th Battalion of

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. He was one of 30 delegates to sit on the Ulster Unionist Council, which directed the policy of

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during the next 15 years and during the

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crisis and the foundation of the

partition of Ireland The partition of Ireland ( ga, críochdheighilt na hÉireann) was the process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. I ...

. Stronge's opinion on the issue of partition and Irish Nationalism was made clear: "One felt that if we have no friends south of the Newry Mountains, it might be better to draw the boundary line there and be frankly "West Britons" and not Irishmen".McCluskey, Fergal, (2013), ''The Irish Revolution 1912-23: Tyrone,'' Four Courts Press, Dublin, pg 88, ISBN 9781846822995 Stronge married, on 7 October 1885, Ethel Margaret Burges and had issue: * James Matthew Stronge (10 January 1891 – August 1917), killed in the

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, at the

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, while serving as a

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with the

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. * Zoe Edith Stronge, (22 November 1886 – 14 June 1949), she died unmarried and became a

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. * Daphne Helen Stronge (6 April 1889 – 1945), artist, married General Sir Walter William Pitt-Taylor * Rose Ethel Stronge (21 January 1894) * Jessy Stronge

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(21 September 1896 – 12 October 1984) * Joy Winifred Stronge (26 April 1901 – January 1972)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stronge, James, 5th Baronet 1849 births 1928 deaths Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Association football forwards Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom FA Cup Final players Grand Masters of the Orange Order High Sheriffs of Armagh High Sheriffs of Tyrone Irish association footballers (before 1923) Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland Old Etonians F.C. players People educated at Eton College Politicians from Northern Ireland Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers officers English barristers