Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet
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Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet (1812–1901) was an English man of letters.


Life

Born at Sutton Court,
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,
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, on 12 August 1812, he was eldest of the six sons of Edward Strachey (1774–1832) of the Bengal service of the
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, son of
Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet (23 May 1736 – 3 January 1810) was a British civil servant and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 39 years from 1768 to 1807. Life Strachey was the eldest son of Henry Strachey, of Sutton Court, ...
, and his wife Julia Woodburn, third daughter of Major-general William Kirkpatrick. His five brothers were: Sir Henry Strachey (1816–1912) of the Bengal army; Sir Richard Strachey; William Strachey (1819–1904), of the colonial office; Sir John Strachey; and George Strachey who was minister at the court of Saxony. Destined for the East India Company's service, he was educated at Haileybury, but when about to sail for India suffered from inflammation of the knee-joint, which forced him to use crutches for more than twenty years. In 1836, attracted by ''Subscription no Bondage'' by F. D. Maurice, Strachey obtained an introduction through John Sterling, a friend of his mother; and asked to be allowed to read with Maurice for university entrance. His affliction forced him to give up the plan, but he spent the second half of the year with Maurice at
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. Maurice became his spiritual adviser. In 1858 Strachey succeeded to the title and Somerset estates of his uncle, Sir Henry Strachey, 2nd Baronet, who had died unmarried. He was a concerned landlord, an active magistrate and a deputy-lieutenant, and in 1864 was
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; he was also a poor-law guardian and a member of the first
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. A Liberal in politics, he was an admirer of
William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British politican, starting as Conservative MP for Newark and later becoming the leader of the Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party. In a career lasting over 60 years, he ...
. As a disciple of Maurice he was an Anglican, but opposed to the
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doctrines, and interested in biblical criticism. Strachey died at Sutton Court on 24 September 1901, and was buried in Chew Magna churchyard.


Works

Strachey published: * ''A Commentary on the Marriage Service'', 1843. * ''Shakespeare's Hamlet: an Attempt to find a Key to a great Moral Problem'', 1848. * ''Hebrew Politics in the Time of Sargon and Sennacherib: an Inquiry into the Meaning of the Prophecies of Isaiah'', 1853, revised and enlarged as ''Jewish History and Politics'', 1874. * ''Miracles and Science'', 1854. * ''Politics Ancient and Modern'', with F. D. Maurice, in "Tracts for Priests", 1861. * ''Talk at a Country House'', 1895, originally published in the ''
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''. Strachey also edited Malory's '' Morte d'Arthur'' (1868, 1891) for the Globe edition; contributed to Richard Garnett's edition of
Thomas Love Peacock Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. He was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley, and they influenced each other's work. Peacock wrote satirical novels ...
's works "Recollections" of the author, Peacock having been a colleague of Strachey's father at
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; and wrote an introduction to
Edward Lear Edward Lear (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limerick (poetry), limericks, a form he popularised. ...
's ''Nonsense Songs'' (1895). In 1870 wrote a series of articles in the '' Daily News'' on the proposed Irish Land bill, for which material was supplied him by his friend and neighbour Chichester Fortescue. He occasionally made translations from Persian poems. Besides his books he wrote articles in ''
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'', ''
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'' and other periodicals.


Family

Strachey married twice: His first marriage on 27 August 1844 was to Elizabeth Wilkinson, eldest daughter of the Rev. W. Wilkinson, of Woodbury Hall, Bedfordshire; she died without issue on 11 April 1855. He re-married, on 3 November 1857, to Mary Isabella Symonds, second daughter of
John Addington Symonds John Addington Symonds Jr. (; 5 October 1840 – 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies of writers and artists. Although mar ...
; she died on 5 October 1883, leaving three sons and a daughter: *
Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie, PC (30 October 1858 – 25 July 1936), known as Sir Edward Strachey, Bt, between 1901 and 1911, was a British Liberal politician. He was a member of the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Banne ...
(1858–1936) * John St. Loe Strachey (1860–1927) * Henry Strachey (1863–1940) *Frances Strachey, who married in 1902 William Henry Cantrell Shaw, of Normanton House, Derby.


Notes

Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Strachey, Edward 1812 births 1901 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom People from Somerset Strachey, Edward, 3rd Baronet High sheriffs of Somerset