Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet (11 April 1672 – 5 April 1735) was a Welsh landowner and politician and a baronet in the peerage of England. He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Edward Stradling, 4th Baronet of

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, Glamorganshire and educated at

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. He succeeded his father in 1685.

Career

Stradling was Member of Parliament for

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, 1698, 1700–01, 1710–22, and Sheriff of Glamorgan, 1709–10. He died in 1735, having married Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Edward Mansel, 4th Baronet, M.P., of Margam, Glamorganshire, with whom he had two sons. The elder son,

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, predeceased him in 1726, and the younger son and heir, Sir Thomas, who died in mysterious circumstances in Montpelier (France) in 1738, was the last Stradling of St Donat's. As a result of an understanding between Thomas Stradling and his friend Sir John Tyrwhitt, whereby each promised the other his inheritance in the event of his death, St Donat's passed to the Tyrwhitts.

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* 1672 births 1735 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford High sheriffs of Glamorgan Baronets in the Baronetage of England English MPs 1698–1700 English MPs 1701 Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Welsh constituencies British MPs 1710–1713 British MPs 1713–1715 British MPs 1715–1722 {{Wales-GreatBritain-MP-stub