Sir Henry Strachey, 2nd Baronet (December 6, 1772 – April 11, 1858) was a British civil servant in India.
Life
Henry Strachey was born on December 6, 1772, to
Henry Strachey (later 1st Baronet) and his wife Jane Kelsall Latham Strachey. As a youth, he attended
Westminster School and then
Edinburgh University. In 1790, he joined the
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...
and arrived in India a couple of years later.
After several years in India, Henry Strachey was appointed Third Judge of the Court of Appeal and Circuit in the
Ceded Provinces in 1803.
In 1805, he resigned from the service and sailed back to England. In 1810, Strachey's father Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet, died, and Henry Strachey succeeded his father to the baronetcy and inherited
Sutton Court, the family home. The 2nd Baronet became High Sheriff of Somerset in 1832. Like other members of the Strachey family, he befriended literary friends, including
Walter Savage Landor.
[{{Cite book , last=Strachey , first=Barbara , title=The Strachey Line: An English Family in America, in India and at home 1570 to 1902 , publisher=Victor Gollancz, Ltd , year=1985 , location=London , publication-date=1985 , pages=78] Strachey died at Sutton Court on April 11, 1858.
References
1772 births
1858 deaths
Strachey family