Sir James Henry Stronge, 5th Baronet (8 December 1849 – 20 May 1928) was an Irish barrister, footballer and politician. Stronge was educated at

Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...

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 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 family until 1981, when it was set on ...

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

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in 1874. Stronge was appointed

High Sheriff of Tyrone The High Sheriff of Tyrone is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Tyrone. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besides his jud ...

in 1880 and

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in 1885. He played for

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in the

1875 Events January * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the year (Third C ...

and 1876 FA Cup Finals. He also held the position of Imperial Grand Master of the

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and was a Major in the 4th Battalion of

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was an Ireland, Irish line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1968. The regiment was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot and the 108th (Ma ...

. 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 () was the process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK) divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland (the area today known as the R ...

. 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

Royal Irish Fusiliers The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) was an Irish line infantry (later changed to light infantry) regiment of the British Army, formed by the amalgamation of the 87th (Prince of Wales's Irish) Regiment of Foot and the 89th (Princess ...

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

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