Family and Education
b. 24 Mar. 1715, o.s. of George Strachan, writer to the signet, and subsequently clerk of the customs at Leith, by his w. Anne Smeiton. educ. Edinburgh h.s.; apprenticed to an Edinburgh printer. m. 20 July 1738, Margaret Penelope, da. of Rev. William Elphinston, Episcopalian clergyman of Edinburgh, 3 surv. s. 2 surv. da.
Offices Held
Freeman of the City of London 19 July and freeman of the Stationers’ Co. 3 Oct. 1738.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Little New St., London.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
STRAHAN, William (1715-85)
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Oxford 1644
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