Family and Education
b. 15 Oct. 1636, 1st s. of Giles Strangways, and bro. of Thomas Strangways and Wadham Strangways. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 1655; L. Inn 1658. m. (1) 4 July 1672 (with £5,000), Anne (d. 3 Dec. 1675), da of Arthur Capel, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham, s.p.; (2) 13 Mar. 1676 (with £3,000), Mary, da. of John Penruddock of Compton Chamberlayne, Wilts., wid. of William Jackman of Shroton, Dorset, s.p. suc. fa. 1675.Dorset RO, Melbury Sampford par. reg.; D124 (family); Richmond Par. Reg. (Surrey Par. Reg. Soc. i), 153; Lyme Regis mss B6/11, f. 24; Beaufort mss, Strangways to Lady Worcester, 4 Dec. 1675; Mar. Lic. (Harl. Soc. xxiii), 192.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Dorset 1661 – 74; freeman, Lyme Regis 1662; commr. for recusants, Dorset 1675; col. of militia ft. and dep. lt. 1675 – d.; steward, manors of Fordington and Ryme 1675–d.
Main residences: Milborne Port, Som.; Melbury Sampford, Dorset.
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Commons 1660-1690
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STRANGWAYS, John (1636-76)
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Oxford 1644
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