Family and Education
b. 23 May 1736, 1st surv. s. of Henry Strachey of Sutton Court by 1st w. Helen, da. of Robert Clerk, MD, of Listonfield, Edinburgh. educ. Westminster 1750. m. 23 May 1770, Jane, da. of Capt. John Kelsall of Greenwich, Kent, wid. of Capt. Thomas Latham, RN, 3s. 2da. suc. fa. 1765; cr. Bt. 15 June 1801.
Offices Held
Clerk at War Office to 1764; private sec. to Robert Clive 1764 – 74; sec. to Howe commission to America May 1776 – Aug. 1778; clerk of deliveries at the Ordnance 1778 – 80, principal storekeeper 1780 – 82; jt. sec. to Treasury Mar. – July 1782; jt. under-sec. of state for Home affairs July 1782 – Apr. 1783; clerk of deliveries at the Ordnance Apr. – Dec. 1783; master of the King’s household 1794 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Sutton Court, Som.; Rooksnest, nr. Godstone, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
STRACHEY, Henry (1736-1810)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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