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Evelyn John St Loe Strachey (21 October 1901 – 15 July 1963) was a British Labour politician and writer. A journalist by profession, Strachey was elected to Parliament in 1929 . He was initially a disciple of Oswald Mosley , and, feeling that the Second Labour Government was not doing enough to combat unemployment, joined Mosley in founding ...
Sir John Strachey GCSI CIE (5 June 1823 – 19 December 1907) was a British civil servant and writer in India who served as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces from 1874 to 1876. He was briefly acting Governor-General in February 1872 (following Lord Mayo's assassination ), before being replaced by the more appropriate Lord ...
The 1963 Dundee West by-election was held on 21 November 1963 due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP John Strachey. It was won by the Labour candidate, Peter Doig . Background
John Strachey (politician) (1901–1963), British Labour politician John Strachey (priest) (1737–1818), Archdeacon of Suffolk Jack Strachey (1894–1972), English composer and songwriter
Strachey was the second son of Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Mary Isabella (née Symonds), [1] and the brother of Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie, and Henry Strachey. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford , [ 1 ] and later called to the Bar , but chose to take up journalism as his profession. [ 1 ]
John Strachey (1737–1818) [1] was Archdeacon of Suffolk [2] from 5 March 1781 until his death on 17 December 1818. [3] Life. Strachey was born in Edinburgh on 30 ...
Sir John Alexander Strachey Bucknill KC (14 September 1873 – 6 October 1926) was a British lawyer and Judge. He served as Attorney General of Hong Kong , Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements and Puisne Judge in Patna , India.
Giles Lytton Strachey (/ ˈ dʒ aɪ l z ˈ l ɪ t ən ˈ s t r eɪ tʃ i /; [1] 1 March 1880 – 21 January 1932) was an English writer and critic. A founding member of the Bloomsbury Group and author of Eminent Victorians, he established a new form of biography in which psychological insight and sympathy are combined with irreverence and wit.