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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 ...
The sons included John Strachey (1773–1808) and George Strachey (1776–1849), both judges in India. [11] [12] The third son to reach adulthood, Christopher Strachey (1778–1855), was a naval captain. [13] [14] Of the daughters, Eliza married in 1814 Barlow Trecothick, of Addington Place.
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 (civil servant) (1823–1907), British civil servant in India; John Strachey (journalist) (1860–1927), editor of The Spectator; John Strachey (politician) (1901–1963), British Labour politician; John Strachey (priest) (1737–1818), Archdeacon of Suffolk; Jack Strachey (1894–1972), English composer and songwriter
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 ...
Amabel Williams-Ellis (née Mary Annabel Nassau Strachey; 10 May 1894 – 27 August 1984) [1] was an English writer, critic, [2] and an early member of the Bloomsbury Group. [3] As well as publishing her own writings, Williams-Ellis was a prolific editor, translator, and anthologist , [ 4 ] compiling collections of fairy stories, folk tales ...
Richard Strachey (1817–1908) was the husband of the suffragette Jane Maria Strachey (1840–1928) and father of 10 surviving children, including: Lytton Strachey (1880–1932) was a writer and thinker and among his prominent works are Eminent Victorians and a celebrated biography of Queen Victoria.
The Strachey family, originally from Sutton Court, Somerset, England, a number of whom were associated with the Bloomsbury Group. Pages in category "Strachey family" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.