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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 ...
Established Statistical Survey of India (1872) [13] Opening of Rajkumar college in Rajkot and Mayo College at Ajmer for political training of Indian Princes; George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll: William Ewart Gladstone: John Strachey (acting) (1823–1907) 9 February 1872: 23 February 1872 Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier (acting) (1819–1898 ...
Nawab Saadat Ali Khan II. Nawab Nasiruddin Haider. The Kingdom of Awadh (/ ˈ aʊ d /, [1] also Oudh State, Kingdom of Oudh, Awadh Subah, Oudh Subah or Awadh State) was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a princely state in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British in 1856.
Strachey married Anne Wombwell (died 1836), daughter of George Wombwell. [5] [9] They had five sons, two of whom died young, and five daughters. [10] 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 ...
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
Sutton Court. Born at Sutton Court, Chew Magna, Somerset, on 12 August 1812, he was eldest of the six sons of Edward Strachey (1774–1832) of the Bengal service of the East India Company, son of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet, and his wife Julia Woodburn, third daughter of Major-general William Kirkpatrick.
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 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.