Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet (23 May 1736 – 3 January 1810) was a British civil servant and politician.

Life

Strachey was the eldest son of Henry Strachey, of Sutton Court, Somerset, and his first wife Helen, daughter of Robert Clerk, a Scottish physician. His grandfather was the geologist John Strachey and his great-grandfather John Strachey was a friend of John Locke.

He was appointed private secretary to Lord Clive in India in 1762, a position he held until 1768, when he was returned to Parliament for Pontefract. He sat for this constituency until 1774, and later represented Bishop's Castle from 1774 to 1778 and from 1780 to 1802, Saltash from 1774 to 1780 and East Grinstead from 1802 to 1807. Strachey was Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance from 1778 to 1780 and Principal Storekeeper of the Ordnance from October 1780 to May 1782 and after a hiatus again in 1783-84. He served under the Marquess of Rockingham as Joint Secretary to the Treasury in 1782 and under the Earl of Shelburne as Joint Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1782 to 1783.

He took part in the peace negotiations with the American colonies in Paris in 1783 with Richard Oswald representing the British and John Jay, Johns Adams and Benjamin Franklin representing the Americans. This resulted in the Treaty of Paris (1783). He later served as Master of the Household between 1794 and 1810.

In 1801, he was created a Baronet, of Sutton Court in the County of Somerset.

Strachey died in January 1810, aged 72, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Henry.

Family

In 1770 Strachey married Jane, only daughter of Capt. John Kelsall (1702-1787), the widow of Capt. Thomas Latham. They had three sons and one daughter. His second son Edward Strachey was the father of John Strachey and Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Strachey and the grandfather of Lytton Strachey, James Strachey, Oliver Strachey and Dorothy Bussy. Other descendants of Strachey include the Liberal politician Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie, the journalist John Strachey and the Labour politician John Strachey. Lady Strachey died on 12 February 1824.

References

Attribution

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External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Henry Strachey
• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by The Viscount Galway Sir Rowland Winn	Member of Parliament for Pontefract 1768–1774 With: The Viscount Galway 1768–1772 The Viscount Galway 1772–1774 Robert Monckton 1774	Succeeded by Sir John Goodricke Charles Mellish
Preceded by George Clive Alexander Wedderburn	Member of Parliament for Bishop's Castle 1774–1778 With: George Clive	Succeeded by George Clive Alexander Wedderburn
Preceded by Grey Cooper Sir Charles Whitworth	Member of Parliament for Saltash 1778–1780 With: Grey Cooper	Succeeded by Grey Cooper Charles Jenkinson
Preceded by Alexander Wedderburn William Clive	Member of Parliament for Bishop's Castle 1780–1801 With: William Clive	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Bishop's Castle 1801–1802 With: William Clive	Succeeded by William Clive John Robinson
Preceded by Nathaniel Dance Charles Ellis	Member of Parliament for East Grinstead 1802–1807 With: Daniel Giles	Succeeded by Charles Ellis Richard Wellesley
Political offices
Preceded by Benjamin Langlois	Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance 1778–1780	Succeeded by John Kenrick
	Storekeeper of the Ordnance 1780–1782	Succeeded by John Aldridge
Preceded by Sir Grey Cooper John Robinson	Secretary to the Treasury 1782 With: Edward Chamberlain Richard Burke	Succeeded by Thomas Orde George Rose
Preceded by Thomas Orde	Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1782–1783	Succeeded by Hon. George North
Preceded by John Aldridge	Storekeeper of the Ordnance 1783–1784	Succeeded by John Aldridge
Court offices
Preceded by Sir Francis Henry Drake	Master of the Household 1794–1810	Succeeded by William Kenrick
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Sutton Court) 1801–1810	Succeeded by Henry Strachey