John Strachey (priest)

John Strachey (1737 - 1818)[1] was Archdeacon of Suffolk[2] from 5 March 1781 until his death on 17 December 1818.[3]


Strachey was born in Edinburgh on 30 July 1737[4] and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[5] He was ordained in 1760 and became Chaplain to Philip Yonge, Bishop of Norwich of Erwarton from 1801 to 1835. He held livings at Erpingham and Thwaite. He was an Honorary Chaplain to the King from 1774 until his death at Ramsgate.[6]

References

  1. ↑ genealogy.org
  2. ↑ National Archives
  3. ↑ British History On-line
  4. ↑ "The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 88, Part 2" p631
  5. ↑ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 'Vol. vi. Square – Zupitza', (1954) p329
  6. ↑ 'Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries' Norwich Post, Wednesday, December 23, 1818; Issue 1904



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