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Strachey, Edward, Sir, 1812-1901 (Personal Name)

Preferred form: Strachey, Edward, Sir, 1812-1901
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  • Earlier heading: Strachey, Edward, Sir, bart., 1812-1901

nuc87-27014: His Le morte Darthur [MI] 1897 (hdg. on NN rept.: Strachey, Edward, Sir, 1812-1901; usage: Sir Edward Strachey)

LC data base, 5-3-88 (hdg.: Strachey, Edward, Sir, bart., 1812-1901; usage: Sir Edward Strachey)

Malory, Thomas. Morte Darthur, 1870: title-page (Sir Edward Strachey, Bart.)

Oxford dictionary of national biography, via WWW, accessed July 6, 2015 (Strachey, Sir Edward; third baronet; religious and philosophical writer; born 12 August 1812 at Sutton Court, Pensford, near Bristol in Somerset; died at Sutton Court 24 September 1901; family had worked in India, but he was prevented from doing so by arthritis of the knee which forced him to use crutches; was active in literary pursuits and in local government in Somerset; served as magistrate and deputy lieutenant, and in 1864 high sheriff; was also a poor-law guardian and a member of the first Somerset county council; a Liberal of a somewhat idealistic type, he took a warm interest in the welfare of his tenants, especially the working class) http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36335

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