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 STRANGE, ALEXANDER (1818–1876)

Son of Sir Thomas Andrew Lumsden Strange : born April 27, 1818 : educated at Harrow : joined the 7th Madras Cavabry in 1834 : was an assistant in the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1847, and did much valuable triangulation work until 1859, when, as Major, he left the survey : retired in 1861 as Lt-Colonel : was a distinguished man of science : made Inspector, in 1862, of scientific instruments for use in India : and himself designed standard instruments : F.R.G.S. : F.R.A.S. : F.R.S. : he had great natural ability for mechanical science and invention : he initiated, in 1868, the movement for the appointment of a Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction and the Advancement of Science, by which many of his proposals were favourably received : he died March 9, 1876.

STRANGE, SIR THOMAS ANDREW LUMISDEN (1756–1841)

Son of Sir Robert Strange, the eminent engraver : born Aug. 30, 1756 : educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford : called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn, 1785 : Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, 1789 : Recorder of Madras, 1798 : and President of the Court of Mayor and Aldermen : knighted : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Madras, 1800 : Commanded a battalion of volunteers : his judicial action effected the collapse of the mutiny of Company's officers, 1809 : returned to England, 1817 : D.C.L. Oxford, 1818 : published Elements of Hindu Law, 1825 : and Reports of Cases adjudged in the Madras Supreme Court : died July 16, 1841.

STRANGE, THOMAS LUMISDEN (1808–1884)

I.C.S. : born Jan. 4, 1808 : son of Sir T. A. L. Strange (q.v.) : educated at Westminster and Haileybury, 1824–6 : joined the Madras Civil Service, 1826 : was a Commissioner to inquire into the Moplah disturbances in Malabar, 1852 : Judge of the Sadr Court, and of the High Court, Madras, 1862 : wrote a Manual of Hindu Law, 1856 : retired, 1863 : died Sep. 4, 1884 : wrote largely on religious subjects.

STRATHNAIRN, HUGH HENRY ROSE, BARON (1801–1885)

Field-Marshal : son of Sir George Henry Rose : born April 6, 1801 : educated at Berlin : joined the 19th foot in 1820 : Lt-Colonel, 1839 : employed, 1840, on special duty in Syria on the side of the Turks against the Egyptians : and succeeded to the command : Consul-General for Syria, 1841–8 : C.B., 1842 : Secretary to the Embassy at Constantinople, 1851 : Charge d' Affaires, 1852 : in the Crimean war was Queen's Commissioner at the headquarters of the French Army : Brig-General : in the Crimean battles : K.C.B. : recommended for the V.C. : General of the Poona Division, 1857 : commanded the Central India Field Force : took Ratghar, and Garhakota : relieved Sagar : took Maltun and Madanpur : defeated Tantia Topi on April 1, 1858, and took Jhansi on the 3rd : again defeated Tantia Topi at Kunch and occupied Kalpi : again defeated him and the Rani of Jhansi at Morar, and recovered Gwalior for Sindia, June, 1857 : resumed the Poona command : G.C.B. : Lt-General : C. in C, Bombay, 1860 : and C. in C. in India, 1860–5 : General : amalgamated the Armies of the Queen and the E. I. Co. : K.C.S.I., 1861 : G.C.S.L, 1866 : D.C.L. Oxford : C. in C. in Ireland, 1865–70 : made Baron Strathnairn of Strathnairn and Jhansi, 1866 : General, 1867 : LL.D. of Dublin : Field-Marshal, 1877 : died Oct. 16, 1885 : his equestrian statue was erected in London, 1895.

STRATTON, GEORGE ( ? - ?)

Writer at Fort St. George, 1751 : Factor, 1756 : Junior Merchant, 1759 : Senior Merchant, 1762, and Fecond in Council at Vizagapatam : Eleventh in Council at Fort St. George, 1764 : rose to be Second in Council, 1775 : Governor of Madras, Aug. 1776, after he and other members of the Madras Council had arrested the Governor, Lord Pigot, Aug. 24, 1776 : himself suspended from the service, Aug. 1777 : tried in the King's Bench in Dec. 1779 for arresting Lord Pigot, and fined £1,000.

STRATTON, JOHN PROUDFOOT (1830–1895)

Son of David Stratton : born July 2, 1830 : passed the Royal College of 