Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie
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The Right Honourable The Lord Strachie PC |
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In office 23 May 1912 – 25 May 1915 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Lord Ashby St Ledgers |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Newton |
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| Born | 30 October 1858 |
| Died | 25 July 1936 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Constance Braham (d. 1936) |
Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie PC (30 October 1858 – 25 July 1936), known as Sir Edward Strachey, Bt, between 1901 and 1911, was a British Liberal politician. He was a member of the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H. Asquith between 1905 and 1915.
Strachey was the eldest son of Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet, and Mary Isabella (née Symonds). John Strachey, journalist, and Henry Strachey, artist, were his younger brothers and the Labour politician John Strachey his nephew.
Strachey was returned to Parliament for Somerset South at the 1892 general election, a seat he held until 1911, and served under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and later H. H. Asquith as Treasurer of the Household from 1905 to 1909 and under Asquith as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries from 1909 to 1911. The latter year he was raised to the peerage as Baron Strachie, of Sutton Court in the County of Somerset. In 1912 he was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed Paymaster-General, a post he held until 1915. However, he not offered a ministerial post when the 1915 coalition government was formed, and never returned to political office.
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