James Stronge (Mid-Armagh MP)
| Major the Hon. James M. Stronge | |
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| Member of the Northern Ireland House of Commons |
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In office 1969–1972 |
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| Constituency | Mid Armagh |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly |
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In office 1973–1974 |
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| Constituency | Armagh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 June 1932 |
| Died | 21 January 1981 (aged 48) Tynan Abbey, County Armagh |
| Occupation | Soldier, merchant banker, farm manager, reserve police constable |
Major James Matthew Stronge (21 June 1932 – 21 January 1981) was a soldier and Ulster Unionist Party MP in the Parliament of Northern Ireland, and the later Northern Ireland Assembly. He was the son and heir of Sir Norman Stronge, Bt; they were both killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army at his family home, Tynan Abbey.
Born into an aristocratic family, he was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1967, he was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh.
He served as Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Armagh for three years until the prorogation of Stormont in 1972 and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, 1973-1974.
Stronge was also an officer in the Grenadier Guards. Having withdrawn from political and military life, his main interests since were confined to merchant banking and service as a RUC Reserve Constable.
Stronge was killed alongside his elderly father Sir Norman, by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in the library of his home, Tynan Abbey, on the evening of 21 January 1981.
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