About Henry Strangways
Lived 1832 – 1920 (aged 87). Henry Strangways was a British and Australian politician and barrister.
Henry Bull Templer Strangways (14 November 1832 – 10 February 1920) was an Australian politician and Premier of South Australia.
Strangways was the eldest son of Henry Bull Strangways Jr. of Shapwick, Somerset, England, and his first wife, Sophia Jane Templer. His family were landed gentry in Somerset but descended from Strangways, Lancashire (now Strangeways, Manchester).
As a boy, he visited South Australia, where his uncle Thomas Bewes Strangways was a pioneer. In January 1861 he married Maria Cordelia Wigley, a sister of William Rodolph Wigley (c. 1826–1890).
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Who was Henry Strangways?
Australian politician (1832-1920)
When was Henry Strangways born?
Henry Strangways was born on 14 November 1832 in Shapwick.
When did Henry Strangways die?
Henry Strangways died on 10 February 1920 in Somerset.
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Henry Strangways was a politician and barrister.
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Henry Strangways was British and Australian.
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