John St Loe Strachey (9 February 1860 – 26 August 1927), was a British journalist and newspaper proprietor.
Life
Strachey was the second son of Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Mary Isabella (née Symonds), and the brother of Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie, and Henry Strachey. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, and later called to the Bar, but chose to take up journalism as his profession. Between 1887 and 1925, he was editor of The Spectator. He was a close friend and confidant of the diplomat, Sir Cecil Spring Rice, with whom he corresponded for many years.
Strachey also edited (1896–1897) The Cornhill Magazine.
Strachey's son John became a Labour politician and government minister.
His daughter Amabel married the architect Clough Williams-Ellis.
Publications
See also
References
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Strachey, John St. Loe" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 32 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 579.
- Burton, David Henry (1990). Cecil Spring Rice: A Diplomat's Life. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-8386-3395-3.
- "Strachey, John St Loe". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36340. Retrieved 25 July 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
External links
- Works by John Strachey at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about John Strachey at the Internet Archive
- Parliamentary Archives, Papers of John St Loe Strachey (1860-1927)
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