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b. 3 June 1615, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Strangways* of Melbury Sampford and Grace, da. of Sir George Trenchard† of Wolveton, Dorset.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xii. 27; Vis. Dorset, 1623 (Harl. Soc. xx), 86-7. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 30 Oct. 1629, DCL 7 Nov. 1665; travelled in France 1632-3.Al. Ox. m. 1635 Susanna (d. 1684), da. and coh. of Thomas Edwards, merchant, of London and Wadhurst, Suss., 5s. (2 d.v.p.), 3da.Vis. Dorset, 1677 (Harl. Soc. cxvii), 63-4; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 662-3. suc. fa. 1666; d. 20 July 1675.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xii. 27.
Offices Held

freeman, Weymouth 1640; Poole Nov. 1660;Hutchins, Dorset, i. 22, 32; ii. 8, 452. Lyme Regis 1662.Dorset RO, B6/11, f. 24.

j.p. Dorset 26 Feb. 1641–45, July 1660–d.C231/5, p. 431; Dorset Hearth Tax, 115, 117. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 5 June 1641-aft. Jan. 1642, June 1659–?d.C181/5, ff. 189, 221v; C181/6, p. 377; C181/7, pp. 9, 636. Commr. further subsidy, Dorset 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; assessment, 1642, 1661, 1664, 1672;SR. array (roy.), 29 June 1642.Northants RO, FH133, unfol. Dep. lt. 26 July 1660–d.SP29/8, f. 67. Commr. corporations, 1662;Dorset RO, DC/LR/D2/1, unfol.; DC/BTB/H1, p. 469. foreshore, 4 Dec. 1662;Dorset RO, DKL, Box 8c/64, bundle ‘Sir Ralph Bankes’, unfol. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663.SR. Steward, manors of Fordington and Ryme 1667–d.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Giles Strangways’. Commr. recusants, Dorset 1675.CTB iv. 695.

col. of ft. (roy.) by Apr. 1644–15 Aug. 1645.Newman, Royalist Officers, 361.

commr. dedimus potestatem, Parl. 31 Oct. 1666.C181/7, p. 378. PC, 23 June 1675–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

FRS, 1673.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Parlimentarian
STRANGWAYS, Giles (1615-75), of Stinsford Melbury Sampford, Dorset.
of Stinsford and Dorset., Melbury Sampford.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown;Whereabouts unknown. line engraving, D. Loggan, c.1656-75;BM; NPG. medal, J. Roettier, aft. 1648.BM.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

STRANGWAYS, Giles (1615-75), of Stinsford and Melbury Sampford, Dorset.

Will
16 Nov. 1672, pr. 2 Nov. 1675.PROB11/349/77.
Estates
£180 annuity from father’s estates, and rental income of Stinsford worth £200, 1641.Dorset RO, D/FSI, box 233 (ii), bundle ‘Giles Strangways, 1646-73’, unfol.; Add. 8845, f. 23. Estimated income £5,000 p.a. 1660.Burke’s Commoners, i. 688.
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