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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

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

Local: 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.

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

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

Academic: 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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