Arms: Quarterly: 1st & 4th Argent a cross between four eagles displayed Gules (Strachey), 2nd & 3rd Or three crescents two and one Sable on a canton of the last a ducal crown Or. Crest: An eagle displayed Gules charged on the breast with a cross-crosslet fitchée Argent.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Strachey///Achievement.png) Name: Strachey baronets
Creation Date: 2 June 1801
Monarch: George III
Peerage: Baronetage of the United Kingdom
First Holder: Henry Strachey
Present Holder: Charles Strachey
Heir Presumptive: Henry Strachey
Remainder To: heirs male (of the body of the grantee)
Status: Dormant
Extinction Date: Saffron Walden, Essex
Family Seat: Sutton Court, Somerset
Motto: Coelum Non Animum (The Circumstances May Change But Not The Mind)
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The Strachey baronetcy, of Sutton Court in the County of Somerset, England, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. This family was originally seated at Walden, Essex, where William Strachey was living under the rule of Edward VI. Later they moved to Surrey and at last settled at Sutton Court, Somerset. The title was created on 15 June 1801 for the politician and civil servant Henry Strachey. Sir Henry was private secretary to Lord Clive during his last expedition to India in 1764. He also took part in negotiations for peace with North America where he assisted the kings commissioners at Paris. He died in 1809 and was succeeded by his eldest son Henry, the second Baronet Strachey. His great-grandson, the fourth Baronet, was a Liberal politician. On 3 November 1911, he was created Baron Strachie, of Sutton Court in the County of Somerset, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He later served as Paymaster General. The peerage became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baron, in 1973. The baronetage is currently dormant. The family surname is pronounced "Stray-chee".

Strachey baronets, of Sutton Court (1801)

Barons Strachie (1911)

Strachey baronets, of Sutton Court (1801; reverted)

Extended family

Several other members of the Strachey family have also gained distinction. John Strachey, grandfather of the first Baronet, was a noted geologist, while his father, John Strachey (died 1674), was a friend of John Locke. Edward Strachey, second son of the first Baronet, was the father of 1) the civil servant John Strachey, and 2) Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Strachey, who was the father of Lytton Strachey, James Strachey, Oliver Strachey and Dorothy Bussy. The aforementioned John Strachey, second son of the third Baronet, was a noted journalist, while his son John Strachey was a Labour politician. Another son of the third Baronet, Henry Strachey, was a painter and art critic. Sir Edward Strachey, third Baronet (1812–1901) was a religious and philosophical writer, the son of Edward Strachey, the second son of 1st Baronet Harry Strachey.