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John St. Loe Strachey

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Born: February 08 1860

Died: 2525 08 19271927

John St Loe Strachey , was a British journalist and newspaper proprietor.

Strachey was the second son of Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Mary Isabella , 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. Strachey also edited the Cornhill Magazine.

Strachey's son
John
became a Labour politician and government minister.

His daughter Amabel married the architect Clough Williams-Ellis.

John St. Loe Strachey

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Born: February 08 1860

Died: 2525 08 19271927

John St Loe Strachey , was a British journalist and newspaper proprietor.

Strachey was the second son of Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Mary Isabella , 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. Strachey also edited the Cornhill Magazine.

Strachey's son
John
became a Labour politician and government minister.

His daughter Amabel married the architect Clough Williams-Ellis.

Books from John St. Loe Strachey

American soundings: being castings of the lead in shore-waters of America, social, literary and philosophic

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The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography

American Soundings: Being Castings of the Lead in Shore-Waters of America, Social, Literary and Philosophic (Classic Reprint)

Dog Stories from the Spectator

Economics of the Hour

The Problems and Perils of Socialism: Letters to a Working Man (Classic Reprint)

Dog Stories from the "Spectator": Being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator"

German Ambitions as They Affect Britain and the United States of America

From Grave to Gay - Being Essays and Studies Concerned with Certain Subjects of Serious Interest

The Manufacture of Paupers: A Protest and a Policy (Classic Reprint)