Hamon le Strange

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Sir Hamon le Strange (1583 - 31 May 1654) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1626. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.

Le Strange was the son of Sir Nicholas le Strange of Norfolk and his wife Mary Bell. He was admitted at Queens' College, Cambridge on 26 July 1601. He was knighted on 13 March 1604. From 1608 to 1609 he was High Sheriff of Norfolk.^[1]

In 1614, le Strange was elected Member of Parliament for Norfolk. He was re-elected MP for Norfolk in 1621. In 1625 he was elected MP for Castle Rising and was re-elected MP for Castle Rising in 1626.^[2]

During the Civil War, le Strange served as Royalist Governor of King's Lynn in 1643.^[1]

le Strange died in 1654 at the age of about 70.^[1]

le Strange married Anne Stubbe, daughter of Richard Stubbe, of Sedgeford, Norfolk.^[1] His son Hamon was an English writer on history, theology and liturgy.^[3] Another son Roger was a religious pamphleteer, while a third Nicholas became a baronet. His daughter, Elizabeth, married the Parliamentarian politician Sir William Spring.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "le Strange, Hamon (LSTN601H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp176-239
↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "L'Estrange, Hamon (1605-1660)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Check date values in: |date= (help)

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Nathaniel Bacon Sir Charles Cornwallis	Member of Parliament for Norfolk 1614-1622 With: Sir Henry Bedingfield 1614 Drue Drury 1621-1622	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Holland Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet
Preceded by Sir Robert Spiller Sir Thomas Bancroft	Member of Parliament for Castle Rising 1625-1626 With: Sir Thomas Bancroft	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Bancroft Sir Robert Cotton

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Name	le Strange, Hamon
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Short description	Politician
Date of birth	1583
Place of birth
Date of death	31 May 1654
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