Clement-Jones family 12/22 - Person Sheet
NameJohn St Loe STRACHEY, 10605
Notes for John St Loe STRACHEY
John St Loe Strachey (9 February 1860–1927), was a
British journalist and newspaper proprietor.
Strachey was the second son of
Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Mary Isabella (née Symonds), and the brother of
Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie, and
Henry Strachey. He was educated at
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's son
John became a
Labour politician and government minister.
His daughter Amabel married the architect
Clough Williams-Ellis.