Sir john strachey biography of rory
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John Strachey (civil servant)
East India Company civil servant (1823–1907)
Sir John StracheyGCSI CIE (5 June 1823 – 19 December 1907) was a British civil servant and writer in India who served as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces from 1874 to 1876.
Sir john strachey biography of rory
He was briefly acting Governor-General in February 1872 (following Lord Mayo's assassination), before being replaced by the more appropriate Lord Napier who acted for the remainder of time until Lord Northbrook arrived.
Life
The fifth son of Edward Strachey, second son of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet, he was born in London, England.
After passing through the East India Company College, Strachey entered the Bengal civil service in 1842, and served in the North-Western Provinces, occupying a number of important positions. His brother was Sir Richard Strachey.
In 1861, Lord Canning appointed him president of a commission to investigate the great cholera epidemic of that year.
In 1862 he became judicial c