Henry Strangways

The Honourable
Henry Strangways
12th Premier of South Australia
In office
3 November 1868 – 30 May 1870
MonarchVictoria
GovernorSir James Fergusson
Preceded byHenry Ayers
Succeeded byJohn Hart
Personal details
BornHenry Bull Templer Strangways
(1832-11-14)14 November 1832
Shapwick, England, United Kingdom
Died10 February 1920(1920-02-10) (aged 87)
Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Henry Bull Templer Strangways (14 November 1832 – 10 February 1920) was an Australian politician and Premier of South Australia.

Strangways was the eldest son of Henry Bull Strangways Jr. of Shapwick, Somerset, England, and his first wife, Sophia Jane Templer. His family were landed gentry in Somerset but descended from Strangways, Lancashire (now Strangeways, Manchester).

As a boy, he visited South Australia, where his uncle Thomas Bewes Strangways was a pioneer. In January 1861 he married Maria Cordelia Wigley, a sister of William Rodolph Wigley (c. 1826–1890).

Notes

  1. ↑ His middle name is misspelt as "Templar" by the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Templer was his mother's maiden name and is spelt correctly on his grave.

References

  1. ↑ The Record of Old Westminsters: A Biographical List of All Those who are Known to Have Been Educated at Westminster School from the Earliest Times to 1927. Chiswick Press. 1928. p. 891. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Family Notices". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889). Adelaide, SA. 11 January 1861. p. 2. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via Trove.