Baron Strang
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Baron Strang, of Stonesfield in the County of Oxford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1954 for the prominent diplomat Sir William Strang
William Strang, 1st Baron Strang
William Strang, 1st Baron Strang, GCMG, KCB, MBE was a British diplomat who served as a leading adviser to the British Government from the 1930s to the 1950s and as Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office from 1949 to 1953....

, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...

 from 1949 to 1953. the title is held by his only son, the second Baron, who succeeded in 1978. He is a retired Professor of Philosophy at Newcastle University.

Barons Strang (1954)

  • William Strang, 1st Baron Strang
    William Strang, 1st Baron Strang
    William Strang, 1st Baron Strang, GCMG, KCB, MBE was a British diplomat who served as a leading adviser to the British Government from the 1930s to the 1950s and as Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office from 1949 to 1953....

    (1893–1978)
  • Colin Strang, 2nd Baron Strang (b. 1922)


There is no heir to the barony.
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