Sir James Henry Stronge, 5th Baronet (8 December 1849 – 20 May 1928) was an Irish

Ireland

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 barrister and politician.

Stronge was educated at Eton College

Eton College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

 and Brasenose College, Oxford

Brasenose College, Oxford

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. He was pursuing a legal career when he inherited Tynan Abbey

Tynan Abbey

Tynan Abbey, County Armagh, Northern Ireland was a large neo-gothic-romantic country house built circa 1750 and situated outside the village of Tynan...

 and succeeded his father, Sir John Stronge, 4th Baronet. He graduated from Lincoln's Inn

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 in 1874. Stronge was appointed High Sheriff of Tyrone

High Sheriff of Tyrone

The High Sheriff of Tyrone is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Tyrone. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258...

 in 1880 and High Sheriff of Armagh

High Sheriff of Armagh

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 in 1885.

He played for Old Etonians

Old Etonians F.C.

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 in the 1875 and 1876 FA Cup Final

1876 FA Cup Final

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s.

He also held the position of Imperial Grand Master of the Orange Institution

Orange Institution

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 and was a Major in the 4th Battalion of Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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. He was one of 30 delegates to sit on the Ulster Unionist Council, which directed the policy of Ulster Unionism during the next 15 years and during the Home Rule

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 crisis and the foundation of the partition of Ireland

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.

Stronge married, on 7 October 1885, Ethel Margaret Burges and had issue:

• James Matthew Stronge (10 January 1891-August 1917), killed in the Great War, at the Battle of Ypres, while serving as a Lieutenant
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   with the Royal Irish Fusiliers
  Royal Irish Fusiliers
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   in France
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• Zoe Edith Stronge, (22 November 1886-14 June 1949) she died unmarried and became a Dame
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• Daphne Helen Stronge (6 April 1889-1945), artist, married General Sir Walter William Pitt-Taylor
  Walter Pitt-Taylor
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• Rose Ethel Stronge (21 January 1894)
• Jessy Stronge MBE
  Order of the British Empire
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  (21 September 1896-12 October 1984)
• Joy Winifred Stronge (26 April 1901-January 1972)