Stradling Baronets
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Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet
Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet , was a British politician.He was born the son of Francis Stradling of St. George, Bristol and adopted by a relative, Sir Edward Stradling. He inherited the family estate at St Donat's on the death of Sir Edward in 1609.Educated at Oxford , he was Sheriff of...
, later Member of Parliament
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for St Germans
St Germans (UK Parliament constituency)
St Germans was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British Parliament from 1562 to 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
and Old Sarum
Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)
Old Sarum was the most infamous of the so-called 'rotten boroughs', a parliamentary constituency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland which was effectively controlled by a single person, until it was abolished under the Reform Act 1832. The constituency was the site of what had been...
and Glamorgan. The second Baronet also represented Glamorgan in Parliament. The fifth Baronet was member of Parliament for Cardiff
Cardiff (UK Parliament constituency)
Cardiff was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Cardiff in South Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.- MPs 1542-1645 :- MPs 1645–1832 :...
. the title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1738.
George Stradling
George Stradling
George Stradling was Dean of Chichester Cathedral from 1672 until his death.-Life:Stradling was born at St Donat's Castle, Wales to Sir John Stradling, Baronet and travelled to France and Italy before studying at the University of Oxford...
, younger son of the first Baronet, was Dean
Dean (religion)
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of Chichester Cathedral
Chichester Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, otherwise called Chichester Cathedral, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Chichester. It is located in Chichester, in Sussex, England...
in 1672. Edward Stradling, eldest son of the fifth Baronet, was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for Cardiff
Cardiff (UK Parliament constituency)
Cardiff was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Cardiff in South Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.- MPs 1542-1645 :- MPs 1645–1832 :...
in 1722 but died during his father's lifetime. His younger brother Thomas succeeded in the baronetcy.
The Stradlings were a family seated at St Donat's Castle
St Donat's Castle
St Donat's Castle is a medieval castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, overlooking the Bristol Channel in the village of St Donat's near Llantwit Major, and about 25km west of Cardiff...
, Glamorgan
Glamorgan
Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...
, Wales
Wales
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, from the early mediaeval period. The family thus played an important role in Glamorgan's history. Sir Edward Stradling, knight (d. 1453) married Jane the bastard da. of Cardinal Beaufort. A later Sir Edward Stradling, knight(d.1609), collected a famous library at St. Donat's and from old papers he had collected wrote one of the first histories of Glamorgan, The Winning of the Lordship of Glamorgan out of Welshmens' Hands, thereby creating the legend of the Twelve Knights of Glamorgan
Twelve Knights of Glamorgan
Twelve Knights of Glamorgan were the legendary followers of Robert FitzHamon, the Norman conqueror of Glamorgan. They are figures in early Welsh history....
, followers of Robert FitzHamon
Robert Fitzhamon
Robert Fitzhamon , or Robert FitzHamon, Sieur de Creully in the Calvados region and Torigny in the Manche region of Normandy, was Lord of Gloucester and the Norman conqueror of Glamorgan, southern Wales...
, Norman conqueror of Glamorgan. He placed a Stradling knight 12th. in his list, yet recent scholarship has found the Stradling family to have come to Britain after the Norman Conquest, invalidating the inclusion of the now but legendary Stradling knight. The Stradling family are now thought to have come to Wales from Strättlingen, near Thun
Thun
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in Switzerland, in the thirteenth century, following Otto de Grandison
Otton de Grandson
Otto de Grandson was a medieval Savoyard knight long in the service of the English crown under Edward I. He was the closest personal friend of Edward, his exact contemporary, and shared the king's many interests....
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Stradling Baronets, of St Donats (1611)
- Sir John Stradling, 1st BaronetSir John Stradling, 1st BaronetSir John Stradling, 1st Baronet , was a British politician.He was born the son of Francis Stradling of St. George, Bristol and adopted by a relative, Sir Edward Stradling. He inherited the family estate at St Donat's on the death of Sir Edward in 1609.Educated at Oxford , he was Sheriff of...
(1563-1637) - Sir Edward Stradling, 2nd BaronetSir Edward Stradling, 2nd BaronetSir Edward Stradling, 2nd Baronet was an English politician at the time of the Civil War.Stradling was the son of Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth Gage. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford...
(1601-1644) - Sir Edward Stradling, 3rd Baronet (c. 1624-c. 1660)
- Sir Edward Stradling, 4th Baronet (c. 1643-1685)
- Sir Edward Stradling, 5th BaronetSir Edward Stradling, 5th BaronetSir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet was an English baronet.Stradling was Member of Parliament for Cardiff, 1698, 1700-1, 1710–22, and Sheriff of Glamorgan, 1709-10.-References:*...
(1672-1735) - Sir Thomas Stradling, 6th Baronet (1710-1738)