See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD See also:

• STRACHEY, SIR JOHN (1823—1907)
• SIR RICHARD STRACHEY (1817-1908)

STRACHEY (1817-1908)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier and See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator, third son of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• STRACHEY, SIR JOHN (1823—1907)
• STRACHEY, SIR RICHARD (1817-1908)

Strachey, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 24th of See also:

• JULY

July 1817, at See also:

• SUTTON
• SUTTON, SIR RICHARD (d. c. 1524)
• SUTTON, THOMAS (c. 1532—1611)

Sutton See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court, See also:

• SOMERSETSHIRE

Somersetshire . From Addiscombe he passed into the See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal See also:

• ENGINEERS, MILITARY

Engineers in 1836, and was employed for some years on See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation See also:

• WORKS

works in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western Provinces . He served in the See also:

• SUTLEJ

Sutlej See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1845–46, and was at the battles of See also:

• ALIWAL

Aliwal and See also:

• SOBRAON

Sobraon, was mentioned in despatches, and received a See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet-See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority . From 1858 to 1865 he was chiefly employed in the public works See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department, either as acting or permanent secretary to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, and from 1867 to 1871 he filled the See also:

• POST

post of director-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of irrigation, then specially created . During this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period the entire See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of public works was reorganized to adapt it to the increasing magnitude of the interests with which this department has had to See also:

• DEAL

deal since its See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• DALHOUSIE, FOX MAULE RAMSAY
• DALHOUSIE, JAMES ANDREW BROUN RAMSAY, 1ST MARQUESS

Dalhousie in 1854 . For this reorganization, under which the accounts were placed on a proper footing and the See also:

• FOREST

forest administration greatly See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed, Strachey was chiefly responsible . His See also:

• WORK

work in connexion with Indian See also:

• FINANCE

finance was important . In 1867 he prepared a See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme in considerable detail for decentralizing the See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial administration of India, which formed the basis of the policy afterwards carried into effect by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Strachey under Lord See also:

• MAYO
• MAYO, RICHARD SOUTHWELL BOURKE, 6TH EARL OF (1822-1872)

Mayo and Lord See also:

• LYTTON, EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON, BULWERLYTTON, 1ST BARON (1803-1873)
• LYTTON, EDWARD ROBERT

Lytton . He See also:

• LEFT

left India in 1871, but in 1877 he was sent there to confer with the government on the See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indian railway, and was then selected as See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of inquiry into Indian famines . In 1878 he was appointed to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act for six months as financial member of the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-general's See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, when he made proposals for See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting the difficulties arising from the depreciation of the See also:

• RUPEE (Hindustani rupiya, from Sanskrit rupya)

rupee, then just beginning to be serious . These proposals did not meet with the support of the secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . From that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he continued to take an active See also:

• PART

part in the efforts made to bring the currencies of India and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England into See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony, until in 1892 he was appointed a member of Lord See also:

• HERSCHELL, FARRER HERSCHELL, 1ST BARON (1837-1899)

Herschell's See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee, which arrived at conclusions in accordance with the views put forward by him in 1878 .

He attended in 1892 the See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

International Monetary See also:

• CONFERENCE

Conference at See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels as delegate for British India . Strachey was a member of the council of the secretary of state for India from 1875 to 1889, when he resigned his seat in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to accept the post of chairman of the East Indian Railway See also:

• COMPANY

Company . Strachey's scientific labours in connexion with the See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology, See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography of the See also:

• HIMALAYA

Himalaya were considerable . He devoted much time to meteorological See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research, was largely instrumental in the formation of the Indian meteorological department, and became chairman of the meteorological council of the Royal Society in 1883 . From 1888 to 1890 he was president of the Royal See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

Geographical Society . In 1897 he was awarded one of the royal medals of the Royal Society, of which he became a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow in 18J4; and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year he was created G.C.S.I . He died on the 12th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1908 . His widow, See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Strachey, whom he married in 188o, became well-known as an authoress and a supporter of See also:

• WOMEN

women's See also:

• SUFFRAGE (Lat. suffragium)

suffrage .