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Sir Richard Strachey GCSI FRS FRGS (24 July 1817 – 12 February 1908) was a British soldier and Indian administrator, the third son of Edward Strachey and grandson of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet.
Stone carvings and sculptures. Richard studied Sculpture at Bath Academy of Arts, when Ken Hughes was head of the department. During the holidays, he worked for Barry Baldwin masonry and Carving Ltd. who helped him with a practical approach to stonework.
Strachey was elected Chairman of the Meteorological Council of the Royal Society (1883) and President of the Royal Geographical Society (1888-1890). His son was the Victorian biographer and essayist Giles Lytton Strachey (1880-1932).
Aug 25, 2021 · In April 1996, in a book called The Finances and Public Works of India (1869-81) written by John and Richard Strachey, both brothers and administrative officers in British India, he uncovered...
Lieutenant-General in British army. Colonial administrator in India, supporter of the suffragette movement. R.E., G.C.S.I., LL.D., F.R.S. This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition. Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials " R. S. "
From the very beginning Richard Strachey took up the white man's burden with the energy and confidence of a born leader, and whether he applied his high scientific ability to the training of waterways and irrigation through the dry spaces of upper India, working as a navvy in his shirt-sleeves, or whether, having donned the
Lieutenant General Sir Richard Strachey was a British soldier and Indian administrator, the third son of Edward Strachey and grandson of Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet.
