Noteworthy families (modern science) : $b An index to kinships in near degrees between persons whose achievements are honourable, and have been publicly recordedGalton, Francis
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Noteworthy families (modern science) : $b An index to kinships in near degrees between persons whose achievements are honourable, and have been publicly recorded
Galton, Francis
Eugenics
_bro_, Sir John STRACHEY, G.C.S.I., eminent Indian statesman;
Lieutenant-Governor of the N.W. Provinces; Financial Member of
Governor-General's Council; Member of Council of India. Publications:
"Finance and Public Works of India," 1882 (jointly with his brother,
Sir Richard S.); "Hastings and the Rohilla War," 1892; "India," 1888,
third edition, 1903.--["Ency. Brit.," and "Who's Who," 1904.]
_bro_, Colonel Henry STRACHEY, Tibetan explorer, gold medal of Royal
Geographical Soc., 1852.
_bro_, Sir Edward STRACHEY (d. 1904), Bart., author of "Hebrew
Politics in the Time of Sargon and Sennacherib."
_bro_, George STRACHEY (1873-1890), Charge d'Affaires and Minister
Resident at Dresden.
_bro son_, Sir Arthur STRACHEY (1858-1901) [son of Sir John S. and of
Katherine, daughter of George BATTEN], Chief Justice Allahabad, aet.
thirty-nine; d. aet. forty-three.
_bro son_, John St. Loe STRACHEY (b. 1860) [son of Sir Edward S.
and Mary, sister of John Addington SYMONDS, writer and critic],
editor of the "Spectator."--["Who's Who."]
_me si son_, Charles BULLER (1806-1848), distinguished politician,
sent as secretary with Lord Durham to Canada, 1838; Chief Poor-Law
Commissioner.--["Dict. N. Biog."]
_me si son_, Sir Arthur BULLER, Judge of the Supreme Court, Calcutta.
_fa fa bro_, John STRACHEY, LL.D. Cambridge, Archdeacon of Suffolk,
Prebendary of Llandaff, preacher at the Rolls.
_fa fa fa fa_, John STRACHEY (1671-1743), F.R.S., geologist, said to
have first suggested theory of stratification in his "Observations on
Different Strata of Earths and Minerals," 1727.--["Dict. N. Biog.,"
Suppl. iii.]
_Wife and her kinsfolk:_
_wi_, Jane Maria, nee GRANT, second wife, authoress of "Lay
Texts," "Poets on Poets," "Memoirs of a Highland Lady,"
etc.--["Who's Who," 1904.]
_wi fa fa_, Sir J.P. GRANT (1774-1848), Chief Justice of Supreme
Court, Calcutta.--["Dict. N. Biog.," xxii. 398.]
_wi fa_, Sir J.P. GRANT, G.C.M.G., K.C.B. (1807-1893), Indian and
Colonial Governor; Member of Council; Lieutenant-Governor of
Central Provinces of India; Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal;
Governor of Jamaica (1866-1873).--["Dict. N. Biog.," Suppl. iii.
341.]
_wife's me bro son_, Sir Trevor Chichele PLOWDEN, K.C.S.I.,
Resident at Kashmir, Hyderabad, and Baghdad.
_wife's me bro son_, Sir Henry Meredith PLOWDEN, Senior Judge of
Chief Court, Punjab (1880-1894).--["Who's Who," 1904.]
_son_, Giles Lytton STRACHEY, Scholarship at Trinity Coll.,
Cambridge; Chancellor's medal for English verse.
_son_, Oliver STRACHEY, Eton scholarship.
_son_, James Beaumont STRACHEY, scholarship at St. Paul's School.
_da_, Joan Pernel STRACHEY, lecturer on Old French at Royal Holloway
College.
_da_, Marjorie Colvile STRACHEY, prize offered in 1904 by the
British Ambassador in Paris to male and female undergraduates of all
colleges in Great Britain, for examination in French; scholarship at
Royal Holloway College, 1904.
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