Sir Richard Strachey

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British Army officer British civil servant administrator botanist engineer geographer human

Sir Richard Strachey was a 19th-century British Indian civil servant, soldier, and administrator noted for his work in public works, irrigation, and scientific surveying in colonial India.

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Sir Richard Strachey canonical 3
Richard Strachey 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
British civil servant ⓘ
administrator ⓘ
botanist ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
birthDate 1817-07-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Sutton Court, Somerset, England ⓘ
child Dorothy Bussy ⓘ
James Strachey ⓘ
Lytton Strachey ⓘ
Oliver Strachey ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1908-02-12 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
educatedAt East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ⓘ
surface form: Addiscombe Military Seminary
employer British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: East India Company

Government of British India ⓘ
fieldOfWork botany ⓘ
geography ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
public works ⓘ
surveying ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
memberOf Indian Civil Service ⓘ
militaryRank major-general ⓘ
name Sir Richard Strachey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Richard Strachey
notableAchievement contributions to the development of Indian irrigation policy ⓘ
leadership in topographical and scientific surveys in India ⓘ
reorganization of the Indian meteorological service ⓘ
notableWork irrigation projects in British India ⓘ
public works administration in British India ⓘ
scientific surveying in India ⓘ
occupation administrator ⓘ
botanist ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
positionHeld chairman of the East Indian Railway Company ⓘ
member of the Council of the Secretary of State for India ⓘ
president of the Royal Geographical Society ⓘ
relative Strachey family ⓘ
serviceBranch Bengal Army ⓘ
spouse Jane Strachey ⓘ
surface form: Jane Maria Strachey

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Lytton Strachey → father → Sir Richard Strachey ⓘ
Giles → father → Sir Richard Strachey ⓘ
subject surface form: Giles Lytton Strachey
Lytton → father → Sir Richard Strachey ⓘ
subject surface form: Lytton Strachey
Sir Richard Strachey → name → Sir Richard Strachey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Richard Strachey