John Strachey (journalist)

John St Loe Strachey

John St Loe Strachey (9 February 1860 – 26 August 1927), was a British journalist and newspaper proprietor.

Life

Strachey was the second son of Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Mary Isabella (née Symonds),^[1] and the brother of Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie, and Henry Strachey. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford,^[1] and later called to the Bar, but chose to take up journalism as his profession.^[1] Between 1887 and 1925, he was editor of The Spectator . He was a close friend and confidant of the diplomat, Sir Cecil Spring Rice, with whom he corresponded for many years.^[2]

Strachey also edited (1896–1897) The Cornhill Magazine .^[1]

Strachey's son John became a Labour politician and government minister.

His daughter Amabel married the architect Clough Williams-Ellis.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Strachey, John St. Loe" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 32 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 579.
^ Burton, David Henry (1990). Cecil Spring Rice: A Diplomat's Life. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-8386-3395-3.