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Henry Stracey

British politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ17180537 ↗
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Sir Henry Josias Stracey, 5th Baronet (31 July 1802 – 7 August 1885) was a British Conservative Party politician.

He was a Member of Parliament for East Norfolk from 1855 to 1857, for Great Yarmouth from 1859 to 1865, and for Norwich from 1868 to 1869.

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The public source identifies “Henry Stracey” as british politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Henry, Stracey and British.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1802, 1885, 1855, 1857—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Henry, Stracey and British providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17180537. The first chronological checks are 1802, 1885, 1855 and 1857.

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This entry incorporates text from “Henry Stracey” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.