Strachey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Strachey family of Sutton Court, Somerset John Strachey (d. 1674), friend of John Locke John Strachey (geologist) (1671–1743), British geologist Henry Strachey of Sutton Court, Somerset Sir Henry Strachey, 1st Baronet (1737–1810), British politician and civil servant; son of Henry Strachey and grandson of the geologist John Strachey. He had at least two sons: Sir Henry Strachey, 2nd Baronet (1772–1858), eldest son of the 1st baronet Edward Strachey (1774–1832), second son of the 1st baronet; he was in the service of the East India Company. He had at least five sons, including: Sir Edward Strachey, 3rd Baronet (1812–1901), eldest son of Edward Strachey (1774–1832) and nephew of the second baronet. He had three sons: Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie (1858–1936), Liberal politician; eldest son of the third baronet Edward Strachey, 2nd Baron Strachie (1882–1973), son of the 1st Baron Strachie Frances Constance Maddalena (d.1931), daughter of the 1st Baron Strachie. She was the first wife of Maurice Towneley-O'Hagan, 3rd Baron O'Hagan (1882–1961), British Liberal politician, they had at least one son: Major Thomas Anthony Edward Towneley Strachey (died 1955), son of the 3rd Baron O'Hagan by his first wife Frances née Strachey, who changed his surname by deed poll to Strachey in September 1938, by which name his progeny are known. Charles Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan (born 1945), British Conservative politician; son of Major Thomas Strachey John St. Loe Strachey (1860–1927), journalist and newspaper proprietor; second son of the third baronet. He had three sons, including: John Strachey (politician) (1901–1963), British politician; third and youngest son of John St. Loe Strachey Charles Strachey, presumed 6th Baronet (1934–2014) Henry Strachey (artist) (1863–1940), painter, art critic and writer; third son of the third baronet Henry Strachey (explorer) (1816–1912), second son of Edward Strachey (1774–1832) and younger brother of the 3rd baronet; he served in India as an officer in the Bengal Army and was responsible for surveying large portions of western Tibet. He had issue an only daughter Julia Charlotte Chance, daughter of Henry Strachey (explorer). In 1884, she married barrister William Chance (later 2nd Baronet Chance), of the wealthy family which owned the glassmaking company Chance Brothers. The couple's residence, Orchards, Surrey, was designed for them by Edwin Lutyens. Richard Strachey (1817–1908), third son of Edward Strachey (1774–1832) and younger brother of the 3rd baronet; husband of the suffragette Jane Maria