Edward Stradling, 2nd Baronet

Sir Edward Stradling, 2nd Baronet (* before November 9, 1600 , † before June 21, 1644 in Oxford ) was an English nobleman, politician and military.

origin

Edward Stradling came from the Stradling family , an old gentry family with estates in south Wales and south west England. He was the eldest son of Sir John Stradling, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Gage . He was baptized on November 9, 1600 in St Donat's Church in South Wales.

Role during the English Civil War

Stradling graduated from Oxford University . As an adult he worked as an entrepreneur, among other things he had temporarily acquired the soap monopoly. In 1631 he was among speculators who invested in a water supply for London. After the death of his father in 1637 he inherited the family estates and the title of baronet . In the general election in early 1640, he was elected Knight of the Shire for Glamorgan and represented the county in the so-called Short Parliament . During the English Civil War he set up an infantry regiment for King Charles I. As a colonel, he took part in the Battle of Edgehill in 1642 . As the war progressed, he was taken to Oxford , wounded , where he died. On June 21, 1644, he was buried in the chapel of Jesus College , where his brother George was a fellow .

The chapel of Jesus College, Oxford, where Stradling was buried

Marriage and offspring

Stradling had married Mary Mansel , a daughter of Sir Thomas Mansel from Margam and his second wife Jane Bussy . He had several children with her, including:

• Sir Edward Stradling, 3rd Baronet (around 1624 – before 1661)
• John Stradling († after 1648)
• Sir Thomas Stradling († after 1648)
• Jane Stradling ⚭ 1652 Thomas Carne
• Dorothy Stradling ⚭ Henry Hill
• Joan Stradling ⚭ David Mathews
• Elizabeth Stradling ⚭ (1) Edward Turberville, ⚭ (2) Lewis Thomas

Stradling's eldest son Edward became his heir. He also fought on the king's side during the Civil War and probably died before 1646, at the latest before 1661. After his death in 1645, Stradling's widow Jane gave refuge to James Ussher , the Archbishop of Armagh, in the family estate of St Donat's Castle . His younger sons, John and Thomas, played a leading role in the unsuccessful uprising against Parliament in Glamorgan from 1647 to 1648.

Web links

• Jones, ED: STRADLING family of Glamorganshire . In: Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
• Cracroft's Peerage: Stradling, of St Donat's, co. Glamorgan (E Baronet, 1611--1738)
• Lloyd Bowen: Stradling, Sir Edward, second baronet. In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

predecessor	Office	successor
John Stradling, 1st Baronet	Baronet (of Stradling) 1637-1644	Edward Stradling, 3rd Baronet