Name: Richard Ellison Strachan

Date of birth: 25 August 1815

Place of birth: Bristol, Gloucestershire

Father: James Strachan

Mother: Ann Ellison

Spouse(s): Mary Villar, Clara Henrietta Paul

Date(s) of marriage: 7 September 1850; 26 April 1892

Place(s) of marriage: Prestbury, Gloucestershire

Occupation: Commercial Traveller in Oil Trade, working for Henry Pritchard & Co., oil merchants

Lifestory: Brother of James Greethead Strachan. Baptised 28 January 1816, in St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Residence: 1850/1 – Prestbury, living next-door to the family of brother Henry Sansom Strachan, “cashier” in the County of Gloucester Bank; 1861 – 2 Wellington Square, Cheltenham; 1871 – Argyle House, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol; 1881 – Brick House, Cheltenham; 1891 - 18 Durdham Park, Wick House, Redland, Bristol. He had nine children: Richard Ellison, Charles, Walter, Florence Mary, Ada Constance, Laura, Frank, Dorothy, and Kathleen. Richard was one of the founder members of Clifton Rugby Football Club and father of its first captain, Charles Strachan. He was a member of Leeds Artillery Volunteers for 26 years.

Moved to Pittville from:

Moved from Pittville to: Bristol, Gloucestershire

Date of death: 22 January 1892

Place of death: Wick House, Redland, Bristol

Date of burial:

Place of burial: Barton Road, Gloucestershire

Notes: 26 February left to Walter Strachan and James Fuller Eberle a will of £137,947 10s 2d.

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Contributor(s): Ella Forster