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Memorials of the Families of Straclum and Wise. 2 7
of Sir Thomas Strachan of Inclituthel." In the Register
of Pedigrees, College of Arms, he is further described as
having "married a daughter of Captain Gregory, li.N.,"
and as having died at Greenwich. In the same register,
his son, Sir John Strachan, Bart., is named of "Incli-
tuthel," and is described as having died at Bath, s.p. In
his Baronetage, Mr William Playfair ^ presents the fol-
lowing account of this baronet : — "He was a post-captain
in the Royal Navy, and commanded his Majesty's ship
Oxford of 70 guns in 1771, on board of which ship he
served under Admiral Sir Robert Harland, and after-
wards in India, at which time his brother Patrick was
his first lieutenant. He married Elizabeth, daughter
of Robert Lovelace, Esq. of Battersea Rise, Surrey, and
died the 28tli of December 1777 (whereupon his widow
married Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Wilton), and having
no male issue, the title devolved on the next male-
heir," etc.
Patrick Strachan, mentioned in the preceding extract,
was younger brother of Sir John Strachan, seventh baronet.
He had his ordinary residence at Greenwich, and served as
a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. In 1759 he married
^ Playfair's " British Baronetage," vol. iii. Appendix clxxiii.