Stransham family

Stransham family

There have been various famous members of the Stransham family:

*Anthony Blaxland Stransham (d. 1900), General, leader of the Royal Marines during the First Opium War
*Streynsham Master (1640-1724), pioneer in the British East India Company
*Samuel Stransham, 18th century Major of the Royal Marines who was involved with the Falkland Islands


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