John Strachey (civil servant)
Sir John Strachey GCSI CIE (5 June 1823 – 19 December 1907) was a British civil servant and writer in India who served as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-Western Provinces from 1874 to 1876. He was briefly acting Governor-General in February 1872 (following Lord Mayo's assassination), before being replaced by the more appropriate Lord Napier who acted for the remainder of time until Lord Northbrook arrived.
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Works[edit]
Strachey was joint author with his brother Lt-Gen Sir Richard Strachey of The Finances and Public Works of India (1882), besides writing India (3rd ed., 1903), and Hastings and the Rohilla War (1892). He also planned and designed the construction of The Rail-cum-Road Bridge on River Yamuna in Agra. He didn't get to see the completion of the Arch Bridge as he died in 1907. The bridge was completed in 1908, taking 10 years to complete since its construction commenced in 1898. The 1,024-metre-long (3,360 ft) bridge was named after John Strachey as Strachey Bridge. It is still functional even being 112 years old carrying trains in Agra Cantonment Railway Station on Delhi - Bhopal Main line to Tundla Junction Railway station in Delhi - Howrah Main Line.
Family[edit]
Strachey married Katherine Batten, daughter of Joseph Batten, Principal of the East India Company College, on 9 October 1856,[4] and they had eight children. They included Sir Arthur Strachey (1858–1901), judge in India.[5] Their daughter Winifred married Hugh Shakespear Barnes.[6]