John Strange (English politician)
He studied Law at the Middle Temple on 11 July 1712 before starting a pupillage at the chambers of Charles Salkeld, who trained (among others) Lord Hardwicke.In December 1742 he resigned as Recorder of London and Solicitor General, claiming ill-health, and also limited his practice as a barrister to the Court of King's Bench.After his death, his son John Strange, who had inherited (and sold) Grange House, published his father's court reports.[1] Sir John Strange was buried at Leyton and commemorated by monuments in both the churchyard and the church of St Mary the Virgin.[4] The inscriptions were published in 1796[5] and again in 1892,[6] debunking persistent claims that Sir John's grave was marked by a ridiculous epitaph in the Rolls Chapel: Here lies an honest lawyer, and that is Strange.