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NameThomas Lumisden Strange 
[4, 1861 ref RG09 Piece: 450 Folio: 205 Page: 24], [169, His own article]
[4, 1861 ref RG09 Piece: 450 Folio: 205 Page: 24], [169, His own article]Birth4 Jan 1808, Madras, East Indies
Death3 Sep 1884, 2 Farquhar Road, Upper Norwood, Surrey
GeneralOnly son. Judge and theological writer
FatherSir Thomas Andrew Strange (1756-1841)
MotherIsabella Katherine Burroughs (ca1759-1849)
Notes for Thomas Lumisden Strange
m. (1) Mary Rose Tickell, widow of Wm Hodgson, (2) Emily Burn Begbie.
In 1881 he and Emily had their two children with them:
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
STRANGE, Thos* Head M 63 1808 India
STRANGE, Emily B Wife F 33 1838 Madres, East Indies
STRANGE, Nina E Daughter F 6 1865 Langley, Buckinghamshire
STRANGE, Arthur J Son M 3 1868 Malvern, Worcestershire
COLSTON, Comfort Servant F 30 1841 Worcestershire
DUCKHAM, Martha Servant F 24 1847 Gloucestershire
LEWIS, Eliza Servant F 23 1848 Radnorshire
TEAGUE, Sarah J Servant F 21 1850 Worcestershire
RG number: RG10 Piece: 3054 Folio: 78 Page: 47
Registration District: Upton upon Severn Sub District: Hanley Castle
Enumeration District: 6B Ecclesiastical Parish:
Civil Parish: Great Malvern Municipal Borough:
Address: Mowbray House, Great Malvern, Malvern, Great
County: Worcestershire
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In 1881 he and Emily had their two children with them:
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
STRANGE, Thos* Head M 63 1808 India
STRANGE, Emily B Wife F 33 1838 Madres, East Indies
STRANGE, Nina E Daughter F 6 1865 Langley, Buckinghamshire
STRANGE, Arthur J Son M 3 1868 Malvern, Worcestershire
COLSTON, Comfort Servant F 30 1841 Worcestershire
DUCKHAM, Martha Servant F 24 1847 Gloucestershire
LEWIS, Eliza Servant F 23 1848 Radnorshire
TEAGUE, Sarah J Servant F 21 1850 Worcestershire
RG number: RG10 Piece: 3054 Folio: 78 Page: 47
Registration District: Upton upon Severn Sub District: Hanley Castle
Enumeration District: 6B Ecclesiastical Parish:
Civil Parish: Great Malvern Municipal Borough:
Address: Mowbray House, Great Malvern, Malvern, Great
County: Worcestershire
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DNB Main notes for Thomas Lumisden Strange
Strange, Thomas Lumisden (1808–1884)
Strange, Thomas Lumisden (1808–1884), judge and writer, born on 4 Jan. 1808, was eldest son of Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange [q.v.] . He was educated at Westminster school, and on leaving in 1823 went out to his father in India, becoming a writer in the East India Company's civil service at Madras in 1825. He was appointed an assistant-judge and joint criminal judge on 24 June 1831, became sub-judge at Calicut in 1843 and civil and sessions judge at Tellicherry in 1845, was a special commissioner for investigating the Molpah disturbances in Malabar in 1852, and for inquiring into the system of judicature in the presidency of Madras in 1859, and was made judge of the high court of judicature in 1862. He resigned on 2 May 1863. He compiled a ‘Manual of Hindoo Law,’ 1856, taking his father's work as a basis. This reached a second edition in 1863. He also published ‘A Letter to the Governor of Fort St. George on Judicial Reform’ (1860).
While in India he was much interested in religious subjects. In 1852 he published ‘The Light of Prophecy’ and ‘Observations on Mr. Elliott's “Horæ Apocalypticæ.”’ Subsequently he was so impressed by observing a supposed convert at the gallows proclaim his faith to be in Rama, not in Christ, that, on examining Christian evidence, his own faith in Christianity broke down. He never ceased to be a pious theist. He explained his position in ‘How I became and ceased to be a Christian,’ and many other pamphlets for the series published in 1872–1875 by Thomas Scott (1808–1878) [q.v.] ; these publications were afterwards collected and issued as ‘Contributions to a Series of Controversial Writings’ (1881). Larger works by Strange were: 1. ‘The Bible: is it the Word of God?’ 1871. 2. ‘The Speaker's Commentary reviewed,’ 1871. 3. ‘The Legends of the Old Testament traced to their apparent Primitive Sources,’ 1874. 4. ‘The Development of Creation on the Earth,’ 1874. 5. ‘The Sources and Development of Christianity,’ 1875. 6. ‘What is Christianity?’ 1880. Though far from a brilliant writer, he was a diligent student, and was always an earnest advocate of practical piety in life and conduct. Strange died at Norwood on 4 Sept. 1884.
Sources
Barker and Stenning's Westminster School Register, p. 221; Wheeler's Dictionary of Freethinkers; Brit. Mus. Cat.
J. M. W.
Original date of publication: 1898
Strange, Thomas Lumisden (1808–1884), judge and writer, born on 4 Jan. 1808, was eldest son of Sir Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange [q.v.] . He was educated at Westminster school, and on leaving in 1823 went out to his father in India, becoming a writer in the East India Company's civil service at Madras in 1825. He was appointed an assistant-judge and joint criminal judge on 24 June 1831, became sub-judge at Calicut in 1843 and civil and sessions judge at Tellicherry in 1845, was a special commissioner for investigating the Molpah disturbances in Malabar in 1852, and for inquiring into the system of judicature in the presidency of Madras in 1859, and was made judge of the high court of judicature in 1862. He resigned on 2 May 1863. He compiled a ‘Manual of Hindoo Law,’ 1856, taking his father's work as a basis. This reached a second edition in 1863. He also published ‘A Letter to the Governor of Fort St. George on Judicial Reform’ (1860).
While in India he was much interested in religious subjects. In 1852 he published ‘The Light of Prophecy’ and ‘Observations on Mr. Elliott's “Horæ Apocalypticæ.”’ Subsequently he was so impressed by observing a supposed convert at the gallows proclaim his faith to be in Rama, not in Christ, that, on examining Christian evidence, his own faith in Christianity broke down. He never ceased to be a pious theist. He explained his position in ‘How I became and ceased to be a Christian,’ and many other pamphlets for the series published in 1872–1875 by Thomas Scott (1808–1878) [q.v.] ; these publications were afterwards collected and issued as ‘Contributions to a Series of Controversial Writings’ (1881). Larger works by Strange were: 1. ‘The Bible: is it the Word of God?’ 1871. 2. ‘The Speaker's Commentary reviewed,’ 1871. 3. ‘The Legends of the Old Testament traced to their apparent Primitive Sources,’ 1874. 4. ‘The Development of Creation on the Earth,’ 1874. 5. ‘The Sources and Development of Christianity,’ 1875. 6. ‘What is Christianity?’ 1880. Though far from a brilliant writer, he was a diligent student, and was always an earnest advocate of practical piety in life and conduct. Strange died at Norwood on 4 Sept. 1884.
Sources
Barker and Stenning's Westminster School Register, p. 221; Wheeler's Dictionary of Freethinkers; Brit. Mus. Cat.
J. M. W.
Original date of publication: 1898