292 STR AT H N A I R — STRATTON. and of Gwalior, considered the strongest fort in fndia.fa) He received the thanks of I'arl. and became G.C.B. in 1 ^ 3 L'om, ia chief in India, 1860-65, and in Ireland 1865-70 : K.S.I., 1861 ; P.O, [U, 1*65 ; G.C.S.I., 1S66, being raised to the peerage, as above stated, 31 July 1866. He became full General, 1867 and Field Marshal June 1877: was Col. of the 92 nd Knot, 1866 and uf the Royal Heine Guards, 1889. He retired from active military service in 1S70. HoeL unui. quite unexpectedly) 1 6 Oct, 1885 at llie Hotel de Kivoli, Paris, aged] 84, when the title became extinct, ' He was bur. (with his parents) at Christ chorcb, M ints. Aduiou. 2 Dec. 1885, above £66,000. Estates.— These, in 1S83, consisted uf 2.918 acres in the counties of Hertford, Cam- bridge, Essex and Buckingham, worth t'3,603 a. year. Principal AYs/diKrr. — Newsolls Park, near lloystun, Herts. STK ATH X AVER. i.p. " Rtrathxaver " Barony [S.] {Gordon) ; a title presnrned, since about the etnl of the 10th century, to belong to the Kahldum OF SUTHERLAND [8.1, ami which, accordingly, is used as a courtesy title by the heir apparent to that dignity. ('•) STRATHSPEY. !>., * StSATBSPBT of Strathspey, in the counties (if Inverness nntl Moray" Barony {(h/Hri/Grant), cr. 185S ; see " Skakield, Karldoui [S.J, ei: 1701, under the 7th Earl ; ex. 1SS4. i.p., " Strathspey of S'.rutUspey in the cimntie* of Inverness ami Moray" Barony {Otjiiey-Grant), cr. 1S88 ; see " Seakielo," Karldom [S.], cr. 17A1, uuder the 9th Karl. STRATHTAY. i.e., "Stratiitay and Strathardlb," EarMom [S.] (Murray), cr. 1703, with the Dl-kkuo.m b* Athull [S.J, which see. STRATTON". See " IIoPTOs of Strattox, co. Cornwall," Barony (Hoptoji), cr. 1G43; ex. 1052. See Berkeley of Strattox, co. Cornwall," Barony (Berkeley), cr. 1658 ; ex. 1773. (*) This note on his services in Foster's " Vccrage " (18S3) taken from " Hart's army list seems " worth reproducing, " Marched upwards of 1,000 miles ; took upwards "f 150 pieces of artillery, one entrenched camp, one fortified city, one partly entrenched town ; fought 16 successful actions : captured 20 forts, including relief of Sangar, capture of natghur, Shahgur an<l Chundchrce, siege and capture of Jhansi and Calpee, &c, &c, concluding with the storming and capture of Gwalior." A line equestrian statue of him by Onslow Ford was erected at Knightsbridge in 1895 ; the Duke ol Wellington at Aldershot, at Hyde Park Corner and at the Royal Exchange, and Lord Napier of Magdala in Waterloo place (1891) being, it is believed, the only other persons (exclusive of the Hoyal Family) who, in England, have hitherto (lt>96) been similarly honoured. (h) During the minority [1552-15731 of Alexander (Gordon) Earl of Sutherland Mucky obtained from the Karl of Huntly for £3,000 Scots "the heretable right »rf title of the lands of Strathnaver, yet Huntlie still reteyned the superioriti" <* Strathnaver to himself, which superioritie his sou Earl George disposed to this Alexander, Earle of SouthwUnd " [Gordon's" Jlist. Suth."]
