# Stracey baronets

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The **Stracey baronetcy**, of [Rackheath](/source/Rackheath) in the county of [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk), is a title in the [baronetage of the United Kingdom](/source/Baronetage_of_the_United_Kingdom). It was created on 15 December 1818 for Edward Stracey. He was the eldest surviving son of Sir John Stracey, chief judge of the Sheriff's Court and a [recorder](/source/Recorder_(judge)) of [London](/source/London).

The 5th baronet served as [High Sheriff of Norfolk](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Norfolk) in 1871 and sat as [conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) [member of parliament](/source/Member_of_parliament) for [Norfolk East](/source/Norfolk_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), [Great Yarmouth](/source/Great_Yarmouth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) and [Norwich](/source/Norwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)). The 7th baronet was High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1928; his daughter Rosalind Stracey (1907–2005) was a sculptor.

## Stracey baronets, of Rackheath (1818)

- Sir Edward Stracey, 1st Baronet (1741–1829)[1]
- Sir Edward Hardinge John Stracey, 2nd Baronet (1768–1851)[1]
- Sir George Stracey, 3rd Baronet (1770–1854)[1]
- Sir Josias Henry Stracey, 4th Baronet (1771–1855)[1]
- [Sir Henry Josias Stracey, 5th Baronet](/source/Sir_Henry_Stracey,_5th_Baronet) (1802–1885)[1]
- Sir Edward Henry Gervase Stracey, 6th Baronet (1838–1888)[2]
- Sir Edward Paulet Stracey, 7th Baronet (1871–1949)[2][3]
- Sir Michael George Motley Stracey, 8th Baronet (1911–1971)[4]
- Sir John Simon Stracey, 9th Baronet (1938–2022)[5][6]
- Sir Rupert Stracey, supposed 10th Baronet (born 1951), has no heir.[7] The Official Roll as of marks the baronetcy as vacant.[8]

## References

1. Foster, Joseph (1883). [*The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire*](https://archive.org/details/peeragebaronetag02fost/page/592/mode/1up). Westminster: Nichols and Sons. pp. 592–593.

1. Burke, Bernard (1903). *A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage*. 65th ed. Ashworth P. Burke (ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. pp. 1438–1439.

1. "Stracey". No. 73837. 16 July 2022. p. 82.

1. ["Official Roll"](https://www.baronetage.org/official-roll/). *The Standing Council of the Baronetage*. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

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