Background
Born at Ormond, he was the son of Edward Stratford and his first wife Elizabeth Baisley, daughter of Euseby Baisley. He was a descendant of the English Stratford family and was educated at Kilkenny College and at Trinity College, Dublin.
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John Stratford
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Education
Trinity College.
Career
In 1717, he entered the Irish House of Commons for Baltinglass. Stratford sat for it until 1763, when he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Baltinglass, of Baltinglass, in the County of Wicklow. In 1776, he was advanced to the dignity of Viscount Aldborough, of the Palatinate of Upper Ormond. and on 28 January 1777, Stratford was further honoured when he became Viscount Amiens and Earl of Aldborough, of the Palatinate of Upper Ormond.
He was successively appointed High Sheriff of Kildare in 1727, High Sheriff of Wicklow in 1736 and High Sheriff of Wexford in 1739.
