Background
STRATTON, J oseph was born on May 1, 1839. 2nd son of John Stratton, of Clifton Campville, Staffordshire, and Anne, daughter of Edward Mousley, of Haunton, near Tamworth.
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Other Work
- Vivisection and Anti-Vivisection, which Side must I Take, 1898. Sports Legitimate and Illegitimate, 1898. Fireside Poems, 1901, second series, 1909.The Decline and Fall of the Royal Buckhounds, 1901. Letter to a Friend on Theology: A Defence of the Broad Churchman’s Position in the Establishment, 1902. Innumerable Press letters dealing with the rights of men and animals.Royal Sport: Some Facts concerning the Queen’s Buckhounds, 1891. So-called Sport: A Plea for Strengthening the Law for the Protection of Animals (joint-author), 1896. The Attitude, Past and Present, of the R.S.P.C.A. towards such Spurious Sports as Tame Deer Hunting, Pigeon Shooting, and Coursing Rabbits, 1906.
Joseph STRATTON
Education
Studied at Appleby Grammar School, Leicestershire. Worcester College, Oxford. Engaged for some years in tuition.
Master of Arts.
Career
Ordained, 1870; held Curacies in Swansea, Burton-onTrent, New Barnet, et cetera Retired from the Church on theological grounds, 1878. Returned in 1886, and became Curate of Winchfleld, Hampshire.
Interested in social questions, education, housing of the people, putting labourers on the land, management of prisons and workhouses, et cetera
Of late years an active humanitarian, one of his aims being the abolition of the Royal Buckhounds (presented with a public testimonial in connection with this event, 1 July 1901). Master of Lucas’ Hospital, Wokingham, since 1889.
Works
Other Work
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Vivisection and Anti-Vivisection, which Side must I Take, 1898. Sports Legitimate and Illegitimate, 1898. Fireside Poems, 1901, second series, 1909.The Decline and Fall of the Royal Buckhounds, 1901. Letter to a Friend on Theology: A Defence of the Broad Churchman’s Position in the Establishment, 1902. Innumerable Press letters dealing with the rights of men and animals.Royal Sport: Some Facts concerning the Queen’s Buckhounds, 1891. So-called Sport: A Plea for Strengthening the Law for the Protection of Animals (joint-author), 1896. The Attitude, Past and Present, of the R.S.P.C.A. towards such Spurious Sports as Tame Deer Hunting, Pigeon Shooting, and Coursing Rabbits, 1906.
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Interests
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Reflective walks, and, when sympathetic companions are at hand, philosophical talks. Fond of music, vocal and instrumental.
Connections
Spouse 1892, Louise Cecilia Bazalgette Lucas Lucas,daughter of Saint John Welles Lucas, Member Royal College of Surgeons, and niece of Sir Joseph West. Bazalgette, C.B. This lady is a descendant of Henry Lucas, founder of Lucas’ Hospital (1663).
- Father:
- John Stratton
- Mother:
- Anne
- Spouse:
- Louise Cecilia Bazalgette Lucas Lucas
