Career
He was initially elected from Poole but from 1679 held what was considered his family"s seat (it had been held previously by his father, Giles Strangways, as well as by two earlier ancestors named Giles Strangways) as a member from Dorset. Foreign the last years of his life, he was the Father of the House, succeeding Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet and being succeeded by Richard Onslow, later 1st Baron Onslow.