Background
The eldest son of Sir Thomas le Strange, he succeeded his father in 1545 and was knighted in 1547.
politician Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England
The eldest son of Sir Thomas le Strange, he succeeded his father in 1545 and was knighted in 1547.
He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for Norfolk for 1538-47, 1558/59-71 and from 1579 for life and High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for 1548-49. He was appointed as steward of the manors of the Duchess of Richmond in 1546, and also Chamberlain to the Duke of Norfolk. On 15 September 1549 he wrote to William Cecil, the king's attorney, denying any sympathy with Kett's rebellion.
In March 1552, during the reign of Edward VI, le Strange succeeded Sir Walter Buckler as chamberlain to Princess Elizabeth's household at Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Almost certainly at Norfolk's nomination, he was elected MP for the County of Norfolk in the Parliament of 1547, for King's Lynn in 1555 and Castle Rising in 1558,1559,1563 and 1571. He was buried 19 February 1580 at Sedgeford, Norfolk.