Sir James Stronge, 5th Baronet
Sir James Henry Stronge, 5th Baronet was an Irish barrister, footballer and politician.
Stronge was educated at Eton College and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was pursuing a legal career when he inherited Tynan Abbey and succeeded his father, Sir John Stronge, 4th Baronet. He graduated from Lincoln's Inn in 1874. Stronge was appointed High Sheriff of Tyrone in 1880 and High Sheriff of Armagh in 1885.
He played for Old Etonians in the 1875 and 1876 FA Cup Finals.
He also held the position of Imperial Grand Master of the Orange Institution and was a Major in the 4th Battalion of Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He was one of 30 delegates to sit on the Ulster Unionist Council, which directed the policy of Ulster Unionism during the next 15 years and during the Home Rule crisis and the foundation of the partition of Ireland.
Stronge married, on 7 October 1885, Ethel Margaret Burges and had issue:
