page_title: William Strode (1614–1676)
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: William Strode (1614–1676) / Career
caption_attribution_description: Old Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon, 1797 watercolour by Rev John Swete
context_page_description: Sir William Strode of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon, was a member of the Devonshire gentry and twice served as MP for his family's pocket borough of Plympton Erle, in 1660 and 1661–1676.
context_section_description: He entered Middle Temple in 1632. During the Civil War he kept out of the conflict and in 1644 he went abroad. He was on  very bad terms with his father but in about 1654 his father had to make over the estate at Newnham to him.
  In April 1660, Strode was elected Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle for the Convention Parliament. He became JP for Devon in July 1660 and became a commissioner  for assessment in August 1660. He took little part in parliament but on 6 November 1660 he proposed a message of congratulation to the Queen Mother when she returned from France.  He was knighted on 5 December 1660.
  In 1661 Strode was re-elected MP for Plympton Erle for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until his death in 1676. He was a  commissioner for corporations from 1662 to 1663 and was recorder of Plympton Erle from around 1663 until his death. He was a commissioner for recusants for Devon in 1675.
caption: Old Newnham House, Devon. Painted in 1797
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