Sir Nicholas le Strange was an English Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP). The son of Sir Thomas Le Strange, he was knighted in 1547. He was appointed as steward of the manors of the Duchess of Richmond

Mary FitzRoy, Duchess of Richmond and Somerset

Mary FitzRoy, Duchess of Richmond and Somerset , formerly Lady Mary Howard, was the only daughter-in-law of King Henry VIII of England, being the wife of his only acknowledged illegitimate son, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset.-Biography:Mary Fitzroy was the second daughter of...

 in 1546, and also Chamberlain to the Duke of Norfolk

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, KG, Earl Marshal was an English nobleman.Norfolk was the son of the poet Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. He was taught as a child by John Foxe, the Protestant martyrologist, who remained a lifelong recipient of Norfolk's patronage...

. Almost certainly at Norfolk's nomination, he was elected MP for the County of Norfolk

Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

Norfolk was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament...

 in the Parliament of 1547, for King's Lynn

King's Lynn (UK Parliament constituency)

King's Lynn was a constituency in Norfolk, known as Lynn or Bishop's Lynn prior to 1537, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1885, and one member thereafter. Until 1918 it was a parliamentary borough, after which the name...

 in 1555 and Castle Rising

Castle Rising (UK Parliament constituency)

Castle Rising was a parliamentary borough in Norfolk, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1558 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act...

 in 1571. (His brother, Richard

Richard L'Estrange

Richard L'Estrange or Le Strange was an English Member of Parliament . The son of Sir Thomas Le Strange, he probably secured election through his brother Sir Nicholas L'Estrange, who was Chamberlain to the Duke of Norfolk: he represented Shoreham in the Parliament of 1559 and King's Lynn in that of...

, also sat as an MP for boroughs under the Duke of Norfolk's influence in 1559 and 1563.) He was not elected to Parliament again after Norfolk's fall in 1572. He married in 1528 Eleanor, daughter of Sir William Fitzwilliam. He was buried 19 February 1580 at Sedgeford, Norfolk.