STRACHAN, Alexander James (Grimwade p.673)

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Born c1771 in Scotland.
1841 UK Census for Ebury Street, Pimlico of independent means aged 70 years.
Died 10th December 1841.
London Wills and Probate records dated 22nd February 1842. Value of estate under £2,000.

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General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office lists a death for Alexander James Strachan registration district St Margaret last quarter 1853. I don't really know how closely the actual death date and a registration would be aligned.

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Grimwade's biography for Strachan indicates his first mark was registered in 1799 suggesting a date of birth before 1778, refers to him as having died between 1842 and 1850 and having been "The Paul Storr" of gold boxes, suggesting some potential for wealth. The Pimlico household had two servants resident and Strachan was of independent means. Unfortunately no official registration can be found of the death which is referred to in the Probate document to confirm it positively relates to the silversmith.
The London Deaths & Burials Index for the St James', St Pancras registration of the October 1853 burial of an Alexander James Strachan, the death referred to in the previous post, shows no age and a last address as the St Margaret Workhouse, Westminster. The record's relevance here seems doubtful.
For information the England & Wales Death Index also records an Alexander James Strachen (with an "e") for the Brighton register in 1850 but the address and the spelling of the surname again its relevance to the silversmith seems doubtful.

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I agree with what you have found Mike. Maybe the Alexander James Strachan who passed away in 1853 was his junior. That too is just a guess.