Born to a distinguished Irish family in Balleskie, Fife,[1] he was educated at Trinity College Dublin[2] and joined the British Army with a commission in the Royal Tyrone Fusiliers.
[3] Stronge joined the Diplomatic Service in 1879 and served in British embassies in Vienna, Peking, Constantinople, Rome and Athens.
Huerta favoured Stronge and asked Lord Cowdray to use his influence to have Sir Francis retained as Ambassador to Mexico, but he was moved to a new post that year.
[1] He was knighted on 3 June 1915 in recognition of his services,[10] the key one being negotiating the purchase from Chile of two battleships, the Almirante Latorre and the Admirante Cochrane that were building in British yards for the Chilean Navy.
The couple lived at Kilbroney House, Rostrevor, County Down, where Stronge died in August 1924.