Sir John Strode (11 August 1624 - 1679) of Parnham, Dorset supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.

He held various official offices during the Protectorate and was knighted by Oliver Cromwell.

[3][4] He had a private education, succeeded his father in 1642 and was a royalist commissioner in the Civil War.

By 1657 he was commissioner for assessment again and served as Sheriff of Dorset from 1657 to November 1660.

[2] Strode married firstly on 13 December 1646, Anne Hewett, daughter of Sir William Hewett of Pishiobury, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire and by her had six sons and two daughters:[2][5] He married secondly by licence dated 23 November 1669, Lady Anne Poulett, widow of John Poulett, 2nd Baron Poulett and daughter of Sir Thomas Browne, 2nd Baronet of Walcot.