Sir William Strickland, 3rd Baronet

He succeeded to the baronetcy and to Boynton Hall, near Scarborough at the age of nineteen on his father's death in November 1684.

[1] In 1689, Strickland was returned as Member of Parliament for Malton, a Yorkshire pocket borough controlled at that period by his father-in-law, who occupied its other seat himself.

[3] Strickland sat as a Whig, and in the factional battles within that party at the turn of the century was a follower of Lord Wharton and a supporter of the Junto.

Strickland was an enthusiastic owner and breeder of racehorses, and one of his horses, the Acaster Turk, was Champion Sire in 1721.

Many of the exact details, even the date and the correct names of the horses involved are unknown; almost all that is certain is that the match took place.