Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange

[3] After practicing law for four years, he was appointed Chief Justice of Nova Scotia in 1790, likely helped by his mother's friendship with Lord Mansfield, a cabinet minister.

[4] His successor said that "in cases involving runaway slaves Strange required the fullest proof of the master's claim" and that since this was difficult to produce "it was found generally very easy to succeed in favour of the Negro".

[6] Benjamin West painted Strange's full-length portrait, which hangs in the Nova Scotia court.

Strange was knighted on 14 March 1798 and the same year was appointed Recorder of Fort St. George (Madras), British India.

In 1840 he married Mary Rose née Tickell and they had a son Thomas Lumisden Strange, a judge and writer.

Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange by Benjamin West , National Gallery of Scotland [ 1 ]
Thomas Andrew Lumisden Strange By Benjamin West , Nova Scotia Supreme Court , Court Room 5, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada [ 5 ]
Watercolour "Holy men outside Sir Thomas Strange house". In 1800, Strange became the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Fort St. George (Madras), British India .