Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet [SEP] noble title
Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet
Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet (11 April 1672 – 5 April 1735) was a Welsh landowner and politician and a baronet in the peerage of England.
He was the eldest surviving son of Sir Edward Stradling, 4th Baronet of St Donat's Castle, Glamorganshire and educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He succeeded his father in 1685.
Stradling was Member of Parliament for Cardiff, 1698, 1700–01, 1710–22, and Sheriff of Glamorgan, 1709-10. 
He died
), Old Sarum (1625), and Glamorgan (1625–1626).
To carry out the wishes of Sir Edward, Stradling built, equipped, and endowed Cowbridge Grammar School, though the endowment seems to have subsequently lapsed until the school was refounded by Sir Leoline Jenkins. 
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Gage; they had eight sons and three daughters. Their eldest son Edward inherited the title; their fourth son Henry was a Royalist captain; and their eighth son George was Dean of Chichester. Their eldest