He was born to another John Strange of Fleet Street, London and his second wife, Mary Plaistowe. He studied Law at the
Middle Temple on 11 July 1712 before starting a
pupillage at the
chambers of Charles Salkeld, who trained (among others)
Lord Hardwicke. He was
called to the Bar on 27 October 1718. In 1735 he bought the lease of Leyton Grange House in
Leyton, then in Essex. In 1725 he represented Lord Macclesfield at his impeachment, He resigned as Member of Parliament for West Looe in 1741, but was reelected for
Totnes in a
by-election in 1742. In December 1742 he resigned as Recorder of London and Solicitor General, claiming ill-health, and also limited his practice as a barrister to the
Court of King's Bench. The inscriptions were published in 1796 and again in 1892, debunking persistent claims that Sir John's grave was marked by a ridiculous
epitaph in the
Rolls Chapel: Here lies an honest lawyer, and that is Strange. ==Family==