Currently there are 32 generations of the Family lineage of which there are about 36 Heirs.

The ‘le Strange’ name arrived in the Family early on around 1100 when Roland le Strange married into the landowning Family.

Ralph of Hunstanton and his wife Helewisa, lost their two sons, Simon and Reginald. The Hunstanton inheritance was then handed down to their eldest living child, Matilda, and it is this female Heiress who was married to Roland ‘le Strange’.  All subsequent male (and female) heirs descend directly from Ralph of Hunstanton, and of course, the next generation.

Matilda and Roland le Strange’s eldest son was John [I] le Strange of Hunstanton who inherited their Norfolk Estate (between 1122-1135), before settling in Shropshire on military service around the 1150’s. His landed holdings increased rapidly, holding Hunstanton, Little Ness, Cheswardine Castle, Myddle Castle, Melverley, and Knockin, to name a few.

The Family’s unwavering loyalty to King and Country spanned centuries. During Queen Victoria’s reign her permission was sought by Heir, Henry Styleman le Strange for the old surname to be reinstated due to the the female Heiress, Armine le Strange, (famed for her ghostly appearances at the Hall),  having acquired her husband’s ‘Styleman’ name. The le Strange name was successfully granted back during Henry’s lifetime.

Aside from the military Knights, the le Strange inhabitants of Hunstanton Hall assumed various job titles; Often Sheriffs or judicial peace-keepers for their local community; Hunstanton Hall would have included small court and jury room for holding meetings.

Two titled members of the Family were Esquires to the Body of Kings Henry VII & of Henry VIII. Their small group of about 6 would have been close to the King, allowing them into the private Royal apartments, on a private and personal level.

Sir Thomas le Strange of Hunstanton d. 1545 sat for Hans Holbein the Younger, still owned by the Royal Family the Collection remains at Windsor Castle. He had succeeded his uncle, Sir Roger le Strange (d. 1509) previously Esquire to the Body of Henry VII. Sir Roger’s tomb with monumental brass can be found inside St. Mary the Virgin’s Church, Hunstanton - a stone’s throw away from his ancestral home.

Other Estate Heirs in times of peace came in all forms such as cavaliers, musicians, members of the clergy, hands-on farmers, and the 19th century artist/entrepreneur, Henry Styleman le Strange, who put Hunstanton seaside resort on the map. He brought train transport and hospitality to the Town.

His son and heir, Hamon le Strange d.1916, author of the book: The le Strange Records, appears to have continued in his Father’s footsteps, and had other hotels, such as the Sandringham and Glebe erected in the Town in the early 20th Century, which after a few decades were destroyed in 1963.

His Father’s statue was erected in 2017 by the local authority. It overlooks the Town he began. Under his Grandson heir, Bernard le Strange, the Cliff residential housing Estate was created. He first sold individual plots in the spring of 1937 and 12 years later, in the summer of 1949, a sequence of plots were sold. Subsequently, that same year, the ancestral home was sold and he became estranged from his wife, Gladys, the Marchioness of Townshend, of 3 years marriage.

It was this Bernard le Strange whom the character of Bertie Wooster was based, and created by the Author, PG Wodehouse, who would stay at the Hall often.

Road names from the 19th- 20th Century Family are; Bernard Crescent, Austin Street, Astley and Hastings Crescent, Boston Square, and others.