Whalley Stranach

Whalley Seath Stranach (22 August 1886, Durban-17 January 1966, Durban) was a South African Rugby player who toured Argentina with the Combined British team in 1910.^[2] Stranach was a dentist who qualified at Guy's Hospital in 1912. He played for Guy's, Kings and St Thomas' Rugby Football Club. He also played for Barbarians^[3] and Kent.^[2]

Whalley was a descendant of the Stranacks of Margate,^[4] the son of William Stranack and Elizabeth Jane Spencer. Whalley married Mabel Clare in Marylebone in 1916, whom he divorced, remarrying Vivienne Strelitzia Royston on 7 February 1931 in Durban, Natal, South Africa. They had one son, John Seath Stranack, who emigrated to the United States.^{[citation needed]}