| Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
| Nicholas Stratford | |
| Bishop of Chester | |
| Diocese: | Chester |
| Term: | 1689–1707 (death) |
| Predecessor: | Thomas Cartwright |
| Successor: | Sir William Dawes |
| Other Post: | Dean of St Asaph (1674–1689) |
| Birth Date: | baptized 8 September 1633 |
| Birth Place: | Hemel Hempstead |
| Death Place: | Westminster |
| Buried: | Chester Cathedral |
| Nationality: | British |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Alma Mater: | Trinity College, Oxford |
Nicholas Stratford (1633 – 12 February 1707) was an Anglican prelate. He served as Bishop of Chester from 1689 to 1707.
He was born at Hemel Hempstead,[1] graduated M.A. at Trinity College, Oxford in 1656, and was Fellow there in 1657.[2] He contributed to the royalist poetry anthology Britannia Rediviva in 1660, writing in Latin.[3] He became Dean of St Asaph in 1673.[4]
He was one of the founders of the Blue Coat School in Chester.[5] [6] It closed in 1949,[7] and its premises, The Bluecoat building, is now a charity hub owned by The Chester Bluecoat Charity. He promoted good relations with the Chester nonconformist Matthew Henry, and supported the Society for the Reformation of Manners.[8] [9]