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Belper, Baron (UK, 1856)

Creation: let. pat. 29 Aug 1856

Family name: Strutt

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Arms:

Per pale Sable and Azure two Chevronels engrailed between three Cross Crosslets fitchée Or

Crest:

In front of Rays of the Sun proper a Cubit Arm erect vested bendy of six Or and Sable cuffed Argent in the hand a Roll of Paper proper

Supporters:

On either side a Leopard proper gorged with a Collar Gemelle Azure therefrom pendent an Escutcheon also Azure charged with a Cross Crosslet fitchée Or

Motto:

Propositi Tenax (Firm of purpose)

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Edward [Strutt], 1st Baron Belper, PC

only son of William Strutt, of St Helen's House, Derby, by his wife Barbara Evans, dau. of Thomas Evans, of Derby

born

26 Oct 1801

mar.

28 Mar 1837 Amelia Harriet Otter (d. 12 Dec 1890), yst. dau. of Rt Rev William Otter DD, Bishop of Chichester, by his wife Nancy Sadleir Bruere, dau. of William Bruere, Secretary to the Government in Calcutta

died

30 Jun 1880

created

29 Aug 1856 Baron Belper, of Belper in the County of Derby

suc. by

son

note

Chief Commissioner of Railways 1846-48;  Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1852-54

Henry [Strutt], 2nd Baron Belper, PC

born

20 May 1840

mar.

2 May 1874 Lady Margaret Coke (d. 2 Aug 1922), 6th dau. of Thomas William [Coke], 2nd Earl of Leicester, by his first wife Juliana Whitbread, 1st dau. by his first wife of Samuel Charles Whitbread, of Cardington Park, co. Bedford

died

26 Jul 1914

suc. by

son

Algernon Henry [Strutt], 3rd Baron Belper

born

6 May 1883

mar. (1)

26 Apr 1911 (div. 1922) Hon Eva Isabel Marian Bruce DBE (mar. (2) 24 Jun 1924 Archibald Philip [Primrose], 6th Earl of Rosebery;  d. 1987), 3rd dau. of Henry Campbell [Bruce], 2nd Baron Aberdare, by his wife Constance Mary Beckett, only dau. of Hamilton Beckett

mar. (2)

12 Jul 1923 Angela Mariota Tollemache (mar. (2) 2 Oct 1958 Rev Harry Norman Wrigley later Tollemache), 2nd dau. of Maj Hon Douglas Alfred Tollemache, of The Moat, Ipswich, co. Suffolk (by his wife Alice Mary Head, dau. of John Head), 6th son by his second wife of John [Halliday later Tollemache], 1st Baron Tollemache

died

20 Mar 1956

suc. by

son by first wife

Alexander Ronald George [Strutt], 4th Baron Belper

born

28 Apr 1912

mar.

15 Nov 1940 (div. 1949) Zara Sophie Kathleen Mary Mainwaring (mar. (2) 8 Jun 1949 Peter Victor Ferdinand Cazelet, of Fairlawne, Tonbridge, co. Kent), 2nd dau. of Sir Henry Stapleton Mainwaring, 5th Bt.

died

23 Dec 1999

suc. by

son

Richard Henry [Strutt], 5th Baron Belper

born

24 Oct 1941

mar. (1)

22 Oct 1966 (div. 1979) Jennifer Vivian Winser (mar. (2) Hon Benjamin Chandos Leigh, of Little Rissington, co. Gloucester, 2nd son of Rupert William Dudley [Leigh], 4th Baron Leigh), dau. of Capt Peter Winser

children by first wife

1. Hon Michael Henry Strutt (b. 5 Jan 1969), mar. Vanessa L Hoare, dau. of Lt Col Richard Hoare, of Bruton, co. Somerset, and has issue:

1a. Rose Zara Strutt (b. 30 Aug 2004)

2a. Kitty Lorna Strutt (b. 5 Apr 2007)

3a. Isabella Violet Strutt (b. 16 Sep 2008)

1. Hon Henrietta Lavinia Strutt (b. 28 Dec 1970)

mar. (2)

12 May 1980 Judith Mary de Jonge (former wife of Alexander de Jonge; d. 25 Jun 2019), dau. of James Rufus Twynham, of Kitemore House, Faringdon, co. Oxford

 Last updated 12 Jul 2019

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Title:

5th Baron Belper, of Belper in the County of Derby

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 29 Aug 1856)

Address:

The Park, Kingston on Soar, Nottingham NG11 0DH

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