3rd Baron Belper, photographed in 1907

Algernon Henry Strutt, 3rd Baron Belper (6 May 1883 – 20 May 1956), was 3rd Baron Belper from 1914 to 1956.

He entered the British Army in August 1908 and gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the 2nd Life Guards.[1] He succeeded to the title of 3rd Baron Belper, of Belper, on 26 July 1914. He served with 13th Tank Battalion from its formation until 31 Jul 1918. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.[2]

Family

He was the son of Henry Strutt, 2nd Baron Belper, and Lady Margaret Coke. He married Eva Isabel Marion Bruce, daughter of Major Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare, and Constance Beckett on 26 April 1911 in St. Margaret's, Westminster. The couple were divorced in 1922 after having three children:[3]

Secondly he married Angela Mariota Tollemache, daughter of Alfred Tollemache and Alice Head, on 12 July 1923. There were two children from this marriage:

  • Peter Algernon Strutt (18 June 1924 – 27 October 2007) married Gay Mary Fison, daughter of Sir Frank Fison and Evelyn Bland, on 10 January 1953. He gained the Military Cross when serving with the Coldstream Guards in 1945.[4]
  • Desmond Rupert Strutt (17 June 1926 – 27 February 1993) married Jean Felicity Erskine, daughter of Captain Francis Erskine and Phyllis Burstall, on 10 July 1951. Divorced 1961. Married secondly Lucy Gwendolen Stirling-Home-Drummond-Moray, daughter of Major James Stirling-Home-Drummond-Moray, 21st of Abercairny, and Jeanetta Montagu Douglas Scott, on 11 July 1964.

References

  1. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, G.E. Cokayne, volume II, page 113.
  2. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 340.
  3. "Lady Belper Is Granted Divorce". The Ottawa Journal. 27 April 1922. p. 1. Retrieved 24 December 2016 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Peter Strutt: Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 17 November 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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