Algernon Henry Strutt (6 May 1883 – 20 May 1956), was 3rd

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from 1914 to 1956. He entered the British Army in August 1908 and gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the

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. 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.

Family

He was the son of

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, and Lady Margaret Coke. He married Eva Isabel Marion Bruce, daughter of Major

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, and Constance Beckett on 26 April 1911 in

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. The couple were divorced in 1922 after having three children: * Alexander Ronald George Strutt, 4th Baron Belper (1912–1999); married Zara Sophie Kathleen Mary Mainwaring, daughter of Sir Henry Mainwaring, 5th Baronet, and Generis Williams-Bulkeley, on 15 November 1940. Divorced 1949. * Michael Strutt (1914 – 25 August 1942); married Arielle Frazer, daughter of

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, on 15 July 1939. Killed with

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, in a flying accident on active service. * Lavinia Mary Strutt (1916–1995); married

Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (30 May 1908 – 31 January 1975), styled Earl of Arundel and Surrey until 1917, was a British peer and politician. He was the eldest surviving son of Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of ...

, son of

Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, (27 December 184711 February 1917), styled Lord Maltravers until 1856 and Earl of Arundel and Surrey between 1856 and 1860, was a British Unionist politician and philanthropist. He served as Postmas ...

, and Gwendoline Herries, Baroness Herries of Terregles, on 27 January 1937. 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

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when serving with the

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in 1945. * 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

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