Baron Belper, of Belper in the County of Derbyshire, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1856 for the

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politician Edward Strutt,

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from 1853 to 1854. He was son of William Strutt and the grandson of the inventor

Jedediah Strutt Jedediah Strutt (1726 – 7 May 1797) or Jedidiah Strutt – as he spelled it – was a hosier and cotton spinner from Belper, England. Strutt and his brother-in-law William Woollat developed an attachment to the stocking frame that allowed the ...

. Lord Belper's son, the second Baron, represented Derbyshire East and Berwick in the

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as a

. the title is held by the latter's great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1999. The mountaineer

Edward Lisle Strutt Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Lisle Strutt, CBE, DSO (8 February 1874 – 7 July 1948) was a British soldier and mountaineer, and President of the Alpine Club from 1935 to 1938. After a distinguished military career he defended classical mountaineeri ...

was the son of Arthur Strutt, younger son of the first Baron. The family seat was

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, near

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Barons Belper (1856)

Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper PC FRS (26 October 1801 – 30 June 1880), was a British Whig Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1852 to 1854 under Lord Aberdeen. Background and education Born at St He ...

(1801–1880) *

Henry Strutt, 2nd Baron Belper Henry Strutt, 2nd Baron Belper, (20 May 1840 – 26 July 1914), styled The Honourable Henry Strutt between 1856 and 1880, was a British businessman, courtier and politician. Initially a Liberal, he left the party over Irish Home Rule and later he ...

(1840–1914) * Algernon Henry Strutt, 3rd Baron Belper (1883–1956) * (Alexander) Ronald George Strutt, 4th Baron Belper (1912–1999) *Richard Henry Strutt, 5th Baron Belper (b. 1941) The

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is the present holder's son, Michael Henry Strutt (b. 1969).

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