Edward Strutt, first Baron Belper

(1801-1880)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Belper, Edward Strutt, Baron, 1801-1880 NRA: Strutt Edward (1801-1880) 1st Baron Belper DNB: Strutt, Edward, first Baron Belper (1801–1880), politician LBT ID: LdBelpe1 VIAF ID: 50792560 LOC ID: n88256738	B/BAP: 1801-10-26 DIED: 1880-06-30
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The son of the cotton manufacturer William Strutt (d. 1830); educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he was a Liberal MP for the borough of Derby (1830-47) and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster (1852-54). He became a peer in 1856.
REFERENCES TO Edward Strutt, first Baron Belper: John Gibson Lockhart to James Hope-Scott, 20 March 1854 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 23: 1853-54