Baron Rayleigh
Baron Rayleigh , of Terling Place in the County of Essex , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , named after the place Rayleigh in Essex.
The family seat of the barons is Terling Place in Terling near Chelmsford in Essex.
Award
The title was created on July 18, 1821 for Charlotte Mary Gertrude Strutt. Her husband Colonel Joseph Holden Strutt , who was a member of the House of Commons , had previously rejected a peer title that had been proposed to him and at the same time suggested that it be conferred on his wife. So he could keep his seat in the House of Commons.
The 1st Baroness herself came from a high nobility family, her father was James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster .
List of Barons Rayleigh (1821)
- Charlotte Mary Gertrude Strutt, 1st Baroness Rayleigh (1758–1836)
- John James Strutt, 2nd Baron Rayleigh (1796–1873)
- John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842-1919)
- Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh (1875–1947)
- John Arthur Strutt, 5th Baron Rayleigh (1908–1988)
- John Gerald Strutt, 6th Baron Rayleigh (* 1960)
The heir to the title is the son of the current baron, Hon. John Frederick Strutt (* 1993).
Web links
- Rayleigh, Baron (UK, 1821) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page