Peerage Record – 8293

     Hon. Charlotte Olivia Strutt was born circa 1798.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Holden Strutt and Lady Charlotte Mary Gertrude FitzGerald, Baroness Rayleigh of Terling Place.¹ She married Reverend Robert Drummond, son of Admiral Sir Adam Drummond, 7th of Megginch Castle and Lady Charlotte Murray, on 19 January 1841.¹ She died on 31 January 1897.¹
     Her married name became Drummond. She lived at St. Catharine’s Court, Bath, Somerset, England.¹

     Reverend Robert Drummond was born on 22 June 1804 at Bath, Somerset, England.² He was the son of Admiral Sir Adam Drummond, 7th of Megginch Castle and Lady Charlotte Murray. He married Hon. Charlotte Olivia Strutt, daughter of Joseph Holden Strutt and Lady Charlotte Mary Gertrude FitzGerald, Baroness Rayleigh of Terling Place, on 19 January 1841.¹ He died on 14 April 1883 at age 78 at St. Catharine’s Court, Bath, Somerset, England.²
     He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1827 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)² He was Vicar between 1829 and 1866 at Feering, Essex, England.² He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1831 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)²

     James Russell of Woodside married Mary Stirling, daughter of John Stirling, 6th of Kippendavie and Mary Graham.¹

     Captain Richard Vicars lived at Langford Grove, Maldon, Essex, England.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Engineers.¹

     Hon. William Maitland Strutt was born on 20 July 1886.¹ He was the son of John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh of Terling Place and Evelyn Georgiana Mary Balfour.¹ He died on 22 November 1912 at age 26, unmarried.¹

     Hon. Charles Hedley Strutt was born on 18 April 1849.¹ He was the son of John James Strutt, 2nd Baron Rayleigh of Terling Place and Clara Elizabeth La Touche Vicars.² He married Evangeline Hoare, daughter of Henry Hoare and Beatrice Anne Paley, on 5 November 1919.³ He died on 19 December 1926 at age 77.³
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for East Sussex between 1883 and 1885.¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Conservative) for Maldon between 1896 and 1906.¹ He was chairman of Anglo-Dutch Plantations.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹

     Hon. Edward Gerald Strutt was born on 10 April 1854.¹ He was the son of John James Strutt, 2nd Baron Rayleigh of Terling Place and Clara Elizabeth La Touche Vicars.² He married Maria Louisa Tufnell, daughter of John Jolliffe Tufnell and Eleanor Margaret Murray, on 29 October 1878.¹ He died on 8 March 1930 at age 75.¹
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was President of the Surveyors’ Institute in 1912.¹ He was advisor, Board of Agriculture during the First World War.¹ He was appointed Companion of Honour (C.H.) in 1917.¹ He was director of Yorkshire Insurance.¹

     John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh of Terling Place was born on 12 November 1842 at Langford Grove^G.¹ He was the son of John James Strutt, 2nd Baron Rayleigh of Terling Place and Clara Elizabeth La Touche Vicars.³ He married Evelyn Georgiana Mary Balfour, daughter of James Maitland Balfour and Lady Blanche Mary Harriet Gascoyne-Cecil, on 19 July 1871.⁴ He died on 30 June 1919 at age 76 at Terling Place, Essex, England^G.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.¹ He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1868 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He was appointed Fellow, Royal Society (F.R.S.) in 1873.¹ He succeeded as the 3rd Baron Rayleigh of Terling Place, co. Essex [U.K., 1821] on 14 June 1873.³ He wrote the book Treatise on the Theory of Sound, published 1877.¹ He was Professor of Experimental Physics between 1879 and 1884.¹ He was president of the British Association in 1884.¹ He was Professor of Natural Philosophy, Royal Institute between 1887 and 1905.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Essex between 1892 and 1901.¹ In 1894 he discovered the inert gas, argon.¹ He was awarded the Officier, Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur.¹ He was awarded the Order of Merit (O.M.) in 1902.¹ He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1904 for Physics.⁵ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1905.¹ He was president of the Royal Society between 1905 and 1908.¹ He was Chancellor of Cambridge University between 1908 and 1919.¹ He was president of the special government advisory committee on aeronautics in 1909.¹

     Hon. Hedley Vicars Strutt was born on 17 July 1864.¹ He was the son of John James Strutt, 2nd Baron Rayleigh of Terling Place and Clara Elizabeth La Touche Vicars.² He married Elizabeth Knight, daughter of John Knight, on 30 September 1885.¹ He died on 22 January 1891 at age 26.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment.¹

     Hon. Clara Emily Charlotte Strutt was born in 1845. She was the daughter of John James Strutt, 2nd Baron Rayleigh of Terling Place and Clara Elizabeth La Touche Vicars.² She married John Paley, son of Reverend George Barber Paley, on 12 September 1871.¹ She died on 23 December 1912.¹
     Her married name became Paley.