Edward Strutt

Edward Gerald Strutt CH (10 April 1854 in Witham, Essex – 8 March 1930 in Hatfield Peverel, Essex) was a British agriculturist who played an important role in British food and agricultural planning during World War I, for which he received the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1917. Other than this, he ran much of his family's estates, served on government committees and he co-founded the surveyors and land agents Strutt & Parker. Family and early life Fifth son of John James Strutt, second Baron Rayleigh, he was born at the family estate, Terling Place, in Terling, Essex in 1854. He was educated at Winchester College then Trinity College, Cambridge. He married Maria Louisa Tufnell (1854–10 May 1938) on 29 October 1878. They had six children: Emily Norah Strutt (10 September 1879 – 13 October 1966) Captain Gerald Murray Strutt (9 October 1880 – 16 November 1955) who married Rhoda Hope on 14 July 1910. They had three children: Pamela Strutt (29 November 1911) who married Richard Gatty on 17 October 1935. They had four children. Major James Hedley Strutt (20 April 1913 – 25 July 1965) Ursula Joyce Strutt (17 April 1917 – 31 January 2007) who married Major James Harden on 27 July 1948. They had three children. John James Strutt (26 October 1881 – 12 November 1968) who married Agnes Dewar on 24 February 1914. They had two children: Edward Alexander Strutt (29 November 1914 – 21 October 1991) who married Janet Phillips-Higgins on 22 April 1975. Joan Eleanor Strutt (13 October 1916 – 31 May 2006) Evelyn Mary Strutt (6 February 1883 – 10 December 1965) who married Major Claude Tritton on 17 July 1906. They had two sons. Captain Edward Jolliffe Strutt (4 January 1884 – 24 May 1964) who married Amelie Devas on 7 November 1912. They had: Lt.-Col. Mark Frederick Strutt (24 September 1913 – 16 June 1982) Sir Nigel Strutt (18 January 1916 – 28 January 2004) Gillian Leonora Strutt (11 June 1918) Clara Helena Strutt (25 March 1888 – 1972)