Introduction

Biography

Richard was the son of John James Strutt, 2nd Bar­on Ray­leigh of Ter­ling Place, and Dow­ag­er Bar­on­ess Ray­leigh Cla­ra Eliz­abeth La Touche Vi­cars; bro­ther of No­bel Prize win­ner John Will­iam Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh; and hus­band of Au­gus­ta Ne­ville (mar­ried April 24, 1879).

He was edu­cat­ed at Win­ches­ter and at Mag­da­len Col­lege, Ox­ford (MA 1876).

He worked for an Am­eri­can bank in Lon­don, and joined the Lon­don Stock Ex­change.

He served as war­den and choir­mas­ter for ov­er three de­cades at St. John’s Church, Wil­ton Road, Lon­don.

His in­ter­ests were wide rang­ing: He was a Fel­low of the Phil­har­mon­ic, Hor­ti­cul­tur­al, and Zo­olo­gi­cal So­cie­ties; served on the Coun­cil of the Cor­po­ra­tion of the Church House; and was in­volved with the North Chi­na and Shan­tung Mis­sion, the Gre­gor­ian So­ci­ety, and the Church Mu­sic So­ci­ety.