Henry Strutt, 2nd Baron Belper

The Right Honourable The Lord Belper PC JP DL
Strutt in 1880

Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
In office 16 July 1895 – 4 December 1905
Monarch	Victoria Edward VII
Prime Minister	The Marquess of Salisbury Arthur Balfour
Preceded by	The Earl of Chesterfield
Succeeded by	The Earl Beauchamp
Personal details
Born	20 May 1840 St Helen's House, Derby, Derbyshire
Died	26 July 1914 Kingston Hall, Nottinghamshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Liberal Unionist
Spouse(s)	Lady Margaret Coke
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Henry Strutt, 2nd Baron Belper, PC, JP, DL (20 May 1840 – 26 July 1914), styled The Honourable Henry Strutt between 1856 and 1880, was a British businessman, courtier and politician. Initially a Liberal, he left the party over Irish Home Rule and later held office as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1895 to 1905 in the Unionist administrations headed by Lord Salisbury and Arthur Balfour.

Henry Strutt was born at St Helen's House, Derby, Derbyshire, the son of Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper, and his wife, Amelia Harriet Otter. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, from which he held the degrees of LLB and MA. In 1862 he played cricket for Cambridge University and from 1863 to 1865 for MCC against the universities. He became president of the family cotton business W. G. & J. Strutt.

Initially a Liberal, Strutt was elected Member of Parliament for East Derbyshire in 1868, a seat he until 1874. At the 1880 general election he was returned for Berwick-upon-Tweed, which he represented until he succeeded his father in the barony on 30 June 1880 and entered the House of Lords.