William Strutt, FRS was an English cotton spinner in Belper, Derbyshire, England, and later a civil engineer and architect, using iron frames in buildings to make them fire-resistant.
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…Derby. Millicent married Captain French and they had a son Richard Forrester French, who was a founder member of the Derby Philosophical Society with William Strutt and Erasmus Darwin. She was also the heir to the estate of her uncle William Forrester, who had died childless. He was the owner of the manor of…
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A bust of Strutt by Francis Chantrey in Derby Museum and Art Gallery