 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Strutt akabhapatidzwa paSpringfield, Essex, musi wa 26 Kukadzi 1762, mwanakomana wechipiri waJohn Strutt, weTerling Place, Essex, naAnne, mwanasikana waRev. William Goodday weMaldon. Achipinda muchiuto muna 1778, akabatana neboka rake, rechi61, paMinorca. Gare gare akagadzwa kukambani mu91st, uye akatora chikamu mukudzivirirwa kweSanta Lucia. Muna 1782, pashure pokushandurwa kuva wechi97, akashanda pakukombwa kweGibraltar. Pakusainwa kwezvokutanga zvorugare iye akatenga ruzhinji mu60th regiment, uye, achiiswa pahafu yekubhadhara, akashanyira matare akawanda eGermany. Muna 1787 akatumirwa nehurumende yake kuWest Indies, kwaakatora rutivi runoshingaira muzvinhu zvechiuto. Achibudirira kuva lieutenant-colonel nemirairo chaiyo yaGeorge III, akabviswa kuenda ku54th, ndokuenda neuto raIshe Moira kuFlanders. Muna 1794 akabata basa rinoshamisa kwazvo mukurwisana navaFrench paTiel, achipfuura nomukurwa kwakaoma zvikuru. Pakudzoka kwake akatumirwa kuSt. Vincent, uko akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru. Muna January 1796, aine varume mazana maviri, akarwisa uto raiva nevanhu mazana gumi nemaviri, iye pachake akakuvadzwa katatu, uye akarasikirwa negumbo rake rokurudyi. Paakadzokera kuEngland akagamuchirwa nemufaro mukuru namambo, uye musi wa 23 February 1796 akaitwa mutevedzeri gavhuna weStirling Castle, achizoshanda pabasa muIreland. Musi wa 23 June 1798 akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru, uye musi wa 13 Chivabvu 1800 akagadzwa, semubairo webasa rake, kuti ave gavhuna weQuebec, uye akabata chinzvimbo ichocho kusvikira afa. Akafira paTofts, Little Baddow, Essex, musi wa5 Kukadzi 1848, mushure mekuona huwandu hwakasarudzika hwebasa remauto, zvese kumba nekune dzimwe nyika. 