Shortly after returning from his trip down the Nile, Rayleigh's father died and Strutt, as he had been up to that time, succeeded to the title becoming the third Baron Rayleigh.
Makalipas ang ilang sandali bumabalik na mula sa kanyang paglalakbay down ang Nile, Rayleigh's ama namatay at Strutt, bilang niya ay hanggang sa oras na iyon, Tagumpay sa pamagat ng pagiging ang ikatlong Baron Rayleigh.