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British soldier and politician

Captain The Right HonourableLord Charles Brudenell-Bruce
Lord Charles Bruce, by Leslie Ward, 1882.
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
3 May 1880 – 9 June 1885
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byThe Viscount Barrington
Succeeded byViscount Lewisham
Personal details
Born18 June 1834
Died16 April 1897 (1897-04-17) (aged 62)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
SpouseAugusta Seymour (d. 1901)
Parent(s)Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury
Maria Elizabeth Tollemache

Captain Lord Charles William Brudenell-Bruce (18 June 1834 – 16 April 1897), was a British soldier and Liberal Party politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under William Ewart Gladstone between 1880 and 1885.

Background

Bruce was the son of Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury, by his second wife Maria Elizabeth Tollemache, daughter of the Honourable Charles Tollemache, of Harrington, Northamptonshire. George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury, and Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury, were his elder half-brothers.

Military career

Bruce served in the 1st Life Guards. He purchased a captaincy in the regiment on 30 August 1859, succeeding Hon. Dudley FitzGerald-deRos. He was also an Honorary Major in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry.

Political career

Bruce sat as Member of Parliament for North Wiltshire from 1865 to 1874 and for Marlborough from 1878 to 1885. In 1880 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under William Ewart Gladstone, a post he held until the Liberal government fell in 1885.

Family

Bruce married Augusta Georgiana Sophia Seymour, daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour and granddaughter of Lord Hugh Seymour, on 2 February 1860. They had no children. He died in April 1897, aged 62. Lady Charles Bruce died in February 1901.

References

  1. ^ thepeerage.com Rt. Hon. Lord Charles William Brudenell-Bruce
  2. "No. 22302". The London Gazette. 30 August 1859. p. 3239.
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) . British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 208–209, 480–481. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. "No. 24841". The London Gazette. 4 May 1880. p. 2836.
  5. "No. 24842". The London Gazette. 7 May 1880. p. 2915.
  6. "No. 25485". The London Gazette. 30 June 1885. p. 3000.
  7. "Obituary". The Times. No. 36376. London. 12 February 1901. p. 6.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byWalter Long
Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt 		Member of Parliament for North Wiltshire
1865 – 1874
With: Walter Long 1865
Richard Penruddocke Long 1865–1868
Sir George Jenkinson, Bt 1868–1874 		Succeeded bySir George Jenkinson, Bt
George Sotheron-Estcourt
Preceded byLord Ernest Bruce Member of Parliament for Marlborough
1878 – 1885 		Constituency abolished
Political offices
Preceded byThe Viscount Barrington Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1880–1885 		Succeeded byViscount Lewisham


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