Lord Charles Bruce

The Right Honourable

Lord Charles Bruce

PC

Lord Charles Bruce, by Leslie Ward, 1882.
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
3 May 1880  9 June 1885
Monarch Victoria
Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by The Viscount Barrington
Succeeded by Viscount Lewisham
Personal details
Born 18 June 1834
Died 16 April 1897 (1897-04-17) (aged 62)
Nationality British
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Augusta Seymour (d. 1901)

Captain Lord Charles William Brudenell-Bruce PC (18 June 1834 – 16 April 1897), styled Lord Charles Bruce, 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.[1]

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.[2] He was also an Honorary Major in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry.[1]

Political career

Bruce sat as Member of Parliament for North Wiltshire from 1865 to 1874 and for Marlborough from 1878 to 1885.[3] In 1880 he was sworn of the Privy Council[4] and appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under William Ewart Gladstone,[5] a post he held until the Liberal government fell in 1885.[6]

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.[1] Lady Charles Bruce died in February 1901.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 thepeerage.com Rt. Hon. Lord Charles William Brudenell-Bruce
  2. The London Gazette: no. 22302. p. 3239. 30 August 1859.
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 208–209, 480–481. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 24841. p. 2836. 4 May 1880.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 24842. p. 2915. 7 May 1880.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 25485. p. 3000. 30 June 1885.
  7. "Obituary" The Times (London). Tuesday, 12 February 1901. (36376), p. 6.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Walter Long
Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt
Member of Parliament for North Wiltshire
18651874
With: Walter Long 1865
Richard Penruddocke Long 1865–1868
Sir George Jenkinson, Bt 1868–1874
Succeeded by
Sir George Jenkinson, Bt
George Sotheron-Estcourt
Preceded by
Lord Ernest Bruce
Member of Parliament for Marlborough
18781885
Constituency abolished
Political offices
Preceded by
The Viscount Barrington
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1880–1885
Succeeded by
Viscount Lewisham
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