Lord Charles Bruce | |
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![]() 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 | (aged 62)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Augusta 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), 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.
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]
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]
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]
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]
Lord Charles Bruce | |
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![]() 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 | (aged 62)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Augusta 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), 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.
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]
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]
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]
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]