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
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.

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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, achieving the rank of captain. 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.[2] In 1880 he was sworn of the Privy Council[3] and appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under William Ewart Gladstone,[4] a post he held until the Liberal government fell in 1885.[5]

Family

Bruce married Augusta 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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c thepeerage.com Rt. Hon. Lord Charles William Brudenell-Bruce
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ London Gazette: no. 24841. p. 2836. 4 May 1880.
  4. ^ London Gazette: no. 24842. p. 2915. 7 May 1880.
  5. ^ London Gazette: no. 25485. p. 3000. 30 June 1885.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Walter 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 by
Sir George Jenkinson, Bt
George Sotheron-Estcourt
Preceded by
Lord Ernest Bruce		 Member of Parliament for Marlborough
1878 – 1885		 Constituency abolished
Political offices
Preceded by
The Viscount Barrington		 Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1880–1885		 Succeeded by
Viscount Lewisham