Charles Cumming-Bruce
Charles Lennox Cumming-Bruce (20 February 1790 – 1 January 1875),[1] was a Scottish Conservative politician. He was the second son of Sir Alexander Cumming-Gordon, 1st Baronet, and in 1820 married Mary Elizabeth Bruce, the only daughter of James Bruce.[2]
He served as the Member of Parliament for the Inverness Burghs constituency from 1831 to 1837 - being re-elected in 1834 with a majority of only four votes,[3] and for Elginshire and Nairnshire from 1840 to 1868.
Cumming-Bruce's only child Elizabeth Mary Cumming-Bruce married James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin.
References
- ↑ List of members for Elgin & Nairnshire
- ↑ Oliver & Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac and national repository for the year 1850. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1850
- ↑ Smallest majorities at Westminster
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Cumming-Bruce
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| Preceded by John Baillie |
Member of Parliament for Inverness Burghs 1831–1832 |
Succeeded by John Baillie |
| Preceded by John Baillie |
Member of Parliament for Inverness Burghs 1833–1837 |
Succeeded by Roderick Macleod |
| Preceded by Francis Ogilvy-Grant |
Member of Parliament for Elginshire and Nairnshire 1840–1868 |
Succeeded by James Ogilvy-Grant |
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