Bruce, Nigel Mitchell, son of Capt. Kenneth Mervyn Bruce DSO RN, and Madeleine Amy, d. of Henry W. Birks; b. 3 Mar. 1909; adm. Jan. 1923 (H); left July 1925; RM 1940-6 (Maj.); asst Milit. Sec. (RM) Admiralty 1944-6; JP (Somerset); dir. Imp. Tobacco Co.; m. 19 Sept. 1933 Rosemary Alison, d. of Colin Parbury of Egham, Surrey; d. 13 Feb. 1968.

Bruce, Robert, 12th Baron Balfour of Burleigh (de facto 8th Baron), elder son of George John Gordon, de facto 7th Baron, 11th but for the Attainder, and Dorothy, d. of Richard Henry Done of Salterswell, Cheshire; b. 6 Jan. 1927; adm. Nov. 1940 (G); left July 1945; RN 1945-8 (ldg radio electrician’s mate); Faraday House, Dip. 1951; English Electric Co., UK 1952-7, Madras 1957-60, dir. and gen. man. India 1960-4, gen. man. Liverpool 1965-6; dir. and gen. man. D. Napier & Sons 1966-8; succ. father as 12th Baron Balfour of Burleigh (S) 4 June 1967; FIEE CEng 1968; dir. Bank of Scotland 1968-91, Dep. Governor 1977-91; chmn. Viking Oil 1971-80; dir. Scottish Invest. Trust 1971-97; chmn. Scottish Arts Council 1971-80; Forestry Commissioner 1971-4; chmn. NWS Bank 1978-91; dir. William Lawson Distillers 1984-97; chmn. Cappella Nova 1988-2009; office-holder in other companies and arts organisations; FRS (Ed) 1986; Chancellor, Stirling Univ. 1988-98; Vice-Lieut., Clackmannan 1995-2001; m. 1st, 30 Oct. 1971 Jennifer Ellis Brittain-Catlin, formerly wife of John Edward Jocelyn Brittain-Catlin (qv), and d. of Ellis Manasseh; 2nd, 29 Aug. 1993 Janet Morgan CBE DPhil, political historian, d, of Frank Morgan; d. 2019

BRUCE, WILLIAM, son of Antony Bruce, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1738 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1742; left 1742.

Bruce-Joy, Arthur William, son of Albert Bruce-Joy, R. H. A., of Hindhead, Surrey, by Emilie Gaillard; b. March 23, 1891; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (R); left Easter 1907; served in Great War I; temp. 2nd Lieut. R.E. June 16, 1915; Lieut. Aug. 1, 1916; a railway engineer; joined the Great Indian Peninsula Railway 1920; divisional superintendent 1924-6; general manager, Barsi Light Railway 1946-9; m. April 12, 1924, Valerie Marguerite Marie, daughter of Leon Ehrmann, of L'Estague, Marseilles; d. March 29, 1951.

Brudenell-Bruce, George William James Chandos, 6th Marquis of Ailesbury, only son of Henry, 5th Marquis of Ailesbury, by Georgiana Sophia Maria, second daughter of G. H. Pinckney, of Tawstock Court, Devon; b. May 21, 1873; adm. April 27, 1887 (G); left April 1890; Lieut. 3rd Batt. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders July 9, 1892; Capt. Royal Wilts Yeomanry 1898; served in the South African War with the Imperial Yeomanry 1899- 1900, being employed with transport and graded as D. A. A. G. March 30, 1900; mentioned in despatches L. G. Sept. 10, 1901; D. S. O. Nov. 29, 1900; retired April 22, 1903; Major 1st Co. of London Yeomanry Oct. 16, 1908-15; temp. Major A. S. C. Sept. 16, 1915; served on the western front in Great War I 1915-9; mentioned in despatches; T. D.; succ. as 6th Marquis of Ailesbury March 10, 1911; Deputy Lieut. for Wiltshire; m. 1st March 21, 1903, Caroline Sydney Anne, only daughter of John Madden, of Clones, co. Monaghan; wd Feb. 21, 1945, Mabel Irene, daughter of John Samuel Lindsay, of Wrexham; 3rd July 9, 1955, Mrs. Rowland Money; d. Aug. 4, 1961.

Bruges, Charles Eric Long, brother of William Ernest Bruges (q.v.); b. Nov. 24, 1901; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (H); left Easter 1920; Imperial Bank of India 1923-48; a market gardener in Wiltshire; J. P. (Wiltshire) 1957; 2nd Lieut. Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army, July 5, 1941; Major; m. Dec. 2, 1929, Beatrice Rose Campbell, daughter of A. Leighton Stevens, of Hayling Island, Hants..

Bruges, William Ernest, son of Charles Ernest Bruges, of Semington, Wilts, by Margaret Mary, daughter of Hanslip Long, of Balsham Manor, Cambs; b. Nov. 4, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1908; left July 1913; enlisted in the 16th Batt. Middlesex Regt. Sept. 1914; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Oct. 26, 1915; served in Egypt and Macedonia; retired as Capt. 1922; re­employed as Capt. R. A. R. O. Sept. 1939; Major Dec. 12, 1940; City and Guilds Engineering College; London Univ.; B.Sc. 1925; M. Sc.; A. C. G. I.; D. I. C.; A.M.I.C.E. 1932; A. M. I. E. E; author of Principles of Liberty (1937), and various articles in technical journals; m. Joan Margaret, daughter of George Archibald Douglas, I. C. S., Director of Agriculture, Madras.; d. 9 Apr. 1984.

BRUME, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 22 Jun 1549 (Acts of Chapter).

Bryan, Augustus Hugh, son of Hugh Bryan; b. May 27, 1899; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left July 1914.

Bryan, Charles Walter Gordon, son of Francis Charles Bryan, M. D., of Bayswater, by Ada Mary, daughter of Samuel Barker, of Brighton; b. Dec. 5, 1883; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (H); left Aug. 1899; St. Mary's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1907; F.R.C.S. (Eng.) 1910; Surgeon (with charge of out-patients) St. Mary's Hospital 1920; served as surgical specialist B. E. F., France, 1914-9; Major R.A.M.C. Jan. 4, 1918; mentioned in despatches; M.C. June 3, 1918; consulting surgeon, St. Mary's Hospital; Hunterian Professor, R. C. S., 1920-1; Lieut. (Acting Lieut.-Col.) R.A.M.C. Aug. 22, 1941; Hon. Lieut.-Col.; m. 1st Jan. 17, 1917, Helen Christine, daughter of Maj.-Gen. P. W. Pirie, of Marie Place, Brenchley, Kent; 2nd Dec. 27, 1941, Molly Kestell, only daughter of John Carmichael Sinclair, of London; d. Nov. 28, 1954.