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..

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.

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.

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

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, 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, JOHN, younger son of Rev. John Collingwood Bruce LLD FSA, Head Master, Percy Street Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Charlotte, dau. of Tobias Gainsford, Gerrard’s Cross, Bucks.; b. 17 Oct 1855; adm. (G) 24 Jan 1868; left May 1873; a mining engineer; manager, Grinkle Ironstone Mines, 1887-1914; JP Yorkshire, North Riding, 1918; MICE 6 Dec 1892; m. 1 Sep 1887 Florence Emma, third dau. of William Martin Flegg, Belsize Square, South Hampstead, Middlesex, solicitor.

BRUCE, HON. JAMES, brother of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (S) (qv); b. 23 Mar 1769; adm. 5 Oct 1778; KS (Capt. ) 1782; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1786, matr. 14 Jun 1786, Westminster Student from 23 Dec 1786; BA 1790; MA 1793; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Oct 1790; chargé d’affaires, Brussels, 1793-4; MP Marlborough 1796 - Nov 1797; précis writer, Foreign Office, from Oct 1797; drowned in the river Don, near Barneby Down, while attempting to ford it on horseback, 10 Jul 1798.

Bruce, Hon. George John Done, brother of Robert Bruce, 12th Baron Balfour of Burleigh (qv); b. 28 Mar. 1930; adm. Sept. 1943 (G); left July 1944; Byam Shaw Sch. of Drawing & Painting; a portrait painter; member Roy. Soc. of Portrait Painters 1960, hon. sec. 1970-84, vice-pres. 1985-91, pres. 1991-1994; d. 7 Apr. 2022.

BRUCE, CHARLES THOMAS, eldest son of Hon. Thomas Charles Bruce MP, and Sarah Caroline, eldest dau. of Thomas Thornhill, Riddlesworth Hall, Norfolk; grandson of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (S) (qv); b. 21 Feb 1865; adm. (H) 15 Jun 1876; left Mar 1880; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1883; attached to Sir Henry Drummond Wolff’s mission to Constantinople and Egypt, 1885-6; member, Royal Company of Archers, Scotland; went out to Flanders Sep 1915 as Commandant of a Belgian field hospital; m. 1st, 8 Jul 1897 Edith Mary, eldest dau. of Samuel Sandbach Parker, Aigburth, Lancs.; m. 2nd, 7 Jul 1914 Gwendolen Mary, eldest dau. of Robert Thomas Napier Speir DL, Burnbrae and Culdees, Perthshire; d. in London 23 Oct 1915, from enteric fever contracted in Flanders.