Sir Hervey Ronald Bruce, 4th Baronet JP DL (9 December 1872 – 18 May 1924) was an English landowner.
Early life
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He was the elder of twin sons born to Ellen Maud Ricardo (d. 1924) and Sir Hervey Bruce, 4th Baronet, who served as High Sheriff of County Londonderry. Among his younger brothers were Percy Robert Bruce and diplomat Henry James Bruce CMG MVO, who married the Russian ballerina Tamara Karsavina.[1]
His paternal grandparents were Sir Henry Bruce, 3rd Baronet, and Marianne Margaret Juckes-Clifton (a daughter of Sir Juckes Granville Juckes-Clifton, 8th Baronet). His maternal grandparents were stockbroker Matilda Mawdesley Hensley (a daughter of John Isaac Hensley of Holborn, Middlesex), and Percy Ricardo of Bramley Park, Guildford, Surrey.[2] Among his extended family was aunt Amy Gordon-Lennox, Countess of March (wife of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond), and uncles Col. Horace Ricardo, and Col. F. C. Ricardo.[3]
Like his father, Bruce was educated at Eton College.[4]
Career
editHe entered the British Army and became a captain in the Irish Guards before becoming a Major in the 14th Service Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment.[5] He served in the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1902, receiving the "Queen's and the King's medals with seven clasps."[6]
In 1896, his father succeeded his second cousin Henry Robert Clifton to the Clifton estates in Nottinghamshire, after which Clifton Hall became the family's primary residence.[7] Upon the death of his father in 1919,[8] he succeeded as the 6th baronet of Downhill and inherited the family seat, Downhill, County Londonderry of c. 22,000 acres.[6] His younger brother, Percy Robert Bruce, later Clifton, inherited Clifton Hall and the Clifton estate.[9] He served as a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for County Londonberry.[10]
Personal life
editOn 3 November 1903 he married Ruth Isabel Okeover, daughter of Haughton Charles Okeover of Okeover Hall and Hon. Eliza Anne Cavendish (a daughter of the 3rd Baron Waterpark). She died, without issue, on 27 September 1915.[10]
On 11 July 1916, he married Margaret Florence Jackson, a daughter of Rev. Robert Jackson of Little Thurlow, Newmarket.[10] Together, they lived at 3 Chatsworth Gardens, Southcliff, Eastbourne,[6] and had three children, including:[11]
- Beryl Margaret Gwladys Bruce (b. 1917)[10]
- Sir Hervey John William Bruce, 6th Baronet (1919–1971), who married Crista Irene Valentine (née de Paravicini) Innes-Ker, daughter of Chandos de Paravicini and Chinty Helen Charlotte Lockwood; she was the former wife of Maj. David Charles Innes-Ker (a son of Lord Alastair Robert Innes-Ker and grandson of the 7th Duke of Roxburghe), in 1949.[10]
- Ronald Cecil Juckes Bruce (b. 1921), who married Jean Murfitt, daughter of Lewis James William Murfitt, in 1960.[10]
Sir Hervey died on 18 May 1924.[6] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Hervey.[10] After his death, his widow married Lt.-Col. Charles Oxley Morris of the Indian Army on 3 June 1925.[10]
References
edit- ^ ‘BRUCE, Henry James’, in Who Was Who (A. & C. Black, 1920–2008) online edition (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 17 January 2011
- ^ The house later became the home of Gertrude Jekyll: "Surrey's most impressive country houses, past and present". Surrey Life. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Biography of Sir Hervey Juckes Lloyd Bruce (1843-1919)". www.nottingham.ac.uk. The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1920. pp. 104–105. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Gamble, Ronnie (28 October 2014). The Killowen Series 2: Militias and Rebellions. Lulu.com. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-326-08279-6. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d "SIR HERVEY BRUCE DIED AFTER FALL. Pitched Over Iron Railings of Middle Parade At Eastbourne". The Gazette. 16 Jun 1924. p. 11. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ ‘BRUCE, Sir Hervey Juckes Lloyd’’, in Who Was Who (A. & C. Black, 1920–2008) online edition (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 17 January 2011
- ^ Sir Hervey Bruce. The Times (London, England), Monday, May 12, 1919; pg. 16; Issue 42097
- ^ "Biography of Percy Robert Clifton, formerly Bruce (1872-1944)". www.nottingham.ac.uk. The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 554.
- ^ "Bruce Family Timeline". familyofbruceinternational.org. The Family of Bruce International. Retrieved 28 May 2024.