Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare
| Clarence Bruce 3rd Baron Aberdare |
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| Born | 2 August 1885 |
| Died | 4 October 1957 (aged 72) |
| Title | Baron Aberdare |
| Tenure | 20 February 1929 – 4 October 1957 |
| Successor | Morys Bruce, 4th Baron |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Bethune Black Griselda Harriet Violet Finetta Georgina Hervey |
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Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce Nigel Henry Clarence Bruce Rosalind Louise Balfour Bruce Gwyneth Margaret Bruce |
| Parents |
Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare Constance Mary Beckett |
Clarence Napier Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare, GBE (2 August 1885 – 4 October 1957), styled The Honourable from 1895 to 1929, was a British military officer, cricketer, tennis player, and also an excellent golfer. He was the second son of Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare.
Bruce received his education at Twyford School,Winchester College and at New College, Oxford, and was admitted as a barrister of the Inner Temple; however, when World War I broke out, he decided to enter the British Army. His elder brother was killed in action in 1914, making him heir apparent to his father's barony.
Lord Aberdare, who would rise to the substantive rank of captain (and would become an honorary colonel) in World War I, served variously in the Glamorgan Yeomanry, the 2nd Life Guards, the headquarters of the 61st (2nd South Midland) Division and in the Guards Machine Gun Regiment; in 1919, immediately after the armistice, he was promoted to captain. He inherited the barony in 1929. He served as the honorary colonel of the 77 (later 282) (Welsh) Heavy AA Brigade, RA from 1930 to 1952; during this period, he additionally served as major of the 11th Battalion, Surrey Home Guards during World War II. Between the two world wars, he was an active real tennis player. Bruce was U.S.A. Amateur Champion in 1930 and of the British Isles in 1932 and 1938. He played eighteen times for Great Britain in the Bathurst Cup and six times won the Coupe de Paris. He carried off the M.C.C. Gold Prize on five occasions and nine times won the Silver Prize.
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