Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare
| The Lord Aberdare | |
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| Born | 16 June 1919 |
| Died | 23 January 2005 (aged 85) |
| Title | Baron Aberdare |
| Tenure | 4 October 1957 – 23 January 2005 |
| Successor | Alastair Bruce, 5th Baron |
| Spouse(s) | Maud Helen Sarah Dashwood (1924-2007) |
| Issue |
Alastair John Lyndhurst Bruce James Henry Morys Bruce Henry Adam Francis Bruce Charles Benjamin Bruce |
| Parents |
Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare Margaret Bethune Black |
Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare KBE PC DL (16 June 1919 – 23 January 2005) was a Conservative politician, and from 1999 until his death, one of ninety-two elected hereditary peers in the British House of Lords. He was the eldest son of Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare, and Margaret Bethune Black, and succeeded to his father's title on the latter's death in 1957.
Bruce was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where he read Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
In 1939 he joined the British Army, commissioned with the rank of Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards; he would eventually reach the rank of Captain, after having served in various staff positions with XII Corps, the 21st Army Group, and XXX Corps during and after World War II.
He joined the J. Arthur Rank Organisation in 1947, working there for two years before moving to the British Broadcasting Corporation, where he worked between 1949 and 1956. In 1970, he became Minister of State for the Department of Health and Social Security; in 1974, he was appointed to the Privy Council and became a Minister without Portfolio. Between 1976 and 1992, he served as Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords, (Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords). In 1984, he was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and he would serve various positions within the Order of St John of Jerusalem. After the House of Lords Act 1999 prevented hereditary peers from sitting in the Lords solely by virtue of their peerages, Lord Aberdare became one of the ninety-two hereditary peers elected to stay in the House of Lords.
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