Jump to content

Alastair Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by EncyclopaediaNilssonia (talk | contribs) at 15:03, 1 April 2016. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

For the Royal, Religious and National Events commentator of Sky News, see Alastair Bruce.

The Lord Aberdare
Arms of Lord Aberdare
Born (1947-05-02) 2 May 1947 (age 77)
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Mary Cuthbert Foulkes
IssueHector Morys Napier Bruce
Sarah Katherine Mary Bruce
ParentsMorys, Lord Aberdare
Maud Helen Sarah Dashwood

Alastair John Lyndhurst Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare (born 2 May 1947) is a British nobleman, and since 2009 a crossbench hereditary Lord Temporal.

Personal life and education

Lord Aberdare is the son of Morys, 4th Lord Aberdare, and Maud Helen Sarah Dashwood, only daughter of Sir John Dashwood, 10th Baronet. The 5th Lord succeeded his father upon the latter's death in 2005. Aberdare was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

He married Elizabeth Mary Culbert Foulkes in 1971, and they have two children:

  • Hon. Hector Morys Napier Bruce (born 1974)
  • Hon. Sarah Katherine Mary Bruce (born 1976)

House of Lords

In July 2009 he was elected to sit in the House of Lords, following the death of crossbench hereditary peer Christopher, Viscount Bledisloe in May 2009. A by-election took place under the terms of the House of Lords Act 1999, which provided for 92 hereditary peers to keep their seats in the reformed House, with vacancies in their number filled from amongst those hereditary peers deprived of their seats. The result was announced in the Chamber of the Lords on 15 July 2009, following the voting by 27 of the 29 Crossbench peers eligible to take part.[1] He made his maiden speech on 26 November 2009.

Career

IBM, 1969–1991; Partner, Bruce Naughton Wade, 1991–1999; Director, ProbusBNW since 1999 Trustee, National Botanic Garden of Wales, 1994–2006. Fellow, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University since July 2008. He is Bailiff of St Davids of the Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem, Priory of Wales.

Offices

Aberdare is president of the Cynon Valley History Society.

Ancestry

Family of Alastair Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare
16. Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare
8. Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare
17. Annabella Beadon
4. Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare
18. Hamilton Beckett
9. Constance Mary Beckett
19. Hon. Sophia Clarence Copley
2. Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare
20.
10. Adam Black
21.
5. Margaret Bethune Black
22. James Henry Smith
11. Mary Smith
23.
1. Alastair Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare
24. Sir Edwin Hare Dashwood, 7th Baronet
12. Sir Robert John Dashwood, 9th Baronet
25. Roberta Henrietta Abercromby
6. Sir John Lindsay Dashwood, 10th Baronet
26. Maj. William Bayford Lindsay
13. Clara Adelaide Lindsay
27.
3. Maud Helen Sarah Dashwood
28.
14. Lt.-Col. Vernon Eaton
29.
7. Helen Moira Eaton
30.
15.
31.

References

  1. ^ House of Lords Information – By-elections
  • "Aberdare, Baron (Bruce) (Baron UK 1873)" Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 1995 London: Debrett's Peerage Limited, 1995, p. 4
  • Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007
  • thePeerage.com

External links

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Aberdare
2005–present 		Incumbent



Stub icon

This biography of a baron in the peerage of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alastair_Bruce,_5th_Baron_Aberdare&oldid=713036256"