Gainsford Bruce
Sir Gainsford Bruce (1834 – 24 February 1912) was a British politician and judge.
Biography
Bruce was born in 1835 in Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of the
Queen's Counsel
.
Bruce first stood for the
Privy Councillor
.
He specialised in shipping law. He was co-author with R G Williams of the textbook Admiralty Practice. Bruce died at his home near Bromley, Kent, aged 77.
Assessment
Patrick Polden described Bruce as "one of Halsbury's more questionable appointments".[citation needed]
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