Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Minister of State for Health and Social Security
In office
23 June 1970 – 8 January 1974
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byThe Baroness Serota
Succeeded byBrian O'Malley
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
5 October 1957 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 3rd Baron Aberdare
Succeeded bySeat abolished [a] 
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999 – 23 January 2005
Preceded bySeat established [a] 
Succeeded byThe 2nd Viscount Eccles
Personal details
Born
Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce

(1919-06-16)16 June 1919
Died23 January 2005(2005-01-23) (aged 85)
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Maud Helen Sarah Dashwood
​
​
(m. 1946)​
ParentClarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare (father)
EducationSandroyd School
Winchester College
Alma materNew College, Oxford

Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare,

DL (16 June 1919[1] – 23 January 2005[2]), 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.

Education

Bruce was educated at Sandroyd School before heading to Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where he read Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

Career

Coats of Arms of Morys Bruce

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

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.

On 24 August 1992, he officially opened Chester City's new football stadium, the Deva Stadium.[3]

Lord Aberdare was a lifelong devotee of

ISBN 1-899163-62-X
), is the most comprehensive modern reference for these sports.

Lord Aberdare was President of the London Welsh Trust, which runs the London Welsh Centre, from 1959 until 1962, and from 1969 to 1970.[4]

Family

In 1946 he married Maud Helen Sarah Dashwood,

Sir John Dashwood, 10th Baronet
, and Helen Moira Eaton. They had four children:

  • Hon. Alastair John Lyndhurst Bruce (later 5th Baron; b. 2 May 1947)
  • Hon. James Henry Morys Bruce (b. 28 December 1948), married and has issue
  • Hon. Henry Adam Francis Bruce (b. 5 February 1962), married and has issue
  • Hon. Charles Benjamin Bruce (b. 29 May 1965)

Notes

  1. ^ a b Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

  1. ISBN 0-312-17591-4
    .
  2. ^ "Obituary: Lord Aberdare". The Guardian. 19 February 2005. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. ^ The Football Supporters' Federation – Chester Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Our Former Presidents: London Welsh Centre". London Welsh Centre website. London Welsh Centre. 2010. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Maud Helen Sarah Bruce (née Dashwood), Lady Aberdare". National Portrait Gallery, London.

External links

Political offices
Preceded by Deputy Leader
of the House of Lords
1970–1974 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister without portfolio
1974 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Chairman of Committees
of the House of Lords

1977–1992 		Succeeded by
New office
 Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
1999–2005 		Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Aberdare
1957–2005
Member of the House of Lords
(1957–1999) 		Succeeded by
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morys_Bruce,_4th_Baron_Aberdare&oldid=1215815882"