Men-at-the-Bar/Bruce, Hon. Thomas Charles

by Joseph Foster

Bruce, Hon. Thomas Charles, M.P., M.A., Jesus Coll., Camb., 1850, late capt. 32nd Middlesex rifle volunteers, M.P. Portsmouth since 1874, a student of the Inner Temple 19 April, 1851 (then aged 26), called to the bar 9 June, 1854 (4th son of Thomas, 7th earl of Elgin and 11th earl of Kincardine); born 15 Feb., 1825; married 19 Nov., 1863, Sarah Caroline, eldest dau. of Thomas Thornhill, Esq., of Riddlesworth Hall, Norfolk, and has issue (see Foster's Peerage).

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