George Brudenell-Bruce, 6th Marquess of Ailesbury

George William James Chandos Brudenell-Bruce, 6th Marquess of Ailesbury DSO TD K.St.J DL JP (21 May 1873 - 4 August 1961). The son of Henry Brudenell-Bruce, 5th Marquess of Ailesbury and Georgiana Sophia Maria Pinckney, he succeeded his father as 6th Marquess on the latter's death on 10 March 1911. On his death in 1961 he was succeeded in the marquessate, and his other titles, by his son.

Education

He attended Westminster School.

Career

He served in the 3rd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry; the Middlesex Yeomanry; and the Wiltshire Regt. He fought in the Boer War where he was Mentioned in Dispatches and decorated with the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1900. He fought in the Great War where he was again Mentioned in Dispatches, and decorated with the Territorial Decoration (T.D.). He was invested as a Knight of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem (K.G.St.J.). He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire, and was a Justice of the Peace.

Family

He married firstly, Caroline Sydney Anne Madden, daughter of John Madden and Caroline Clements, on 21 March 1903, and had issue:
*Chandos Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury (1904-1974)
*Lady Ursula Daphne Brudenell-Bruce (1905-1991), married Alfred Thomas Taylor (1944)
*Lady Rosemary Enid Brudenell-Bruce (1907-1985)His first wife died on 5 May 1941.

He married secondly, Mabel Irene Lindsay, daughter of John Samuel Lindsay, on 21 February 1945.

His second wife died on 26 June 1954.

He married thirdly, Alice Maude Emily Pinhey, daughter of Captain John Forbes Pinhey, on 9 July 1955.

His third wife died on 9 February 1960.

References

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p2446.htm#i24458 thePeerage.com]
*‘AILESBURY’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007