Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury

Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury (William Beechey)

Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury, KT (14 February 1773 – 4 January 1856), styled The Honourable Charles Brudenell-Bruce from birth until 1776, Lord Bruce from 1776 to 1814 and The Earl of Ailesbury from 1814 to 1821, was a British peer and politician.

Background

Brudenell-Bruce was the third son of Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury and his first wife, Susanna, but his brothers died early.

Military career

In 1792, he joined the Berkshire Militia as an Ensign and was promoted as a Colonel in the Wiltshire Yeomanry in 1797.

Political career

From 1796 he was Member of Parliament for Marlborough until he inherited his father's titles in 1814. He was made a Knight of the Thistle in 1819 and made Marquess of Ailesbury in 1821, with many other peers for the occasion of George IV's coronation.

Family

On 10 April 1793, Brudenell-Bruce had married Hon. Henrietta Hill, daughter of Noel Hill. They had five children:

• Lady Maria Caroline Anne (1794–1835), married the Count of Mandreville.
• Lady Augusta Frederica (1795–1869), married Frederick Wentworth.
• George William Frederick, later 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury (1804–1878)
• Lady Elizabeth (1807–1847), married Count Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe.
• Lord Ernest Augustus Charles, later 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury (1811–1886)

After his wife's death in 1831, Brudenell-Bruce married Maria Clarke (a granddaughter of the 7th Countess of Dysart) and they had one son, Lord Charles William (1834–1897). On his death in 1856, his titles passed to his eldest son, George.

References

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Thomas Bruce Earl of Dalkeith	Member of Parliament for Marlborough 1796–1800 Served alongside: Hon. James Bruce 1796-1797 Robert Brudenell 1797-1800	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Marlborough 1801–1814 Served alongside: Robert Brudenell 1801-1802 James Leigh 1802-06 Earl of Dalkeith 1806-07 Viscount Stopford 1807-1810 Edward Stopford 1810-1814	Succeeded by Edward Stopford and Hon. William Hill
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Thomas Brudenell-Bruce	Earl of Ailesbury 1814–1856	Succeeded by George Brudenell-Bruce
	Baron Bruce of Tottenham (descended by acceleration) 1814–1838
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Marquess of Ailesbury 1821–1856	Succeeded by George Brudenell-Bruce

Persondata
Name	Brudenell-Bruce, Charles, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury
Alternative names
Short description	British peer and politician
Date of birth	14 February 1773
Place of birth
Date of death	4 January 1856
Place of death