Chandos Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury

Chandos Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury MID C.St.J. DL JP (26 January 1904 - 15 July 1974). The son of George Brudenell-Bruce, 6th Marquess of Ailesbury and Caroline Sydney Anne Madden, he succeeded his father as 7th Marquess on the latter's death on 4 August 1961. On his death in 1974 he was succeeded in the marquessate, and his other titles, by his eldest son.

Education

He attended Eton College, and Christ Church College, Oxford.

Career

He was a Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire in 1938. In the Second World War he served in the Royal Army Service Corps, during which time he was Mentioned in Despatches. He was captured and spent time as a prisoner of war, but escaped. In 1950 he held office as Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire. He was a County Councillor for Wiltshire in 1961. He was invested as a Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (K.G.St.J.). He wrote the following books: "Youth goes East", 1928; "The Amateur Pilot", 1933; "The Wardens of Savernake Forest", 1949; "I Walked Alone", 1950; "The Life and Loyalties of Thomas Bruce", 1951.

Family

He married firstly, Joan Houlton Salter, daughter of Stephen Salter, on 5 July 1924, and had issue:
*Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury (b.1926)
*Lord Chandos Gerald Piers Brudenell-Bruce (1929-1980)His first wife died on 24 July 1937.

He married secondly, Joyce Frances Warwick-Evans, daughter of Charles Warwick-Evans, on 11 March 1944.The couple were divorced in 1948.

He married thirdly, Jean Frances Margaret Wilson, daughter of John Addison Wilson, on 20 February 1950, and had issue:
*Lord Charles Adam Brudenell-Bruce (b.1951

References

* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p2485.htm#i24849 thePeerage.com]
*‘AILESBURY’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007