Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury
- Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury
Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury KT (30 April 1729 - 19 April 1814). The son of George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan and Hon. Elizabeth Bruce, he succeeded his uncle as 2nd Baron Bruce of Tottenham on the latter's death on 10 February 1747. He was created 1st Earl of Ailesbury (of the second creation) on 10 June 1776. On his death in 1814 he was succeeded in the earldom and barony, by his third son, his two elder sons having predeceased him.
Education
He attended Winchester College.
Career
He was sometime Lord of the Bedchamber to King George III, and Governor to the Prince of Wales and Prince Frederick. His name was legally changed by Royal Licence to Thomas Brudenell-Bruce on 29 December 1767. He was Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 1780. He was invested as a Knight of the Order of the Thistle (K.T.) on 29 November 1786.
Family
He married firstly, Susanna Hoare, daughter of Henry Hoare and Susan Holt, on 17 February 1761, and had issue:
*Lady Caroline Anne Brudenell-Bruce (d.1824)
*Lady Frances Elizabeth Brudenell-Bruce (d.1836)
*George Brudenell-Bruce, Lord Bruce (1762-1783)
*Hon. Charles Brudenell-Bruce (1767-1768)
*Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury (1773-1856)His first wife died on 4 February 1783.
He married secondly, Lady Anne Elizabeth Rawdon, daughter of John Rawdon, 1st Earl of Moira and Elizabeth Hastings, Baroness Hastings, on 14 February 1788.His second wife died on 8 January 1813.
References
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p2487.htm#i24864 thePeerage.com]
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