Francis Bryce

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(January/March 1876 in Bystock, St Thomas, Devon – 2 February 1951 in Bermuda) was a British military officer and the son of John Pablo Bryce, a member of the British gentry who served as sheriff of Devon.

Family

Bryce was born in 1876 and was the son of John Pablo Bryce and María de las Mercedes González de Candamo y Iriarte, who was the sister of Manuel González de Candamo e Iriarte (1841–1904), President of Peru (1903–1904).

Biography

Bryce held the rank of

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in the service of the

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. He was also an officer of the

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. He lived in

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Marriage and issue

Bryce married on 11 October 1935 in

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, USA - Gladys Jean Mosley (1905-1992) and was the father of at least one daughter: * Janet Mercedes Bryce (Bermuda, 29 September 1937), who married on 17 November 1960 at St. Andrew's Church, Frognal,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bryce, Francis 1876 births King's Royal Rifle Corps officers Officers of the Order of the British Empire 1951 deaths English people of Peruvian descent Military personnel from Exeter