Admiral Sir James Andrew Thomas Bruce,

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(15 July 1846 – 25 May 1921) was an officer in the

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, who was second in command of the British fleet on the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion.

Background

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Naval career

He served in the Niger Campaign in 1871. During the Boxer Rebellion, Rear-Admiral Bruce was second in command of British fleet on the China Station. His flagship was the battleship ''Barfleur'', and his flag captain was George Warrender. ''Barfleur'' took part in Allied operations in north China in 1899 and 1900, and between 31 May 1900 and September 1900 supported the storming of the

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forts and the relief of the foreign legations at

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The British fleet during the Boxer rebellion

The British fleet on the China Station in March 1901 was commanded by Vice-Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour, G.C.B. in the ''Centurion'', with Rear-Admiral Sir James A.T. Bruce, K.C.M.G. second in command,''Navy List March 1901, corrected to 18 February 1901'', page 217 and consisted of: *Battleships: ''Barfleur'', ''Centurion'', ''Glory'', ''Goliath'', ''Ocean''. *1st Class cruisers: ''Argonaut'', ''Aurora'', ''Blenheim'', ''Endymion'', ''Orlando '', ''Terrible'', ''Undaunted'' **. *2nd Class cruisers: ''Arethusa'' ‡, ''Astraea'' ‡, ''Bonaventure'', ''Dido'' ‡, ''Hermione'', ''lsis'' ‡, ''Pique''. *3rd Class cruisers: ''Alacrity'', ''Wallaroo'' ‡. *Destroyers: ''Fame'', ''Hart'', ''Otter'', ''Whiting''. *Sloops: ''Algerine'', ''Daphne'', ''Phoenix'', ''Rosario''. *Gunvessel: ''Linnet''. *Gunboats: ''Bramble'', ''Brisk'', ''Britomart'', ''Esk '', ''Lizard'' ‡, ''Pigmy'', ''Plover'', ''Redpole''. *Storeship: ''Humber''. *Receiving ship Hong Kong: ''Tamar'' (flagship of the Commodore in charge at Hong Kong, Commodore Francis Powell, C.B) *River steamers: ''Robin'', ''Sandpiper'', ''Snipe'', ''Woodcock'', ''Woodlark''. ** Ordered home. ‡ Temporarily attached to China Station. Bruce was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) in 1900 for his services in China. ''Barfleur'' ended her China Station service in November 1901, departing Hong Kong on 11 November 1901 and arriving at Plymouth on 31 December 1901. She paid off at Devonport on 22 January 1902, and Sir James Bruce was received in audience by

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a week later.

Later life

He died aged 74, on 25 May 1921.

Family

He married Catherine Mary Philippa Wodehouse, daughter of Colonel Edwin Wodehouse and Catherine Street, on 27 June 1877. There were no children from this marriage. He had an illegitimate daughter, Olive Christian, by Susan Christian in 1874. Olive Christian married Algernon Samuel Wigmore of Cobham and Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey, in 1898. She died, aged 52, on 21 November 1926. Olive Christian Wigmore is interred in the Churchyard of Stoke D'Abernon.

References

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