Baron Aberdare, of Duffryn in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the

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. It was created on 23 August 1873 for the

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politician Henry Bruce. He served as

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from 1868 to 1873. His grandson, the third Baron, was a soldier, cricketer and tennis player and a member of the

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. His son, the fourth Baron, held office in the Conservative administration of

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and was later a Deputy Speaker of the

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. Lord Aberdare was one of the ninety-two elected

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s that were allowed to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the

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. the title is held by his son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 2005 and was elected to the House of Lords in 2009.

Coat of arms

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the family is: ''Or, a saltire gules, on a chief of the last a martlet of the field''.

Baron Aberdare (1873)

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, (16 April 1815 – 25 February 1895), was a British Liberal Party politician, who served in government most notably as Home Secretary (1868–1873) and as Lord President of the Council. Background and e ...

(1815–1895) * Henry Campbell Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare (1851–1929) * Clarence Napier Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare (1885–1957) *

Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, (16 June 1919 – 23 January 2005), was a Conservative politician, and from 1999 until his death, one of ninety-two elected hereditary peers in the British House of Lords. He was the eldest son ...

(1919–2005) * Alastair John Lyndhurst Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare (born 1947) The

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is the present holder's son, Hector Morys Napier Bruce (born 1974).

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