Colonel Sir Edward Archibald Ruggles-Brise

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Sir Edward Archibald Ruggles-Brise, 1st Baronet (19 September 1882 – 12 May 1942) was a British

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politician.

Early life

The son of Archibald Weyland Ruggles Brise (1857-1939), he was born at

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, London, in September 1882 and was educated at

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and

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Career

Public service

He was

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and a Deputy Lieutenant for Essex from 1920.Deputy Lieutenancy announced: In 1939 he was appointed as a Vice Lieutenant of Essex.Vice Lieutenancy announced:

Political career

He served as

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(MP) for the Maldon constituency in Essex from

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until his death in 1942, with a brief interruption from 1923 to 1924 when he narrowly lost the seat to his

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opponent Valentine Crittall. Ruggles-Brise was greatly interested in agricultural matters, serving on the Smallholdings Committee of

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and as Chairman of the Parliamentary Agricultural Committee.

Military career

From 1927, he commanded the 104th Essex

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Field Brigade,

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of the Territorial Army.

Sport

Ruggles-Brise was a cricketer below first-class play level. He made one appearance making 27 runs at county level for

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in 1904, while playing at club level for Ellesmere.''Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998, pages 24,50.

Personal life

Ruggles-Brise was a landowner and was the owner of

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, which had been inherited by his father, Archibald Weyland Ruggles-Brise, on the death of his own father, the politician

Samuel Ruggles-Brise Sir Samuel Brise Ruggles-Brise (29 December 1825 – 28 May 1899) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician, and owner of Spains Hall, Essex. Early life Samuel Ruggles-Brise was the eldest son of John Ruggles (1782–1852) ...

. He married twice. Firstly, in 1906, to Agatha Gurney (1881–1937), daughter of John Henry Gurney Jr., a member of the

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, Norfolk. Secondly, in 1939, to Lucy Barbara Pym MBE (1895–1979), daughter of

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, Bishop of Bombay. Following his death in May 1942 aged 59, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Colonel Sir John Archibald Ruggles-Brise, 2nd Baronet.

Honours and decorations

In the 1935

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Honours List, he was made a

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, of Spains Hall, in Essex.Baronetcy announced: Letters patent granted:

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* 1882 births 1942 deaths British colonels Military personnel from London People from Westminster Recipients of the Legion of Honour Essex Yeomanry officers Royal Artillery officers Recipients of the Military Cross Deputy Lieutenants of Essex Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 British Army personnel of World War I People from Finchingfield Members of Parliament for Maldon {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub