Thomas Charles Bruce, Vanity Fair, 1882-04-29

Thomas Charles Bruce (15 February 1825 – 23 November 1890) was a British barrister and a

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politician who sat in the

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from 1874 to 1885. Bruce was the youngest son of the

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, and his wife Elizabeth Oswald, daughter of

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MP of Dunnikeire, in

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. He was educated at

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and graduated B.A. and 24th Wrangler in 1850. He became a Fellow of his College and was called to the Bar at the

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in 1854. In 1860 he was appointed Captain-Commandant of the 32nd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers. At the 1859 general election Bruce stood unsuccessfully for

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. He stood again at the 1874 general election, and won the seat, holding it until his defeat at the 1885 general election. Bruce married Sarah Caroline Thornhill, daughter of Sir Thomas Thornhill, 1st Baronet of Riddlesworth Hall, Norfolk in 1863. He was chairman of the

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from 1885 to 1891.

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