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Ernest Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury

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The Marquess of Ailesbury
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
In office
7 September 1841 – 29 June 1846
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterSir Robert Peel, Bt
Preceded byEarl of Belfast
Succeeded byLord Edward Howard
In office
30 December 1852 – 21 February 1858
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Earl of Aberdeen
The Viscount Palmerston
Preceded byViscount Newport
Succeeded byViscount Newport
Personal details
Born8 January 1811
St James's Square, London, England
Died18 October 1886(1886-10-18) (aged 75)
Savernake, Wiltshire, England
Spouse
Hon. Louisa Horsley-Beresford
(m. 1834)
Children7
Parent(s)Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury
Hon. Henrietta Maria Hill
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury, PC (8 January 1811 – 18 October 1886), styled Lord Ernest Bruce from 1821 until 1878, was a British courtier and politician. He served for many years as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household.

Background and education

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Brudenell-Bruce was born at Warren's Hotel, St James's Square, London, the second son of Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury, by his wife Hon. Henrietta Maria Hill, daughter of Noel Hill, 1st Baron Berwick. George Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury was his elder brother and Lord Charles Bruce his younger half-brother.[1] He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1][2]

He owned 55,000 acres in Wiltshire, Yorkshire and Berkshire.[3]

Political career

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Brudenell-Bruce was returned to Parliament for Marlborough in 1832.[4] He was a Lord of the Bedchamber to William IV from 1834 to 1835. In 1841 he was sworn of the Privy Council[5] and appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under Sir Robert Peel,[6] a post he held until the government fell in 1846. He returned to the same office in December 1852 in Lord Aberdeen's coalition government.[7] He continued in the post also when Lord Palmerston became prime minister in 1855, finally resigning in 1858.[8] He remained MP for Marlborough until 1878, when he succeeded his elder brother in the marquessate and entered the House of Lords.[4] In 1884 he was made Lord-Lieutenant of Berkshire,[9] a post he held until his death two years later.[10]

Family

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Lord Ailesbury married Hon. Louisa Elizabeth Horsley Beresford (1814–1891), second daughter of John Beresford, 2nd Baron Decies, on 25 November 1834. They had seven children:

Lord Ailesbury died at Tottenham House, Savernake, Wiltshire, in October 1886, aged 75, and was buried at Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire. His grandson George succeeded to the marquessate. The Marchioness of Ailesbury died in October 1891, aged 77, and was also buried at Great Bedwyn.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c thepeerage.com Sir Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 3rd Marquess of Ailesbury
  2. ^ "Bruce or Brudenell-Bruce, Lord Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell (BR828EA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland
  4. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 1)
  5. ^ "No. 20014". The London Gazette. 3 September 1841. p. 2221.
  6. ^ "No. 20016". The London Gazette. 7 September 1841. p. 2271.
  7. ^ "No. 21397". The London Gazette. 31 December 1852. p. 3939.
  8. ^ "No. 22106". The London Gazette. 2 March 1858. p. 1207.
  9. ^ "No. 25308". The London Gazette. 15 January 1884. p. 243.
  10. ^ "No. 25644". The London Gazette. 12 November 1886. p. 5449.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Marlborough
18321878
With: Henry Bingham Baring 1832–1868
(representation reduced to one member 1868)
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1841–1846
Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1852–1858
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
1884–1886
Succeeded by
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Marquess of Ailesbury
1878–1886
Succeeded by