Education
Brasenose College.
Brasenose College.
Bruce was the son of a clergyman from Ferryhill, County Durham. He attended Rossall School in Lancashire and then Brasenose College, Oxford, graduating in 1873 and being called to the Bar at Lincoln"s Inn in 1875. He practised on the North-Eastern Circuit until 10 December 1884, when he was appointed Assistant Commissioner.
He was knighted on 18 July 1903 and retired in 1914.
Bruce married Helen Fletcher (later Dame Helen Bruce) in 1876.