Background
BALFOUR of Burleigh, Alexander Hugh Bruce was born on January 13, 1849 in Kennet, Alloa, N.B. Son of R. Bruce, Kennet. Title attainted 1716 for rising of 1715, and only restored to present possessor in 1869.
BALFOUR of Burleigh, Alexander Hugh Bruce was born on January 13, 1849 in Kennet, Alloa, N.B. Son of R. Bruce, Kennet. Title attainted 1716 for rising of 1715, and only restored to present possessor in 1869.
Loretto; Eton; Oriel College Oxford. Bachelor of Arts with honours, 1871. Master of Arts 1872. Church of Scotland.
Conservative.
Member Factory Commission, 1874-1875. Member Endowed Institu tion Scotland Commission, 1878-1879. Chairman Educational Endowments Commission, 1882-1889.
Chairman Welsh Sunday Closing Commission, 1889. Chairman Metropolitan Water Supply Commission, 1893-1894. Chairman Rating Commission, 1896.
Lord-in-Waiting to Queen, 1888-1889. Parliamentary Secretary to Board of Trade, 1889-1892. Lord Rector Edinburgh University, 1896-1899.
Chancellor of St. Andrews University, 1900. Chairman Royal Commission on Food Supply in Time of War, 1903. District of Columbia (United States.) L. 1904.
Doctor of Laws, Universities of St. Andrews, Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Edinburgh, and of the Welsh University. Secy, for Scot, (in the Cabinet) 1895- 1903. Chairman Royal Commission on Closer Trade Relations between Canada and West Indies, 1909. Alexander Hugh Bruce, P.C.; Lord Warden of the Stanneries since 1908.
Clubs : Carlton, Athemeum; New, Conservative, Edinburgh; Western, Glasgow. See alw Sir A. Hope.
Heir: Master of Burleigh.