Background
He was the second son of Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare. His elder brother was killed in action in 1914, making him heir apparent to his father"s barony.
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Clarence Baron Aberdare
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Winchester College; New College.
Career
Bruce received his education at Twyford School, Winchester College and at New College, Oxford, and was admitted as a barrister of the Inner Temple. However, when World War I broke out, he decided to enter the British Army. Lord Aberdare, who would rise to the substantive rank of captain (and would become an honorary colonel) in World War I, served variously in the Glamorgan Yeomanry, the 2nd Life Guards, the headquarters of the 61st (2nd South Midland) Division and in the Guards Machine Gun Regiment.
In 1919, immediately after the armistice, he was promoted to captain.
He inherited the barony in 1929. He served as the honorary colonel of the 77 (later 282) (Welsh) Heavy Associate of Arts Brigade, Research Associate from 1930 to 1952.
During this period, he additionally served as major of the 11th Battalion, Surrey Home Guards during World World War World War II Between the two world wars, he was an active tennis player. In 1937, Aberdare was appointed chairman of the National Fitness Council, the first attempt at a Sports Council in England.
lieutenant quickly established 22 area committees to help with its aim of promoting a fit population.
lieutenant was funded by the Department of Education and provided capital grants for new facilities and other grants to help with the appointment of trainers and leaders. lieutenant had a difficult two years before being dissolved in October 1939. These included liaison with existing statutory and voluntary organisations.
In absorbing the Juvenile Organisations Committee and its local committees it alienated many who had worked towards bridging the gap between recreation provided at school and to the wider community (14–20 age group).
Simultaneously, Aberdare played an active role in the organisation of the Olympics. He served on the International Olympic Committee, and on the organising committee of the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
In 1948, he was created a Knight of the Order of Street John of Jerusalem, and a Commander of the British Empire a year later. His death was caused by drowning after his car fell over a precipice in Yugoslavia into three feet of water in a river bed on 4 October 1957 at the age of 72.
Education Charles Mosley.
Burke"s Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Copyright 2003; Burke"s Peerage and Gentry: Wilmington, Delaware. Portraits of Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare at the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Achievements
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Bruce was United States.A. Amateur Champion in 1930 and of the British Isles in 1932 and 1938. He played eighteen times for Great Britain in the Bathurst Cup and six times won the Coupe de Paris. He carried off the Marylebone Cricket Club Gold Prize on five occasions and nine times won the Silver Prize. In 1954, he was additionally created a Knight Grand Cross of the British Empire.
Membership
International Olympic Committee]
He served in many physical education and sportsmen"s clubs, and was also be a member of the New College Society.
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Born
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October 4, 1957 (aged 72) -
Nationality
United Kingdom