Background
Brudenell-Bruce was the son of Henry Brudenell-Bruce, 5th Marquess of Ailesbury and Georgiana Sophia Maria Pinckney. He succeeded his father in the marquessate on the latter"s death on 10 March 1911.
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He was educated at Westminster School.
Career
According to his hand-written memoirs, available at the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre (), he went by the name Chandos. Lord Ailesbury served in the 3rd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry.
The Middlesex Yeomanry.
And the Wiltshire Regiment. Lord Cardigan was promoted to the rank of captain on 3 September 1898, supernumerary to the establishment.
He was conformed as a captain on the establishment in May 1902. From he 1914 fought in the Great War, during which he was again mentioned in despatches and decorated with the Territorial Decoration.
He was invested as a Knight of Grace of the Order of Street John of Jerusalem.
He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire, and was a Justice of the Peace. They had three children, Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury (1904–1974). Lady Ursula Daphne Brudenell-Bruce (1905–1991), who married Alfred Thomas Taylor in 1944.
And Lady Rosemary Enid Brudenell-Bruce (1907–1985).
Caroline died on 5 May 1941. Lord Ailesbury then married Mabel Irene Lindsay, daughter of John Samuel Lindsay, on 21 February 1945.
She died on 26 June 1954. She died on 9 February 1960.
Achievements
Politics
He was involved in conservative and right-wing politics and during the 1920s was a member of the reactionary British Fascists.
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