Background
Henry was born in Newent, Gloucestershire, on 14 May 1843, the son of Henry Bruton Snr.
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Career
Henry Junior. joined the firm in 1864 and became a partner in 1870. Henry was largely responsible for the development of the weekly Gloucester livestock market from 1871 but he was also involved in the sales of Chepstow Castle, Tintern Abbey and Cowley Manor. He was a director of the Gloucester Gas Light Company.
Henry held numerous public and voluntary offices.
He was a regular churchgoer and was once Churchwarden of Saint Mark"s in Gloucester. Henry"s interests also included William Thackeray and Charles Dickens and he was Vice President of the Dickens Fellowship.
He collected mezzotints. Flora died in 1904. Henry was buried with her at Matson.
The firm founded by Henry"s father, and which he successfully expanded, continues in Business as Bruton Knowles Property Consultants and Bruton Way in Gloucester marks the family name.
Membership
He was a Justice of the Peace, a Freemason, a City Councillor, member of the School Board and the Public Library Committee. Henry was a founding member of The Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society and the Gloucester Rotary Club. Henry"s younger brother was Sir James Bruton (born 1848), who was the Member of Parliament for Gloucester from 1918 to 1923.
