Background
Bruce was the youngest son of the Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and his wife Elizabeth Oswald, daughter of James Townsend Oswald Member of Parliament of Dunnikeire, in Fife.
Bruce was the youngest son of the Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and his wife Elizabeth Oswald, daughter of James Townsend Oswald Member of Parliament of Dunnikeire, in Fife.
He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge and graduated Bachelor of Arts and 24th Wrangler in 1850. He became a Fellow of his College and was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1854. In 1860 he was appointed Captain-Commandant of the 32nd Middlesex Rifle Volunteers.
At the 1859 general election Bruce stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in Portsmouth.
Bruce married Sarah Caroline Thornhill, daughter of Sir Thomas Thornhill, 1st Baronet of Riddlesworth Hall, Norfolk in 1863.
20th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament.