Lieutenant Ian Meredith Bruce-Gardyne Military Cross was an Anglo-Scottish soldier and Sudanese Political Officer.
Background
Born on the 12 July 1895 he was the second son of David Greenhill Bruce-Gardyne and Azemia Sellar. His father, David Greenhill Bruce-Gardyne was the son of Major William Bruce-Gardyne of Middleton and his wife Catherine Cameron Macpherson, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Macpherson of Kingston Canada, illegitimate son of Ewen MacPherson of Cluny chief of the Clan Macpherson.
Career
Bruce-Gardyne"s brother Captain Evan Bruce-Gardyne Defence Science Organisation was a Scottish landowner and Captain in the British Royal Navy. Bruce-Gardyne was educated at Eton from where he went on to become a professional soldier in the Black Watch. After the war Bruce-Gardyne entered the Sudanese Political Service.
Bruce Gardyne died on 16 June 1964 and he is buried in Rotherwick Church Hampshire, and there is a memorial to him at Inverkeilor Church Angus Scotland.
Membership
Bruce-Gardyne Military Cross was a member of the well-known Scottish landowning Gardyne who have been based in the county of Angus since 1008 AD.