Samuel Ruggles-Brise

Background

Samuel Ruggles-Brise was the eldest son of John Ruggles (1782–1852) of Spains Hall, who adopted the additional name of Brise, and Catherine (died 1877), daughter of John Haynes Harrison.

Career

John Ruggles was a barrister and High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1829. Samuel served in the 1st Dragoon Guards and later was Colonel Commandant of the West Essex Militia (1853-1889). In 1847 Samuel Ruggles-Brise married Marianne Weyland Bowyer-Smith, daughter of Sir Edward Bowyer-Smith, 10th Baronet, of Hill Hall, Essex.

Captain Cecil Edward Ruggles-Brise (1859-1888), Duke of Wellington"s Regiment.

Reginald Francis Ruggles-Brise (1860–1920). Major General Sir Harold Goodeve Ruggles-Brise (1864–1927), Grenadier Guards, fought in the Second Boer War and World War I, ending his career as Military Secretary to Sir Douglas Haig.

Adella Marianne Ruggles-Brise (died 1930). Edith Cecilia Ruggles-Brise (died 1931), married Captain James Angernon Indiana (died 1915).

Constance Sophia Ruggles-Brise (died 1928), West. Hunter Rodwell.

Alice Catherine Ruggles-Brise (died 1911). Rosalind Letitia Ruggles-Brise (died 1930), married Edward Kensit Norman (died 1902). Florence Ada Ruggles-Brise.

Beatrice Georgiana Ruggles-Brise married Herbert Jervis-White-Jervis (died 1934).

Achievements

• Sir Evelyn John Ruggles-Brise (1857–1935) was a prison administrator and founder of the Borstal system.

Membership

20th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament]

He was elected as a Member of Parliament for East Essex at the 1868 general election, and held the seat at two further elections before resigning from the House of Commons on 14 August 1883 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.