Clarence Napier BRUCE, 3rd Baron Aberdare^[1]

1885 - 1957  (72 years)

• Birth	2 Aug 1885
  Education	- Winchester - New College Oxford
  Academic degree	Bachelor of Arts (BA) from New College Oxford
  Academic degree	Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from University of Wales
  Occupation / Profession	- Captain in the Glamorgan Yeomanry. - Temporary Lieutenant in the 2nd Life Guards. - Headquarters 61st Division and Guards Machine Gun Regiment during World War I. - Major in the 11th Battalion Surrey Home Guard during World War II. - Joint Committee of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem and British Red Cross Society. - Author - Editor
  Occupation / Profession	Chairman - National Association Boys' Clubs - British Sportsman's Club - Lansdowne Club
  Occupation / Profession	President - Welsh National School of Medicine - University of Wales
  Occupation / Profession	1911 (25 years old)
  	Barrister at Inner Temple
  Occupation / Profession	1919 (33 years old)
  	Captain
  Sport Record	1922 (36 years old)
  	Rackets - Amateur champion
  Published work	1926 (40 years old)
  	Author of First Steps to Rackets (with E. B. Noel)
  Sport Record	1928 (42 years old)
  	Rackets (Canada) - Singles champion
  Sport Record	1928 (42 years old)
  	Rackets (USA) - Doubles champion
  Title	From 20 Feb 1929 to 4 Oct 1957 (43 years old)
  	3rd Baron Aberdare (of Duffryn, County Glamorgan) [UK. 1873]
  Occupation / Profession	From 1930 to 1952 (44 years old)
  	Honorary Colonel in 77 (subsequently 282) (Welsh) Heavy Anti-aircraft Brigade Royal Army (Territorial Army)
  Sport Record	1930 (44 years old)
  	Rackets (Canada) - Singles champion - Doubles champion
  Sport Record	1930 (44 years old)
  	Rackets (USA) - Doubles champion
  Sport Record	1930 (44 years old)
  	Tennis (USA) - Amateur champion
  Occupation / Profession	From 1931 to 1951 (45 years old)
  	International Olympic Committee Executive
  Membership	From 1931 to 1946 (45 years old)
  	Member - Miner's Welfare Commission
  Sport Record	1931 (45 years old)
  	Rackets - Amateur champion
  Sport Record	1931 (45 years old)
  	Rackets (British Isles) - Open champion
  Sport Record	1932 (46 years old)
  	Tennis (British Isles) - Amateur champion
  Published work	1933 (47 years old)
  	Editor of Rackets, Squash Rackets, Tennis, Fives and Badminton
  Occupation / Profession	From 1936 to 1939 (50 years old)
  	Chairman - National Advisory Council for Physical Training and Recreation
  Occupation / Profession	From 1938 to 1955 (52 years old)
  	Chairman - Fortnightly Review Ltd
  Sport Record	1938 (52 years old)
  	Tennis (British Isles) - Amateur champion
  Membership	From 1939 to 1942 (53 years old)
  	Member - National Youth Committee, Board of Education
  Occupation / Profession	From 1941 to 1951 (55 years old)
  	President - British Prince of Wales' (Books and Games Funds)
  Membership	1944 (58 years old)
  	Member - Queen's Institute of District Nursing
  Membership	1947 (61 years old)
  	Member - International Congress of Physical Education, Recreation and Rehabilitation
  Occupation / Profession	1948 (62 years old)
  	- Prior of Priory for Wales Order of St. John of Jerusalem - Honorary adviser Arthur J rank Organisation on Children's Cinema Clubs
  Occupation / Profession	1948 (62 years old)
  	Chairman - International Congress on Physical Education
  Membership	1948 (62 years old)
  	Member - Executive Central Committee in Physical Recreation and British Red Cross Society
  Membership	1948 (62 years old)
  	Member - Organising Committee for Olympic Games in London - Executive Central Committee in Physical Recreation and British Red Cross Society
  Honor	1 Jan 1949 (63 years old)  [2]
  	Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Civil Division. Chairman, National Association of Boys' Clubs
  Occupation / Profession	From 1952 to 1953 (66 years old)
  	President - New College Society
  Membership	Member - National Trust and Standing Conference on National Voluntary Youth Organisations - Sports and Games Committee - Standing Committee of National parks
  Membership	From 1954 to 1956 (68 years old)
  	Member - Independent Television Authority (later IBA)
  Honor	Knight of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (KStJ)
  Honor	10 Jun 1954 (68 years old)  [3]
  	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) - Civil Division. For public services.
  Sport Record	Rackets - 10 times doubles champion
  Death	4 Oct 1957
  	Was killed in a motor accident in Yugoslavia.
  Siblings	4 brothers and 4 sisters
  	+ 01. Henry Lyndurst BRUCE           b. 25 May 1881             d. 14 Dec 1914  (Age 33 years) └─ Camilla Antoinetta CLIFFORD           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 28 Jun 1971  ,  m. 11 Oct 1906     02. Margaret Cecilia BRUCE           b. 28 Oct 1882             d. 16 Apr 1949  (Age 66 years) + 03. Clarence Napier BRUCE, 3rd Baron Aberdare           b. 2 Aug 1885             d. 4 Oct 1957  (Age 72 years) └─ Margaret Bethune BLACK           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 8 Feb 1950  ,  m. 12 Dec 1912   └─ Griselda Harriet Violet Finetta Georgina HERVEY           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 1980  ,  m. 12 Sep 1957     04. Violet BRUCE           b. 8 Nov 1887             d. 10 Nov 1887  (Age 0 years) + 05. John Hamilton BRUCE           b. 14 Jun 1889             d. 8 Apr 1964  (Age 74 years) └─ Cynthia Juliet DUFF           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 1977  ,  m. 3 May 1923     06. Eva Isabel Marian BRUCE           b. 17 Jun 1892             d. 29 Jan 1987  (Age 94 years)   07. Constance Pamela Alice BRUCE           b. 14 Jun 1895             d. 15 Mar 1978  (Age 82 years) + 08. Victor Austin BRUCE           b. 8 Apr 1897             d. 1978  (Age 80 years) └─ Mildred Mary PETRE           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 1990  ,  m. 16 Feb 1926,  div. 1941   └─ Margaret Charlotte BEECHEY           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 25 Jul 1999  ,  m. 19 Jun 1941     09. Robert BRUCE           b. 1 Oct 1898             d. /22/10/1898
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	James KNIGHT   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Sophia Clarence COPLEY  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	P1319	Europe
  Links To	This person is also Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Campbell BRUCE, 2nd Baron Aberdare           b. 19 Jun 1851             d. 20 Feb 1929 (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Constance Mary BECKETT           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 8 Feb 1932
  Marriage	10 Feb 1880  [4]
  Age at Marriage	Henry was 28 years and 8 months old. Constance was ?? old. They were married for 49 years.
  Family ID	F562	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Wife 1	Margaret Bethune BLACK           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 8 Feb 1950
  Marriage	12 Dec 1912  [5]
  Age at Marriage	Clarence was 27 years and 4 months old. Margaret was ?? old. They were married for 37 years and 2 months.
  Children	+   1. Morys George Lyndhurst BRUCE, 4th Baron Aberdare           b. 16 Jun 1919             d. 23 Jan 2005 (Age 85 years) └─ Maud Helen Sarah DASHWOOD  m. 1 Jun 1946 +   2. Nigel Henry Clarence BRUCE           b. 17 Jun 1921 (Age 103 years) └─ Catherine Marion WOLFE  m. 1 Sep 1964 +   3. Rosalind Louise Balfour BRUCE           b. 11 Nov 1923 (Age 101 years) └─ Benjamin Coote HEYWOOD  m. 25 Sep 1956 +   4. Gwyneth Margaret BRUCE           b. 3 Jul 1928             d. 7 Jan 2000 (Age 71 years) └─ Robert McCheyne ANDREW  m. 3 Jul 1952
  Family ID	F583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2023

  
  

  Wife 2	Griselda Harriet Violet Finetta Georgina HERVEY           b. Date of birth unknown             d. 1980
  Marriage	12 Sep 1957  [5]
  Age at Marriage	Clarence was 72 years and 1 month old. Griselda was ?? old. They were married for 0 years and 1 month.
  Family ID	F584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 10 - Column 1 to 2 (Reliability: 3). [S5] The London Gazette, Supplement: 38493 Page: 10 (Reliability: 3). https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38493/supplement/10 [S5] The London Gazette, Supplement: 40188 Page: 3266 (Reliability: 3). https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40188/supplement/3266 [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 9 - Column 2 (Reliability: 3). [S1] Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage: 107th Edition, Page 10 - Column 2 (Reliability: 3).