Family and Education
b. 29 May 1682, 2nd but o. surv. s. Thomas Bruce, styled. Ld. Bruce (later 2nd earl of Ailesbury), and Elizabeth (1655–97), da. of Henry Seymour (1626–54), styled. Ld. Beauchamp. educ. privately; academy at Brussels, 1698. m. (1) 7 Feb. 1706 (with approx. £45,000), Anne (d. 18 July 1717), da. and coh. William Savile, 2nd mq. of Halifax, 2s. d.v.p. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 2 Feb. 1720 (with £10,000), WSHC, Ailesbury mss 1300/1268. Juliana (d. 1739), da. Charles Boyle, 2nd earl of Burlington and 3rd earl of Cork [I], s.p.; (3) 18 June 1739, Caroline (d. 17 Jan. 1803), da. of John Campbell†, later 4th duke of Argyll [S], 1da. d. 10 Feb. 1747; will 15 May 1746, pr. 15 Apr. 1747. TNA, PROB 11/753.
Offices Held
Burgess, Bedford 1711; recorder, Bedford 1711 – d.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Houghton House, Ampthill, Beds. (to 1707); Henley Park, Guilford, Surr. (1707–17);HMC 15th Rep. VII, 200, 203, 206, 219, 220, 222. ; Poland Street, Westminster (1710–14);WSHC, Ailesbury mss 1300/1281-92, 1144. ; Tottenham Park, Savernake (from 1717).
Likenesses
oil on canvas, attrib. Sir G. Kneller, c.1720, sold at Sotheby’s, 14 Apr. 2011.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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