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The Lord Aberdare | |
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 Lord Aberdare in 1967 | |
| Minister without portfolio | |
| In office 8 January 1974 – 4 March 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | The Lord Drumalbyn |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Young of Graffham |
| Minister of State for Health and Social Security | |
| In office 23 June 1970 – 8 January 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | The Baroness Serota |
| Succeeded by | Brian O'Malley |
| Member of theHouse of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 5 October 1957 – 11 November 1999 as ahereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | The 3rd Baron Aberdare |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
| In office 11 November 1999 – 23 January 2005 as anelected hereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | Seat established [a] |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Viscount Eccles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce (1919-06-16)16 June 1919 |
| Died | 23 January 2005(2005-01-23) (aged 85) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | |
| Parent | Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare (father) |
| Education | Sandroyd School Winchester College |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare (16 June 1919[1] – 23 January 2005[2]), was aConservative politician, and from 1999 until his death, one ofninety-two elected hereditary peers in theBritishHouse of Lords. He was the eldest son ofClarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare, and Margaret Bethune Black, and succeeded to his father's title on the latter's death in 1957.
Bruce was educated atSandroyd School before heading toWinchester College andNew College, Oxford, where he read Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
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In 1939 he joined theBritish Army, commissioned with the rank oflieutenant in theWelsh Guards; he would eventually reach the rank ofcaptain, after having served in various staff positions withXII Corps, the21st Army Group, andXXX Corps during and afterWorld War II.
He joinedThe Rank Organisation in 1947, working there for two years before moving to theBritish Broadcasting Corporation, where he worked between 1949 and 1956. In 1970, he becameMinister of State for theDepartment of Health and Social Security; in 1974, he was appointed to thePrivy Council and became aMinister without Portfolio. Between 1976 and 1992, he served asChairman of Committees of the House of Lords, (DeputySpeaker of the House of Lords). In 1984, he was created aKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and he would serve various positions within theOrder of St John of Jerusalem. After theHouse of Lords Act 1999 prevented hereditary peers from sitting in the Lords solely by virtue of their peerages, Lord Aberdare became one of theninety-two hereditary peers elected to stay in the House of Lords.
On 24 August 1992, he officially openedChester City's new football stadium, theDeva Stadium.[3]
Lord Aberdare was a lifelong devotee ofreal tennis, winning the British amateur singles championship four times between 1953 and 1957, and the amateur doubles championship four times between 1954 and 1961. He served as president of theTennis and Rackets Association from 1972 until 2004. During his tenure there was a significant expansion in bothreal tennis andrackets, and a number of new courts were built while several others were re-opened. His book,The JT Faber Book of Tennis and Rackets (London: Quiller Press, 2001.ISBN 1-899163-62-X), is the most comprehensive modern reference for these sports.
Lord Aberdare was President of the London Welsh Trust, which runs theLondon Welsh Centre, from 1959 until 1962, and from 1969 to 1970.[4]
In 1946 he married Maud Helen Sarah Dashwood,[5] daughter ofSir John Dashwood, 10th Baronet, and Helen Moira Eaton. They had four children:
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Deputy Leader of the House of Lords 1970–1974 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister without portfolio 1974 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chairman of Committees of theHouse of Lords 1977–1992 | Succeeded by |
| New office created by theHouse of Lords Act 1999 | Elected hereditary peer to theHouse of Lords under theHouse of Lords Act 1999 1999–2005 | Succeeded by |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by | Baron Aberdare 1957–2005 Member of theHouse of Lords (1957–1999) | Succeeded by |
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