Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury

Michael Sydney Cedric Brudenell - Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury ( born March 31, 1926), until 1961 known as the Earl Bruce under the courtesy title Viscount Savernake and from 1961 to 1974, is a British peer and politician.

Life and career

Brudenell - Bruce was born on 31 March 1926 as the son of Cedric Brudenell - Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury, and Joan Houlton Salter.

He attended Eton College and served in the Royal Horse Guards later. There he was Lieutenant and later Captain Honorary ( Honorary Captain ).

In 1954 he became a member of the London Stock Exchange. Brudenell - Bruce is one of the Hereditary Peerage Association currently not on.

Membership in the House of Lords

After the death of his father in 1974 he inherited the title of Marquess of Ailesbury and the time associated seat in the House of Lords. There he sat as a cross Bencher. His inaugural address was delivered on 21 November 1979.

In the 1980s, he spoke on the topics of pensions, the British base in Gibraltar, the road traffic and the British Embassy in Kabul. He reported in the 1990s on the safety of Salman Rushdie, the age of Hereditary and Life Peers and Alzheimer's. Recently he reported on 4 November 1999 to word.

His seat he lost by the House of Lords Act 1999. For one of the remaining seats he did not present himself. He is not listed in the Register of Hereditary Peers.

Family

Brudenell - Bruce was married three times. On March 17, 1952, he married Edwina Sylvia de Winton Wills, daughter of Lt.- Col. Sir Ernest Edward de Winton Wills, 4th Baronet Wills of Hazelwood, and Sylvia Margaret Ogden. They divorced in 1961. Together they have three children, David Brudenell - Bruce, Earl of Cardigan ( * 1952 ), Lady Sylvia Davina Brudenell - Bruce (born 1954 ), the 1987 Peter M. Gould married, and Lady Carina Doune Brudenell - Bruce ( born 1956 ), the on June 26, 1982 Anthony Le Brun married.

His second marriage took place on 10 July 1963 Juliet Adrienne Lethbridge Kingsford, daughter of Edward Hilary Lethbridge Kingsford. The couple was divorced in 1974. They have two children, Lady Louisa Brudenell - Bruce (born 1964 ) and Lady Kathryn Juliet Brudenell - Bruce (born 1965 ).

On September 18, 1974, he married Caroline Elizabeth Wethered, daughter of Commander Owen Francis MacTier Wethered. They divorced in 1992.

The Heir Apparent to his titles is his eldest son.