Baron Aberdare

Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

Coat of arms of the Barons Aberdare

Baron Aberdare , of Duffryn in the County of Glamorgan , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .

Award

The title was created on August 23, 1873 for the British politician Henry Austin Bruce . He had been a member of the House of Commons and most recently Minister of the Interior for more than 20 years . After being raised to the nobility, he became Lord President of the Council .

List of Barons Aberdare (1873)

• Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (1815–1895)
• Henry Campbell Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare (1851–1914)
• Clarence Napier Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare (1885–1957)
• Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare (1919-2005)
• Alastair John Lyndhurst Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare (born 1947)

The heir to the title is the son of the current baron, Hector Morys Napier Bruce (* 1974).

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• Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Eds.): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page