John Bruce-Gardyne, Baron Bruce-Gardyne

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John (Jock) Bruce-Gardyne, Baron Bruce-Gardyne (born April 12, 1930 in Chertsey , † April 15, 1990 in London ) was a Scottish journalist and politician.

Life

Bruce-Gardyne came from a traditional Scottish family; his father, Captain Evan Bruce-Gardyne , was the 13th Laird of Middleton and made a name for himself as an officer in the First World War .

He received his school education at Winchester College , then Bruce-Gardyne studied at Magdalen College in Oxford . After completing his studies, he pursued a military career from 1948 to 1950 with the Royal Dragoons , a forerunner of today's Royal Dragoon Guards , which brought him up to the rank of lieutenant . From 1953 to 1956 he worked for Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service , the British diplomatic service , before going to Paris as a correspondent for the Financial Times from 1957 to 1960 .

His political career began in 1964 when it to him in the general election was possible for South Angus enter parliament. There he remained until he was defeated in the 1974 elections to the candidate of the Scottish National Party , Andrew Welsh . He returned to the House of Commons in 1979, this time for Knutsford . He remained in Parliament until 1983 before he was appointed Life Peer at Margaret Thatcher's proposal and entered the House of Lords . Since then he has officially carried the title of Baron Bruce-Gardyne, of Kirkden in the District of Angus .

Together with Nigel Lawson he wrote the book The Power Game , which appeared in 1976.

In the months before his death, Bruce-Gardyne was seriously ill with a brain tumor . Although he was aware of his impending death, he was still very active in the House of Lords and also worked as a journalist. He died three days after his sixtieth birthday.

Bruce-Gardyne had been married since 1959, leaving behind his wife and three children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Preview of the biography in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , accessed February 12, 2015
  2. ↑ obituary orlandosentinel.com (Engl.) Called on 12 February 2015
  3. ↑ Captain Evan Bruce-Gardyne, 13th of Middleton on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c d John Bruce-Gardyne, Baron Bruce-Gardyne on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
  5. ^ Obituary by Nigel Lawson , accessed February 12, 2015
  6. ^ Obituary on heraldscotland.com, accessed on February 12, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Bruce-Gardyne, John, Baron Bruce-Gardyne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bruce-Gardyne, Jock, Baron Bruce-Gardyne (first name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist and politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Chertsey
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1990
Place of death London