Bruce Manson

Bruce Edward Alexander Manson (7 December 1878 – 4 November 1914) was an English first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer.

Manson was born in British India in December 1878 to F. B. Manson of the Imperial Forest Service and his wife, Emily. He joined the British Indian Army in July 1898 as an unattached second lieutenant, having graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. The following year, he was appointed to the Indian Staff Corps. He saw action in China in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion, for which he was decorated by the United States with the Military Order of the Dragon. In October 1900, he was promoted to lieutenant. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the Europeans' first innings by Maneksha Bulsara, while in their second innings, he was dismissed by the same bowler for 7 runs. As a bowler, he took 3 wickets in the Parsees' first innings. By 1907, Manson was serving with the 61st Pioneers and was promoted to captain in July of the same year. George V visited India in 1911, with Manson appointed as his aide-de-camp during the Delhi Durbar.