Charles Edward Bruce

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Bruce (23 March 1876 – 26 January 1950) was a British Indian Army officer and British colonial administrator. He served as the Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan in the 1920s.

Biography Bruce was born in India, the son of Richard Isaac Bruce of the Indian Civil Service. He was educated in England at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. From Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Lancashire Fusiliers and within the year was transferred to the 24th Baluchistan Regiment. He took part in the Boxer Rebellion in China and also some frontier wars of the North-Western Frontier. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1920 New Year Honours for services in India involving the Third Anglo-Afghan War. Third Anglo-Afghan War

He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1925 Birthday Honours. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in 1929.