About Thomas Bruce
Lived 1738 – 1797 (aged 58–59). Thomas Bruce was a British politician.
Lieutenant-General Thomas Bruce (1738 – 12 December 1797), was a British Army officer and politician, the third son of William Bruce, 8th Earl of Kincardine.
He was educated at Rugby School and joined the British Army, serving in India during the American Revolutionary War and rising to the rank of lieutenant-general in 1796. He commanded the British forces in the West Indies, leading the unsuccessful attack against Martinique in June 1793. He was made Colonel of the 16th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot in 1788, a position he held until his death.
He was the Member of Parliament for Marlborough, 22 June 1790 – 30 May 1796, and Great Bedwyn, 28 May 1796 – 12 December 1797.
He died unmarried on 12 December 1797.
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