About William Napier Bruce
Lived 1858 – 1936 (aged 78). William Napier Bruce was a British civil servant and barrister.
The Honourable William Napier Bruce, (18 January 1858 – 20 March 1936) was a British educationalist and lawyer.
Life
The son of Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare by his second wife Norah Creina Blanche, Bruce was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read the Greats. In 1882, he married Emily McMurdo, daughter of General Sir William McMurdo. They had one son and one daughter.
In 1883, Bruce was called to the bar from Lincoln's Inn. In 1929, he became Pro-Chancellor of the University of Wales, in succession to Lord Kenyon.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1905 and a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1935. He died in Bath in 1936.
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Who was William Napier Bruce?
British lawyer and educationalist (1858-1936)
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William Napier Bruce was born on 18 January 1858 in Aberdare.
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William Napier Bruce died on 20 March 1936.
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William Napier Bruce was a civil servant and barrister.
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William Napier Bruce was British.
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