Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare GCB, PC, JP, DL, FRS, FRHistS (16 April 1815 – 25 February 1895), was a British Liberal Party politician, who served in government most notably as Home Secretary (1868–1873) and as Lord President of the Council.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Aberdare
GCB PC JP DL FRS FRHistS
Lord President of the Council
In office
9 August 1873 – 21 February 1874
MonarchQueen Victoria
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byThe Earl de Grey and Ripon
Succeeded byThe Duke of Richmond
Home Secretary
In office
9 December 1868 – 9 August 1873
MonarchQueen Victoria
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byGathorne Hardy
Succeeded byRobert Lowe
Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education
In office
26 April 1864 – 26 June 1866
MonarchQueen Victoria
Prime MinisterThe Viscount Palmerston
The Earl Russel
Preceded byRobert Lowe
Succeeded byHenry Lowry-Corry
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of state for Home Affairs
In office
14 November 1862 – 25 April 1864
MonarchQueen Victoria
Prime MinisterThe Viscount Palmerston
Preceded byGeorge Clive
Succeeded byThomas Baring
Parliamentary offices
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
23 August 1873 – 25 February 1895
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byThe 2nd Lord Aberdare
Member of Parliament
for Renfrewshire
In office
25 January 1869 – 23 August 1873
Preceded byArchibald Alexander Speirs
Succeeded byArchibald Campbell
Member of Parliament
for Merthyr Tydfil
In office
14 December 1852 – 11 November 1868
Preceded bySir John Josiah Guest
Succeeded byHenry Richard
Personal details
Born
Henry Austin Bruce

(1815-04-16)16 April 1815
Aberdare, Glamorganshire
Died25 February 1895 (1895-02-26) (aged 79)
South Kensington, London
Resting placeAberffrwd Cemetery, Mountain Ash
Political partyLiberal
Spouses
Annabella Beadon
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(m. 1846; died 1852)​
    Norah Napier
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    (m. 1854)​
    EducationSwansea Grammar School
    Alma materLincoln's Inn
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