Sir William Bruce, 9th Baronet
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Full name | William Cunningham Bruce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 20 September 1825 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 29 May 1906 Windsor, Berkshire, England | (aged 80)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 July 2020 |
Sir William Cunningham Bruce, 9th Baronet DL (20 September 1825 – 29 May 1906) was a Scottish first-class cricketer.
The son of William Cunningham Bruce and Jane Catherine Clark, he was born in British India at Bombay in September 1825.[1] Bruce served in the British Army with the 74th Highlanders, reaching the rank of captain.[2] A keen cricketer, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Canterbury in 1844 and 1846.[3] He scored 23 runs in his two first-class matches, with a high score of 12.[4] Bruce succeeded his uncle, , as the 9th Baronet of the Bruce baronets upon his death in December 1862.[2] He was a magistrate for Stirlingshire and served as a deputy lieutenant for the county.[2][5] Bruce died in England at Windsor in May 1906. Upon his death, he was succeeded as the 10th Baronet by his son, , one of three children he had with Charlotte Isabella O'Grady, who he married in 1850.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Sir William Cunningham Bruce, 9th Bt". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ a b c Walford, Edward (1871). The County Families of the United Kingdom (6 ed.). Robert Hardwicke. p. 144.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Bruce". CricketArxhive. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Bruce". CricketArxhive. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "No. 27400". The London Gazette. 24 January 1902. p. 518.
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- 1825 births
- 1906 deaths
- People from Mumbai
- 74th Highlanders officers
- Scottish cricketers
- Gentlemen of Kent cricketers
- Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
- Scottish justices of the peace
- Deputy Lieutenants of Stirlingshire