Alastair Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare

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The Lord Aberdare
100px Arms of Lord Aberdare
Born	(1947-05-02) 2 May 1947
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Mary Cuthbert Foulkes
Issue	Hector Morys Napier Bruce Sarah Katherine Mary Bruce
Parents	Morys, Lord Aberdare Maud Helen Sarah Dashwood

Alastair John Lyndhurst Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare (born 2 May 1947) is a British nobleman, and since 2009 a crossbench hereditary Lord Temporal.

Personal life and education

Lord Aberdare is the son of Morys, 4th Lord Aberdare, and Maud Helen Sarah Dashwood, only daughter of Sir John Dashwood, 10th Baronet. The 5th Lord succeeded his father upon the latter's death in 2005. Aberdare was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.

He married Elizabeth Mary Culbert Foulkes in 1971, and they have two children:

• Hon. Hector Morys Napier Bruce (born 1974)
• Hon. Sarah Katherine Mary Bruce (born 1976)

House of Lords

In July 2009 he was elected to sit in the House of Lords, following the death of crossbench hereditary peer Christopher, Viscount Bledisloe in May 2009. A by-election took place under the terms of the House of Lords Act 1999, which provided for 92 hereditary peers to keep their seats in the reformed House, with vacancies in their number filled from amongst those hereditary peers deprived of their seats. The result was announced in the Chamber of the Lords on 15 July 2009, following the voting by 27 of the 29 Crossbench peers eligible to take part. He made his maiden speech on 26 November 2009.

Career

IBM, 1969–1991; Partner, Bruce Naughton Wade, 1991–1999; Director, ProbusBNW since 1999 Trustee, National Botanic Garden of Wales, 1994–2006. Fellow, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University since July 2008. He is Bailiff of St Davids of the Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem, Priory of Wales.

Offices

Aberdare is president of the Cynon Valley History Society.

Ancestry

Family of Alastair Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare

16. Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare               8. Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare                       17. Annabella Beadon               4. Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare                             18. Hamilton Beckett               9. Constance Mary Beckett                       19. Hon. Sophia Clarence Copley               2. Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare                                   20.               10. Adam Black                       21.               5. Margaret Bethune Black                             22. James Henry Smith               11. Mary Smith                       23.               1. Alastair Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare                                         24. Sir Edwin Hare Dashwood, 7th Baronet               12. Sir Robert John Dashwood, 9th Baronet                       25. Roberta Henrietta Abercromby               6. Sir John Lindsay Dashwood, 10th Baronet                             26. Maj. William Bayford Lindsay               13. Clara Adelaide Lindsay                       27.               3. Maud Helen Sarah Dashwood                                   28.               14. Lt.-Col. Vernon Eaton                       29.               7. Helen Moira Eaton                             30.               15.                       31.

References

• "Aberdare, Baron (Bruce) (Baron UK 1873)" Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 1995 London: Debrett's Peerage Limited, 1995, p. 4
• Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007
• thePeerage.com

External links

• Profile at Parliament of the United Kingdom
• Current session contributions in Parliament at Hansard
• Voting record at PublicWhip.org
• Record in Parliament at TheyWorkForYou.com
• Profile at Westminster Parliamentary Record
• Profile at BBC News Democracy Live

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Morys Bruce	Baron Aberdare 2005–present	Incumbent