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Alexander
James
Bruce
Born in Nellore, Madras, India
Ancestors 
Brother of
George Cadell Bruce, John Clinton Whish Bruce, Francis Stewart Bruce, Charles Chesney Bruce and Edward Buckle Bruce
Husband of
Marianne (Thomas) Bruce
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 77
in Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Mar 2017
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Biography
Alexander Bruce was part of the history of the British Honourable East India Company
Alexander was born in 1828 in India, the eldest son of Alexander Fairlie Bruce and Harriet Cathcart. He was baptized on 11 February 1829 in Nellore, Madras.[1]
He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy (1838-41).[2]
In 1845, Alexander joined the Honourable East India Company as an ensign with the 14th Madras Native Infantry, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1851.
In 1853 in Madras, he married Marianne Thomas, daughter of John Fryer and Diana Elizabeth Thomas.[3] They had five children:[4]
- Alexander Fairlie, born 3 November 1854
- John Fryer, born 19 January 1858
- Robert Cathcart, born 8 Sepember 1859
- Michael, born 6 June 1866
- Diana Harriet, born 17 February 1861
In 1857, he was promoted to captain in the Madras Staff Corps and served with the Mysore Commission for 20 years. He was promoted to major in 1865, lieutenant-colonerl in 1871, and colonel in 1876. He retired in 1877 with the rank of honorary major-general.
At the time pf the 1891 Census, Alexander, aged 62, was living in St Marylebone with his wife, Marianne, aged 67 (57?) and son, Michael, aged 24, togerther with two servants, Elizabeth Borned and Eliza Book.[5]
Alexander died in 1906 in Saint Marylebone, London, aged 77. He is buried in Highgate Cemetery East, in the London Borough of Camden.[6]
Research Notes
His record in the Edinburgh Academy Register reads as follows:
BRUCE, Alexander James, 1838-41. Cl. 1-3. b. 1828.
Maj.-Gen. M.S.C. ; Ensign 14th M.N.I. 1845 ; Lt. 1851 ; Capt. M.S.C. 1857 ; Maj. 1865 ; Lt.-Col. 1871 ; Col. 1876 ; Hon. Maj.-Gen. 1877 ; d. 9 May 1906.
On 4 September 1879, his only daughter, Diana Harriet, married William Bremner, only son of late Lieut. A. Bremner, Madras army. There is information about their family on the webpage https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/story/40623
Sources
- ↑ FamilySearch: India Births and Baptisms
- ↑ The Edinburgh Academy Register: Page 97.
- ↑ FamilySearch: India Marriages
- ↑ Joseph Foster (1882)
- ↑ 1891 England Census
- ↑ Find a Grave: Highgate Cemetery East
- FamilySearch: "India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947" (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG4D-LZ9 : accessed 3 April 2024)
- The Edinburgh Academical Club. The Edinburgh Academy Register 1824-1914, Edinburgh: T & A Constable, 1914.
- FamilySearch: "India Marriages, 1792-1948 " (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGV7-FCC : accessed 3 April 2024)
- Joseph Foster (1882) The peerage, baronetage, and knightage of the British Empire, 1882, London: Nichols & Sons (https://archive.org/details/peeragebaronetag02fost/page/81 : accessed 3 April 2024)
- (from original profile) 1891 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. 1891 England Census, St Marylebone
- Find a Grave: Highgate Cemetery East (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224085031/alexander-james-bruce : accessed 3 April 2024)
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