Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury

Michael Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury (born 31 March 1926), styled Viscount Savernake until 1961 and Earl Bruce between 1961 and 1974, is a British peer. The son of Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 7th Marquess of Ailesbury and Joan Houlton Salter, he succeeded his father as 8th Marquess on the latter's death on 15 July 1974. The heir apparent to the marquessate, and the other titles, is his eldest son.

Biography

He attended Eton College before serving in the Royal Horse Guards. He became a member of the London Stock Exchange in 1954. He joined the stockbrokers Bragg, Stockdale, Hall and Company in the City of London, which was purchased by Fiske and Company in the 1980s and he became a partner.[1] He became a director of Fiske & Co Ltd and remained so when it went public as Fiske plc.

He was married three times, firstly, to Edwina Sylvia de Winton-Wills, daughter of Lt.-Col. Sir Ernest Edward de Winton-Wills, 4th Baronet Wills of Hazelwood, of the W.D. & H.O. Wills tobacco company, and Sylvia Margaret Ogden, on 17 March 1952. The couple were divorced in 1961. They had three children:

His second marriage was to Juliet Adrienne Lethbridge Kingsford, daughter of Edward Hilary Lethbridge Kingsford, on 10 July 1963. The couple were divorced in 1974 after having two children:

Thirdly, he married Caroline Elizabeth Wethered, who was the daughter of Commander Owen Francis MacTier Wethered, on 18 September 1974. The couple were divorced in 1992.

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ http://www.burkespeerage.com/record_to_view.php?book=Burke's Peerage 107th Edition&ref=107th&totalPages=4689&page=187

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Chandos Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce		 Marquess of Ailesbury
1974–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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