Constituency : North Wiltshire 1865-74, Marlborough 1878-85
Lord Charles chalked up a late gain taking North Wiltshire from the Tories.
Lord Charles was half-brother to George and Ernest Bruce, successively Marquis of Ailesbury.
Charles bought a captaincy in the 1st Life Guards.
Charles was defeated in 1874 but succeeded Ernest as MP for Marlborough when the latter became marquis in 1878. The constituency was abolished in 1885.
In 1880 Charles was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household by Gladstone and held the post throughout the ministry.
He died in 1897 aged 62.
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