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Bruce baronets of Downhill (1804)

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The Bruce, later Bruce-Clifton Baronetcy, of Downhill in the County of Londonderry, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 29 June 1804 for Reverend Henry Bruce. He was a descendant of Patrick Bruce, younger brother of the first Baronet of the 1628 creation, and the brother of Sir Stewart Bruce, 1st Baronet, of Dublin (see below). The third Baronet was a Conservative politician. The fourth Baronet was High Sheriff of County Londonderry in 1903. The seventh Baronet assumed the additional surname of Clifton in 1997.

Bruce, later Bruce-Clifton baronets, of Downhill (1804)

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The heir presumptive is the present holder's half-brother Louis William Sinclair Bruce-Clifton (b. 1993).[8]

Extended family

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Sir Henry William Bruce (1792–1863), younger son of the first Baronet, was an admiral in the Royal Navy. His son by his second wife, James Minchin Bruce (1833–1901), was a rear-admiral in the Royal Navy.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Foster, Joseph (1881). The Baronetage and Knightage. Nichols and Sons. pp. 81–82.
  2. ^ "Bruce, Rt Hon. Sir Henry Hervey". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Bruce, Sir Hervey Juckes Lloyd". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ "Bruce, Sir Hervey Ronald". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ "Bruce, Captain Sir Hervey John William". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ "Bruce-Clifton, Sir Hervey (James Hugh)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ "Biography of Sir Hervey Juckes Lloyd Bruce (1843–1919)". Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  8. ^ a b "Bruce-Clifton, Sir (Hervey) Hamish (Peter)". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Bruce baronets
of Downhill

29 June 1804
Succeeded by