Name: Champion Branfill Russell Age: 0 Birth Date: 26 Apr 1860 Baptism Date: 7 Jun 1860
Baptism Place: Essex, England
Father: Champion Russell
Mother: Emily Augusta Russell
Source Description: Baptism Register; Service of Church: Registers of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials; Incumbent; North Ockendon, St Mary Magdalene; Parish Records;1813-1884
Name: Champion B Russell Age: 11/12 Estimated Birth Year: 1860 Relation: Son Father's Name: Champion Russell
Mother's Name: Emily A Russell Gender: Male Where born: North Ockenden, Essex, England Civil Parish: North Ockenden
County/Island: Essex Country: England Registration District: Orsett Sub-registration District: Grays ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page Household Schedule Number: 65 Piece: 1073 Folio: 10 Page Number: 14 Household Members:
Name Age
Champion Russell 40 Emily A Russell 27 Eva Russell 4 Mary Russell 2 Champion B Russell 11/12
Vero W Taylor 27 Susan Philpot 70 Emma Coll 29 Rosetta Box 24 Lucy Lucking 25 Ann Argent 17 George Cooper 27
Name: Champion Branfill Russell Age: 10 Estimated Birth Year: 1861 Relation: Son Gender: Male
Where born: North Ockenden Essex England Civil Parish: North Ockenden Ecclesiastical parish: Rochester Town: North Ockenden
County/Island: Essex Country: England Registration District: Orsett Sub-registration District: Grays ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household Schedule Number: 11 Piece: 1652 Folio: 6 Page Number: 3 Household Members: Name Age
Champion Russell 50 Emily Agusta Russell 37 Mary Russell 12 Champion Branfill Russell 10 Lilian Russell 3 John Russell 1
Catherine Stephens Russell 74 Eliza Prasser 75 Harriet Prasser 38 Emma Cole 39 Eliza Clark 22 Alice Loaeday 16
Name: Champion B. Russell Age: 20 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861 Relationship to Head: Son Father: Champion Russell
Mother: Emily A. Russell Gender: Male Where born: N Ockendon, Essex, England Civil Parish: North Ockendon
County/Island: Essex Country: England Street Address: Stubbers Occupation: Undergraduate Oxford
Registration District: Orsett ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 1752 Folio: 4 Page Number: 1
Household Members: Name Age
Champion Russell 60 Emily A. Russell 47 Mary Russell 22 Champion B. Russell 20 Lilian Russell 13 Charles Russell 8
Violet Russell 6 Nella L. Batt 8 Edith J. Smith 26 Emma Cole 49 Eliza Stone 27 Elizabeth Butterfield 21 Mary A. Pratt 31
Mary A. Bishop 17
Name: Isabel Ellen Russell Gender: Female Age: 30 Relationship: Wife Birth Year: 1861 Spouse: Champion B Russell
Child: Rachel Augusta Russell Champion Maxwell Russell Birth Place: Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales Civil Parish: North Ockenden
Ecclesiastical parish: North Ockenden Residence Place: North Ockenden, North Ockenden, Essex, England Registration District: Orsett
Sub registration district: Grays ED, Institution or Vessel: 1 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 1375 Folio: 4
Household Members: Name Age
Champion B Russell 30 Isabel Ellen Russell 30 Rachel Augusta Russell 2 Champion Maxwell Russell 1
Lilian Russell 23 Douglas C Richmond 51 Ethel Emily Richmond 38 Sarah A Hucker 39
Emma Cole 59 Elizabeth Casey Cole 40 Sarah Jane Hankins 22 Susan Wood 16
Louisa Dyster 15 Francis Pradman 40
Name: Isabel E Russell Age: 40 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861 Relation to Head: Wife Gender: Female
Spouse: Champion B Russell Birth Place: Glamorgan, Wales Civil Parish: North Ockendon Ecclesiastical parish: North Ockendon St Mary Magdalene Town: North Ockendon County/Island: Essex Country: England Registration District: Orsett
Sub-registration District: Grays ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 1658 Folio: 9
Page Number: 9 Household Schedule Number: 52 Household Members: Name Age
Champion B Russell 40 Isabel E Russell 40 Henry B Russell 6 Isabel Marjorie Russell 4 Priscilla Russell 2
John N Russell 1 Laura E Cartree 31 Hilda E E Westwood 20 Rebecca Westwood 21 Emily S Clak 17
Catherine F Stevens 16 Hettie Rebecca Breed 14
Name: Isabel Ellen Russell Age in 1911: 50 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861 Relation to Head: Wife Gender: Female
Birth Place: Mountain Ash, Glamorganshire Civil Parish: North Ockendon County/Island: Essex Country: England
Street Address: Stubbers, North Ockendon, Essex Marital status: Married Estimated Marriage Year: 1888 Registration District: Orsett
Registration District Number: 192 Sub-registration District: Grays ED, institution, or vessel: 01 Piece: 9952
Household Members: Name Age
Champion Branfill Russell 50 Isabel Ellen Russell 50 Florence Marjorie Bedale 25 Emily Rosina Browning Browning 22
Winifred Lucy Snelling 15 Millicent Kraise 25 Ethel Lily Eves 27
Name: Chungsion B Russell Gender: Male Marital status: Widow Birth Date: 26 Apr 1860 Residence Year: 1939
Address: Stubbers House Residence Place: Hornchurch, Essex, England Occupation: S P for Essex Line Number: 1 Schedule Number: 1 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: DCCZ Borough: Hornchurch Registration District: 192-1
Household Members: Name
Chungsion B Russell Pamela Russell William Nell Rachel A Nell Caroline Ashby Etel L Flent Edith G M Knight
NAME: Champion Branfill Russell DEATH DATE: 08/09/1945 (8 Sep 1945) DEATH PLACE: Essex, England PROBATE DATE: 18/01/1946 (18 Jan 1946) PROBATE REGISTRY: Llandudno ¹146,784. 8s 9d
NAME: Champion Branfill Russell DEATH DATE: 08/09/1945 (8 Sep 1945) DEATH PLACE: Essex, England PROBATE DATE: 18/01/1946 (18 Jan 1946) PROBATE REGISTRY: Llandudno ¹146,784. 8s 9d
He is married to Hon. Isabel Ellen Bruce.
They got married on July 12, 1887 at Saint Mary Abbots, Kensington, Middlesex, London, he was 27 years old.Source 1
1. Aberdare, Baron (UK, 1873)
... Bruce (d . 13 Feb 1934), mar. 12 Jul 1887 Champion Branfill Russell (b . c. 1860; d. 8 Sep 1945)
Name: Champion Branfill Russell Age: 21 Birth Year: abt 1866 Event Date: 8 Jul 1887 Parish: North Ockendon
County: Essex Spouse's Name: The Honorable Isabel Ellen Bruce Spouse's Age: 21 Spouse's Parish: Kensington, St Mary Abbots
Event Type: Allegation Reference Number: Ms 10091/264
Champion Branfill Russell M, #43176, b. circa 1860, d. 8 September 1945 Last Edited=15 Nov 2015
Champion Branfill Russell was born circa 1860.1 He was the son of Champion Russell. He married Hon. Isabel Ellen Bruce, daughter of Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare of Duffryn and Norah Creina Blanche Napier, on 12 July 1887.1 He died on 8 September 1945.1
He lived at Stubbers, Essex, England Children of Champion Branfill Russell and Hon. Isabel Ellen Bruce
Rachel Augusta Russell b. 30 Nov 1888 Champion Maxwell Russell b. 5 Apr 1890 Henry Branfill Russell b. 10 Nov 1894, d. 11 Jul 1916
Isabel Margorie Russell b. 11 Jul 1896 Pamela Russell b. 2 Apr 1898 John Napier Russell b. 4 Oct 1899
Citations
[S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 8. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1079694 This link is re Henry B Russell Lieutenant in the Essex Regiment
Notes from The Peerage..
Henry Austin [Bruce], 1st Baron Aberdare, GCB PC DL
2nd son of John Knight later Bruce later Bruce-Pryce, of Duffryn, co. Glamorgan, by his first wife Sarah Austin, 2nd dau. of Rev Hugh Williams Austin, Rector of St Peter's, Barbados born 16 Apr 1815 mar. (1)
6 Jan 1846 Annabella Beadon (d. 28 Jul 1852), only dau. of Richard Beadon, of Clifton, co. Gloucester, by his wife Annabella à Court, sister of William [à Court], 1st Baron Heytesbury, and dau. of Sir William Pierce Ash à Court, 1st Bt. MP, of Heytesbury, co. Wiltshire
children by first wife
1. Hon Henry Campbell Bruce, later 2nd Baron Aberdare
1. Hon Margaret Cecilia Bruce (d. 10 Apr 1878), mar. 16 Sep 1869 Douglas Close Richmond CB (d. 3 Apr 1930), son of Rev Henry Sylvester Richmond, Rector of Wyck Rissington, co. Gloucester, and had issue
2. Hon Rachel Mary Bruce (d. 24 Jun 1927), mar. 10 Sep 1872 Augustus George Vernon-Harcourt, of St Clare, Ryde, Isle of Wight (b. 24 Dec 1834; d. 23 Aug 1919), 1st son of Admiral Frederick Edward Vernon-Harcourt (by his wife Marcia Tollemache, sister of John [Halliday later Tollemache], 1st Baron Tollemache, and 5th dau. of Admiral John Richard Delap Halliday later Tollemache, of Peckforton Castle, co. Chester, and Helmingham Hall, co. Suffolk), 5th son of Most Rev and Rt Hon Edward Venables-Vernon later Vernon-Harcourt DD, Archbishop of York 1807-47 (by his wife Lady Anne Leveson-Gower, 3rd dau. by his second wife of Granville [Leveson-Gower], 1st Marquess of Stafford), 2nd son by his third wife of George [Vernon later Venables-Vernon], 1st Baron Vernon, and had issue
3. Hon Jessie Frances Bruce (d. 22 Jun 1940), mar. 3 Sep 1878 Rev John William Wynne-Jones, Rector of Llantrisant, co. Anglesey (d. 28 Oct 1928), son of Ven John Wynne-Jones JP DL, of Treiorwerth, Bodedern, Holyhead, co. Anglesey, Archdeacon of Bangor 1863-86, and had issue
mar. (2)
17 Aug 1854 Norah Creina Blanche Napier (b. c. 1827; d. 27 Apr 1897; bur. at Mountain Ash, co. Glamorgan), 7th dau. of Lt Gen Sir William Francis Patrick Napier KCB, by his wife and first cousin once removed Caroline Amelia Fox, 2nd dau. of Gen Hon Henry Edward Fox (by his wife Marianne Clayton, dau. of William Clayton), 3rd son of Lady Georgiana Caroline Lennox, suo jure Baroness Holland
children by second wife
2. Hon William Napier Bruce CH CB, barrister, Pro-Chancellor University of Wales 1928-34 (b. 15 Jan 1858; d. 20 Mar 1936), mar. 5 Aug 1882 Emily MacMurdo (d. 15 Dec 1937), dau. of Gen Sir William Montagu Scott MacMurdo GCB, and had issue
3. Brig Gen Hon Charles Granville Bruce CB MVO (b. 7 Apr 1866; dsp. 12 Jul 1939), mar. 12 Sep 1894 Fineta Madelina Julia Campbell MBE (dsp. 16 Jun 1932), 3rd dau. of Col Sir Edward Fitzgerald Campbell, 2nd Bt., by his wife Georgiana Charlotte Theophila Metcalfe, 2nd dau. of Sir Theophilus Metcalfe, 4th Bt.
4. Hon Caroline Louisa Bruce (d. 3 Feb 1915)
5. Hon Sarah Napier Bruce (d. 21 Dec 1931), mar. 17 Aug 1888 Montague Johnstone Muir Mackenzie JP, Recorder of Sandwich and Deal (b. 29 Sep 1847; d. 18 Apr 1919), 5th son of Sir John William Pitt Muir Mackenzie of Delvine ,2nd Bt., by his wife Sophia Matilda Johnstone, 5th dau. of James Raymond Johnstone of Alva, and had issue
6. Hon Norah Creina Blanche Bruce (d. 26 May 1886), mar. 4 Jan 1883 Henry Arthur Whately (b. c. 1855; d. 2 May 1957), son of Canon William Joseph Whately, Rector of Rise, co. York, and had issue
7. Hon Isabel Ellen Bruce (d. 13 Feb 1934), mar. 12 Jul 1887 Champion Branfill Russell (b. c. 1860; d. 8 Sep 1945), son of Champion Russell, of Stubbers, co. Essex, and had issue
8. Hon Elizabeth Fox Bruce (d. 14 Jan 1935), mar. 9 Apr 1896 Percy Ewing Matheson MBE, of 3 Brookside, Headington, Oxford, Fellow of New College Oxford (d. 11 May 1946), son of Rev James Matheson, of Nottingham
9. Hon Pamela Georgiana Bruce (d. 30 Oct 1931)
10. Hon Alice Moore Bruce, Fellow of Somerville College Oxford (d. 4 Nov 1951)
died
25 Feb 1895 (bur. at Mountain Ash, co. Glamorgan)
created
23 Aug 1873 Baron Aberdare, of Duffryn in the County of Glamorgan
suc. by
son by first wife
note
barrister, Lincoln's Inn 1837; Deputy Lieutenant for Glamorganshire 1847; Member of Parliament (Liberal) for Merthyr Tydfil 1852-68 and for Renfrewshire 1869-73; Under Secretary of State for the Home Department 1862-64; Vice President, Council on Education and Privy Councillor 1864; Secretary of State for the Home Department 1868-73; Lord President of the Council 1873-74; FRS 1876; President, Royal Geographical Society 1880-84 and 1885-86; GCB (Civil) 1885
Henry Campbell [Bruce], 2nd Baron Aberdare
born
19 Jun 1851
mar.
10 Feb 1880 Constance Mary Beckett (d. 8 Feb 1932), only dau. of Hamilton Beckett (by his wife Hon Sophia Clarence Copley, 3rd dau. and cohrss. by his first wife of John Singleton [Copley], 1st Baron Lyndhurst), 2nd but 1st surv. son and heir of Henry Beckett (by his wife Mary Lyle, dau. of James Lyle, of Philadelphia, USA), 5th son of Sir John Beckett, 1st Bt., of Leeds, co. York, and Somerby Park, co. Lincoln
children
1. Capt Hon Henry Lyndhurst Bruce (b. 25 May 1881; k. in action vp. 14 Dec 1914), mar. 11 Oct 1906 Camilla Antoinetta Clifford, a "Gibson girl" at the Gaiety Theatre, London (mar. (2) 9 Aug 1917 Brig John Meredyth Jones Evans CBE MC; d. 28 Jun 1971), dau. of Reynold Clifford, and had issue:
1a. Margaret Bruce (b. 13 Aug 1909; dvp. 18 Aug 1909)
2. Hon Clarence Napier Bruce, later 3rd Baron Aberdare
3. Hon John Hamilton Bruce CBE KStJ JP DL (b. 14 Jun 1889; d. 8 Apr 1964), mar. 3 May 1923 Cynthia Juliet Duff DStJ (d. 1977), dau. of Julian Grant Duff, and had issue
4. Hon Victor Austin Bruce (b. 8 Apr 1897; d. 1978), mar. (1) 16 Feb 1926 (div. 1941) Mildred Mary Petre, aviatrix, racing driver and speed-boat pilot (d. 1990), dau. of Laurence Joseph Petre, and (2) 9 Jun 1941 Margaret (Peggy) Charlotte Beechey (d. 25 Jul 1999), 2nd dau. of Ernest Alfred Beechey, of The Old Vicarage, Hilgay, co. Norfolk, and had issue by his first wife
5. Hon Robert Bruce (b. 1 Oct 1898; dvp. 22 Oct 1898)
1. Hon Margaret Cecilia Bruce (b. 28 Oct 1882; d. 16 Apr 1949), mar. 21 Jul 1904 Orlando [Bridgeman], 5th Earl of Bradford, and had issue
2. Violet Bruce (b. 8 Nov 1887; dvp. 10 Nov 1887)
3. Hon Eva Isabel Marian Bruce DBE JP (b. 17 Jun 1892; d. 29 Jan 1987), mar. (1) 26 Apr 1911 (div. 1922) as his first wife Algernon Henry [Strutt], 3rd Baron Belper, and (2) 24 Jun 1924 as his second wife Archibald Philip [Primrose], 6th Earl of Rosebery, and had issue by both husbands
4. Hon (Constance) Pamela Alice Bruce OBE JP (b. 14 Jun 1895; d. 15 Mar 1978), mar. 1 Jul 1919 Edward Kenelm [Digby], 11th Baron Digby, and had issue
died
20 Feb 1929
suc. by
son
note
Hon Col, 5th Battalion Welsh Regiment; Lt Col, 3rd Volunteer Battalion; President, University College South Wales and National Museum of Wales; Vice Lieutenant of Glamorganshire
Clarence Napier [Bruce], 3rd Baron Aberdare, GBE
born
2 Aug 1885
mar. (1)
12 Dec 1912 Margaret Bethune Black (d. 8 Feb 1950), only dau. of Adam Black, of Hurstmonceaux, co. Sussex, by his wife Mary Smith, 1st dau. of James Henry Smith, of Maidstone, co. Kent
children by first wife
1. Hon Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, later 4th Baron Aberdare
2. Hon Nigel Henry Clarence Bruce, of Maitland Lodge, 21 The Causeway, Edinburgh (b. 17 Jun 1921), mar. 1 Sep 1964 Catherine Marion Wolfe (d. 19...), dau. of Thomas Wolfe, and had issue
1. Hon Rosalind Louise Balfour Bruce (b. 11 Nov 1923; d. 25 May 2019), mar. 25 Sep 1956 Benjamin Coote Heywood, of 1 Elm Park Road, London SW3, 1st son of Col Henry Frank Heywood MC, of 3 The Drive, London SW20, and had issue
2. Hon Gwyneth Margaret Bruce (b. 3 Jul 1928; d. 7 Jan 2000), mar. 3 Jul 1952 Robert McCheyne Andrew, of Hams Barton, Chudleigh, co. Devon, and had issue
mar. (2)
12 Sep 1957 Griselda Harriet Violet Finetta Georgina Hervey (d. 1980), only dau. of Dudley Francis Amelius Hervey CMG (1st son of Rev Lord Charles Amelius Hervey DD, Rector of Chesterford, Essex (by his wife Lady Harriet Charlotte Sophia Ryder, 4th dau. of Dudley [Ryder], 1st Earl of Harrowby), 5th son of Frederick William [Hervey], 1st Marquess of Bristol), by his wife Griselda Mary Theophila Campbell, 4th dau. of Lt Col Sir Edward FitzGerald Campbell, 2nd Bt.
died
4 Oct 1957
suc. by
son by first wife
note
barrister, Inner Temple 1911; Capt, Glamorgan Yeomanry; Hon Col, 77 (Welsh) Heavy Anti Aircraft Brigade (TA) 1930-52; Member, International Olympic Executive Committee 1931-51; Member, Organising Committee London Olympic Games 1948; Prior for Wales, Order of St John 1948; CBE 1949; GBE 1954; Member or otherwise connected with a large number of sporting and children's charities, rackets champion during the late 1920's and early 1930's
Morys George Lyndhurst [Bruce], 4th Baron Aberdare, KBE PC DL
born
16 Jun 1919
mar.
1 Jun 1946 (Maud Helen) Sarah Dashwood (b. 1924; d. 7 Jan 2007), only dau. of Sir John Lindsay Dashwood, 10th Bt. CVO, of West Wycombe Park, co. Buckingham, by his wife Helen Moira Eaton, dau. of Lt Col Vernon Eaton
children
1. Hon Alastair John Lyndhurst Bruce, later 5th Baron Aberdare
2. Hon James Henry Morys Bruce (b. 28 Dec 1948), mar. (1) 16 Jul 1977 (div. 1987) Grace Wu, dau. of Allen Jao Wu, (2) 4 Apr 1991 Lucinda Jane West, only dau. of Richard Temple West, and (3) 1 Jul 2000 Mrs Mary Elizabeth Hamilton, and has issue by his first two wives
3. Hon (Henry) Adam Francis Bruce SBStJ (b. 5 Feb 1962), mar. 30 May 1992 Victoria Gillian Ramsden, 2nd dau. of Maj Ivor Basil Ramsden MBE, and has issue
4. Hon Charles Benjamin Bruce (b. 29 May 1965), mar. (1) 7 Apr 1990 Anna Brannerydh, dau. of Bo Brannerydh, of Gavle, Sweden, and (2) 28 Oct 2000 Deborah Anne Smith, dau. of Warren Peter Smith, of St Peter's Square, London, and has issue by his first wife
died 23 Jan 2005 suc. by son
note
served in World War II 1939-45 as Capt, Welsh Guards; Vice President, British and Commonwealth Games Cardiff 1958; Prior for Wales, Order of St John 1958-88; Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Security 1970-74; Privy Councillor 1974; Minister without Portfolio 1974; GCStJ 1974; Chairman of Committees, House of Lords 1976-92; KBE 1984; Deputy Lieutenant for Dyfed 1985-2005; elected hereditary peer (Deputy Speaker - Conservative), House of Lords 1999
Alastair John Lyndhurst [Bruce], 5th Baron Aberdare
born 2 May 1947 mar.
6 May 1971 Elizabeth Mary Cuthbert Foulkes, dau. of John Frederick Foulkes, of St Leonards-on-Sea, co. Sussex
children
1. Hon Hector Morys Napier Bruce (b. 25 Jul 1974)
1. Hon Sarah Katherine Mary Bruce (b. 18 Apr 1976)
note
elected to the House of Lords (Cross Bench) 2009
Last updated 11 Jul 2019
Title:
5th Baron Aberdare, of Duffryn in the County of Glamorgan
(United Kingdom, let. pat. 23 Aug 1873)
Address:
16 Beverley Road, London SW13 0LX
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