Gainsford Bruce

Sir Gainsford Bruce (1834 – 24 February 1912) was a British politician and judge.

Bruce was born in 1835 in Newcastle upon Tyne, the son of the Reverend Dr. Collingwood Bruce, a proprietor of a private school, and his wife Charlotte (née Gainsford).

He was educated at Glasgow University, and in 1859 was called to the bar at Middle Temple.

Bruce first stood for the Conservative Party at Gateshead in 1880 but was defeated; he failed again in 1883 at Newcastle, 1885 at Tyneside and 1886 at Barrow.

In the 1892 election he was again returned for the Holborn division, but before Parliament sat he was appointed a Judge and had to resign his seat.