John Brudenell-Bruce

He purchased an estate of approximately 230 acres on Peter Island at Little Harbour and established a small tobacco plantation.

[2] Although many of Brudenell-Bruce's family had enjoyed long and successful political careers in the United Kingdom, he did not stand in the subsequent general election.

He was the first, and to date the only, white person to be elected to the British Virgin Islands legislature since the restoration of democracy in 1950.

In 1928 he married Sigrid Ammentorp by whom he had six children (David in 1927, Simon in 1928, Barbara in 1928, Marc in 1930, Diana in 1936 and Arabella in 1942).

[3] He was related to two hereditary titles in the peerage of the United Kingdom: the Marquesses of Ailesbury and the Earls of Cardigan.