Lieutenant-Colonel Lady Martha Veronica Bruce OBE TD DL (7 November 1921 – 22 January 2023) was a British aristocrat, prison governor and Women's Royal Army Corps officer.

After this visit, the Bruce children's governess, Marion Crawford, went to work for the Yorks, raising the future Queen Elizabeth II.

After leaving Downham, she took dancing and deportment lessons at Madame Vacani's school in Knightsbridge in preparation for her coming out season.

After the war, she went on to command the WRAC Battalion supporting 51st (Highland) Division in Perth in the 1960s, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

[1] Bruce maintained an interest in prisons and was active in philanthropy, notably the Perth and Kinross branch of the SSAFA.