Michael Sydney Cedric Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury (31 March 1926 – 12 May 2024), styled Viscount Savernake until 1974, was a British peer.

[3] The family seat was Tottenham House, in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, but they ceased to live there in 1946 when it became Hawtreys school.

[10] Professing no interest in rural affairs, he handed over the wardenship of Savernake Forest to his son and heir, David, in 1987.

On 12 May 2024, The 8th Marquess of Ailesbury died after falling from a window at his home in the Shepherd's Bush area of London, at the age of 98.

His partner told police that he had been attempting to let his cat out when he accidentally fell, but some family members publicly disputed this, pending an inquest.