Thomas Charles Bruce

Thomas Charles Bruce (15 February 1825 – 23 November 1890) was a Scottish barrister and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885.

They had four children:[1] Thomas Bruce died in 1890 after a period of failing health at his home, Invererne House, Forres, Moray.

[7] In 1896, his second son, Robert, died aged 21 in unusual circumstances in Glen Urquhart, the Scottish Highlands.

He had been attending a house party with his cousin James E. B. Baillie at Balmacaan, the seat of the Earls of Seafield.

On Saturday night, 15 August 1896, Robert left the other gentlemen in the smoking room, complaining of being tired, and was not seen again that evening.

Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1882.