Charles Cumming-Bruce

Charles Lennox Cumming-Bruce (20 February 1790 – 1 January 1875),[1] was a Scottish Conservative politician. He was the second son of Sir Alexander Cumming-Gordon, 1st Baronet, and in 1820 married Mary Elizabeth Bruce, the only daughter of James Bruce.[2]

He served as the Member of Parliament for the Inverness Burghs constituency from 1831 to 1837 - being re-elected in 1834 with a majority of only four votes,[3] and for Elginshire and Nairnshire from 1840 to 1868.

Cumming-Bruce's only child Elizabeth Mary Cumming-Bruce married James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin.

References
  1. "List of members for Elgin & Nairnshire". Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  2. Oliver & Boyd's new Edinburgh almanac and national repository for the year 1850. Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1850
  3. Smallest majorities at Westminster Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Baillie		 Member of Parliament for Inverness Burghs
1831–1832		 Succeeded by
John Baillie
Preceded by
John Baillie		 Member of Parliament for Inverness Burghs
1833–1837		 Succeeded by
Roderick Macleod
Preceded by
Francis Ogilvy-Grant		 Member of Parliament for Elginshire and Nairnshire
1840–1868		 Succeeded by
James Ogilvy-Grant


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