Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

• Born: 16 April 1815
• Died: 25 February 1895

Contents 1 Known as 2 Education 3 Offices 4 Peerage Titles 5 Chivalric Orders 6 Privy Council 7 Other Honours 8 Parliamentary Seats

Known asEdit

• 1815-1873 Henry Bruce
• 1873-1895 The Lord Aberdare

EducationEdit

• Lincoln's Inn

OfficesEdit

• Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1862-1864
• Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education, 1864-1866
• Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1868-1873
• Lord President of the Council, 1873-1874

Peerage TitlesEdit

• Baron Aberdare, 1873

Chivalric OrdersEdit

• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, 1885

Privy CouncilEdit

• Privy Councillor, 1864

Other HonoursEdit

• Fellow of the Royal Society, 1876
• President of the Royal Historical Society, 1878-1892
• President of the Royal Geographical Society, 1881-1895

Parliamentary SeatsEdit

• Member of Parliament for Merthyr Tydvil, 1852-1868
• Member of Parliament for Renfrewshire, 1869-1873

Preceded by: Gathorne Hardy

Home Secretary 1868–1873

Succeeded by: Robert Lowe