Edward Ruggles-Brise
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Lt Col Sir Edward Archibald Ruggles-Brise, 1st Baronet, MC
, DL
(19 September 1882 – 12 May 1942) was a British
Conservative Party
politician.
Ruggles-Brise was a landowner and land agent, owner of Spains Hall
in Finchingfield
in Essex
. He was also magistrate and a Deputy Lieutenant
for Essex from 1920; in 1939 he was appointed as a Vice Lieutenant of Essex.
He served as Member of Parliament
(MP) for the Maldon constituency
in Essex from 1922
until his death in 1942, with a brief interruption from 1923-24 when he narrowly lost the seat to his Labour
opponent Valentine Crittall.
Ruggles-Brise was greatly interested in agricultural matters, serving on the Smallholdings Committee of Essex County Council and as Chairman of the Parliamentary Agricultural Committee. From 1927, he commanded the 104th Essex Yeomanry
Field Brigade R.A. of the Territorial Army. In the 1935 Jubilee
Honours List, he was made a Baronet
, of Spains Hall, in Essex.
He married twice. Firstly to Agatha Gurney (1881-1937), daughter of John Henry Gurney
of Kewsick Hall, Norfolk. Secondly to Lucy Barbara Pym MBE (1895-1979), daughter of Walter Ruthven Pym
, Bishop of Bombay
.
He was succeeded to the baronetcy by his son, Colonel Sir John Archibald Ruggles-Brise, 2nd Baronet.
Military Cross
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, DL
Deputy Lieutenant
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(19 September 1882 – 12 May 1942) was a British
United Kingdom
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Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
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politician.
Spains Hall
Spains Hall is an Elizabethan country house near Finchingfield in Essex.The hall is named after Hervey de Ispania, who held the manor at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086...
in Finchingfield
Finchingfield
Finchingfield is a village situated in the Braintree district of Essex. It is in the north-west of the county, which is a primarily rural area...
in Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
. He was also magistrate and a Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
for Essex from 1920; in 1939 he was appointed as a Vice Lieutenant of Essex.
He served as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for the Maldon constituency
Maldon (UK Parliament constituency)
Maldon is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
in Essex from 1922
United Kingdom general election, 1922
The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...
until his death in 1942, with a brief interruption from 1923-24 when he narrowly lost the seat to his Labour
Labour Party (UK)
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opponent Valentine Crittall.
Ruggles-Brise was greatly interested in agricultural matters, serving on the Smallholdings Committee of Essex County Council and as Chairman of the Parliamentary Agricultural Committee. From 1927, he commanded the 104th Essex Yeomanry
Yeomanry
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Field Brigade R.A. of the Territorial Army. In the 1935 Jubilee
Silver Jubilee
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Honours List, he was made a Baronet
Baronet
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, of Spains Hall, in Essex.
He married twice. Firstly to Agatha Gurney (1881-1937), daughter of John Henry Gurney
John Henry Gurney
John Henry Gurney was an English banker, amateur ornithologist, and Liberal Party politician.-Life:Gurney was the only son of Joseph John Gurney of Earlham Hall, Norwich, Norfolk. At the age of ten he was sent to a private tutor at Leytonstone near the Epping Forest, where he met Henry Doubleday,...
of Kewsick Hall, Norfolk. Secondly to Lucy Barbara Pym MBE (1895-1979), daughter of Walter Ruthven Pym
Walter Ruthven Pym
Walter Ruthven Pym was an English colonial bishop at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.He was the son of Alexander Pym and Eliza Elizabeth Pell....
, Bishop of Bombay
Bishop of Bombay
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.
He was succeeded to the baronetcy by his son, Colonel Sir John Archibald Ruggles-Brise, 2nd Baronet.