Aberdare, Henry Austin Bruce, Baron, 1815-1895

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare, barrister and politician, Liberal M.P. for Merthyr Tydvil (1852-1868) and for Refrewshire (1869-1873); Undersecretary (1862-1864) and Secretary of State for Home Affairs (1869-1873); admitted to the Privy Council in 1864 as Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education; a charity commissioner for England and Wales (1864); peer (1873) appointed by Gladstone Lord President of the Council; the first president (1883-1895) and first chancellor (1895) of University College of South Wales; Fellow of the Royal Society (1876); member of the Royal Geographical Soceity (1876), and governor of the Royal Niger Company (1886).

From the description of Correspondence of Henry Austin Bruce, Baron Aberdare, 1843-1923. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122593707