Sir
Alexander Carmichael Bruce
Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis "A"
In office
10 December 1888 – 1914
Personal details
Born6 September 1850[1][2]
Ferryhill, County Durham, England
Died26 October 1926(1926-10-26) (aged 76)
OccupationBarrister

Sir Alexander Carmichael Bruce (6 September 1850 – 26 October 1926) was a British barrister who served as the second Assistant Commissioner "A" of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1888 to 1914.[3]

Bruce was born in Ferryhill, County Durham,[4] the fourth son of Canon David Bruce. He attended Rossall School in Lancashire and then Brasenose College, Oxford, graduating in 1873 and being called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1875. He practised on the North-Eastern Circuit until 10 December 1888, when he was appointed Assistant Commissioner.[5] He was knighted on 18 July 1903 and retired in 1914.[6]

Bruce married Helen Fletcher (later Dame Helen Bruce) in 1876. He lived at 82 Lexham Gardens, Kensington.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Births". Newcastle Journal. 5 October 1850. p. 8. Retrieved 19 May 2023. At Ferryhill Parsonage, on the 6th ult. the wife of the Rev. David Bruce, of a son.
  2. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  3. ^ a b Obituary, The Times, 27 October 1926
  4. ^ 1911 England Census
  5. ^ Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886. University of Oxford. 1888. p. 178. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  6. ^ Bell, Neil R. A. (2014). Capturing Jack The Ripper: In the Boots of a Bobby in Victorian England. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445621685. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
Police appointments Preceded byDouglas Labalmondière Assistant Commissioner "A", Metropolitan Police 1888–1914 Succeeded byFrank Elliott
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