Baron Aberdare

Barony of Aberdare
Baron Aberdare
Creation date	23 August 1873
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare
Present holder	Alastair Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare
Heir apparent	Hector Morys Napier Bruce
Remainder to	the 1st Baron's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten.

Baron Aberdare, of Duffryn in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 August 1873 for the Liberal politician Henry Bruce. He served as Home Secretary from 1868 to 1873. His grandson, the third Baron, was a soldier, cricketer and tennis player and a member of the International Olympic Committee. His son, the fourth Baron, held office in the Conservative administration of Edward Heath and was later a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords. Lord Aberdare was one of the ninety-two elected hereditary peers that were allowed to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. As of 2010 the title is held by his son, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 2005 and was elected to the House of Lords in 2009.

Coat of arms

The heraldic blazon for the coat of arms of the barony is: Or, a saltire gules, on a chief of the last a martlet of the field.

Barons Aberdare (1873)

• Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (1815–1895)
• Henry Campbell Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare (1851–1914)
• Clarence Napier Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare (1885–1957)
• Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare (1919–2005)
• Alastair John Lyndhurst Bruce, 5th Baron Aberdare (b. 1947)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Hon Hector Morys Napier Bruce (b. 1974)

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages