Name Edward Ruggles-Brise Died May 12, 1942 | Role British Politician Party Conservative Party | |
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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edward Archibald Ruggles-Brise, 1st Baronet, MC, DL (19 September 1882 – 12 May 1942) was a British Conservative Party politician.
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Public service
He was magistrate and a Deputy Lieutenant for Essex from 1920. In 1939 he was appointed as a Vice Lieutenant of Essex.
Political career
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.
Military career
From 1927, he commanded the 104th Essex Yeomanry Field Brigade R.A. of the Territorial Army.
Personal life
Ruggles-Brise was a landowner and was the owner of Spains Hall in Finchingfield, Essex.
He married twice. Firstly to Agatha Gurney (1881-1937), daughter of John Henry Gurney Jr., a member of the Gurney family of Keswick Hall, Norfolk. Secondly to Lucy Barbara Pym MBE (1895-1979), daughter of Walter Ruthven Pym, Bishop of Bombay.
He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son Colonel Sir John Archibald Ruggles-Brise, 2nd Baronet.
Honours and decorations
In the 1935 Jubilee Honours List, he was made a Baronet, of Spains Hall, in Essex.