Name John Bruce-Lockhart Role Cricket Player | Died June 4, 1956 | |
Education Jesus College, Cambridge | ||
John Harold "J.H." Bruce Lockhart (4 March 1889 – 4 June 1956) was a Scottish cricketer and schoolmaster from the famous Bruce Lockhart family. His son Logie played Rugby Union for Scotland, while his brother Robert was a footballer. He was also the grandfather of Lord Bruce-Lockhart and great-grandfather of actor Dugald Bruce Lockhart.
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Early life
He was born in Beith, North Ayrshire on 4 March 1889.
Starting education at Spier's School in Beith, he was introduced to rugby union and cricket. His father, R. Bruce Lockhart, was the headmaster of the Spier's School from 1888 to 1895, but shortly after moved on to Seafield House at Broughty Ferry.
Later R. Bruce-Lockhart became a schoolmaster of Eagle House School near Sandhurst and of his wife, Florence Stuart Macgregor, J.H. Bruce Lockhart was sent to Sedbergh School, where he was Head of School House, Captain of Football, and Captain of Cricket. After Sedbergh, he went on to Jesus College, Cambridge, where he read Modern Languages. There, he was a double Blue, for rugby football and cricket.
Sportsman
John Bruce Lockhart appeared twice for Scotland at first-class cricket level, against Ireland in 1910 and an All India side in 1911. In the match against Ireland he took eleven wickets, including six for 76 in the second innings. The rest of his first class games were played with Cambridge University, for whom he took over one hundred wickets. He was an international rugby footballer, representing Scotland as a fly half.
Career
Lockhart became an assistant master at Rugby School in 1912. During the First World War, he served in France in the Intelligence Corps with the British Expeditionary Force and was mentioned in despatches. After the war, he returned to his teaching career at Rugby and became a housemaster there in 1923. In 1930 he was appointed as Headmaster of Cargilfield School, and in 1937 moved on to become head of his old school, Sedbergh, where he remained until he retired in 1954.
Personal life
In 1913, J.H. Bruce Lockhart married (Alwine) Mona, the daughter of Henry Brougham, formerly a schoolmaster at Wellington College, and they had four sons. These included the Scottish international rugby union players Logie (born 12 October 1921). and Rab Bruce Lockhart.
Bruce Lockhart was an accomplished artist, a member of Lake Artists Society who exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of Arts, and The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. He became a member of the Scottish Committee of the Arts Council. He was a governor of Welbeck College, a member of the Council of the National Youth Orchestra, and a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur.