James Lewis Knight Bruce
1791–1866
Judge. Called to the bar, 1817. Appointed king’s counsel, 1829. MP for Bishop’s Castle, 1831–4. Appointed a vice-chancellor of the court of chancery in 1841. Member of privy council, 1842. Chief judge in bankruptcy. Lord justice of appeal, 1851–66. Knighted, 1841.
Source
DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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