Peerage Record – 4321

     Hon. Victor Austin Bruce was born on 8 April 1897.¹ He was the son of Major Henry Campbell Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare of Duffryn and Constance Mary Beckett.¹ He married, firstly, Mildred Mary Petre, daughter of Laurence Joseph Petre and Jennie Williams, on 16 February 1926.¹ He and Mildred Mary Petre were divorced in 1941.¹ He married, secondly, Margaret Charlotte Beechey, daughter of Ernest Alfred Beechey, on 19 June 1941.¹ He died in 1978.¹
     He was educated at Wye Agricultural College, Wye, Kent, England^G.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He gained the rank of Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marines.¹

     Mildred Mary Petre was born on 10 November 1895.² She was the daughter of Laurence Joseph Petre and Jennie Williams.^1,2 She married Hon. Victor Austin Bruce, son of Major Henry Campbell Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare of Duffryn and Constance Mary Beckett, on 16 February 1926.¹ She and Hon. Victor Austin Bruce were divorced in 1941.¹ She died in 1990.¹
     Her married name became Bruce. She was appointed Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (F.R.G.S.)²
     She was a racing motorist, and a pioneerr aviatrix (making the first solo flight to Japan in 1930), as well as a speed boat pilot.¹

     Laurence Joseph Petre was born on 3 October 1864.¹ He was the son of Hon. Arthur Charles Augustus Petre and Lady Katharine Howard.¹ He married Jennie Williams, daughter of A. Williams, in 1890.¹ He died on 3 April 1944 at age 79.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal West Surrey Regiment.¹ He lived at Coptfold, Essex, England.¹

     Jennie Williams was the daughter of A. Williams.¹ She married Laurence Joseph Petre, son of Hon. Arthur Charles Augustus Petre and Lady Katharine Howard, in 1890.¹ She died on 1 September 1943.¹
     Her married name became Petre.

     Maximilian Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha was born on 20 July 1972 at Vienna, Austria^G. He is the son of Philipp August Ferdinand Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and Bettina von Pfretschner.
     He gained the title of Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha.

     Jane Wood is the daughter of Alexander Wood.¹ She married Peter Gerald Stewart Murray, son of Stewart Hay Murray and Freda Woodland, in 1967.¹
     From 1967, her married name became Murray.¹

     Alexander von Heller was born on 22 July 1938. He was the son of Eduard von Heller and Clementine Maria Prinzessin von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha. He died on 5 February 1969 at age 30.

     Alexander Wood was born on 20 February 1907.² He died on 6 January 2007 at age 99.²
     He lived at Ashtead, Surrey, England^G.¹

     Alexander Ernst Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha was born on 30 June 1978 at Vienna, Austria^G. He is the son of Philipp August Ferdinand Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and Bettina von Pfretschner.
     He gained the title of Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha.

     Colin Michael Lyndhurst Bruce was born on 5 July 1944.¹ He is the son of Hon. Victor Austin Bruce and Margaret Charlotte Beechey.¹
     He was educated at Rose Hill School, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England^G.¹ He was educated at Ripley Court School, Surrey, England^G.¹ He lived in 1999 at 1 Frog Grove Lane, Wood St. Village, Guildford, Surrey, England^G.¹