Sir Henry Hervey Aston Bruce, 1st Baronet (11 April 1822) was an Irish priest.
Bruce was the son of James Bruce and Henrietta Aston. He was the brother of Sir Stewart Bruce, 1st Baronet and also of Frideswide Mussenden for whom the Mussenden Temple (near Downhill House) was built and named.
His paternal grandparents were the Rev. Patrick Bruce and Margaret Hamilton (a daughter of James Hamilton of Ladyland). His maternal grandparents were Rev. Hon. Henry Hervey-Aston (a son of the 1st Earl of Bristol and Lady Elizabeth) and Catherine Aston (a daughter of Sir Thomas Aston, 3rd Baronet and sister to Sir Thomas Aston, 4th Baronet).George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date ; reprint, Gloucester: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 49.
In 1785, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College, Dublin.[1]
In 1803, he inherited Downhill House from his cousin, Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol, and he was created Baronet, of Downhill in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, on 29 June 1804.[2]
On 10 November 1786, Bruce married Letitia Barnard (–1816), a daughter of Rev. Dr. Henry Barnard and Mary Canning.[3] Together, they were the parents of:[4]
Sir Henry died on 11 April 1822. He was succeeded in his title by his son, James Bruce.[4]