Stewart Bruce | |
Full Name: | Stewart Armit MacDonald Bruce |
Birth Date: | 17 November 1858 |
School: | King William's College |
Position: | Forward |
Repyears1: | 1883–84 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
Stewart Armit MacDonald Bruce (17 November 1858 — 6 April 1937) was an Irish international rugby union player.
The son of a lieutenant colonel, Bruce came from a well known County Londonderry family, who were long-time residents of Ballyscullion House, Bellaghy. He was a great grandson of Sir Henry Bruce, 1st Baronet, and a grandson of Navy admiral Sir Henry Bruce.[1]
Bruce attended King William's College on the Isle of Man.[1]
A rugby player in the 1880s, Bruce gained three Ireland caps playing as a forward.[1]
Bruce served as a major with the 18th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles during World War I.[2]