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Rev. Courtenay Boyle Brice

Clergyman (Rector of St Cross, Homersfield)
Male 1800 - 1854  (54 years)


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  • Name Courtenay Boyle Brice 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Born 7 Nov 1800  Broome, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • See also Ancestry / baptism certificate
    Baptism 7 Nov 1800  Broome, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Education Between 27 Nov 1819 and 1824  Peterhouse College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ordained 13 Jun 1824  Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Ordained 19 Jun 1825 
    Census 1841  St Cross, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1851  St Cross, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Name Courtenay Boyle Bruce 
    • Name changed to Bruce when his father got a Royal grant on the 1st October 1825.
    Occupation 1851  [4] 
    Clergyman (Rector of St Cross, Homersfield) 
    Died 6 Dec 1854  [5] 
    Probate 10 Feb 1855 
    Siblings 2 Siblings 
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2018 

    Father Rev. Archibald Adair Brice
              b. 10 Nov 1769, Kilroot House, Kilroot, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1828, 61 High Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Martha Porter
              b. 19 Dec 1770, Shepperton, Surrey, England, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Dec 1834, Walcot, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 11 Mar 1800  St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 

    Wife Margaret Augusta Kelso
              b. 2 Jul 1802, Good Hope, Western Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Dec 1888, The Manor House, Sidcup, Kent, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 27 Aug 1829  Bungay, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Age at Marriage He was 28, she was 27  
    Children 
     1. Edward Courtenay Bruce
              b. Abt Jul 1834
              d. 7 Aug 1834  (Age ~ 0 years)
     2. Louisa Margaret Kelso Bruce
              b. 28 Mar 1836, St Cross, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Nov 1924, Kingston, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     3. Alexander William Courtenay Bruce
              b. 29 Mar 1845
              d. Between 1871 and 1955  (Age 25 years)
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Courtenay Boyle Brice was born on the 7th of November 1800 at Broome in Norfolk, the eldest son of Archibald Adair Brice and Martha Porter, daughter of William Porter of Shepperton near London.

      At baptism his surname was Brice, but many of the family (including Courtenay) changed their surname to Bruce, believing (and having convinced the College of Arms) that they descended from the family of Bruce of Airth, and ancient Scottish family from near Falkirk.

      Career
      Courtenay was a clergyman, ordained priest in 1825. In October 1826 he was appointed1 Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of York (Prince Frederick, who was the inspiration for the rhyme "The Grand Old Duke of York"). In November 1828 Courtenay was appointed2 to the Rectory of St James South Elmham in Suffolk, "on the presentation of Alexander Adair, Esq. of Flixton".

      In 1832 he was appointed3 to the rectory of St Cross in Homersfield, also in Suffolk and again on the presentation of Alexander Adair. He was to hold this position for the rest of his working life.

      Family Life
      Courtenay married Margaret Augusta Kelso, the daughter of Maj-Gen Robert Kelso of the 69th Regiment, on the 27th of August 1829 in her local chuch in Bungay, Suffolk. They had three children:

      1. Edward Courtenay, b. 1834 but who died that same year
      2. Louisa Margaret Kelso, b. 1836, who married Harry Curtis Nisbet, a solicitor
      3. Alexander William Courtenay, b. 1845 and who married Catherine Campbell and emigrated to Canada; they may have had a child called Courtney Harry Campbell Bruce, born 1871


      Death
      Courtenay's will is dated 1845, and he says that he only has one child (Louisa Margaret Kelso), which implies his first son Edward Courtenay died. His 3rd child, Alexander, was born in 1845 so would have post-dated the will.

      Footnotes
      [1] St James's Chronicle, 7 October 1826, page 1
      [2] London Evening Standard, 7 November 1828. Alexander Adair was Courtenay's first cousin twice removed; their common ancestors were Patrick Adair and Isabella Adair, the 2x great-grandparents of Courtenay and the grandparents of Alexander.
      [3] Baldwin's London Weekly Journal, 10 March 1832, page 4

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Nov 1800 - Broome, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 7 Nov 1800 - Broome, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - Between 27 Nov 1819 and 1824 - Peterhouse College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOrdained - 13 Jun 1824 - Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Aug 1829 - Bungay, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1841 - St Cross, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1851 - St Cross, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0116] Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriage & Burials, 1535-1912, Ancestry, (Ancestry.com), Courtenay Boyle Brice / Maria Isabella Brice.

    2. [S0328] England and Wales Census, 1841, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Margaret Bruce; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M737-6M2 : 25 May 2019), Margaret Bruce in household of Courtenay Bruce, South Elmham St Cross, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and , 1841.

    3. [S0311] England and Wales Census, 1851, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Margaret A Bruce; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGRN-J5N : 11 September 2019), Margaret A Bruce in household of Courtneay B Bruce, Saint Cross Southelmham, Suffolk, England; citing Saint Cross Southelmham, Suffolk, England, p. 1, from "1, 1851.

    4. [S0072] Powys-Lybbe Forbears, http://powys.org/pl_tree/wc32/wc32_097.html.

    5. [S0325] England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), CB Bruce; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JC7F-C5Z : 15 March 2020), C. B. Bruce, 1854., 6 Dec 1854.

    6. [S0305] Westminster Marriages, FindMyPast, (findmypast.co.uk), Porter/Brice;, 11 Mar 1800.

    7. [S0170] England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, Ancestry, (ancestry.co.uk), Brice / Porter; FHL Film Number 561159, 561160, 561161, 561162, 11 Mar 1800.

    8. [S0309] England Marriages, 1538–1973, FamilySearch, (familysearch.org), Bruce / Kelso; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL9N-H5W : 13 March 2020), Courtenay Boyle Bruce, 1829., 27 Aug 1829.