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| birth_date = 23 March 1876<br />
| birth_place = British India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|1|26|1876|3|23|df=y}} <br />
| death_place =[[Finchampstead]], Berkshire, England<br />
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| spouse = Doris (''née'' Wilding) <br />
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Lieutenant-Colonel '''Charles Edward Bruce''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CSI|CIE|CBE}} (23 March 1876 – 26 January 1950) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer and British colonial administrator. He served as the Chief Commissioner of [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Baluchistan]] in the 1920s.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=Obituary: Lieut.-Col C. E. Bruce |work=[[The Times]] |page= 7 |date=26 January 1950}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Bruce was born in India, the son of [[Richard Isaac Bruce]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CIE}} of the Indian Civil Service. He was educated in England at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. From Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the [[Lancashire Fusiliers]] and within the year was transferred to the [[Baloch Regiment|24th Baluchistan Regiment]]. He took part in the [[Boxer Rebellion]] in China and also some frontier wars of the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier|North-Western Frontier]].<ref name="times"/><br />
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Bruce then joined the Political Department, where he became a devoted follower of the policies of Sir [[Robert Groves Sandeman]]. As noted by ''[[The Times]]'': "[Bruce] became so deeply attracted by its success that he held it to be applicable to the tribes of quite different calibre in the Frontier regions invisibly divided by the [[Durand Line]]. He was proud to be called to act as Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan in 1930. He retired in 1931 and when opportunity offered he spoke in advocacy of Sandemanization."<ref name="times"/><br />
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==Honours==<br />
Bruce was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in the [[1919 New Year Honours]], when he was serving as a political officer with [[Marri-Bugti Country|Marri]] Punitive Force, Baluchistan.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31114 |supp=y |page=448|date= 8 January 1919}}</ref> He was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in the 1920 New Year Honours for services in India involving the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue= 32001|date=3 August 1920 |page=8050 |supp=y}}</ref> Third Anglo-Afghan War<br />
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He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the [[1925 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33053 |supp=y |page=3778 |date= 3 June 1925}}</ref> He was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Star of India]] in 1929.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33472 |date=26 February 1929 |page=1438 |supp=y}}</ref><br />
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| title = [[List of Chief Commissioners of Balochistan|Chief Commissioner of Balochistan]]|<br />
| years = 1 October 1929 – 17 December 1931<br />
| before = [[Edmond Henry Salt James]]<br />
| after = [[Norman Cater]]<br />
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