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| country = Scotland<br />
| full_name = William Cunningham Bruce<br />
| birth_date = 20 September 1825<br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]],<br>[[Company rule in India|British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1906|5|29|1825|9|20}}<br />
| death_place = [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], [[Berkshire]], England<br />
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| batting = Unknown<br />
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| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 2<br />
| runs1 = 23<br />
| bat avg1 = 5.75<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 12<br />
| deliveries1 = 4<br />
| wickets1 = 0<br />
| bowl avg1 = –<br />
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| catches/stumpings1 = –/–<br />
| date = 20 July<br />
| year = 2020<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/10533.html Cricinfo<br />
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'''Sir William Cunningham Bruce, 9th Baronet''' {{postnominal|DL}} (20 September 1825 – 29 May 1906) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] first-class [[cricket]]er.<br />
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The son of William Cunningham Bruce and Jane Catherine Clark, he was born in [[Company rule in India|British India]] at [[Mumbai|Bombay]] in September 1825.<ref name="PEER">{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p18530.htm#i185293 |title=Sir William Cunningham Bruce, 9th Bt. |publisher=www.thepeerage.com |accessdate=2020-07-20}}</ref> Bruce served in the [[British Army]] with the [[74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot|74th Highlanders]], reaching the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=The County Families of the United Kingdom |first=Edward |last=Walford |publisher=Robert Hardwicke |year=1871 |edition=6 |page=144 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7dLPG9S1nzsC |language=en}}</ref> A keen cricketer, he made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Gentlemen of Kent]] against the [[Gentlemen of England]] at [[Beverley Ground|Canterbury]] in 1844 and 1846.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36459/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by William Bruce |publisher=CricketArxhive |accessdate=2020-07-20 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 23 runs in his two first-class matches, with a high score of 12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36459/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Bruce |publisher=CricketArxhive |accessdate=2020-07-20 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Bruce succeeded his uncle, [[Sir Michael Bruce, 8th Baronet|Sir Michael Bruce]], as the 9th Baronet of the [[Bruce baronets of Stenhouse (1628)|Bruce baronets of Stenhouse]] upon his death in December 1862.<ref name="BOOK"/> He was a [[Justice of the peace#Scotland|magistrate]] for [[Stirlingshire]] and served as a [[deputy lieutenant]] for the county.<ref name="BOOK"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27400|date=24 January 1902|page=518}}</ref> Bruce died in England at [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] in May 1906. Upon his death, he was succeeded as the 10th Baronet by his son, [[Sir William Waller Bruce, 10th Baronet|Sir William Waller Bruce]], one of three children he had with Charlotte Isabella O'Grady, who he married in 1850.<ref name="PEER"/><br />
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