Sir Henry Hervey Aston Bruce, 1st Baronet (1822) was an Irish priest.

In 1785 he graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) at Trinity College, Dublin. 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.

Sir Henry Bruce, 1st Baronet

He married Letitia Barnard on 10 November 1786. 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, in 1804. He was succeeded in his title by his son, James Bruce.

Sir Henry Bruce, 1st Baronet

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1822 deaths

Alumni of Trinity College Dublin

Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

19th-century Irish Anglican priests

Sir Henry Bruce, 1st Baronet