Bruce, C. G

LC control no.	no 99049060
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bruce, C. G. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Bruce, Charles Granville
Birth date	18660407
Death date	19390712
Place of birth	London (England)
Place of death	London (England)
Affiliation	Alpine Club (London, England) Mount Everest Expedition (1922) Mount Everest Expedition (1924)
Found in	The charms of Kashmir, 1998: t.p. (C.G. Bruce) OCLC data base, Oct. 16, 2002, (hdgs.: Bruce, Charles Granville, 1866-1939; Bruce, Hon. Charles Granville, Bruce, C.G.; usage: C. G. Bruce; Hon. C. G. Bruce) The Gurkhas: their manners, customs and country, 1928: title page (foreword by Brigadier-General the Hon. C. G. Bruce) Wikipedia, March 5, 2015 (Charles Granville Bruce; Brigadier-General The Honourable Charles Granville Bruce, CB, MVO was a Himalayan veteran and leader of the second and third British expeditions to Mount Everest in 1922 and 1924; born April 7, 1866 in London; son of Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (1815-1895); in 1888, Bruce joined the Indian Army and became a career soldier serving with the 5th Gurkha Rifles from 1889 to 1920, rising to the rank of Brigadier-General; between 1923 and 1925 Bruce was president of the Alpine Club; because of his experience in the Himalayas he was appointed leader of the 1922 British Mount Everest Expedition; Bruce was appointed leader of the next effort to summit Everest, the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition; he contracted malaria while tiger shooting in India before the expedition and had to be stretchered out of Tibet; Edward Felix Norton took on leadership and handled affairs in the aftermath of the disappearance of George Mallory and Andrew Irvine; between 1931 and 1936 Bruce was Honorary Colonel of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles of the Indian Army; he died of a stroke on July 12, 1939 in London)
Associated language	eng