Morys Bruce , 4th Baron Aberdare Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce , 4th Baron Aberdare , KBE , PC , DL ( 16 June 1919 – 23 January 2005 ) was a Conservative politician , and from 1999 until his death one of ninety elected hereditary peers in the British House of Lords . In 1932 , Bruce began his education at Winchester College in Hampshire , and four years later , he matriculated at New College , Oxford . He then joined the British Army , commissioned with the rank of Lieutenant in the Welsh Guards ; he would eventually reach the rank of Captain , after having served in various staff positions with XII Corps , the 21st Army Group , and XXX Corps during and after World War II . He joined the J. Arthur Rank Organisation in 1947 , working there for two years before moving to the British Broadcasting Corporation , where he worked between 1949 and 1956 . In 1970 , he became Minister of State for the Department of Health and Social Security ; in 1974 , he was appointed to the Privy Council and became a Minister without Portfolio . Between 1976 and 1992 , he served as Chairman of the Committees of the House of Lords , ( Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords ) . In 1984 , he was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire , and he would serve various positions within the Order of St John of Jerusalem . After the House of Lords Act 1999 prevented hereditary peers from sitting on the Lords solely by virtue of their peerages , Lord Aberdare became one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to stay in the House of Lords . Political Offices Preceded by : The Earl of Listowel Lord Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords 1977–1992 Succeeded by : The Lord Ampthill Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded by : Clarence Bruce Baron Aberdare 1957–2005 Succeeded by : Alastair Bruce Categories : 1919 births | 2005 deaths | Bailiffs Grand Cross of St John | Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom | British Army officers | British World War II veterans | Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom | UK Conservative Party politicians | Old Wykehamists | Former students of New College , Oxford In other languages : Cymraeg Lord Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords 1977–1992 The Earl of Listowel The Lord Ampthill Baron Aberdare Clarence Bruce Alastair Bruce 1957–2005 