| Authorised form of name | Cumming-Bruce; Thomas John Hovell-Thurlow (1838 - 1916); 5th Baron Thurlow |
| Other forms of name | Thomas John Hovell-Thurlow Cumming- |
| Other forms of surname | Bruce |
| Dates | 1838 - 1916 |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 05 December 1838 |
| Date of death | 12/03/1916 |
| Activity | Career:
Entered diplomatic service (1858); Attache at Paris (1859) and in China (1860-1861); Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India (1862-1864); Attache at Vienna (1864) and at Washington (1865-1866); Lord in Waiting (1880-1885); Privy Councillor (1886); Paymaster General (1886); Lord Commissioner, General Assembly of the Church of Scotland; appeared in Bankruptcy court (1894)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 10/06/1886 |
| Relationships | Son of Edward Thomas Hovell-Thurlow, 3rd Baron Thurlow; married (1864) at Forres, Elma, daughter of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin; succeeded as 4th Baron (1874); assumed by Royal licence the additional names of Cumming-Bruce, from which families his wife was descended (1874) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
Notes:
Withdrew from RS 1893-1894. Certificate of a Candidate of the privileged class for Election |
| Royal Society code | NA7123 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1886/19 | Cumming-Bruce, Thomas John Hovell-Thurlow: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/10/115 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Messrs Robarts, Lubbock & Company, 15 Lombard Street, E.C. | 2 October 1894 |
| NLB/2/660 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Right Honorable Lord Thurlow [Thomas John Hovell-Thurlow Cumming-Bruce], Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 October 1888 |
| NLB/10/296 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Kelvin [John William Strutt], Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 November 1894 |
| NLB/4/124 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Lord Thomas John Hovell-Thurlow Cumming-Bruce, Fellow of the Royal Society | 17 February 1890 |