Samuel Ruggles-Brise
Sir Samuel Brise Ruggles-Brise was a British Conservative politician, and owner of Spains Hall, Essex.Early life
Samuel Ruggles-Brise was the eldest son of John Ruggles of Spains Hall, who adopted the additional surname of Brise, and Catherine, daughter of John Haynes Harrison, Lord of the Manor of Copford, and sister of Fiske Goodeve Fiske-Harrison, High Sheriff of Essex, who adopted the additional surname of Fiske. John Ruggles was a barrister and High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1829. Samuel was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in the 1st Dragoon Guards and later was Colonel Commandant of the West Essex Militia.Political career
He was elected as a Member of Parliament for East Essex at the 1868 general election, and held the seat at two further elections before resigning from the House of Commons on 14 August 1883 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.Family
In 1847, Samuel Ruggles-Brise married Marianne Weyland Bowyer-Smith, daughter of Sir Edward Bowyer-Smith, 10th Baronet, of Hill Hall, Essex. They had five sons and seven daughters:
