ABERDARE, HENRY AUSTIN BRUCE, 1ST BARON (1815-95), English statesman, was born at Duffryn, Aberdare, Glamorganshire, on April 16, 1815. He was called to the bar in 1837, and was stipendiary magistrate for Merthyr Tydvil and Aberdare, 1847-52. The discovery of coal in the Duffryn and Aberdare estates of the family made him a rich man. He sat in the House of Commons for Merthyr Tydvil from 1852-68 and for Renfrewshire from 1869-73, when he became a peer. He was under-secretary at the Home Office (5862-64), vice-president of the board of education (1864-66), home secretary and lord president of the council (1873-74). After the defeat of the Liberal Government in 1874 Lord Aberdare turned to social and economic questions. From 1882, when he became chairman of the National African Company incorporated under charter in 1886 as the Royal Niger Company, he was closely associated with West African affairs. He presided over several royal commis sions, and promoted university education in Wales. He died in London on Feb. 25, 1895.