James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce

The Right Honourable The Viscount Bryce OM GCVO PC FRS FBA
Bryce in 1902
British Ambassador to the United States
In office 1907–1913
Monarchs	Edward VII George V
Prime Minister	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith
Preceded by	Sir Henry Mortimer Durand
Succeeded by	Sir Cecil Spring Rice
Chief Secretary for Ireland
In office 10 December 1905 (1905-12-10) – 23 January 1907 (1907-01-23)
Monarch	Edward VII
Prime Minister	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Preceded by	Walter Long
Succeeded by	Augustine Birrell
President of the Board of Trade
In office 28 May 1894 (1894-05-28) – 21 June 1895 (1895-06-21)
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Rosebery
Preceded by	A. J. Mundella
Succeeded by	Charles Thomson Ritchie
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 18 August 1892 (1892-08-18) – 28 May 1894 (1894-05-28)
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	The Duke of Rutland
Succeeded by	The Lord Tweedmouth
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 7 February 1886 (1886-02-07) – 20 July 1886 (1886-07-20)
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	Gladstone
Preceded by	Hon. Robert Bourke
Succeeded by	Sir James Fergusson, Bt
Personal details
Born	(1838-05-10)10 May 1838 Belfast, Ireland
Died	22 January 1922(1922-01-22) (aged 83) Sidmouth, Devon, South West England
Political party	Liberal
Education	University of Glasgow Heidelberg University Trinity College, Oxford
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Academic
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James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, OM, GCVO, PC, FRS, FBA (10 May 1838 – 22 January 1922), was a British academic, jurist, historian, and Liberal politician. According to Keoth Robbins, he was a widely traveled authority on law, government, and history whose expertise led to high political offices culminating with his successful role as ambassador to the United States, 1907–13. In that era, he represented the interests of the vast British Empire to the United States. His intellectual influence was greatest in The American Commonwealth (1888), an in-depth study of American politics that shaped the understanding of America in Britain and in the United States as well.^[1]