A fact from Charles Alexander Bruce appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 August 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Charles Alexander Bruce is considered the father of the tea industry in India?
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It seems quite plausible that Charles and his brother Robert were sons of Robert Bruce of the Bengal Artillery, who had a daughter Margaret by an Indian woman, which is a well-known story. That Robert Bruce died c.1797. The dates at least appear OK. It is a common name, and there needs to be something fairly solid to conclude that, given that there was another Robert Bruce (died 1814) in Bengal who was a cavalryman. Charles Matthews (talk) 07:47, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
