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Luce was born at Halcombe, Malmesbury, the second son of Colonel Charles Richard Luce and Mary Visger, daughter of Harmon Visger. [3] He was the elder brother of Rear Admiral John Luce . Luce was appointed surgeon-lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion the Sherwood Foresters, (Derbyshire Regiment), 27 October 1897. [ 4 ]
Henry Robinson Luce (April 3, 1898 – February 28, 1967) was an American magazine magnate who founded Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated magazines. He has been called "the most influential private citizen in the America of his day".
Between 1993 and 1994, Luce was a correspondent for The Guardian in Geneva, Switzerland. [4]Luce joined the Financial Times in 1995 and initially reported from the Philippines, [1] after which he took a one-year sabbatical working in Washington, D.C., as speechwriter for Lawrence Summers, then U.S. Treasury Secretary (1999–2001) during the Clinton administration.
Richard Napier Luce, Baron Luce, KG, GCVO, PC, DL (born 14 October 1936) [1] is a British politician. He is a former Lord Chamberlain to the Queen , serving from 2000 to 2006, and has been Governor of Gibraltar , a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1971 to 1992, and government minister, and a crossbench member of the House of Lords .
Luce was a three-time All Met in basketball. Following his successful athletic career at Wilson, Lew was a 3 sport star and was named to the Bullis Prep Athletic Hall of Fame for his play in the 56–57 season.
Claire Luce (October 15, 1903 – August 31, 1989) was an American stage and screen actress, dancer and singer. Among her few films were Up the River (1930), directed by John Ford and starring Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart in their feature film debuts (Luce played Bogart's love interest), and Under Secret Orders, the English-language version of G. W. Pabst's French-language feature ...
Clare Luce's lovers included Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, Randolph Churchill, General Lucian Truscott, General Charles Willoughby, [19] and Roald Dahl. Joseph P. Kennedy was the father of several United States politicians. Clare Luce at times provided advice to the campaigns of John F. Kennedy, who became the 35th U.S. president.
Luce is an American, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French and Italian surname. [ citation needed ] It is also a French and Italian feminine given name , variant of Lucia and Lucy , or masculine name, variant of Luc (given name) .