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    Earl of Elgin (/ˈɛlɡɪn/ EL-ghin) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633 for Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Kinloss. He was later created Baron...
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    Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, FSA Scot (/ˈɛlɡɪn/ EL-ghin; 20 July 1766 – 14 November 1841), often known as Lord Elgin, was a Scottish...
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    James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, KCSI, PC, FSA Scot (20 July 1811 – 20 November 1863) was a British colonial administrator...
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    Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, 13th Earl of Kincardine, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC (16 May 1849 – 18 January 1917), known as Lord Bruce until 1863...
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    11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, KT, CD, JP, DL (born 17 February 1924), styled Lord Bruce before 1968, is a Scottish peer and Chief of Clan...
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    shipped to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, and now held in the British Museum in London. The majority of the sculptures were created...
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    Earl of Ailesbury. On 18 March 1664, Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin in the Peerage of Scotland was created Baron Bruce, of Skelton in the County of York...
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    of the 1st Lord Kinloss, he in turn being the father of the 1st Earl of Elgin. Charles Bruce, the ninth Earl of Kincardine, inherited the title Earl of...
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    Edward James Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin, 14th Earl of Kincardine, KT, CMG, TD, CD, JP (9 June 1881 – 27 November 1968) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier...
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    Clan Bruce (redirect from House of Bruce)
    Castle Turnberry Castle Scottish Clan Earl of Elgin Earl of Kincardine Robert the Bruce Edward Bruce David Bruce Lord of Annandale Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean...
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    uncle, the 3rd Earl of Ailesbury and 4th Earl of Elgin, in 1747 as Baron Bruce, of Tottenham in the County of Wilts, had in 1766 assumed the surname "Brudenell-Bruce"...
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  • Lady Elgin may refer to: Lady Elgin, the wife of the Earl of Elgin Mary Louisa Lambton, the second wife of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin PS Lady Elgin, a...
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    Viscount Bruce and Earl of Ailesbury in the Peerage of England in 1664. His grandson, the fourth Earl of Elgin, was the last male descendant of the first Lord...
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  • Parish Elgin, Nova Scotia Elgin, Quebec Elgin, Alabama Elgin, Arizona Elgin, Illinois Elgin, Iowa Elgin, Kansas Elgin, Minnesota Elgin (Natchez, Mississippi)...
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    Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, agreed that the cabinet would be formed by the largest party in the Legislative Assembly, making the premier the head of the government...
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    Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, who served as Viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899. She was the daughter of James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk and his...
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    5th Earl of Elgin and 9th Earl of Kincardine (6 July 1732 – 14 May 1771) was a Scottish nobleman. He succeeded his cousin Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury...
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    Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 294–295. MacKinnon, Charles...
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    Parthenon (redirect from Temple of Athena)
    1687 siege of the Acropolis. The resulting explosion severely damaged the Parthenon. From 1800 to 1803, the 7th Earl of Elgin took down some of the surviving...
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    Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, the first Governor General of the united Canadas. The Lord Elgin Hotel has 355 guestrooms and four suites, all of them refurbished...
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  • Thumbnail for Mary Bruce, Countess of Elgin
    Bruce, Countess of Elgin (née Nisbet; 18 April 1778 – 9 July 1855) was the first wife of British diplomat Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin during his term...
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    Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, 3rd Lord Bruce of Kinloss (2 December 1599 – 21 December 1663), of Houghton House in the parish of Maulden in Bedfordshire...
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  • Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, also known as the Elgin-Marcy Treaty (after its key negotiators, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and William L. Marcy),...
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    Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury (later styled Aylesbury) and 3rd Earl of Elgin (26 September 1656 – 16 December 1741), styled Lord Bruce between 1663...
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    Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (later styled Aylesbury) and 2nd Earl of Elgin, PC, FRS (ca. March 1626 – 20 October 1685), was a Scottish politician...
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    Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning, KG, GCB, KCSI, PC (14 December 1812 – 17 June 1862), also known as the Viscount Canning and Clemency Canning, was...
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  • Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of Crawford 17 March 1794 – 1807 Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin 7 March 1807 – 1807 George Lindsay-Crawford, 22nd Earl of Crawford 20...
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  • Created Earl Amherst in 1826. Created Earl of Auckland in 1839. Created Viscount Hardinge in 1846. Created Marquess of Dalhousie 1849. Created Earl Canning...
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  • 5th Earl of Elgin 1763–1765: Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (G.M. of England-Ancients: 1760-66) 1765–1767: James Stewart (Lord Provost of Edinburgh)...
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    say that the 7th Earl of Elgin looted the Marbles, but others say that he received permission from the Ottoman authorities. The Elgin Marbles were removed...
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