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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
British nobleman, politician and diplomat (1811–1863)
- Child of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and Elizabeth Oswald
- Married to Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin, Elizabeth Mary Cumming-Bruce
- Dated 20 July 1811 CE – 20 November 1863 CE
Governor of Jamaica
Governor General of Canada
Governor-General of India
Offices on record
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Life
6 offices on record
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
What this means
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- 1842 CE – 1846 CE Governor of Jamaica
- 1847 CE – 1854 CE Governor General of Canada
- 1859 CE – 1860 CE Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
- 21 March 1862 CE – 20 November 1863 CE Governor-General of India
- Dates unrecorded Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Family
The family of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Parents, spouses and children as the records give them.
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The family as a list · 11
Family 11
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a religious affiliation held by the whole house · continuous rule · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (mother) Elizabeth Oswald (died 1860)
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child of (child) Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin British nobleman and diplomat (1766–1841) -
of the house Clan Bruce Scottish clan from Kincardine in Scotland; Royal House - parent of (child) Frederick John Bruce
- parent of (child) Lady Elma Bruce
- parent of (child) Robert Preston Bruce
- parent of (child) Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
- sibling of Augusta Stanley Scottish lady in waiting to Queen Victoria
- sibling of Lady Charlotte Bruce (died 1872)
- married to Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin
- married to Elizabeth Mary Cumming-Bruce
Sources
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17 statements on this record
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- 6 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 5 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
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