Or, a saltire and chief gules on a canton argent a lion rampant azure armed and langued of the second[1]
Creation date
21 June 1633
Created by
Charles I
Peerage
Peerage of Scotland
First holder
Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Kinloss
Present holder
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin
Heir apparent
Charles Bruce, Lord Bruce
Remainder to
Heirs male forever, bearing the name Bruce[1]
Subsidiary titles
Baron Elgin Lord Bruce of Kinloss Lord Bruce of Torry
Seat(s)
Broomhall House
Motto
Fuimus ("We have been")[1]
Earl of Elgin/ˈɛlɡɪn/ is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633 for Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Kinloss. He was later created Baron Bruce, of Whorlton in the County of York, in the Peerage of England on 30 July 1641. The Earl of Elgin is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Bruce.[1]
^ abcdMosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1293–1299. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
EarlofElgin /ˈɛlɡɪn/ is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633 for Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Kinloss. He was later created Baron Bruce, of...
shipped to Britain by agents of Thomas Bruce, 7th EarlofElgin, and now held in the British Museum in London. The majority of the sculptures were created...
Earlof Ailesbury. On 18 March 1664, Robert Bruce, 2nd EarlofElgin in the Peerage of Scotland was created Baron Bruce, of Skelton in the County of York...
of the 1st Lord Kinloss, he in turn being the father of the 1st EarlofElgin. Charles Bruce, the ninth Earlof Kincardine, inherited the title Earl of...
Castle Turnberry Castle Scottish Clan EarlofElginEarlof Kincardine Robert the Bruce Edward Bruce David Bruce Lord of Annandale Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. "Ainmean...
Elgin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Elgin may refer to: Elgin, Western Australia, a locality in the Shire of Capel Elgin County, Ontario Elgin Settlement...
uncle, the 3rd Earl of Ailesbury and 4th EarlofElgin, in 1747 as Baron Bruce, of Tottenham in the County of Wilts, had in 1766 assumed the surname "Brudenell-Bruce"...
Bruce, 8th EarlofElgin, agreed that the cabinet would be formed by the largest party in the Legislative Assembly, making the premier the head of the government...
wife of Robert Bruce, 2nd EarlofElgin, 1st Earlof Ailesbury (1626-1685)), of nearby Houghton House in the parish of Maulden, for the purpose of housing...
Viscount Bruce and Earlof Ailesbury in the Peerage of England in 1664. His grandson, the fourth EarlofElgin, was the last male descendant of the first Lord...
Bruce, 8th EarlofElgin, the first Governor General of the united Canadas. The Lord Elgin Hotel has 355 guestrooms and four suites, all of them refurbished...
1687 siege of the Acropolis. The resulting explosion severely damaged the Parthenon. From 1800 to 1803, the 7th EarlofElgin took down some of the surviving...
Lady Elgin may refer to: Lady Elgin, the wife of the EarlofElgin Mary Louisa Lambton, the second wife of James Bruce, 8th EarlofElgin PS Lady Elgin, a...
Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The EarlofElgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 134–135. "The Scottish Clans...
Family Encyclopedia. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The EarlofElgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). pp. 294–295. MacKinnon, Charles...
say that the 7th EarlofElgin looted the Marbles, but others say that he received permission from the Ottoman authorities. The Elgin Marbles were removed...
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