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 250 ELDON — ELGIN. match), 19 Nov. 1772, at Blackshiels, near Fala, and (again) 19 Jan. 1773, at St- Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Elizabeth, da. of Aubono Surtees, of Newcastle afsd., Banker, by Elizabeth, da. of John Stephenson, of Knaresdale. She d. 28 June 1831, and was bur. at Kingston, Dorset. He d. in Hamilton Place, Midx., 13 Jan. 1838, aged 86 and was bur. at Kingston afsd.(") Will pr. Feb. 1838. II. 1838. 2, John (Scott), Earl of Eldon, &c, grandson and h., being only s. and h. of the Hon. John Scott, by Henrietta Elizabeth, da. of Sir Matthew White-Ridley, 2d Bart., which John last named was b. and h. ap. of the 1st Baron Eldon, and d. v.p. (before his father's elevation to the Earldom) 24 Dec. 1805, aged 31. He was 6. 10 Dec. 1805, in Manchester square, Marylebone ; was styled Viscount Encombe, 1821-38; ed. at Winchester ; raatric. at Oxford (New. Coll.), 26 April 1824 ; B.A., 1828 ; M.A., 1831 ; cr. D.C.L., 11 June 1834. He was M.P. for Truro, 1S29-32 ; was or. LED, of Cambridge, 4 July 1842. President of the Pitt Club, 1842. Declared, Jany. 1853, of unsound mind. He m- 1 Oct. 1831, Louisa, 2d surv. da. of Charles (Duncombe), 1st Babon Fevebsham, by Charlotte, da. of William (Leooe), 2d Eabl of Dartmouth. She, who was b. 16 Nov. 1807, d. at Shirley Park, near Croydon, IS Nov. 1852. He d. at Shirley Park afBd., 18 Sep. 1854, in his 49th year. Will pr. Dec. 1854. II. 1854. 3. John (Scott), Earl of Eldon, &c, only s. and h., b. 8 Nov. 1845, in Hamilton Place, Midx. ; styled Viscount Encombe till 1854 ; ed. at Eton ; mat. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 27 May 1863. He in. 1 July 1869, Henrietta Minna, da. of Henry Martin Tubnob, Capt. in the army, by Marianne, da. of Godfrey (Macdonald), 3d Baron Macdonald of Slate [I.] [John Scott, styled Viscount Encombe, 1st s. and h. ap., b. 8 May 1870, in Hamilton Place, Midx.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of 11,841 acres in co. Durham, 6,869 in Dorset, 6,664 in co. Gloucester, and 387 ill Surrey. Total 25,761 acres worth £28,457 a year. Principal Residence. Encombe House, near Wareham, Dorset. ELGIN. Earldom [S.] 1. Thomas (Bruce), Lord Kinloss and Baron Bruce t lfiM of Kinloss [S.] was 21 June 1633, cr. EARL OF ELGIN and LOUD x. xuoo. BRUCE OF KINLOSS [S.] with rem. to his heirs male for ever of the name of Bruce.( b ) He was b. 2 Dec. 1599, at Edinburgh, being s. of Edward (Bruce), 1st Lord Kinloss and Baron Bruce of Kinloss [S.] sometime, (1604-11), Master of the Rolls, by Magdalen, da. of Alexander Clerk. He sue. his elder br. in the Scotch Barony Aug. 1613, being served heir to him 24 July 1617. Ho attended the King into Scotland in 1632 and was the next year raised to an Earldom [S.] as above stated. He was knighted 20 May 1638, at Windsor with the Prince of (») A Tory of Tories, one of whom [possibly propter hoc] Lord Campbell wrote that "he defended every abuse and absurdity which disgraced our jurisprudence," one who enjoyed high office in the state for above 50 years, " it would have been a miracle, if, whatever were his deserts, he should wholly have escaped censure. " All, however, acknowledged his talents, his learning, the justice of his decisions, his patience in listening, &c, tho' some " charged him with a habit of doubting everything." This extreme hesitation in arriving at a decision, was in singular contrast with that of Sir John Leach, the Vice- Chancellor, (1818-27), whose hasty judgments were continually upset. Of the two courts of Chancery, one was wittily called that of Oyer sans terminer," and the other that of " Terminer sans oyer " ; while as to the slowness with which Justice, in one court, as compared with the quickness with which Injustice, in the other court, was administered, it was epigrainmatically said that, " The jirst from Eldon's virtue springs, The latter from his Vice." See Fosa' "Judges." ( b ) The family of Bruce is one of the twelve treated of in Drummond's " Noble British Families." See vol. i, p. 77, note "a,"-sub "Alvanley."