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 252 ELGIN. abovenamed, 14 May 1771, ao;ed 39 and was bur. at Dunfermliuo. M.I.( a ) His widow, who was Governess to the Princess Charlotte of Wales d. 21 June and was bur. 4 July 1810, in her 71st year, at Twickenham, Midx. Will pr. 1810. VI. 1771. G. William Robeet (Bruce), Earl of Elgin, Earl op Kincardine, ic. [S.J, s. and h., b. 28 Jan. 1764, at Brootnhall. He d. two mouths a£ter his father, 15 July 1771 in his 8th year. VII. 1771. 7. Thomas (Bruce), Earl of Elgin, Earl of Kin- cardine, &c. [S.], next br. and h., 6. 20 July 17G6 ; ed. at Harrow and at Westm. Schools, as also at the Univeisities of St. Andrew's and Paris. Entered the army 1785, becoming, fiually (in 1S37) General. Rep. Peeh [S.], 1790— 1S07 and again 1820-41. He was on a spec, mission to the Emperor Leopold, 1790 ; Minister at Brussels, 1792 ; at Berlin 1795, and Ambassador at Constantinople, 1799 — 1803, during which period he arranged for the removal from Athens to England of the sculptured stones( b ) of the Parthenon ; P.C., 1799 ; Knight of the Crescent of Turkey, 1S01. He was also President of the Scotch Antiquaries, Gen. of the Royal Archers [S.], &c. He m. firstly, 11 March 1799, at Archerfield, Mary, only child of William Hamilton Nisbet, of Dirleton and Belhaveu, co. Haddington. This marriage was dissolved by act of Pari. 1S08.( C ) He m. secondly 21 Sep. 1810, at Dimuikeir, co. Fife, Elizabeth, yst. da. of James Townsend Oswald, of Duunikeir afsd., Auditor of the Exchequer [S.], by Janet da. of ( — ) Gray, of Skibo, co. Sutherland. He d. in Paris, 14 Nov. 1841, aged 75. Will pr. June 1842. His widow d. 1 April 1860; also at Paris. [George-Charles-Constanttne Bruce, styled Lord Bruce, 1st s. and h. ap. by first wife, I. 5 April 1800, at Pera, near Constantinople. He d. num. and v.p. 1 Dec. 1S40, aged 40, at Talaton.] VIII. 1841. 8 and 1. James (Bruce), Earl of Elgin, Earl of Baronv Kincardine, &c. [S.], 3d but 1st surv. s. and h., being 1st s. by 2d y> wife, b. 20 July 1811, in Park lane, Midx. ; ed. at Eton and at Ch. I. 1S49. Ch., Oxford : B.A. and 1st class classics, 1833 ;( d ) Fellow of Merton Coll. ; M.A., 1835 ; MP. for Southampton Aug. to Dec. 1841, being (1840-41) then styled Lord Bruce. Gov. Gen. of Jamaica, 1842-46 ; Gov. Gen. of Canada, 1846-54. K.T., 12 July 1847. He was cr. 13 Nov. 1849, a Peer [U.K.] as BARON ELGIN of Elgin. Lord Lieut, of co. Fife, 1854 ; cr.D.CL. of Oxford, 4 June 1856 ; P.O., 1857 | G.C.B. (civil, extra), 1858. Plenipo. to China, 1857-59, and again 1860-61, his mission ending in the capture of Pekin. Postmaster Gen., 1859. Gov. Gen. of India, Jany. 1862 till his death late in the next year. Ho m. firstly, 22 April 1841, at Kinnaird House, co. Stirling, Elizabeth Mary, only child of Charles-Lennox Ccmming-Bruce, of Roseisle, co. Stirling. She d. s.p.m. 7 July 1843, in Jamaica. He m. secondly, 7 Nov. 1846, at St. Peter's, Eaton square, Mary Louisa, da. of John George (Lasibton), 1st Earl of Durham, by his second wife, Louisa Elizabeth, da. of Charles (Grey), 2d Earl Grey. He d. somewhat suddenly 20 Nov. 1863, aged 52, at Dharmsala in India and was bur. privately the next day. His widow who was 6. 8 May 1819, and was O.T., living 1890. ( a ) Inscription given in full in Wood's " Douglas " where there is a long and most favourable character of him. ( b ) It was as late as 1812 that the last cargo of these, usually known as " the Elgin marbles," arrived in England, and in July 1816 they were purchased by the nation for £35,000 and deposited in the British Museum. It is said that they had cost the Earl no less than £74,000. There was, however a considerable outcry against their removal, as set forth (somewhat Btrongly) in Byron's " Curse of Minerva." (°) This Lady m. (immediately) Robert Ferguson, of Raith who d. 3 Dec. 1840. She d, 9 July 1855. ( a ) See some notice of his Fellow Collegians, under " Herbert o£ Lea," Barony.