Earl of Elgin
Earl of Elgin is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Scotland .
The Earl is hereditary Chief of the Clan Bruce .
The family home is Broomhall House at Dunfermline in Fife .
history
On June 21, 1633 the title for Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Bruce of Kinloss, was created. Along with the Earldom, he was awarded the subordinate title of Lord Bruce of Kinloss . From his father he had inherited the title of Lord Bruce of Kinloss , created on February 2, 1602 for his grandfather in 1613 . All of these titles belong to the Peerage of Scotland. On July 30, 1641 he was also awarded the title Baron Bruce of Whorlton in the Peerage of England .
His son and heir as 2nd Earl, Robert, were also awarded the titles of Earl of Ailesbury , Viscount Bruce of Ampthill and Baron Bruce of Skelton on March 18, 1664 in the Peerage of England .
Upon the death of the 4th Earl of Elgin in 1774 the title went out of 1664. The title of 1602, 1633 and 1641 fell to its distant relative Charles Bruce , who since 1740 the title 9th Earl of Kincardine and 9th Lord Bruce of Torry held . The Earldoms of Elgin and Kincardine have been united since then.
The 7th Earl became famous for the removal of numerous sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens , which are now in the British Museum in London as the so-called Elgin Marbles . There are a few streets in Dublin named after the Earl, such as B. Elgin Road and Ailesbury Road.
The 8th Earl of Elgin was on November 13, 1849 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom the title of Baron Elgin , of Elgin in Scotland, bestowed.
List of title owners
Lords Bruce of Kinloss (1608)
- Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Bruce of Kinloss (1548–1611)
- Edward Bruce, 2nd Lord Bruce of Kinloss (1594–1613)
- Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Bruce of Kinloss (1599–1663) (elevated to Earl of Elgin in 1633 )
Earls of Elgin (1633)
- Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin (1599–1663)
- Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin , 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1627–1685)
- Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin , 2nd Earl of Ailesbury (1656–1741)
- Charles Bruce, 4th Earl of Elgin , 3rd Earl of Ailesbury (1682–1747)
- Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin , 9th Earl of Kincardine (1732–1771)
- William Bruce, 6th Earl of Elgin , 10th Earl of Kincardine (1764–1771)
- Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin , 11th Earl of Kincardine (1766–1841)
- James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin , 12th Earl of Kincardine (1811–1863)
- Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin , 13th Earl of Kincardine (1849–1917)
- Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin , 14th Earl of Kincardine (1881–1968)
- Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin , 15th Earl of Kincardine (* 1924)
Probable title heir ( Heir apparent ) the son of the current Earl, Charles Edward Bruce, Lord Bruce (* 1961).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Elgin, Earl of (S, 1633) at Cracroft's Peerage