Earl of Elgin

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Coat of arms of the Earls 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)

Earls of Elgin (1633)

Probable title heir ( Heir apparent ) the son of the current Earl, Charles Edward Bruce, Lord Bruce (* 1961).

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