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James Bruce

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 20 July 1811

Died: 20 November 1863

Peerages

Baron Bruce -

8th Earl of Elgin - 14 November 1841

12th Earl of Kincardine - 14 November 1841

1st Baron Elgin - 13 November 1849

Member of Privy Council - 1857

son-in-law of Charles Lennox Cumming Bruce

father of Robert Preston Bruce

Appointments

Elections fought

2 July 1841		Southampton	Conservative Party	648	53.91
14 November 1841 Baron Bruce succeeds to the Scottish Peerage - 8th Earl of Elgin.
6 May 1842 Petition - election declared void.