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Name: Robert BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin
Sex: M
Birth: Before 1638 in St Bartholomew-the-Less, London ^b
Death: 20 Oct 1685 in Houghton Park, Beds ^d
Burial: 26 Oct 1685 in Maulden, Beds ^u

Parents:

Father:
Thomas BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin Birth: 2 Dec 1599 in Edinburgh Death: 21 Dec 1663 in Ampthill

Mother:

Anne CHICHESTER Death: 20 Mar 1627

Family:
Marriage:

Diana GREY on 16 Feb 1645/6 at St Alphage, London .^m1
Diana GREY Death: 8 Apr 1689

Children:

Diana BRUCE Birth: 1 Death: 15 Jul 1672 in Belvoir Castle
Thomas BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin Birth: 1656 Death: 16 Dec 1741 in Brussels

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 1 English baronetcies 1611-1625 and Irish 1618-1625. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524374 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB I [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: before 1638 [Ref: CP I p58],
place:: [Ref: CP V p42],
parents:: [Ref: CP I p58, CP V p42],
father:: [Ref: CP VII p311]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP I p59, CP II p352 (with corr in XIV p117), CP V p42, CP VII p311],
place:: [Ref: CP I p59]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP I p59],
place:: [Ref: CP I p59]

Sources with Information about marriage to Diana GREY

date:: [Ref: CP I p58],
place:: [Ref: CP I p59],
child:: [Ref: CB I p6, CP I p59, CP V p42, CP XI p265]

Research Notes:
2nd Earl of Elgin, of Earldom cr 1633 [Ref: CP V p42]
1st Earl of Ailesbury, of Earldom cr 1664 [Ref: CP I p58]
Earl of Elgin [Ref: CP I p58]
Lord Kinloss [Ref: CP I p58]
4th Lord Bruce of Kinloss, of Barony cr 1604 [Ref: CP II p352]
4th Lord Kinloss, of Barony cr 1602 [Ref: CP VII p311]
Lord Bruce of Kinloss [Ref: CP I p58]

heir of his father [Ref: CP II p352, CP V p42, CP VII p311]

18 Mar 1664/5: cr Baron Bruce of Skelton, Viscount Bruce of Ampthill, and Earl of Alesbury [Ref: CP I p58 (with corr in XIV p11)]

Pedigree of Robert BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin
                   /-----Sir Edward BRUCE
          /-----Edward BRUCE, Lord Kinloss
         |        |         /-----William REID
         |         \-----Alison REID
/-----Thomas BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin
|        |         /-----Alexander CLERK
|         \-----Magdalen CLERK
Robert BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin
|         /-----Sir Robert CHICHESTER
\-----Anne CHICHESTER
         |                  /-----Sir James HARINGTON
         |         /-----John HARINGTON, Lord Harington of Exton
         |        |        |         /-----Sir William SIDNEY
         |        |         \-----Lucy SIDNEY
          \-----Frances HARINGTON
                  |         /-----Robert KELWAY
                   \-----Anne KELWAY
                           |         /-----Edward BULSTROKE
                            \-----Cecily BULSTROKE

Descendants of Robert BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin

1. Robert BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin m. Diana GREY

m. Diana GREY father: Henry GREY, Earl of Stamford mother: Anne CECIL

2+ Diana BRUCE m1. Sir Seymour SHIRLEY m2. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland

3+ Thomas BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin m1. Elizabeth SEYMOUR m2. Charlotte Jacqueline De ARGENTEAU

2nd generation

2. Diana BRUCE m1. Sir Seymour SHIRLEY m2. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland

m. Sir Seymour SHIRLEY father: Sir Robert SHIRLEY mother: Catherine OKEOVER

m. John MANNERS, Duke Of Rutland father: John MANNERS, Earl Of Rutland mother: Frances MONTAGU

4 Robert MANNERS

3. Thomas BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin m1. Elizabeth SEYMOUR m2. Charlotte Jacqueline De ARGENTEAU

m. Elizabeth SEYMOUR father: Henry SEYMOUR, Baron Beauchamp mother: Mary CAPELL

5 Robert BRUCE