Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin
Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin and 9th Earl of Kincardine (6 July 1732 – 14 May 1771) was the son of William Bruce, 8th Earl of Kincardine. His mother was Janet Roberton, daughter of James Roberton (principal Lord of Session)[1] and great-granddaughter of advocate and judge Lord Bedlay[2][3]
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| Born | Charles Bruce 6 July 1732 |
| Died | 14 May 1771 (aged 38) |
| Buried | Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland |
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| Father | William Bruce, 8th Earl of Kincardine |
| Mother | Janet Roberton |
On 1 June 1759, he married Martha Whyte (1739–1810), who later became governess to Princess Charlotte of Wales. They had eight children:[1]
- Lady Martha Bruce (b. 3 June 1760), died young
- Lady Janet Bruce (b. 2 July 1761), died young
- William Robert Bruce, Lord Bruce (b. 15 January 1763), died young
- William Robert Bruce, 6th Earl of Elgin (1764–1771)
- Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766–1841)
- Charles Andrew Bruce (1768–1810), Governor of Prince of Wales's Island
- James Bruce (1769–1798), Member of Parliament
- Lady Charlotte Matilda Bruce (28 May 1771 – March 1816), married Admiral Philip Charles Durham
Elgin was Grand Master of Scottish Freemasons from 1761 to 1763 and a founding member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.[1] He built the planned industrial village of Charlestown, Fife.[4]
He is buried in the southern transept of Dunfermline Abbey close to the grave of Robert the Bruce. In 1812, Scottish composer Magdalene Stirling named her Charles Bruce Reel after him.[5]
References
- Elgin, 1633 Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at cracroftspeerage.co.uk (Cracroft's Peerage online). Retrieved 23 October 2012
- John Birnie; William Barclay Turnbull (1838). Families of Broomhill. Edinburgh Printing Co. pp. 36–37. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- "Archibald Roberton". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- Chesher, Susan; Foster, Linda; Hogben, Laurence (1979). A Short History of the Villages: Charlestown, Limekilns and Pattiesmuir. Charlestown, Limekilns and Pattiesmuir Community Council.
- "Honorable Charles Bruce (The)". Traditional Tune Archive. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2021.