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Paternal Family Tree: Bruce of Elgin
On 20th July 1766 Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin was born to Charles Bruce 9th Earl Kincardine 5th Earl Elgin (age 34) at Broomhall House, Broomhall.
On 14th May 1771 [his father] Charles Bruce 9th Earl Kincardine 5th Earl Elgin (age 38) died. His son [his brother] Charles (age 7) succeeded 10th Earl Kincardine, 6th Earl Elgin.
After 14th May 1771 [his brother] Charles Bruce 10th Earl Kincardine 6th Earl Elgin (deceased) died. His brother Thomas (age 4) succeeded 11th Earl Kincardine, 7th Earl Elgin.
In 1799 Archdeacon Anthony Hamilton (age 20) was appointed Private Secretary to Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin (age 32).
On 11th March 1799 Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin (age 32) and Mary Nisbet Countess Elgin (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Elgin. They had two sons and three daughters. They divorced before 20th April 1808 she having been accused of having an affair with Robert Ferguson of Raith (age 29) whom she subsequently married. The Earl sued Ferguson in both England and Scotland and won £10,000. He the son of Charles Bruce 9th Earl Kincardine 5th Earl Elgin.
On 20th April 1808 Robert Ferguson of Raith (age 38) and [his wife] Mary Nisbet Countess Elgin (age 30) were married.
On 21st September 1810 Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin (age 44) and Elizabeth Oswald Countess Kincardine and Elgin (age 20) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of Charles Bruce 9th Earl Kincardine 5th Earl Elgin.
On 20th July 1811 [his son] James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin was born to Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin (age 45) and [his wife] Mary Nisbet Countess Elgin (age 33).
On 3rd April 1822 [his daughter] Augusta Elizabeth Frederica Bruce was born to Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin (age 55) and [his wife] Elizabeth Oswald Countess Kincardine and Elgin (age 32).
On 22nd April 1841 [his son] James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin (age 29) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Mary Cumming Bruce Countess Kincardine and Elgin were married. He the son of Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin (age 74) and [his wife] Mary Nisbet Countess Elgin (age 63).
On 14th November 1841 Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin (age 75) died at Paris [Map]. His son [his son] James (age 30) succeeded 12th Earl Kincardine, 8th Earl Elgin. [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Mary Cumming Bruce Countess Kincardine and Elgin by marriage Countess Kincardine, Countess Elgin.
On 9th July 1855 [his former wife] Mary Nisbet Countess Elgin (age 77) died.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1860 [his former wife] Elizabeth Oswald Countess Kincardine and Elgin (age 70) died.
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Bruce
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bruce
Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Bruce 4th Earl Kincardine
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Bruce 7th Earl Kincardine
GrandFather: William Bruce 8th Earl Kincardine