'Bruce06'
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Families covered: Bruce of Broomhall, Bruce of Elgin, Bruce of Kincardine
[This page was formerly named Bruce04. Its name was changed in June 2007 as part of a review of various Bruce families. See here for more details.]
| Robert Bruce of Broomhall (d 25.06.1652, Lord of Session as Lord Broomhall) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Skene (dau of Sir James Skene of Curriehill) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Alexander Bruce of Broomhall, 4th Earl of Kincardine (d 02.10.1715/10.10.1706) | ||||||||||||||
| The earldom was inherited from his second cousin, the 3rd Earl. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Christian Bruce (dau of Robert Bruce of Blairhall) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Bruce, 5th Earl of Kincardine (d unm c1718) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Alexander Bruce, 6th Earl of Kincardine (b 19.01.1662, d 1721) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jean (Nisbet?) (d 03.1746) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Jane Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Napier of Kilmahew | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Kincardine (b 19.03.1663, d 23.03.1740) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1699) Rachel Pauncefort (d 17.03.1753, dau of Robert Pauncefort of Herefordshire) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Bruce, 8th Earl of Kincardine (d 08.09.1740) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.02.1726) Janet Roberton (d 29.05.1772, dau of James Roberton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Charles Bruce, 9th Earl of Kincardine, 5th Earl of Elgin (b 06.07.1732, d 14.05.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| He inherited the earldom of Elgin from his kinsman the 4th Earl. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (01.06.1759) Martha White (b c1740, d 21.06.1810, dau/heir of Thomas White of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Robert Bruce, 6th Earl of Elgin, 10th Earl of Kincardine (b 28.01.1764, d unm 15.07.1771, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, 11th Earl of Kincardine (b 20.07.1766, d 14.11.1841, Ambassador to Greece) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (01.03.1799, div 1808) Mary Nisbet (dau of William Hamilton Nisbet of Dirleston and Belhaven) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (21.09.1810) Elizabeth Oswald (d 01.04.1860, dau of James Townsend Oswald of Dunnikier by Janet Gray) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Charles Andrew Bruce, Governor of Prince of Wales Island (b 18.01.1768, d 27.12.1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (20.05.1798) Anne Maria Blunt (d 19.09.1798, dau of Sir Charles William Blunt, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (01.1802) Charlotte Sophia Dashwood (dau of Thomas Dashwood) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Charles Dashwood Bruce, later Preson (b 12.11.1802, dsp 25.08.1864) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.09.1841) Harriet Elizabeth Rivers (d 18.07.1876, dau of William Horace Rivers, 3rd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Brudenell Bruce (b 1804, dsp Poros 08.10.1828, Lieutenant) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Louisa Bruce (b 19.04.1802 (sb 1810?), d 09.08.1870) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.07.1835) Sir William Richard Powlett-Geary, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Charlotte Martha Bruce (b 28.05.1771, d 21.02.1816) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.03.1797/9) Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham of Fordel, Polton & Largo (b 1763, d 1845, Admiral) | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - William Robert (b 15.01.1763, d 27.03.1763), James (b 23.03.1769, dsp 10.07.1798), Martha or Matilda (b 03.06.1760, d 21.12.1767), Janet (b 02.07.1761, d 06.07.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Christian Bruce (d 28.05.1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.04.1762) James Erskine of Cardross (b 1732, d 27.03.1802) | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - James (dsp 17.05.1765), Thomas (d 12.12.1797, Lt. General), Rachel (d unm 12.01.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Rachel Bruce (d 29.06.1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Drummond of Lundin, de jure 10th Earl of Perth (b 06.11.1707, d 18.07.1781) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - Thomas (dsp 1739), Sarah (b 12.1699, d unm 03.07.1795), Christian (d unm 23.02.1775) | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Veronica Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Gustavus Hamilton in Edinburgh | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (mcrt 1703) Duncan Campbell of Kames | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue (d unm) - Charles (b 18.03.1664, d young), Janet (b c1653, d 17.09.1743), Christian, Helen, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | George Bruce (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Allan | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Helen Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 21.04.1676) George Weir of Blackwood | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Janet Bruce (bur 30.04.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1662) Sir Thomas Burnett of Crimond | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Rachel Bruce (bur 18.06.1668) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): TSP (Elgin & Kincardine), BP1934 (Elgin & Kincardine)
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