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16 de may. de 2024 · The objects were removed from the Parthenon at Athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to England by arrangement of Thomas Bruce, 7th Lord Elgin, who was British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire (1799–1803).
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24 de may. de 2024 · She was the wife of Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin, and mother of the collector Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin. The only child of wealthy banker Thomas Whyte, Esq. of Kirkcaldy, Martha Whyte married Charles Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, at Edinburgh on 1 June 1759.
12 de may. de 2024 · Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th earl of Elgin (born May 16, 1849, near Montreal—died Jan. 18, 1917, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scot.) was the 9th earl of Elgin and the British viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899. He was the son of the 8th earl and was educated at Eton and at Balliol College, Oxford.
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17 de may. de 2024 · Thomas Bruce, also known as Lord Elgin, was a British nobleman, diplomat, and collector who played a significant role in the controversial procurement of marble sculptures known as the Elgin Marbles. Let’s delve into the life and legacy of the first Earl of Elgin.
3 de may. de 2024 · Lord Elgin’s Legacy on Consolidating the British Raj in India. Lord Elgin played a significant role in the consolidation of British rule in India during the transition from the British East India Company to direct imperial control by the Crown. He was appointed as second Viceroy of India in 1862.
Hace 3 días · Robert Bruce, second Earl of Elgin, who lived here in 1671, was a devoted Cavalier, and an ardent struggler for the Restoration, and was made Earl of Aylesbury in 1663 by that not usually very grateful king, Charles II., to whom he was privy councillor and gentleman of the bedchamber.
Hace 4 días · An obituary of Charles Mayhew in 1877 listed Ennismore Gardens (and Princes Gate) among his works, but as he had retired in 1858 this almost certainly refers to his earlier houses in Ennismore Place and Princes Terrace (by then Nos 60–65 Ennismore Gardens).
