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Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (later styled Aylesbury) and 2nd Earl of Elgin, PC, FRS (ca. March 1626 – 20 October 1685), was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1663, when he inherited his father's title as Earl of Elgin.
28 de abr. de 2022 · Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury and 2nd Earl of Elgin, PC, FRS (ca. March 1626 – 20 October 1685) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1663 when he inherited his father's title as Earl of Elgin.
Marquess of Ailesbury (later styled Aylesbury ), in the County of Buckingham, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 July 1821 for Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury .
This fashionably dressed young sitter is Robert, Lord Bruce, the only child and heir of the Scottish nobleman Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin. As a boy Bruce received little formal education, but in his teens travelled to Europe becoming one of the first Scots to embark on the Grand Tour.
Robert Bruce, whose elder brother, Thomas, the 2nd Earl of Ailesbury, became a Jacobite exile, joined the Queen’s Royal regiment of Horse in 1688 as a volunteer against the Prince of Orange.3 For most of his life he helped his nephew Charles, Lord Bruce, to manage the family properties and interest in Bedfordshire and Wiltshire.
5 de may. de 2024 · Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680) RA Collection: Art. This print is one of 180 plates which make up the 'British School I' album, presumably compiled in the early nineteenth century. This album is prefaced by a nine-page text entitled ‘Notes relating to the early history of British Art; to assist in forming a collection of illustrative engravings’.
Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury primary name: Bruce, Robert other name: (2nd Earl of) Elgin
