Victor Alexander Bruce KG (1849 - 1917)

Born 16 May 1849 in Montreal, Île-de-Montréal, Canada East

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Died 18 Jan 1917 at age 67 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Early Life

Victor Alexander Bruce was born in 1849.

Family

Lord Elgin married Lady Constance Mary, daughter of James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk, in 1876. They had six sons and five daughters:

1. Lady Elizabeth Mary Bruce (11 September 1877 – 13 May 1944)

2. Lady Christina Augusta Bruce (25 January 1879 – 12 September 1940)

3. Lady Constance Veronica Bruce (24 February 1880 – 7 July 1969)

4. Edward James Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin, 14th Earl of Kincardine (9 June 1881 – 27 November 1968)

5. Hon. Robert Bruce (18 November 1882 – 31 October 1959)

6. Hon. Alexander Bruce (29 July 1884 – October 1917)

7. Lady Marjorie Bruce (12 December 1885 – 23 May 1901)

8. Colonel Hon. David Bruce (11 June 1888 – 26 August 1964)

9. Lady Rachel Catherine (Bruce) Verney (23 February 1890 – 17 December 1964)

10. Captain Hon. John Bernard Bruce (9 April 1892 – 3 August 1971)

11. Hon. Victor Alexander Bruce (13 February 1897 – 19 December 1930).

After Lady Elgin's death in 1909, he married Gertrude Lilian, daughter of William Sherbrooke and widow of Frederick Charles Ashley Ogilvy, in 1913. They had one posthumous son:

13. Hon. Bernard Bruce (12 June 1917 – 17 June 1983)

Death

He passed away in 1917. ^{[1] [2]}

Sources

1. ↑ "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q26M-96CZ : 9 March 2017), Victor Alexander Bruce, 1917.
2. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGC-76ZX : 13 December 2015), Victor Alexander Bruce, 1917; Burial, Rosyth, , Fife, Scotland, Rosyth Old Churchyard; citing record ID 117880257, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Scotland Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBWF-G73 : 14 October 2014), Victor A B Bruce, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland; from "1861 England, Scotland & Wales census," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012.); citing p. 8, PRO RG 9, The National Archives UK, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 103,827.
• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD86-FB8 : 20 July 2017), Victor Alexr P Bruce, 1871.
• "Scotland Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSFD-KFN : 18 November 2014), Victor Alex Bruce, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland; from "1891 England, Scotland & Wales census," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing p. 4, GRO6/275, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 208,754.
• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q273-ZPY7 : 20 August 2016), Victor Alex Bruce, St George Hanover Square, London,Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 10, Piece/Folio 98/117, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,335.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sir William Arbuthnot for creating Bruce-2087 on 25 Dec 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Sir William and others.