Thomas (Bruce) Bruce Second Earl of Ailesbury  Third Earl of Elgin
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Thomas (Bruce) Bruce Second Earl of Ailesbury Third Earl of Elgin (1656 - 1741)

Born in Brussels, Belgiummap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 31 Aug 1676 (to 1696) in Clerkenwell St James, Middlesex, Englandmap
Husband of — married 27 Apr 1700 (to 1710) in Brussel, Brabant, Belgiummap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 85 in Brussels, Belgiummap
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European Aristocracy
Thomas Bruce was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Thomas was born in 1656. He was the son of Sir William Robert Bruce and Diana Grey.

He passed away in 1741 and is buried at the St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard in Maulden, Central Bedfordshire Unitary Authority, Bedfordshire, England

Notations on Houghton House in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England; Main Residence for the Bruce Family from 1624-1696 (see pictures below):
“ The estate of Houghton was granted by King James I of England (1603-1625) to Mary Herbert, Dowager Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621). Two years after the death of Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, the house reverted to King James I by the Countess' brother, the King then granted the estate to Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin (1599–1663) in 1624, which became the main residence of the Bruce family for three generations. King Charles I of England later granted him nearby Houghton Park to preserve game for the royal hunt, but persistent hunting and hawking by the local Conquest family forced the King's subsequent intervention.

In the churchyard of nearby Maulden Church, the advowson of which was owned by the Bruce family, is the Ailesbury Mausoleum, the earliest free-standing mausoleum in England, built in 1656 by Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin in memory of his 2nd wife, Lady Diana Cecil. The Bruce family resided in the house until Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury went into exile on the Continent in 1696 on account of his loyalty to the deposed King James II of England (1685-deposed 1688, died 1701). Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury never returned to Houghton and in 1738 sold the house to John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford”……excerpted

Sources


  • Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2020. Internet Archive.>Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin, Vol III. pps 479-81




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