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| Edward Bruce of Blairhall b 1505, d 1565 | |||||||||||||||
| m Alison Reid dau of John Reid of Aikenhead | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Bruce of Blairhall | ||||||||||||||
| m 1593 Margaret or Jean Hamilton d 1614, dau of John Hamilton, Archbishop of St. Andrews | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Bruce of Blairhall | ||||||||||||||
| m Katherine or Jean Preston dau of Sir John Preston of Valleyfield | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Bruce of Blairhall | ||||||||||||||
| m 27.04.1648 Jean Henderson dau of Sir John Henderson of Fordell | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Bruce of Blairhall | ||||||||||||||
| m before 1684 Jean Leslie a 08.06.1736, dau of James Leslie, 3rd Lord Lindores | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mary Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m 10.03.1700 Dougal Dugald Stewart of Blairhall d 16.06.1712, Lord of Session as Lord Blairhall | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Alexander Bruce, 3rd Bart of Kinross and Balcaskie dsp | ||||||||||||||
| m Katherine Stewart dau of Robert Stewart of Irry | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Margaret Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m John Aytoun of Kinnaldy | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Catherine Bruce dsp 1692/3 | ||||||||||||||
| m 04.04.1685 William Graham, 2nd Earl of Airth and Menteith b c1634, dsp 12.09.1694 | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir William Bruce, 1st Bart of Kinross and Balcaskie | ||||||||||||||
| m1 Mary Halket dau of Sir James Halket, Bart of Pitfirrane | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir John Bruce, 2nd Bart of Kinross and Balcaskie dsp | ||||||||||||||
| m 05.1687 Christian Leslie bpt 13.12.161, d 21.04.1710, dau of John Leslie, Duke of Rothes | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Anne Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m1 Sir Thomas Hope, Bart of Craighall | |||||||||||||||
| m2 Sir John Carstairs of Kilconquhar | |||||||||||||||
| m2 Magdalene Scot | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Christian Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m Sir Alexander Bruce of Broomhall, 4th Earl of Kincardine d 02.10.1715/10.10.1706 | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss b 1548, d 14.01.1610 | ||||||||||||||
| m Magdalene Clerk dau of Sir Alexander Clerk of Balbirnie | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Bruce dvpsp | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Edward Bruce, 2nd Lord Kinloss d unm 08.1613 | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Kinloss, 1st Earl of Elgin b 02.12.1599, d 21.12.1663 | ||||||||||||||
| m1 04.07.1622 Anne Chichester d 20.03.1627, dau of Sir Robert Chichester of Raleigh | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin, 1st Earl of Ailesbury d 20.10.1685 | ||||||||||||||
| m 16.02.1645-6 Diana Grey d 08.04.1689, dau of Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Edward Bruce dvp aged 17 | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury b 1656, d 16.12.1741 | ||||||||||||||
| m1 30/1.08/10.1676 Elizabeth Seymour d 12.01.1697, dau of Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Robert Bruce b 06.08.1679, bur 22.07.1685 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Charles Bruce, 4th Earl of Elgin, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury b 1682, d 10.02.1746-7 | ||||||||||||||
| Having no surviving sons or nearer male heirs, the earldom of Elgin passed to his kinsman Charles, 9th Earl of Kincardine. The earldom of Ailesbury became extinct although a new line was started by one of his nephews see below. | |||||||||||||||
| m1 07.02.1705-6 Anne Savile d 18.07.1717, dau of William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax | |||||||||||||||
| A | George Bruce d young | ||||||||||||||
| B | Robert Bruce dvpsp 30.08.1738 | ||||||||||||||
| m 08.02.1729 Frances Blackett dau of Sir William Blackett, Bart of Wallington | |||||||||||||||
| C | Mary Bruce dvp 14.08.1738 | ||||||||||||||
| m 21.12.1728 Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos bpt 01.02.1708, d 28.11.1771 | |||||||||||||||
| The barony of Kinloss passed to their son, 3rd Duke of Chandos, and then to his daughter. | |||||||||||||||
| D | Elizabeth Bruce dvpsp 05.11.1796 | ||||||||||||||
| m 26 Nov 1732 Benjamin Bathurst dvp 23 Jan 1767, son of 1st Earl Bathurst | |||||||||||||||
| m2 19.01.1720 Juliana Boyle d 26.03.1739, dau of Charles Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington | |||||||||||||||
| m3 18 Jun 1739 Caroline Campbell d 17 Jan 1803, dau of John Campbell of Mamore, 4th Duke of Argyll | |||||||||||||||
| E | Mary Bruce dsp 05/8.11.1796 | ||||||||||||||
| m 01Apr1757 Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond d 29Dec1806 | |||||||||||||||
| F ? | Rachel Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m 10.1778 John Milner of Wakefield | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Elizabeth Bruce d 12.1745 | ||||||||||||||
| m 15.05.1707 George Brudenell, 3rd Earl of Cardigan d 05.07.1732 | |||||||||||||||
| One of their sons became 1st Earl of Ailesbury of the next creation. | |||||||||||||||
| 4+ | other issue d young - Henry, Thomas, Mary b c12Jan1697, d 1698 | ||||||||||||||
| m2 27.04.1700 Charlotte D'Argenteau, Countess of Esseneux d 23Jul1710, dau of Louis, Count of Esseneux | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Maria Teresa Charlotte Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m 1722 Maximilian Emanuel, Prince de Hornes | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Diana Bruce d 15.07.1672 | ||||||||||||||
| m1 29.01.1666 Sir Seymour Shirley, Bart of Staunton Harold b 23.01.1646-7, d 16.07.1667 | |||||||||||||||
| m2 10.11.1671, sps John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland b 29May1638, d 10Jan1711 | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Anne Bruce b c1660, d before 1717 | ||||||||||||||
| m 1672 Sir William Rich, Bart of Sonning b c1654, d 1711 | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Christian Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m1 John Rolle, younger of Stephenstown | |||||||||||||||
| m2 Sir Richard Geyer of Stoke Poges | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Mary Bruce b 31.12.1657, bur 15.05.1711 | ||||||||||||||
| m mcrt 22.03.1678 Sir William Walter, Bart of Sarsden Saresden b c1635, d 05.03.1693 | |||||||||||||||
| g. | Arabella Bruce d unm | ||||||||||||||
| h. | Anne Charlotte Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m Sir Nicholas Bagenall of Newry | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Henrietta Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m Thomas Ogle | |||||||||||||||
| j.+ | other issue dvp young - Robert dsp 1728, Charles, Henry, Bernard, Robert, James dsp 1738, Christian, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| m2 Diana Cecil d 26.02.1658, dau of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Christian Bruce b 28.12.1595, d 16.06.1674 | ||||||||||||||
| m 10.04.1608 William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire b 1590, d 20.06.1628 | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Janet Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m 08.12.1601 Thomas Dalziel of Binns b 1572, d 1642 | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Sir George Bruce of Carnock d 06May1625 | ||||||||||||||
| TSP Elgin & Kincardine identifies George's wife as Margaret Primrose, daughter of Archibald Primrose of Burnbrae, but TSP Rosebery identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m Euphame Primrose dau of David Primrose in Culross | |||||||||||||||
| A. | George Bruce of Carnock d 1643 | ||||||||||||||
| m Mary Preston dau of Sir John Preston of Valleyfield | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Edward Bruce, 1st Earl of Kincardine d unm 1662 | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine b c1629, d 09Jul1680 | ||||||||||||||
| m mcrt 16.06.1659 Veronica Van Arson d 28Apr1701, dau of Coreneille Van Arson, Baron Sommelsdyke | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Charles Bruce b c1660, dvp 12Jan1680 | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Alexander Bruce, 3rd Earl of Kincardine b c1666, d unm 10.11.1705 | ||||||||||||||
| The earldom passed to his 2nd cousin, Sir Alexander Bruce of Broomhall. | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Bruce d after 1739 | ||||||||||||||
| m mcrt 19.04.1681 William Cochrane of Ochiltree d after 1716 | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Anne Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m 16.04.1684 Sir David Murray, Bart of Stanhope | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Elizabeth Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m 26.03.1704 James Boswell, 7th of Auchinleck d 21.04.1749 | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Magdalen Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| TSP initially shows Magdalen as married to Sir John Arnot of Fernie but this is corrected in the Addenda to ... | |||||||||||||||
| m Sir James Nicholson, younger of Cockburnspath | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Margaret Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m Sir John Lumsden of Innergelly | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Mary Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m 1655 David Erksine, 2nd Lord Cardross d 1671 | |||||||||||||||
| vi. | Grisel Bruce identified in TSP Addenda | ||||||||||||||
| m before 03.01.1642 Sir Robert Arnot eldest son of Sir James of Fernie | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Alexander Bruce of Alva dsp 1638 | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Robert Bruce of Broomhall d 25.06.1652, Lord of Session as Lord Broomhall | ||||||||||||||
| m Helen Skene dau of Sir James Skene of Curriehill | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Anne Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m 1641 Sir James Arnot of Fernie | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Magdalene Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m Sir John Erskine of Balgony | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Christian Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m Lawrence Mercer of Aldie | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Nicholas Bruce bur 26.01.1671 | ||||||||||||||
| m1 Sir John Morrison of Dairsie | |||||||||||||||
| m2 John Dick of Braid | |||||||||||||||
| H. | Margaret Bruce d 1652 | ||||||||||||||
| m Francis Nicholls of the Middle Temple | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Bessie Bruce | ||||||||||||||
| m David Bar | |||||||||||||||
| 5.+ | other issue - William of Cothill and Collestoune dsp before 24May1609, priest, Margaret | ||||||||||||||
Sources: BP1934 Elgin & Kincardine, TSP Elgin & Ailesbury,
TSP Elgin & Kincardine, BEB1844 Bruce of Kinross.
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