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Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury.
English politician and memoirist (1656-1741)
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About Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury
Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of Elgin, styled Lord Bruce between 1663 and 1685, was an English politician and memoirist. He was the son of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin, and Lady Diana Grey. His maternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, and Lady Anne Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter. His Memoirs, which were not published until long after his death, are a valuable source for English history in the last quarter of the seventeenth century.
Everything about Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1679 Parliament, Member of the 1680-81 Parliament, Member of the 1685-87 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Scotland
- Born
- 1656, September 26, 1656
- Died
- December 16, 1741