Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin and 9th Earl of Kincardine (6 July 1732 – 14 May 1771) was the son of

William Bruce, 8th Earl of Kincardine William Bruce, 8th Earl of Kincardine (died 8 September 1740), the son of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Kincardine and Rachel Paunceforth, became the 8th Lord of Torry and the 8th Earl of Kincardine in 1740. His wife was Janet Roberton, the daughte ...

. His mother was Janet Roberton, daughter of James Roberton (principal Lord of Session)Elgin, 1633
at cracroftspeerage.co.uk (Cracroft's Peerage online). Retrieved 23 October 2012 and great-granddaughter of advocate and judge

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On 1 June 1759, he married Martha Whyte (1739–1810), who later became

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. They had eight children: *Lady Martha Bruce (b. 3 June 1760), died young *Lady Janet Bruce (b. 2 July 1761), died young *William Robert Bruce, Lord Bruce (b. 15 January 1763), died young * William Robert Bruce, 6th Earl of Elgin (1764–1771) *

Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (; 20 July 176614 November 1841) was a British nobleman, soldier, politician and diplomat, known primarily for the controversial procurement of marble sculptures (known as the Elgin Ma ...

(1766–1841) *

Charles Andrew Bruce Charles Andrew Bruce (1768–1810) was briefly Governor of Prince of Wales Island (now called Penang) from March 24, 1810, until his death in office in December 1810. He is buried at the Old Protestant Cemetery, George Town, Penang, now in pr ...

(1768–1810), Governor of Prince of Wales's Island *

James Bruce James Bruce of Kinnaird (14 December 1730 – 27 April 1794) was a Scottish traveller and travel writer who confirmed the source of the Blue Nile. He spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia and in 1770 became the first Europ ...

(1769–1798), Member of Parliament *Lady Charlotte Matilda Bruce (28 May 1771 – March 1816), married Admiral

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Elgin was Grand Master of Scottish Freemasons from 1761 to 1763 and a founding member of

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. He built the planned industrial village of

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. He is buried in the southern transept of

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close to the grave of

Robert the Bruce Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: ''Raibeart an Bruis''), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329. One of the most renowned warriors of his generation, Robert eventual ...

. In 1812, Scottish composer

Magdalene Stirling Magdalene Stirling (1765 – 1846) was a Scottish composer best known for ''Twelve Tunes Composed by Miss Stirling of Ardoch'', which she had printed privately in 1796. Stirling was the youngest of five daughters born in Ardoch, Perthshire, to ...

named her ''Charles Bruce Reel'' after him.

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