Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss
PC (1548 – 14 January 1611) was a Scottish lawyer and judge.
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He was the second son of Edward Bruce of
Blairhall and Alison Reid.
Career
In 1594
James VI
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sent him as ambassador to London and gave him £1,000
Scots for his expenses. With
James Colville, he was sent to invite
Queen Elizabeth to send a representative to the
baptism of Prince Henry, discuss the matter of the
Earl of Bothwell
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, Catholics in Scotland, and ask for the
yearly sum of money that Elizabeth gave to James VI. They were to ensure the money was paid to
Thomas Foulis
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. He also requested the rendition of
Anne of Denmark's goldsmith
Jacob Kroger who had fled to England with the queen's jewels.
Bruce was sent to London for money from Elizabeth again in April 1598 and received £3,000. He interceded in a legal case in London for his brother,
George Bruce of Carnock
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Family
George Bruce was a son of Edward Bruce of Blairhall and Alison Reid, a sister of Robert Reid (bishop), Robert Reid, Bishop of Or ...
, whose ship the ''
Bruce
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'' had been forced to take on a group of African and Portuguese captives by English captains. He also successfully negotiated the release of
Robert Ker
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of
Cessford who was held by the
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at
Bishopthorpe
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. On his return to Edinburgh, Bruce met with James VI in his cabinet at
Holyrood Palace
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for four hours.
He was made Commendator of the
Abbey of Kinloss in 1601 and became
Baron of Muirton. He served as a
Lord of Session
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from 1597 to 1603 and was created Lord Kinloss in 1602, with remainder to his heirs and assigns whatsoever.
After the embassy of the
Earl of Mar
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and Bruce to London in April 1601 the sum paid as a
subsidy to James VI was increased, by the persuasion of
Sir Robert Cecil
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. Bruce was involved in the "
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", an initiative to help
put James on the throne of England.
He accompanied the King to England on his accession in 1603. In June the king sent him to greet
Charles of Arenberg, who had arrived as the envoy from
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Rulers of the Netherlands to congratulate James, but had fallen ill from gout.
Bruce became an English subject, was admitted to the
Privy Council
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, and appointed
Master of the Rolls
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for life. He also received
Whorlton Castle and its manor in 1603, which would remained in the Bruce family until the late 19th century.
In 1604, he was made Lord Bruce of Kinloss, with remainder to his heirs male. A letter from the
Earl of Salisbury
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to the
Earl of Shrewsbury
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written in 1608 alludes to Bruce having a grave illness.
He died in London in January 1611. He was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son, also named, Edward Bruce.
An inventory was made of his household goods and silverware around the year 1610. He had seven pieces of tapestry for his great chamber, and a suite of gilt leather hangings for the gallery. His pictures included the king's arms, a portrait of
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, a Queen of Persia, a Queen of Turkey, Paris and Helen, a portrait of a nun, and a portrait of a French woman.
Marriage and children
Edward Bruce married Magdalene Clerk, daughter of
Alexander Clerk. Their children included:
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Edward Bruce, 2nd Lord Kinloss (1594–1613), who was killed in duel with
Edward Sackville at
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and buried there, except his heart which was buried at
Culross Abbey
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in a heart-shaped silver case clamped with iron between two stones. The heart burial was discovered in 1808 and reburied.
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Christian Bruce (died 1675), who married
William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire
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Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin
Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, 3rd Lord Bruce of Kinloss (2 December 1599 – 21 December 1663), of Houghton House in the parish of Maulden in Bedfordshire, was a Scottish nobleman.
Early life
Born in Edinburgh in 1599, Thomas Bruce was the s ...
(1599–1663)
# Robert Bruce, Baron of Skelton
# Janet Bruce (who may have been born illegitimately to another mother),
who married Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, and was the mother of General
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After his death, his widow married secondly Sir
James Fullerton
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, MP and courtier, in 1616.
William Gouge
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dedicated his book ''A Guide to Goe to God'' to her and Sir James.
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Edward
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