Portrait of Lady Elgin, Lady Mary Louisa Lambton (d

Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine (; 8 May 1819 – 9 March 1898) was a British writer. She was vicereine of India in 1862-1863. She was the daughter of

John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, (12 April 1792 – 28 July 1840), also known as "Radical Jack" and commonly referred to in Canadian history texts simply as Lord Durham, was a British Whig statesman, colonial administrator, Governor G ...

and his second wife Louisa Elizabeth Lambton (née Grey), daughter of

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was a British Whig politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. He was a member of the nob ...

. She travelled to Canada twice: the first time when her father went to Canada to investigate the

Lower Canada Rebellion The Lower Canada Rebellion (french: rébellion du Bas-Canada), commonly referred to as the Patriots' War () in French, is the name given to the armed conflict in 1837–38 between rebels and the colonial government of Lower Canada (now southe ...

in 29 May – 1 November 1838. She later returned to Canada with her husband,

James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, (20 July 181120 November 1863) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. He served as Governor of Jamaica (1842–1846), Governor General of the Province of Canada (1847–1 ...

, from 1847 to 1853. An accomplished artist, she studied under John Richard Coke-Smyth, alongside her sister, Lady Emily Augusta, and travel companion,

Katherine Ellice Katherine Jane "Janie" Ellice (née Balfour; 1813 – 13 April 1864) was a British diarist and artist. She is most remembered for her chronicle and watercolours of a trip to Canada, in 1838, where she and her sister were taken prisoner during th ...

. She wrote and illustrated journals and diaries of her international travels.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruce, Mary Louisa 1819 births 1898 deaths 19th-century British women writers 19th-century Scottish women writers British diarists British women artists

Mary Louisa People with the name Mary Louisa include: * Mary Louisa Armitt (1851–1911) British polymath * Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin (1819–1898) * Mary Louisa Chitwood (1832–1855), American poet * Mary Louisa Gordon (1861−1941) British pris ...

Daughters of British earls

Scottish countesses Women of the Victorian era 19th-century diarists Viceregal consorts of India