Sir Thomas Bruce, 1st (feudal) Baron of Clackmannan(died before 1348)
[Gordon A. C. MacGregor, ''Bruce of Cultmalundy'', in ''The Red Book of Perthshire'' (Perthshire Heritage Trust, 2006)] was the first Baron of
Clackmannan.
King
David II of Scotland
David II (5 March 1324 – 22 February 1371) was King of Scotland from 1329 until his death in 1371. Upon the death of his father, Robert the Bruce, David succeeded to the throne at the age of five and was crowned at Scone in November 1331, be ...
, near the end of his life, appears to have regarded Thomas as the next most senior member of the Bruce family, meaning that he was believed to be a male line descendant of
Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale, but his exact relationship to the royal Bruces is unclear. It has been suggested that he was the illegitimate son of
Robert the Bruce
Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert led Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against Kingdom of Eng ...
or
Edward Bruce, but there is no clear evidence for this; he may have belonged to a more distant branch of the family.
Thomas was granted land in
Clackmannan by King
Robert II of Scotland
Robert II (2 March 1316 – 19 April 1390) was List of Scottish monarchs, King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie Bruce, Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, h ...
after organizing a revolt against the
English in 1334. He married Marjorie Charteris and it is from this line which most Bruces descend, including the current Chief of
Clan Bruce,
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin. Thomas and Marjorie's children included
Robert Bruce, 2nd Baron of Clackmannan.
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Nobility from Clackmannanshire
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Bruce family (Clackmannan)
14th-century Scottish nobility
Scottish feudal barons