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	Elgin Scotland - Elgin's Worldwide
		In 1747, the Earldom of Elgin was inherited by the 9th Earl of Kincardine.
		The 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, Lord Bruce of Kinloss, Lord Bruce of Torry, Baron Elgin, of Elgin (Sir Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, KT, was born 17 Feb 1924, resides at Broomhall, Dunfermline, Fife.
		Elgin, Scotland, whatever the source of its name, was not the immediate origin for the name of Elgin, Illinois, which was inspired by a hymn tune.
	www.elginscotland.org /elgin-moray-scotland/about-elgin/where_else.php (1222 words)

	James Bruce, Eight Earl of Elgin
		In 1840, on the death of his elder brother, he became heir to the earldom of Elgin in the Scottish peerage, and in 1841, on the death of his father, he succeeded to the peerage.
		In the general elections of 1848 the government was defeated; and Elgin thereupon entrusted office to the second Baldwin-Lafontaine administration.
		During Elgin's régime four ministries in Canada held power, the Draper-Viger, the Baldwin-Lafontaine, the Hincks-Morin, and the MacNab-Morin administrations; and with all his relations were harmonious.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/JamesBruceEightEarlofElgin.htm (598 words)

	Baron of Cromar (F.J. MacMurray-Nelson) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Baron MacMurray-Nelson is an active partner in international activities involved in the patronage of the Arts and Music and is currently involved in establishing Foundations targeting literacy amongst children in communities overwhelmed by poverty.
		He was MP for Elgin and Nairn, Captain of the Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, Privy Councillor, Knight of the Thistle, Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Saxony, Lord Lieutenant of London and Lord High Constable.
		The Barony of Cromar, was transferred by assignation to the present Baron of Cromar, with consent from the trustees of deed of trust by Captain Alexander A A D M Ramsay of Mar in favour of F. MacMurray-Nelson.
	www.baronofcromar.com (3275 words)

	The Third China War
		Lord Elgin and Baron Gros agreed to meet the Chinese envoys and sent diplomatic assistants Harry Parkes and Thomas Wade to present the Allied terms.
		Elgin ignored the almost daily pleas from the Chinese to halt his advance, replying that because they had tried to mislead him, he would not think of signing any agreement until he reached the city of Dongzhou, just ten miles southeast of Beijing.
		Elgin believed the destruction of the Summer Palace, the scene of the unspeakable tortures inflicted on Allied prisoners, would not only offer the strongest proof of England's superior strength, but would disabuse the Chinese of their belief in the emperor's universal sovereignty.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C19/E1907.htm (3881 words)

	www.brucefamily.com - Family of Bruce International, Inc. - Bruce Biographies
		In 1320 the Declaration of Arbroath was written by the Earls and Barons of Scotland to the Pope, in recognition of the cause of independence of Scotland from English rule.
		He was a member of the House of Lords, a respected member of of the Privy Council and gentlemen of the King's Bedchamber (King Charles), Majesty's Lieutenant for the shires of Huntington, Cambridge, and Bedford, one of the commissioners of the office Earl Marshal, and Lord Chamberlain of the household.
		Educated in England and France, Thomas Bruce succeeded to the Earldoms of Elgin and Kincardine in 1771, entered the army in 1785, and was successively envoy to the Holy Roman Empire, to Brussels, to Berlin and to the Ottoman Empire.
	www.brucefamily.com /biopage.htm (3148 words)

	Marquess of Ailesbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lord Kinloss, eldest son of the 1st Earl of Elgin, was created Earl of Ailesbury, Viscount Bruce, of Ampthill in the County of Bedford, and Baron Bruce, of Skelton in the County of York, on 18 March 1664, all in the Peerage of England.
		He subsequently inherited the Earldom of Elgin in the Peerage of Scotland, and the titles remained united until 1747.
		The 2nd Earl of Ailesbury was created Marquess of Ailesbury on 17 July 1821, along with the subsidiary titles Earl Bruce, of Whorlton in the County of York, and Viscount Savernake, of Savernake Forest in the County of Wilts, all in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marquess_of_Ailesbury (413 words)

	Mary Elgin « Elginism
		Mistress of the Elgin Marbles: A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin
		The sitter was the 25-year-old Mary Nisbet of Dirleton, one of the wealthiest heiresses in Scotland, and wife of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, ambassador to the Ottoman empire and grand acquisitor of ancient marbles.
		The Elgins’ influence at the Ottoman court was enhanced by the deployment of Mary’s fearless social skills.
	www.elginism.com /20050109/49 (1052 words)

	Baron Bruce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baron Bruce of Anandale (1295), a subsidiary title for the Earl of Carrick, abeyant 1371
		Baron Bruce of Whorlton (1641), formerly a subsidiary title for the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, extinct 1747
		Baron Bruce of Skelton (1664), formerly a subsidiary title for the Earl of Ailesbury, extinct 1747
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baron_Bruce (131 words)

	Earl of Elgin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The title Earl of Elgin was created on June 21, 1633 in the Peerage of Scotland for Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Kinloss.
		He was later created Baron Bruce of Whorlton in the Peerage of England on July 30, 1641.
		The two Earldoms continued united until the death of the fourth Earl of Elgin, when the Ailesbury and Bruce titles became extinct, and the Elgin title passed to the Earl of Kincardine; the Lordship of Kinloss became dormant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lord_Elgin (466 words)

	Bruce of Elgin
		Keenly interested in classical art, Elgin secured permission from the Turks after his arrival in Constantinople to record and remive Greek antiquities, fearing their destruction in the ongoing conflict between the Greeks and the Turks.
		In the violent controversy generated by the removal, Elgin was denounced as a dishonest and rapacious vandal, notaby by the poet Lord Byron, while the quality of his acquisitions, later regarded as exceptional, was questioned.
		This was, however, primarily the work of the prime-minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman; and Elgin had little sympathy for his colleagues' ore radical innovations in colonial government, being particularly opposed to proposals for Indian reform.
	www.bbbirthday.50megs.com /History/elgin.htm (831 words)

	China
		On the 25th of June, 1859, the plenipotentiaries, Bruce and Bourboulon, who were on their way to Peking to have these treaties ratified, were fired upon by the Taku forts.
		Elgin and Gros were appointed special envoys to China; Sir Hope Grant and Admiral Hope, General de Mountauban and Admiral Charner were placed in command of the British and French land and naval forces.
		Wan-shou-shan, another part of the imperial summer resort, was burnt by order of Lord Elgin (18 Oct.) on account of the barbarous treatment inflicted upon the European prisoners taken in the dastardly attack at Tung-chou.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/c/china.html (8587 words)

	:: Danse Macabre - Vampire the Requiem New Orleans ::
		Elgin seems to take this revelation in stride, although Darren's action has certainly raised the coterie's threat level in his eyes.
		In fact, the Baron claims that he has cast a long shadow over the Tremé district, from the haunted houses to the restless dreams of its inhabitants.
		The Baron believes that the different clans within the Kindred are actually expressions of different loa (spirits), and that each spirit guides its bloodline to a different destiny.
	home.planet.nl /~scho3661/dm_files_act5.htm (1591 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for 8th (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Bruce, James, 8th earl of Elgin BRUCE, JAMES, 8TH EARL OF ELGIN [Bruce, James, 8th earl of Elgin] see Elgin, James Bruce, 8th earl of.
		He entered Parliament in 1754 and became a junior lord of the treasury (1759), privy councilor (1766), and chancellor of the exchequer (1767).
		Elgin, James Bruce, 8th earl of ELGIN, JAMES BRUCE, 8TH EARL OF [Elgin, James Bruce, 8th earl of], 1811-63, British statesman, son of the 7th earl.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=8th (701 words)

	Bruce Family Lineage / House of Bruce Research
		This listing covers mostly the present day House of Bruce in Scotland who are descendants of Thomas Bruce the first Baron of Clackmannan who was of the same Scottish family as King Robert The Bruce.
		Alan remained in Normandy and from whom the present Baron de Bruce of Brix is the direct line and thus the senior of the House of Bruce.
		James Bruce (20 July 1811 - 20 November 1863), 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th of Kincardine, married 1st Elizabeth Mary Cumming -Bruce (her great-grandfather was James Bruce the famous African Traveller), had one daughter Elma; and 2nd who married Mary Lamberton.
	www.brucefamily.com /lineage.htm (7153 words)

	Inner Sphere Atlas: System
		Originally founded as the planet Chisholm, Elgin was renamed in honor of the heroic actions of Captain Edward T. Elgin, who defended the planet against Marik attackers in 2878.
		Elgin is homeworld for Marion's Highlanders and McCormack's Fusiliers, two veteran units of the Northwind Highlanders.
		The government's primary contribution to keeping the populace happy was to station only a single battalion of AFFC troops on Elgin and allowing the most prominent families to contribute their own troops to complete the regiment of the Fifth Republican for the planet's protection.
	isatlas.teamspam.net /planet-detail.php?planet=3544600 (566 words)

	FLASHMAN READER - E
		Elgin himself was stoned (though uninjured) by a mob, and Parliament buildings in Montreal were burned.
		In 1849 he was created Baron Elgin and was made a Privy Councillor.
		It was Elgin's decision to order the destruction of the Summer Palace complex in retaliation for the treatment of prisoners by the Chinese.
	members.aol.com /FSotUK/FLASHMAN/fre.html (1625 words)

	Sample Document Wordings
		Baron Adhemar de Villarquemada, OM, OP These are actual documents, which were written by me. DO NOT copy them outright, as they have been used, and I will be quite vexed.
		Many are the traditions in our ancient realm of the East, honored and revered practices which date back to the founding of the realm, without which this land would be a colorless place, dull and lifeless.
		Lucan, by right of arms king of the East and Caitlin his queen, to all their Archbishops, Bishops, Abbots, Dukes, Earls, Barons, Justiciaries, Sheriffs, Ministers, and all their faithful subjects of the East, Greetings Perfection is a difficult state to achieve, requiring many hours of painstaking labor, of research and study, and of whole-hearted effort.
	www.baronmorgan.gallowglass.org /model_book/gallery/adhemar/wordings.html (3291 words)

	Encyclopedia: British and Irish History: Biographies
		Boyle, Roger, Baron Broghill and 1st earl of Orrery
		Carew, George, Baron Carew of Clopton and earl of Totnes
		Hailsham of Saint Marylebone, Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron
	www.factmonster.com /encyclopedia/1ukhistbio.html (671 words)

	thePeerage.com - Carolyn Ann Arbuthnott and others
		She was the daughter of Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin and Lady Elizabeth Seymour.
		She married Thomas Bruce, 3rd Earl of Elgin, son of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin and Lady Diana Grey, on 31 August 1676.
		He was created 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton, co. Northampton [Great Britain] on 21 August 1786, with a special remainder to the second and every other younger son of his daughter Elizabeth.
	www.thepeerage.com /p1741.htm (2354 words)

	Flames of Hsien
		Their departure gave Baron Luis Montong V, the scion of the only family on Hsien of noble rank, the courage to reject Hsien's "upstart government" and declare his continuing loyalty to the Federated Commonwealth.
		Baron Montong then proclaimed that, regardless of the decision the rest of the planet chose to make, his holdings still belonged to the Federated Commonwealth and that his loyalty remained with the Archon Prince.
		Though Baron Montong regularly declares his intention to invade and squash both the Dendeez Province and the Capellan realm, Governor Venten seems content to ignore the Baron's more obvious military threat and instead to bully us.
	www.pryderockindustries.com /thegateway/rpg/chaos_march_sourcebook.html (1261 words)

	JAMES BRUCE - Online Information article about JAMES BRUCE
		peerage as 8th earl of Elgin and 12th of Kincardine in 1841.
		Shannon " was at once sent on to Calcutta with the troops' destined for China, and Lord Elgin himself followed it, when gloomier letters from India reached him.
		waters of the Yang-tzse, Lord Elgin had reached England in May 1859.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /INV_JED/JAMES_BRUCE.html (1649 words)

	MSS - Catalogue of the Papers of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne in the Newcastle Collection, ...
		Explains that he has been employed as governor of Canada 'for the full term prescribed by the colonial regulations' and asks to be relieved of the office.
		Memorial of the Gore District Municipal Council to his Excellency Lord Elgin, Governor General, etc. on behalf of the Settlers upon the Indian Lands, in the Townships of Tuscarora and Oneida'; details objections to the eviction and imprisonment of settlers; mentions that settlers have not been reimbursed as promised.
		6 ff Ne C 9553/46 23.2.1853 Letter from G.F.R. Harris, 3rd Baron Harris, Trinidad to [H.P.F. Pelham-Clinton] 5th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; 23 Feb. 1853 Explains that he visited his wife in Barbados but instead of her health improving she was very much worse; discusses his career and plans for the future.
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /mss/online/online-mss-catalogues/cats/newc_5thduke3cat.html (6123 words)

	COLLEGE BASKETBALL NOTE
		(UPDATING) UCLA G Baron* Davis to enter NBA draft* --------------------------------------- LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- UCLA sophomore point guard Baron Davis, who came back from a torn ACL to lead the team in scoring, assists and steals this past season, is headed to the NBA.
		"I'm excited for Baron because he's going to another level and that's what he dreamed about." The 6-2 Davis missed the first four games of the 1998-99 season while recovering from the torn ACL, but returned and started 26 of UCLA's final 27 games.
		He averaged 15.9 points, 5.1 assists and 2.5 steals to earn All Pac-10 honors and led the Bruins to a 22-9 record and an NCAA Tournament appearance.
	www.canoe.ca /StatsBKC/BC-BKC-LGNS-BARONDAVIS-R.html (344 words)

	Letter B - John H Marsh Maritime Research Centre - South African Maritime Museum - Cape Town
		BARON DALMENY freighter 3536/1924 in abt 1928 & '36 (1960 scrapped)
		BARON ERSKINE freighter 3657/1930 in 1940 (1942 sunk)
		BARON GEDDES freighter 7010/1943 in 1946 (1968 scrapped)
	www.rapidttp.co.za /museum/jmmc/jmmcb.html (2457 words)

	China Text: Chapter XIX - The Second Foreign War
		Lord Elgin's reply to this communication was to announce his intention of proceeding to the Peiho, and there negotiating direct with the imperial government.
		Bruce; and accordingly, in February Lord Elgin and Baron Gros were commissioned to again proceed to China for the purpose of securing the ratification of their own treaty.
		Lord Elgin replied in the clearest terms that there could be no negotiations for peace until these prisoners were restored, and that if they were not sent back in safety the consequences would be most serious for the Chinese government.
	www.enotes.com /china-text/72521 (16060 words)

	China and the Manchus - Chapter VIII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The only possible end to this tension was war; and by the end of the year a joint British and French force, with Lord Elgin and Baron Gros as plenipotentiaries, was on the spot.
		Lord Elgin then decided to proceed forth, in the hope of being able to make satisfactory arrangements for future intercourse; but the obstructive policy of the officials on his arrival at the Peiho compelled him to attack and capture the Taku forts, and finally, to take up his residence in Tientsin.
		It would naturally be supposed that Lord Elgin's mission was now ended, and indeed he went home; the Emperor, however, would not hear of ratifications of the treaty being exchanged in Peking, and in many other ways it was made plain that there was no intention of its stipulations being carried out.
	www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/hst/asian/ChinaandtheManchus/chap8.html (2887 words)

	Qing Decline 1799-1875 by Sanderson Beck
		Elgin's objectives were reparations, treaty fulfillment at Canton, compensation for British subjects, diplomatic access to Beijing, and treaty revision to extend trade up the rivers.
		Elgin and Gros went north and took the Dagu forts and Tianjin while looking for someone with the power to negotiate.
		On October 24, 1860 Elgin dictated the terms for the Convention of Beijing, and Prince Gong agreed on behalf of the absent Qing court.
	www.san.beck.org /3-9-QingDecline1799-1875.html (15895 words)

	SLAM! Sports - Horse Racing - Speedy colt holds promise for owner
		His three-year-old pacing colt Twilight Baron can sure get around a half-mile track, and that's why he's giving him a shot with the big boys.
		The purse is $43,600 and Moulton, 73, of Mount Elgin, who owns and trains the colt, will have a shot at a cool $130,000 in the Gold final on May 14 if Twilight Baron advances.
		Race secretary Ian Fleming expects Moulton and Twilight Baron to be the sentimental favourites in tomorrow's race.
	slam.canoe.ca /Slam/HorseRacing/2005/05/06/1028482.html (527 words)

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