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Lady Elgin may refer to: Lady Elgin, the wife of the Earl of Elgin. Mary Louisa Lambton, the second wife of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin; PS Lady Elgin, a steamship named in honour of Mary Louisa Lambton
In 1624 she married Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford. He died at the siege of Breda in 1625. In 1629 she married Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin. She died on 26 February 1654. Thomas Bruce built the Ailesbury Mausoleum in her memory in the churchyard of St. Mary's Church, Maulden, Bedfordshire. The octagonal building was constructed over an ...
The only child of wealthy banker Thomas Whyte, Esq. of Kirkcaldy, Martha Whyte married Charles Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, at Edinburgh on 1 June 1759. [1] Their eight children were Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), known for the removal of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens; [2] Lady Martha Bruce (1760–1767); Lady Janet Bruce (1761–1767); William Bruce ...
Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine (née Lambton; 8 May 1819 [2] – 9 March 1898) was a British aristocrat and writer. She was Vicereine of India in 1862-1863. Parents
The most famous Earl was the 7th Earl, who removed and transported to Britain the so-called Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon. As well as the titles Earl of Elgin and Earl of Kincardine, Lord Elgin also holds the titles Lord Bruce of Kinloss (created 1604), Lord Bruce of Torry (1647) and Baron Elgin , of Elgin in Scotland (1849).
Constance, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine, 1876. Constance Mary Bruce, Countess of Elgin, CI (née Carnegie: 17 September 1851 – 24 September 1909) was a British aristocrat and Vicereine of India. She was the first wife of Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, who served as Viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899. [1] [2] High tea at Haddo House
Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell (1546 – 14 May 1629) was a wealthy Scottish noblewoman and the second wife of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. He became, after his divorce from Lady Jean, the third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. Lady Jean herself had a total of three husbands. Upon her second marriage, she became the Countess of ...
Early in 1565, she became the second wife of Gerald FitzGerald, the Earl of Desmond. She could speak Irish and English and her education was by private tutors. Her new husband had only recently become a widower and the marriage had several advantages. [1] The Desmonds and the Butlers were traditional enemies of each other. [2]