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Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin
1599Dec, 2

Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin

Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, Scottish nobleman (d. 1663)
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.

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