Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury and 2nd Earl of Elgin, PC, FRS, was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1663, when he inherited his father's title as Earl of Elgin.
Portrait by Henri Gascar
Diana Grey, Countess of Ailesbury, by Henri Gascar
Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of Elgin, styled Lord Bruce between 1663 and 1685, was an English politician and memoirist. He was the son of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin, and Lady
Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury
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Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of Elgin, by François Harrewijn, 1738
Elizabeth, Countess of Ailesbury (1656–1697)
![The Fountain of Minerva [fr] that Thomas Bruce offered to the Brussels people as a sign of gratitude, 1751 (Brussels, Square du Grand Sablon)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_de_Minerve_-_01.jpg/500px-Belgique_-_Bruxelles_-_Fontaine_de_Minerve_-_01.jpg)
The Fountain of Minerva [fr] that Thomas Bruce offered to the Brussels people as a sign of gratitude, 1751 (Brussels, Square du Grand Sablon)