James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin

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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, was a 19th-century British statesman and colonial administrator best known for serving as Governor General of the Province of Canada and later as Viceroy of India, as well as for his controversial role in the Second Opium War and the destruction of Beijing's Old Summer Palace.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British statesman ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
affiliation British Empire ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
child Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1811-07-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1863-11-20 ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
familyName Bruce ⓘ
father Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
honorificSuffix GCB ⓘ
PC ⓘ
knownFor advancing responsible government in the Province of Canada ⓘ
negotiating unequal treaties with China and Japan ⓘ
ordering the burning of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
mother Elizabeth Oswald ⓘ
nobleTitle 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
notableEvent Rebellion Losses Bill crisis in Canada ⓘ
Second Opium War ⓘ
destruction of the Old Summer Palace ⓘ
notableWork Elgin–Marcy Treaty ⓘ
Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858) ⓘ
Treaty of Tientsin ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath British India ⓘ
Dharmsala ⓘ
linked to: Dharamshala

Punjab ⓘ
positionHeld Governor General of Canada ⓘ
Governor General of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Governor of Jamaica ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Governor-General

High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary in China and the Far East ⓘ
Lord Lieutenant of Fife ⓘ
Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow ⓘ
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
spouse Elizabeth Mary Cumming-Bruce ⓘ
Lady Mary Louisa Lambton ⓘ

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John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence → predecessorAsViceroyOfIndia → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Lord Canning → succeededByAsViceroyOfIndia → Lord Elgin ⓘ
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Old Summer Palace → orderedDestructionBy → James Bruce 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Bruce County → namedAfter → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Elgin Street → hasNameOrigin → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Elgin Street → namedAfter → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Elgin County → namedAfter → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Cabinet of Henry Campbell-Bannerman → notableMember → Lord Elgin ⓘ
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Rebellion Losses Bill controversy → significantPerson → Lord Elgin ⓘ
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Earl Canning → successorAsViceroyOfIndia → Lord Elgin ⓘ
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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin → nobleTitle → 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Broomhall House, Fife → notableResident → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Lord Clerk Register → officeHeldBy → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Garden of Perfect Brightness → destructionOrderedBy → James Bruce 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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burning of the Parliament buildings in Montreal in 1849 → opponent → Governor General James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Elgin Street, Ottawa → namedAfter → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Elgin County, Ontario → namedAfter → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Arrow War → hasCommander → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Sir Edmund Walker Head → precededBy → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Governor General of British North America → positionHeldBy → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Elgin, Ontario → namedAfter → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Second Anglo-Chinese War → commandedBy → James Bruce 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Archibald McLean (judge) → appointedBy → Lord Elgin ⓘ
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Elizabeth Mary Cumming-Bruce → spouse → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Lady Mary Louisa Lambton → spouse → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Lady Mary Louisa Lambton → spouseTitle → 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Elgin–Marcy Treaty → negotiatedBy → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Elgin–Marcy Treaty → signatoryRepresentative → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
Elgin–Marcy Treaty → representedCountry → James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin; United Kingdom ⓘ
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