Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin

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Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat best known for removing and transporting the Parthenon sculptures—now commonly called the Elgin Marbles—to Britain in the early 19th century.

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Generate an image of Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin (Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat best known for removing and transporting the Parthenon sculptures—now commonly called the Elgin Marbles—to Britain in the early 19th century.)

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Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin 11
7th Earl of Elgin 3
Lord Elgin 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish nobleman ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthDate 1766-07-20 ⓘ
birthPlace Broomhall House, Fife ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace Fife ⓘ
St John’s Church, Broomhall ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1841-11-14 ⓘ
deathPlace France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
educatedAt Harrow School ⓘ
Lausanne ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
St Andrews University ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
employer British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
endTime 1803 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Bruce ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
knownFor acquisition of classical Greek antiquities ⓘ
controversial removal of sculptures from the Parthenon ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
nobleFamily Bruce family ⓘ
nobleTitle 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
notableWork removal of the Parthenon sculptures ⓘ
transport of the Elgin Marbles to Britain ⓘ
objectSold Parthenon sculptures (Elgin Marbles) ⓘ
parent Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
parliamentaryInvolvement gave evidence to a parliamentary committee on the Elgin Marbles in 1816 ⓘ
patronage artists and architects documenting the Acropolis ⓘ
positionHeld British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
residence Broomhall House ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
saleDate 1816 ⓘ
sibling William Robert Bruce ⓘ
soldTo British Museum ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Oswald ⓘ
Mary Nisbet ⓘ
startTime 1799 ⓘ
subjectOf debate over repatriation of the Elgin Marbles ⓘ
workLocation Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Istanbul

Ottoman Empire ⓘ

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Parthenon → partlyDismantledBy → Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin → nobleTitle → 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Parthenon Galleries → associatedWith → Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin → father → Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Clan Bruce → hasNotableMember → Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin → nobleTitle → 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin → alsoKnownAs → Lord Elgin ⓘ
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Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin → child → Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin → succeededBy → Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Broomhall House, Fife → associatedWith → Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Broomhall House, Fife → notableResident → Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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St John’s Church, Broomhall → burialPlaceOf → Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin → nobleTitle → 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
subject linked to: St John’s Church, Broomhall
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Elizabeth Oswald → spouse → Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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William Robert Bruce → sibling → Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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William Robert Bruce → relative → Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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William Robert Bruce → hasRelative → Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
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Lord Clerk Register → officeHeldBy → Lord Elgin ⓘ
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