Edward James Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin, 14th Earl of Kincardine, KT

Order of the Thistle

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, CMG

Order of St Michael and St George

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, TD

Territorial Decoration

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, JP

Justice of the Peace

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 (9 June 1881 – 27 November 1968) was the son of Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin who became Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary State for the Colonies and a director of the Royal Bank of Scotland

Royal Bank of Scotland

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On 5 January 1921, he married Katherine Elizabeth Cochrane, daughter of Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults

Baron Cochrane of Cults

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. In 1938 Katherine, Countess of Elgin, was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Order of the British Empire

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 (DBE).

The couple had six children:

• Lady Martha Veronica Bruce (born 7 November 1921)
• Lady Jean Christian Bruce (born 12 January 1923)
• Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin
  Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin
  Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, KT, CD, JP , styled Lord Bruce before 1968, is a Scottish peer.-Biography:...
  
  (born 17 February 1924)
• Hon. James Michael Edward Bruce (born 26 August 1927)
• Lady Alison Margaret Bruce (born 17 October 1931)
• Hon. Edward David Bruce (born 29 February 1936)

Death

From 1938 until his death at the age of 87 in 1968, he was honorary colonel of the Elgin Regiment (RCAC).