Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury

Charles, Lord Bruce (1682-1747)

Charles Bruce, 3rd Earl of Ailesbury and 4th Earl of Elgin (1682–1747), styled Viscount Bruce of Ampthill from 1685 to 1741, was the son of Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and Lady Elizabeth Seymour. His maternal grandparents were Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp (a son of the 2nd Duke of Somerset) and Mary Capell.

He married, firstly, Lady Anne Savile,^[1] daughter of William Savile, 2nd Marquess of Halifax. They had three children:

• Hon. Robert Bruce (d. 30 August 1738), married Frances Blackett (d. 16 July 1750), daughter of Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, without issue
• Lady Mary Bruce (1710 – 14 August 1738), married (1728) Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos and had issue^[1]
• Lady Elizabeth Bruce, married (1732) the Hon. Benjamin Bathurst, son of Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, without issue

He married, secondly, Lady Juliana Boyle, daughter of Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington^[1]. They had no children.

He married, thirdly, Lady Caroline Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, in 1739. They had one daughter:

• Lady Mary Bruce (d. 5 November 1796), married (1757) Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, without issue

Because neither of his sons survived him or left issue, upon his death, the earldom of Elgin and subsidiary Scottish peerages was inherited by his cousin the Earl of Kincardine, while the earldom of Ailesbury and subsidiary English peerages became extinct. The barony of Bruce of Tottenham was created for him in 1746 and passed upon his death the next year to his nephew Thomas Brudenell by special remainder. His Scottish lordship of Kinloss was subsequently determined to have devolved upon James Brydges, 3rd Duke of Chandos, who, however, did not claim the title.

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire:. Harrison. p. 81. http://books.google.com/books?id=1ysWkXKSrpIC&pg=PA81&dq=%22Thomas+Bruce%22+%223rd+Earl+of+Elgin%22&as_brr=3&ei=etukSIuNGJD0jgHx87D7BA. 

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir George Byng Nicholas Pollexfen	Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1705–1707 With: Nicholas Pollexfen 1705–1707	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn 1707–1711 With: Nicholas Pollexfen 1707, 1707–1708 Tracy Pauncefort 1707 Samuel Vanacker Sambrooke 1708–1710 Sir Edward Seymour 1710–1711	Succeeded by Sir Edward Seymour Thomas Millington
Preceded by Hon. Robert Bruce Sir Edward Ernle	Member of Parliament for Marlborough 1710–1711 With: Hon. Robert Bruce	Succeeded by Hon. Robert Bruce Richard Jones
Peerage of England
Preceded by Thomas Bruce	Earl of Ailesbury 1741–1747	Extinct
	Baron Bruce of Whorlton (writ in acceleration) 1711–1747
Peerage of Great Britain
New creation	Baron Bruce of Tottenham 1746–1747	Succeeded by Thomas Brudenell
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by Thomas Bruce	Earl of Elgin 1741–1747	Succeeded by Charles Bruce
	Lord Kinloss 1741–1747	Succeeded by James Brydges