Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss
Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss PC (1548 – 14 January 1611) was a Scottish lawyer and judge.
Kinloss was the second son of Edward Bruce of Blairhall and Alison Reid. He served as a Lord of Session from 1597 to 1603 and was created Lord Kinloss in 1602, with remainder to his heirs and assigns whatsoever. He played an important role in King James VI's succession to the throne of England, and accompanied the king to England on his accession in 1603. The same year Kinloss became an English subject,was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed Master of the Rolls for life. In 1604 he was made Lord Bruce of Kinloss, with remainder to his heirs male, and in 1608 he was created Lord Bruce of Kinloss, with remainder to any of his heirs. Lord Kinloss married Magdalene Clerk, daughter of Alexander Clerk. He died in London in January 1611 and was succeeded in his three titles by his eldest son Edward.
Children of Edward Bruce and Magdalene Clerk:
- Edward Bruce, 2nd Lord Kinloss (1594–1613)
- Christian Bruce (died 1675)
- Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin (1599–1663)
- Robert Bruce, Baron of Skelton[1]
- Janet Bruce, married Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, and mother to General Tam Dalyell of the Binns
Notes
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[unreliable source?]
| Legal offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Master of the Rolls 1603–1611 |
Succeeded by Sir Edward Phelips |
| Peerage of Scotland | ||
| New creation | Lord Kinloss | Succeeded by Edward Bruce |
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Pages with reference errors
- Accuracy disputes from February 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from February 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP template without an unnamed parameter
- Articles lacking reliable references from February 2013
- Pages with broken file links
- Use dmy dates from January 2012
- 1548 births
- 1611 deaths
- Lords of Parliament
- Masters of the Rolls
- 16th-century Scottish people
- 17th-century Scottish people
- Members of the Privy Council of England
- Senators of the College of Justice
- Anglo-Scots
- Court of James VI and I
- Ambassadors of Scotland to England
_(2022).svg){kind=link}