Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin
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Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine (née Lambton; 8 May 1819[1] – 9 March 1898) was a British aristocrat and writer. She was Vicereine of India in 1862-1863.
Parents
[edit]She was the daughter of John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham and his second wife Louisa Elizabeth Lambton (née Grey), daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey.[2]
Travels to Canada
[edit]She travelled to Canada twice: the first time when her father went to Canada to investigate the Lower Canada Rebellion in 29 May – 1 November 1838. She later returned to Canada with her husband, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, from 1847 to 1853.
Writer and illustrator of journals
[edit]An accomplished artist, she studied under John Richard Coke-Smyth, alongside her sister, Lady Emily Augusta, and travel companion, Katherine Ellice. She wrote and illustrated journals and diaries of her international travels.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility ... Vol. 29. Hurst and Blackett. 1860. p. 221.
- ^ Debrett's Genealogical Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland. 1847. p. vi.
- ^ Lambton, Mary Louisa (8 March 2018). "Art Album of Mary Louisa Lambton (1837-1839)". Library and Archives Canada - James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and family fonds.
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