Constance, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine, 1876

Constance Mary Bruce, Countess of Elgin, CI (née Carnegie: 17 September 1851 – 24 September 1909) was a British aristocrat and Vicereine of India. She was the first wife of Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, who served as Viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899.[1][2]

High tea at Haddo House

She was the daughter of James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk and his first wife Lady Catherine Hamilton Noel, the daughter of Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough. Her brother was Charles Noel Carnegie, who succeeded to the Earldom of Southesk.[3]

In 1876 she married Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin and 13th Earl of Kincardine, whose prominent father James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin had formerly also served as a Viceroy of India. They had six sons and five daughters:[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Thomson, Graeme (2021-03-05). "Notable women of the Bruce Family". Broomhall House. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  2. ^ "- The Countess of Elgin (Lady Constance Carnegie), 2nd daughter of the Earl of Southesk. [Photographs, English Portraits. Volume 71.]". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  3. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke’s Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1428–1429. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  4. ^ Checkland, S. G. (1988). The Elgins, 1766-1917: A Tale of Aristocrats, Proconsuls and Their Wives. Aberdeen University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-08-036395-0.
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