Robert Bruce, 1st Earl Of Ailesbury

Lord Elgin was MP for Bedfordshire between 1660 and 1663 , when he succeeded his father. He was created Earl Of Ailesbury , Viscount Bruce Of Ampthill and Baron Bruce Of Skelton on 18 March 1664 for his services in procuring the English Restoration . He was Lord Lieutenant Of Bedfordshire from 1660 with the Earl Of Cleveland and solely from 1667 to his death. He was also Lord Lieutenant Of Cambridgeshire and Hampshire from 1681 to his death.

In October 1678 , he was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) and a Gentleman Of The Bedchamber . In 1685 , he was invested as a Fellow of the Royal Society and Lord Chamberlain on 30 July 1685 .

He married Lady Diana Grey, daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Earl Of Stamford , on 16 February 1645 . They had seven children, but only two children survived infancy:

Lord Ailesbury died in 1685, aged 58 at Houghton Park , Bedfordshire and was buried on 26 October of that year, at Maulden .

	CATEGORIES ABOUT ROBERT BRUCE, 1ST EARL OF AILESBURY

	1626 births

	1685 deaths

	members of the pre-1707 english parliament

	earls in the peerage of scotland

	earls in the peerage of england

	lord-lieutenants of bedfordshire

	lord-lieutenants of cambridgeshire

	lord-lieutenants of hampshire

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