Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.
Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees. Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. Click on paintings to see the painter's Biography Page. Mouse over links for a preview. Move the mouse off the painting or link to close the popup.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Paternal Family Tree: Bruce of Elgin
On 11th March 1799 [his father] Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin (age 32) and [his mother] Mary Nisbet Countess Elgin (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Elgin. They had two sons and three daughters. They divorced before 20th April 1808 she having been accused of having an affair with [his step-father] Robert Ferguson of Raith (age 29) whom she subsequently married. The Earl sued Ferguson in both England and Scotland and won £10,000. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles Bruce 9th Earl Kincardine 5th Earl Elgin.
On 20th April 1808 [his step-father] Robert Ferguson of Raith (age 38) and [his mother] Mary Nisbet Countess Elgin (age 30) were married.
On 21st September 1810 [his father] Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin (age 44) and [his step-mother] Elizabeth Oswald Countess Kincardine and Elgin (age 20) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. He the son of [his grandfather] Charles Bruce 9th Earl Kincardine 5th Earl Elgin.
On 20th July 1811 James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin was born to Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin (age 45) and Mary Nisbet Countess Elgin (age 33).
In 1841 James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin (age 29) was elected MP Southampton but the election was declared void on petition.
On 22nd April 1841 James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin (age 29) and Elizabeth Mary Cumming Bruce Countess Kincardine and Elgin were married. He the son of Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin (age 74) and Mary Nisbet Countess Elgin (age 63).
On 14th November 1841 [his father] Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin (age 75) died at Paris [Map]. His son James (age 30) succeeded 12th Earl Kincardine, 8th Earl Elgin. [his wife] Elizabeth Mary Cumming Bruce Countess Kincardine and Elgin by marriage Countess Kincardine, Countess Elgin.
In 1842 James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin (age 30) was appointed Governor of Jamaica.
On 19th June 1842 [his daughter] Elma Bruce was born to James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin (age 30) and [his wife] Elizabeth Mary Cumming Bruce Countess Kincardine and Elgin.
On 4th June 1843 [his daughter] Mary Bruce was born to James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin (age 31) and [his wife] Elizabeth Mary Cumming Bruce Countess Kincardine and Elgin at Jamaica. On 7th June 1843 she and her mother died.
On 7th November 1846 James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin (age 35) and Mary Louisa Lambton Countess Kincardine and Elgin (age 27) were married. She by marriage Countess Kincardine, Countess Elgin. She the daughter of John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham and Louisa Elizabeth Grey Countess Durham. He the son of Thomas Bruce 11th Earl Kincardine 7th Earl Elgin and Mary Nisbet Countess Elgin (age 68).
On 16th May 1849 [his son] Victor Bruce 13th Earl Kincardine 9th Earl Elgin was born to James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin (age 37) and [his wife] Mary Louisa Lambton Countess Kincardine and Elgin (age 30).
In 1851 [his son] Robert Preston Bruce was born to James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin (age 39) and [his wife] Mary Louisa Lambton Countess Kincardine and Elgin (age 31).
On 7th July 1853 Sholto Douglas 18th Earl Morton (age 35) and [his sister-in-law] Alice Anne Lambton Countess Morton (age 22) were married. She the daughter of John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham and Louisa Elizabeth Grey Countess Durham. He the son of George Sholto Douglas 17th Earl Morton (age 63).
In 1854 [his son] Frederick John Bruce was born to James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin (age 42) and [his wife] Mary Louisa Lambton Countess Kincardine and Elgin (age 34).
On 23rd May 1854 [his brother-in-law] George Frederick D'Arcy Lambton 2nd Earl Durham (age 25) and Beatrix Frances Hamilton Countess Durham (age 19) were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. She by marriage Countess Durham. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn (age 43) and Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 41). He the son of John "Radical Jack" Lambton 1st Earl Durham and Louisa Elizabeth Grey Countess Durham. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 9th July 1855 [his mother] Mary Nisbet Countess Elgin (age 77) died.
On 31st March 1858 George Sholto Douglas 17th Earl Morton (age 68) died. His son Sholto (age 40) succeeded 18th Earl Morton. [his sister-in-law] Alice Anne Lambton Countess Morton (age 26) by marriage Countess Morton.
On 20th November 1863 James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin (age 52) died of a heart attack while crossing a swinging rope and wood bridge over the river Chadly, on the lap between Kullu and Lahul in Himachal Pradesh. He was buried at St John in the Wilderness Church, Dharamshala. His son [his son] Victor (age 14) succeeded 13th Earl Kincardine, 9th Earl Elgin.
On 9th March 1898 [his former wife] Mary Louisa Lambton Countess Kincardine and Elgin (age 78) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 23 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bruce
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Bruce 4th Earl Kincardine
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Bruce 7th Earl Kincardine
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bruce 8th Earl Kincardine
GrandFather: Charles Bruce 9th Earl Kincardine 5th Earl Elgin
James Bruce 12th Earl Kincardine 8th Earl Elgin 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
GrandFather: William Hamilton Nisbet
Mother: Mary Nisbet Countess Elgin 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Manners 8th Earl of Rutland 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Manners 1st Duke Rutland 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Montagu Countess Rutland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Manners 2nd Duke Rutland 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Baptist Noel 3rd Viscount Campden
Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Noel Duchess Rutland 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bertie Viscountess Campden 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Manners 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Sherard 1st Baron Sherard
Great x 3 Grandfather: Bennet Sherard 2nd Baron Sherard
Great x 4 Grandmother: Abigail Cave Baroness Sherard
Great x 2 Grandmother: Lucy Sherard Duchess Rutland
GrandMother: Mary Manners 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William of Mellwood Park Digges
Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Digges