Family Tree & Family History at Geni.com. James Bruce (8e comte d'Elgin) Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. James Bruce, Lord Elgin James Bruce ( – (à 52 ans)), aussi connu sous le nom de Lord Elgin, 8e comte d'Elgin et 12e comte de Kincardine, est un administrateur colonial et un diplomate britannique. Il est particulièrement connu pour avoir ordonné la destruction du Palais d'été près de Pékin, mais aussi comme gouverneur général de la colonie du Canada-Uni et vice-roi des Indes. Il fut gouverneur de la Jamaïque de 1842 à 1847. Il fut gouverneur général du Canada-Uni de 1847 à 1854. C’est lui qui a fait les premières concessions pour permettre l’établissement d’un gouvernement responsable au Canada-Uni.
En 1848, les partis réformateurs modérés du Canada-Est et du Canada-Ouest, dirigés par Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine et Robert Baldwin, avaient fait élire plus de représentants que les conservateurs. En 1854, Lord Elgin négocia un traité de réciprocité avec les États-Unis pour stimuler l’économie de la colonie. Lord Elgin: Voice of the People by Julian Biggs. James Bruce, Eight Earl of Elgin. Elgin, James Bruce, eighth Earl of (1811-1863), governor-general of British North America (1847-54), was born in London, England, on July 20, 1811, the eldest son of Thomas, seventh Earl of Elgin, and his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of J. T. Oswald, of Dunnikier, Fifeshire, Scotland. He was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford (B.A., 1833; M.A., 1835); and in 1833 was elected a fellow of Merton College , Oxford . In 1840, on the death of his elder brother, he became heir to the earldom of Elgin in the Scottish peerage, and in 1841, on the death of his father, he succeeded to the peerage.
In 1841 he had been elected to the House of Commons for the borough of Southampton in the Tory interest; but his succession to the peerage cut short his parliamentary career, and in 1842 he accepted appointment as governor of Jamaica . After leaving Canada, he was twice a special commissioner to China, in 1857-9 and in 1860-1. See T. Debates - Right of Passage - Free From Local Prejudice - Traces of the Past - Moving Here, Staying Here. The Canadian Immigrant Experience. BRUCE, JAMES, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine – Volume IX (1861-1870. BRUCE, JAMES, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, colonial administrator; b. 20 July 1811 in London, England, second son of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine, the “saviour” of the “Elgin Marbles,” and of Elizabeth Oswald; d. 20 Nov. 1863 at Dharmsala, India. James Bruce, as a younger son until 1840, had to fit himself for work, and the career he actually followed owed much of its success to his education and to his early preparation for an occupation.
He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and became one of a brilliant group of Eton and Christ Church graduates, many of whom were later associated in politics and the colonial service. Bruce studied intensively, so much so that he injured his health and had to forego a double first for a mere first. Nevertheless he left Oxford not only widely read in classics but having “mastered” on his own, so his brother recorded, the philosophy of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. W. The philosophy of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. THIS famous book, of which the full title is Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality and Religion, was published in 1825.
It consists chiefly of comments on selected passages, especially from the writings of Archbishop Leighton. Coleridge's comments have a special value from his learning and sagacity and from his abandonment of the Unitarian principles in which he was originally trained and adoption of sounder doctrines, and this book represents the mature thoughts of the profoundest thinker of his day. IT is the most useful prerogative of genius to rescue truths from the neglect caused by the very circumstance of their universal admission. Truths, of all others the most awful and interesting, are too often considered as so true that they lose the power of truth, and lie bedridden in the dormitory of the soul. In order to learn, we must attend; in order to profit by what we have learnt, we must think.
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin. Early life and education[edit] He shared his birthday 20 July with his father. He had seven brothers and sisters and four half-sisters and one half-brother from his father's first marriage.[2] Lord Elgin's father was reportedly impoverished by the purchase of the Elgin Marbles. His father had acquired them at great expense, but sold them to the British government for much less.[2] James Bruce was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, graduated with a first in Classics in 1832. While at Oxford, he became friends with William Ewart Gladstone.[2] Career[edit] Jamaica[edit] James Bruce became Governor of Jamaica in 1842,[4] and in 1847 was appointed Governor General of Canada.[5] Canada[edit] Under Lord Elgin, the first real attempts began at establishing responsible government in Canada.
In 1849 the Baldwin-Lafontaine government passed the Rebellion Losses Bill, compensating French Canadians for losses suffered during the Rebellions of 1837. China and Japan[edit] India[edit] James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin | Canadian Friends of Scotland. Lord Elgin, or should I say, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, was born in London on July 20, 1811 and died in Dhurmsala in the Himalayas on November 20, 1863. He was a well-educated man having attended Eton and Christ Church (Oxford). He received his B.A. in 1833 and M.A. in 1835.
In 1840 he became heir to the Earldom of Elgin and in 1841 succeeded to the peerage. In 1841 he was elected to the British House of Commons for the Borough of Southampton (Tory). However, his succession to the peerage cut short his parliamentary career. James Bruce, the 8th Earl of Elgin, arrived in Canada on January 30, 1847 at an age of 35 and 1/2 years. It was Lord Elgin's diplomacy in Washington in May and June, 1854 that led to the signing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854. It was noted by W. L'Encyclopédie Canadienne. En 1849, le nouveau gouvernement adopte le BILL DES INDEMNITÉS, devant une féroce opposition de la part des Loyalistes. Quand Elgin donne son assentiment, il est attaqué par des émeutiers en colère et les édifices du Parlement à Montréal sont incendiés. Elgin, James Bruce, 8e comte d' En 1849, le nouveau gouvernement adopte le BILL DES INDEMNITÉS, devant une féroce opposition de la part des Loyalistes.
Quand Elgin donne son assentiment, il est attaqué par des émeutiers en colère et les édifices du Parlement à Montréal sont incendiés. Elgin surmonte cette crise sans compromis, convaincu que le gouvernement responsable remportera la victoire. Après avoir quitté le Canada en 1854, Elgin devient commissaire spécial en Chine de 1857 à 1859 et de 1860 à 1861.