| 词条 | Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury |
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| name = The Earl of Ailesbury | title = | image = Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of Elgin, by Francois Harrewijn.jpg | caption = Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of Elgin, by François Harrewijn, 1738 | spouse = Lady Elizabeth Seymour Charlotte d'Argenteau | full name = | noble family = | father = Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin | mother = Lady Diana Grey | birth_date = 1656 | death_date = 16 December 1741 | death_place = |}} Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury (later styled Aylesbury) and 3rd Earl of Elgin (1656 – 16 December 1741) was an English politician and memoirist. He was the son of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin, and Lady Diana Grey. His maternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, and Lady Anne Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter. His Memoirs, which were not published until long after his death, are a valuable source for English history in the last quarter of the seventeenth century. Early lifeLord Bruce, as he was styled from 1663 to 1685, was M.P. for Marlborough between 1679 and 1681 and M.P. for Wiltshire in 1685. He became a Gentleman of the Bedchamber in 1676. From 1685, when he inherited the earldom, to 1688, he was a Lord of the Bedchamber, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire (the latter in the absence of the Earl of Sandwich) and was a Page of Honour, at the coronation of King James II on 23 April 1685. He was devoted to Charles II, who remarked on his deathbed "I see you love me dying as well as living"; Bruce wrote later of Charles' death that "Thus ended my happy days at a Court, and to this hour I bewail my loss."[1] He also admired Charles's brother and successor James II, though he was not blind to his faults as a ruler. FamilyHe married, firstly, Lady Elizabeth Seymour,[2] daughter of Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp and Mary Capell and granddaughter of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, on 31 August 1676.[3] She died in 1697 in premature childbirth, apparently brought on by a false report that her husband had been executed for treason. They had three children:
He married, secondly, Charlotte d'Argenteau, comtesse d'Esneux,[2] in Brussels (St Jacques sur Coudenberg) on 27 April 1700. They had one daughter:
Later lifeHe was one of only four peers who continued to support James II after the Prince of Orange embarked for England. On 18 December 1688 he accompanied King James to Rochester when he fled London. Elgin himself chose to remain in England; he was prepared in the short term to offer his support to the new regime, although his loyalty to it was always deeply suspect. In May 1695, Lord Elgin was accused, almost certainly with good reason, of having conspired to plan the restoration of King James II and in February 1696 he was imprisoned in the Tower of London,[4] but admitted to bail a year later and allowed to leave England for Brussels. After more than 40 years in exile, he died in Brussels and was buried there. Some historians have accused him of double-dealing in swearing allegiance to William III while plotting the restoration of James; others argue that his true loyalty was to the institution of the monarchy, and that he supported whichever monarch seemed best fitted to rule at any given time.[5] William III clearly did not regard him as a dangerous character, as shown by the fact that he was left in peace once he fled from England; he was fortunate in having a great many friends and very few enemies. It seems that from about 1710 he was free to return to England, but he was by then happily settled in Brussels, where he had made a second marriage for love to Charlotte, comtesse d'Esneux, and, since he was able to draw at least part of the revenue from his English estates, he had no pressing need and no apparent desire to return home.[6] CharacterAilesbury seems to have been almost universally liked even by his political opponents, having a reputation for honesty, decency and fair dealing. Charles II was clearly fond of him and confided in him to a degree unusual for such a secretive man; James II also liked him, and Louis XIV regarded him as almost the only British nobleman who was not motivated purely by self-interest. Though he changed allegiance himself he had no patience with time-servers: he detested Sunderland (while admitting that he was good company)[7] and in 1689 told his cousin Danby that for his treachery to James II he deserved to "be knocked on the head".[8] MemoirsAilesbury devoted many years to writing his Memoirs, which were not published until 1890. Historians have praised them highly, particularly for the vivid portraits of the leading figures in British life, including James II, William III, Danby, Sunderland, Lauderdale and Halifax. Perhaps the most striking feature of the memoirs is the author's absolute devotion to Charles II : "my good and gracious master, the best that ever reigned over us". Ancestry{{ahnentafel|collapsed=yes |align=center |boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc; |boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; |boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; |boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc; |boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe; |1= 1. Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury |2= 2. Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury |3= 3. Lady Diana Grey |4= 4. Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin |5= 5. Anne Chichester |6= 6. Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford |7= 7. Lady Anne Cecil |8= 8. Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss |9= 9. Magdalene Clerk |10= 10. Sir Robert Chichester |11= 11. The Hon. Frances Harington |12= 12. The Hon. Sir John Grey |13= 13. The Hon. Elizabeth Nevill |14= 14. William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter |15= 15. Elizabeth Drury |16= 16. Sir Edward Bruce |17= 17. Alison Reid |18= 18. Alexander Clerk |19= 19. N. N. |20= 20. Sir John Chichester |21= 21. Anne Dennis |22= 22. John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton |23= 23. Anne Keilway |24= 24. Henry Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Groby |25= 25. The Hon. Anne Windsor |26= 26. Edward Nevill, 8th Baron Bergavenny |27= 27. Rachel Lennard |28= 28. Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter |29= 29. The Hon. Dorothy Neville |30= 30. Sir William Drury |31= 31. Elizabeth Stafford }} Notes{{commons category}}1. ^Ailesbury, Earl of Memoirs Edited by W.E. Buckley London 1890 {{s-start}}{{s-par|en}}{{succession box2. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|last=Burke|first=Bernard |title=A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire:|publisher=Harrison|year=1866|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ysWkXKSrpIC&pg=PA81&dq=%22Thomas+Bruce%22+%223rd+Earl+of+Elgin%22&as_brr=3&ei=etukSIuNGJD0jgHx87D7BA|page=81}} 3. ^Molly McClain, "Harsh and Unjust Slanders": The Duchess of Beaufort and her Daughter Quarrel over the Seymour Estate," Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Magazine, 96 (2003): 98-110 4. ^{{cite book|last=Low|first=Sidney |title=The Dictionary of English History|publisher=Cassell|year=1884|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y45JAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA22&dq=%22Thomas+Bruce%22+%223rd+Earl+of+Elgin%22&as_brr=3&ei=etukSIuNGJD0jgHx87D7BA#PPA22,M1|page=22}} 5. ^Chapman, Hester Privileged Persons Baylis and Son London 1966 6. ^Chapman Privileged Persons 7. ^Kenyon J.P. Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland Longman Green and Co. 1958 8. ^Chapman | title=Member of Parliament for Marlborough | alongside = Thomas Bennet | before=Thomas Bennet Edward Goddard | after=Sir John Ernle Sir George Willoughby | years=1679–1685 }}{{succession box | title=Member of Parliament for Wiltshire | alongside = Viscount Cornbury | before=Thomas Thynne Sir Walter St John | after=Viscount Cornbury Sir Thomas Mompesson | years=1685 }}{{s-hon}}{{s-bef | rows=2 | before=The Earl of Elgin}}{{s-ttl | title=Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire | years=1685–1689}}{{s-aft | after=The Earl of Bedford}} |-{{s-ttl | title=Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire (in the absence of The Earl of Sandwich) | years=1685–1689}}{{s-aft | after=The Earl of Manchester}} |-{{s-reg|en}}{{s-bef | rows=2 | before=Robert Bruce}}{{s-ttl | title=Earl of Ailesbury | years=1685–1741}}{{s-aft | rows=2 | after=Charles Bruce}} |-{{s-ttl | title=Baron Bruce of Whorlton (descended by acceleration) | years=1685–1711}}{{s-reg|sct}}{{succession box | title=Earl of Elgin | before=Robert Bruce | after=Charles Bruce | years=1685–1741}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ailesbury, Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl Of}} 13 : 1656 births|1741 deaths|Earls of Elgin|Earls of Ailesbury|Lords Kinloss|Lord-Lieutenants of Bedfordshire|Lord-Lieutenants of Huntingdonshire|Pages of Honour|Prisoners in the Tower of London|English memoirists|English MPs 1679|English MPs 1680–1681|English MPs 1685–1687 |
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