Robert Bruce of Kennet (8 December 1795-13 August 1864)

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Parents
Father:1Alexander Bruce of Kennet (1755-12 July 1808)
Mother:2Hugh Blackburn (-)
Spouses and relationship events
Married:312 April 1825Anne Murray (-9 May 1846)
They had no issue.
Married:423 April 1848Jane Dalrymple Hamilton Fergusson (-)
Children
Children with Jane Dalrymple Hamilton Fergusson:
Henrietta Anne Bruce (-)5
Alexander Hugh Bruce (13 January 1849-), 6. Lord Balfour of Burleigh6
Attributes
Events
Born:78 December 1795
Died:813 August 1864
Personal Info
In 1813 he entered the army and served in the Grenadier Guards in the Peninsula and at Waterloo. M.P. for Clackmannanshire 1820-24. He claimed, before the Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords, the titles of Lord Balfour of Burleigh and Lord Kilwinning, being opposed in the former by Walter Francis Balfour of Fernie, who claimed as heir-male of the body of Sir Robert Balfour, second Lord Burleigh, through his great-great-grandfather, John Balfour of Fernie, youngest brother of Robert, fourth Lord Balfour. Mr. Bruce died before the case was decided.9
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Sources

1 Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, Volume I: (: David Douglas, 1904), Balfour of Burleigh, p. 553-54, Alexander Bruce.
2 Ibid
3 Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, Volume I: (: David Douglas, 1904), Balfour of Burleigh, p. 554, Robert Bruce.
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