Robert Bruce of Kennet (8 December 1795-13 August 1864) |
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| Father:1 | Alexander Bruce of Kennet (1755-12 July 1808) | ||
| Mother:2 | Hugh Blackburn (-) | ||
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| Married:3 | 12 April 1825 | Anne Murray (-9 May 1846) | |||
| They had no issue. | |||||
| Married:4 | 23 April 1848 | Jane Dalrymple Hamilton Fergusson (-) | |||
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| Children with Jane Dalrymple Hamilton Fergusson: | ||
| Henrietta Anne Bruce (-)5 | ||
| Alexander Hugh Bruce (13 January 1849-), 6. Lord Balfour of Burleigh6 | ||
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| Born:7 | 8 December 1795 | |||
| Died:8 | 13 August 1864 | |||
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| 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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