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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin

1811 - 1863

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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, (20 July 1811 – 20 November 1863) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. He served as Governor of Jamaica (1842–1846), Governor General of the Province of Canada (1847–1854), and Viceroy of India (1862–1863). In 1857, he was appointed High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary in China and the Far East to assist in the process of opening up China and Japan to Western trade. In 1860, during the Second Opium War in China, he ordered the destruction of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, an architectural wonder with immeasurable collections of artworks and historic antiques, inflicting incalculable loss of cultural heritage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin is the 13,258th most popular politician (down from 12,631st in 2019), the 3,155th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,776th in 2019) and the 442nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ranks 13,258 out of 19,576. Before him are Jigme Thinley, Otto II, Margrave of Brandenburg, Ali Larijani, Emil Boc, Pedro Paterno, and Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco. After him are Bodo Ramelow, Irene Komnene Doukaina, Kristján Jónsson, Aksel Airo, John, Duke of Randazzo, and Per Borten.

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Among people born in 1811, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ranks 55. Before him are William Robert Grove, Carl Johan Thyselius, James Young Simpson, Johann Dzierzon, Georg August Wallin, and Mohammad Afzal Khan. After him are François Delsarte, Dimitrija Demeter, Johann Georg von Hahn, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, James Hall, and John Neumann. Among people deceased in 1863, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ranks 40. Before him are William John Burchell, Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Ludwig Emil Grimm, Robert Gould Shaw, Nikolai Turczaninow, and Gerrit Schimmelpenninck. After him are Edward Robinson, Jane Pierce, Prince Frederick of Prussia, Josephine Kablick, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, and Alfred Moquin-Tandon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ranks 3,156 out of 8,785. Before him are Gwendoline Christie (1978), Nick Hornby (1957), Richard Marquand (1937), Jack Cardiff (1914), Dawn Addams (1930), and William Burnside (1852). After him are Freddie Highmore (1992), John Sims (1749), Sam Claflin (1986), Anthony Carlisle (1768), Jack Clayton (1921), and Al Atkins (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ranks 442. Before him are James Douglas, Lord of Douglas (1286), Terence O'Neill (1914), George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946), William Camden (1551), Banastre Tarleton (1754), and Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1903). After him are Blanche of England (1392), Caradoc (470), Ken Livingstone (1945), John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), Frederick Abberline (1843), and Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812).

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