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Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin

1849 - 1917

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Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, 13th Earl of Kincardine (16 May 1849 – 18 January 1917), known as Lord Bruce until 1863, was a right-wing British Liberal politician who served as Viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899. He was appointed by Prime Minister Arthur Balfour to hold an investigative enquiry into the conduct of the Boer War in 1902 to 1903. The Elgin Commission was the first of its kind in the British Empire, and it travelled to South Africa and took oral evidence from men who had actually fought in the battles. It was the first to value the lives of the dead and to consider the feelings of mourning relatives left behind, and it was the first occasion in the history of the British Army that recognised the testimony of ordinary soldiery as well as that of the officers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin is the 16,842nd most popular politician (down from 16,517th in 2019), the 640th most popular biography from Canada (down from 578th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ranks 16,842 out of 19,576. Before him are Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Anna Fotyga, Dietrich Stobbe, and Dick Quax. After him are Othmar Karas, María Fernanda Espinosa, Reginald McKenna, Milojko Spajić, José María de Achá, and Bill English.

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Among people born in 1849, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ranks 106. Before him are Horace Lamb, Henry Clay Frick, August Palm, John Hopkinson, Abbott Handerson Thayer, and Edmund Gosse. After him are Aston Webb, Sarat Chandra Das, William R. Day, Edwin Lord Weeks, James Mason, and Henrietta Edwards. Among people deceased in 1917, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ranks 121. Before him are Leander Starr Jameson, Albert Ball, Janez Evangelist Krek, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Hans von Blixen-Finecke, and Tom Thomson. After him are Florence La Badie, Sarat Chandra Das, Belva Ann Lockwood, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, Frederick McCubbin, and Sandy Turnbull.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ranks 640 out of 1,622. Before him are Charles Coughlin (1891), Justin Chatwin (1982), James Arthur (1944), Hayley Wickenheiser (1978), Anne Dorval (1960), and Ross Cuthbert (1892). After him are Guy Delisle (1966), Martin Kamen (1913), Ken Kirzinger (1959), John Porter (1904), Frank Amyot (1904), and Suzanne Clément (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin ranks 61. Before him are Marie Yovanovitch (1958), Jack Layton (1950), Norman Lane (1919), Scotty Bowman (1933), Patrick Roy (1965), and Chrystia Freeland (1968). After him are Ken Dryden (1947), Tom Mulcair (1954), Stéphane Dion (1955), Ted Lindsay (1925), Jennifer Granholm (1959), and Jean Charest (1958).

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