58 COMPLETE PEERAGE ailesbury AGHANVILLE See " DowNES of Aghanville, in King's County " Barony [I.] (Downes afterwards Burgh and De Burgh), cr. 1822 ; extinct 1863. AGHRIM i.e., "Aghrim, CO. Galway, " Barony [I.] (^Butler), cr. 1676 with the Earldom of Gowran [I.], which see ; extinct 1677. i.e., "Aghrim, co. Galway, " Barony [I.] {de Ginkell), cr. 1692 with the Earldom of Athlone [I.], which see ; extinct 1844. AILESBURY EARLDOM. I. Robert (Bruce), Earl of Elgin, Lord Kinloss, . ^^ and Lord Bruce of Kinloss [S.], also Baron Bruce of ^' Whorlton, CO. York [E.], was only s. and h. of Thomas, 1st Earl of Elgin, isic. [S.], and ist Baron Bruce of Whorlton, by his 1st wife, Anne, da. ot Sir Robert Chichester, of Raleigh, Devon, K.B. He was b. before 1638, in the parish of St. Bartholomew the Less, London. (") He was one of the 12 commoners deputed, 7 May 1660, to invite the return of Charles II. On 26 July 1660 he was, with the Earl of Cleveland, appointed joint Lord Lieut, of Beds, and was M.P. for that CO. 1661-63. He sue. his father 21 Dec. 1663, and, having been instrum- ental in procuring the Restoration, was, on 18 Mar. 1663/4, cr. BARON BRUCE OF SKELTON, co. York, VISCOUNT BRUCE OF AMPT- HILL, Beds, and EARL OF AILESBURY, Bucks. On 29 Mar. 1667 he was sole Lord Lieut, of Beds ; High Steward of the Honour of Ampthill C') 1670; joint Commissioner for the office of Earl Marshal, 20 June 1673 ; P.C. Oct. 1678 ; Gent, of the Bedchamber ; Lord Lieut, of Hunts 1681 ; Lord Lieut, of cos. Cambridge and Hunts 1685 ; F.R.S. ; a few months before his death, at the coronation of James II, 23 Apr. 1685, he bore St. Edward's Staff, and on 30 July following was appointed Lord Chamberlain of the Household. (°) He m., 16 Feb. 1645/6, (') This fact (as well as the place of his marriage) is mentioned in the Earl's will. () The Honour of Ampthill had been leased by the Crown in 1613 to Lord Bruce [S.], and was sold by the Earl of Ailesbury, in 1730, to the Duke of Bedford, as was Houghton Park, the seat of the Bruce family (demolished in 1794), which was partly in this parish and partly in Houghton Conquest. Maulden, which was the burial place of the Bruces, was also included in the sale. {f) " He was a learned person well versed in English history and antiquities. " A. k Wood, Faiti Oxonienses, vol. i, p. 887.
