BRUCE 353 BRUCE OF TORRY i.e. "Bruce of Torry," Barony [S.] {Bruce), see "Kincardine," Earldom of [S.], a: 1 647. BRUCE OF TOTTENHAM BARONY. I. Charles (Bruce), Earl of Ailesbury, Viscount , , Bruce of Ampthill, Baron Bruce of Whorlton, and '^ ■ Baron Bruce of Skelton, also Earl of Elgin, tfc. [S.], having no h. to his English peerages, was cr. 17 Apr. 1746, BARON BRUCE OF TOTTENHAM, Wilts, with a spec, rem., failing heirs male of his body, to (his sister's son) Thomas Bruce Brudenell. He d. s.p.m.s., 10 Feb. 1746/7, when such English honours as he had inherited became extinct. See fuller account under "Ailesbury," Earldom of, cr. 1664; ex- tinct 1747. The Barony, which he himself had obtained, devolved as below. II. 1747. 2. Thomas Bruce (Brudenell, afterwards Brudenell Bruce), Baron Bruce of Tottenham, nephew, and h. according to the spec. rem. On 8 June 1776 he was cr. Earl of Ailes- bury, with which tide this Barony still (19 12) continues united. See fuller account under "Ailesbury," Earldom of, cr. 1776. By writ, 10 July 1838, George William Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, stykd Earl Bruce, s. and h. ap. of Charles, Marquess of Ailesbury, was sum. to the House of Lords in his father's Barony as Lord Bruce of Tot- tenham. (^) On 4 Jan. 1856 he sue. his said father as Marquess of Ailes- bury. BRUCE OF WHORLTON (Barony), BRUCE OF SKELTON, and BRUCE OF AMPTHILL BARONY. I. Thomas (Bruce), Earl of Elgin, is'c. [S.], was, . . by Privy Seal 29 July 1641, cr. BARON BRUCE OF 1. 1&41. W^HORLTON, CO. York. He d. 1663. See fuller account under "Elgin," Earldom of [S.], cr. 1633. (^) For a list of such summonses see vol. i, Appendix G. 46
