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Bruce, James, (1811-1863), 8th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India

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Surname: Bruce
Forenames: James
Gender: Male
Date: 1811-1863
Title: 8th Earl of Elgin
Biography: ODNB link for Bruce, James (1811-1863) 8th Earl of Elgin, Viceroy of India
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P133044 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P3891 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1859-63: corresp and papers rel to India
British Library: Asian and African Studies
MSS Eur F 83
NRA 6185
2
1850-62: corresp and papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS3955
NRA 26223 Bruce

See HMC Private papers of British colonial governors 1782-1900, 1986; Private papers of British diplomat
3
1830-46: letters to Thomas Chalmers
Edinburgh University: New College Library
CHA4
NRA 27818 Chalmers
4
1848-61: corresp with Sir John Fiennes Crampton
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Crampton
NRA 28051 Crampton
5
1831-61: corresp with WE Gladstone
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 44352-97 passim
6
1851-63: corresp with 3rd Earl Grey
Durham University Library and Collections
GRE/B84/4
NRA 6228 Grey
7
1846-52: corresp with 3rd Earl Grey
Library and Archives Canada
MG24 A10
See General inventory manuscripts
8
corresp with Sidney Herbert
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
2057
NRA 22080 Herbert
9
corresp with Lord Malmesbury
Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
7M54, 26M56, 9M73, 28M91
NRA 6589 Harris
10
1849-63: corresp with 5th Duke of Newcastle
Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections
Ne
NRA 7411 Pelham
11
dispatches from Harry Parkes
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
MS Parkes
NRA 25705
12
1847-63: corresp with Lord John Russell
The National Archives
PRO30/22
13
1842-48: letters to Lord Stanley
Liverpool Record Office
920 Der 14, box 138
NRA 20084