# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martha-bruce-countess-of-elgin-and-kincardine
# Generated: 2026-08-20T21:26:05.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martha-bruce-countess-of-elgin-and-kincardine"
name: "Martha Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine"
slug: "martha-bruce-countess-of-elgin-and-kincardine"
description: "Martha Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine, known for most of her life as Lady Elgin, was a British noblewoman and governess to Princess Charlotte of Wales, daughter of the future King George IV, at the time second in line to the throne. She was the wife of Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin, and mother of the collector Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin."
tagline: "UK countess"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Allan_Ramsay%2C_portrait_of_Martha%2C_Countess_of_Elgin.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1739"
deathDate: "1810-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           30
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.267782666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  38
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Bruce%2C_Countess_of_Elgin"
    title: "Martha Bruce, Countess of Elgin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_White"
    title: "Martha White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Bruce%2C_grevinna_av_Elgin_och_Kincardine"
    title: "Martha Bruce, grevinna av Elgin och Kincardine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1754394"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations