# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-bruce-2nd-earl-of-ailesbury
# Generated: 2026-09-07T05:14:18.574Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-bruce-2nd-earl-of-ailesbury"
name: "Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury"
slug: "thomas-bruce-2nd-earl-of-ailesbury"
description: "Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of Elgin, styled Lord Bruce between 1663 and 1685, was an English politician and memoirist. He was the son of Robert Bruce, 2nd Earl of Elgin, and Lady Diana Grey. His maternal grandparents were Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, and Lady Anne Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter. His Memoirs, which were not published until long after his death, are a valuable source for English history in the last quarter of the seventeenth century."
tagline: "English politician and memoirist (1656-1741)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_Bruce%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Ailesbury_and_3rd_Earl_of_Elgin%2C_by_Francois_Harrewijn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1656"
deathDate: "1741-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.78
  momentum:             4.415410609431721
  historical:           6.354213333333334
  currentAttention:     19.1740412979351
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%2C_3-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%95%D0%BB%D2%91%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Томас Брюс, 3-й граф Елґін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7)"
    title: "توماس بروس (سياسى من اسكتلندا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bruce%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Ailesbury"
    title: "Thomas Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bruce_(2e_comte_d'Ailesbury)"
    title: "Thomas Bruce (2e comte d'Ailesbury)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bruce%2C_III_conte_di_Elgin"
    title: "Thomas Bruce, III conte di Elgin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9_(%E7%AC%AC2%E4%BB%A3%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%99%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E4%BC%AF%E7%88%B5)"
    title: "トマス・ブルース (第2代アイルズベリー伯爵)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81%2C_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_2-%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84_%D0%AD%D0%B9%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Брюс, Томас, 2-й граф Эйлсбери"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3524950"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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