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===[[name::Robert]] [[name::BRUCE]], 1st [[personal title::Earl of Ailesbury]] [[date of birth::1626]]-[[date of death::1685]]===
  
 
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[[occupation::Lord Chamberlain]].  
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Born at [[place of birth::St Bartholomew-the-Less, London]], son of [[family::Thomas Bruce]]. [[occupation::Lord lieutenant]] of [[location::Huntingdonshire]] in 1681; of [[location::Cambridgeshire]] 1685. Appointed [[occupation::Lord Chamberlain]] of the household in 1685.  
  
 
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Noted as a collector of [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]] and antiquities. Library [[auction::auctioned]] in [[location of Auction::London]], [[date of Auction::19.5.1690]] ([[lots::1275]] lots).
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Noted as a collector of [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]] and antiquities. Library [[auction::auctioned]] in [[location of auction::London]], [[date of auction::19.5.1690]] (1275 lots). His will has no explicit mention of books; they would have been part of the residue of his estate, goods and chattels left to his wife, to dispose of amongst their children as she thought fit.
  
 
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*Alston, R. C. ''Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800''.  St Philip, 2010
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*[https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D3385174 Will of Robert Bruce, The National Archives PROB 11/380/596].
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*Alston, R. C. ''Inventory of sale catalogues 1676-1800''.  St Philip, 2010.
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*''Bibliotheca curiosa. Sive catalogus librorum in plurimis facultatibus'', [London, 1690], ESTC r175346.
 
*Henderson, T. F., and Victor Stater. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/3757 "Bruce, Robert, second earl of Elgin and first earl of Ailesbury (bap. 1626, d. 1685), nobleman."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.  
 
*Henderson, T. F., and Victor Stater. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/3757 "Bruce, Robert, second earl of Elgin and first earl of Ailesbury (bap. 1626, d. 1685), nobleman."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''.  
 
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Robert BRUCE, 1st Earl of Ailesbury 1626-1685

Biographical Note

Born at St Bartholomew-the-Less, London, son of Thomas Bruce. Lord lieutenant of Huntingdonshire in 1681; of Cambridgeshire 1685. Appointed Lord Chamberlain of the household in 1685.

Books

Noted as a collector of manuscripts and antiquities. Library auctioned in London, 19.5.1690 (1275 lots). His will has no explicit mention of books; they would have been part of the residue of his estate, goods and chattels left to his wife, to dispose of amongst their children as she thought fit.

Sources