Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Bruce, James
Bruce, James, 2s. Thomas, Earl of Elgin. Christ Church, matric. 16 March, 1829, aged 17, B.A. 1833; Merton Coll. M.A. 1835, created D.C.L. 4 June, 1856, then Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, K.T., of Lincoln's Inn 1835, died governor-general of India, 21 Dec., 1863. See Foster's Peerage.