James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin

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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, was a 19th-century British statesman and colonial administrator best known for serving as Governor General of the Province of Canada and later as Viceroy of India, as well as for his controversial role in the Second Opium War and the destruction of Beijing's Old Summer Palace.

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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin canonical 7
Lord Elgin 4
James Bruce 8th Earl of Elgin 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British statesman
colonial administrator
human
affiliation British Empire
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1811-07-20
dateOfDeath 1863-11-20
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Eton College
familyName Bruce
father Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin
surface form: Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin
givenName James
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
honorificSuffix GCB
PC
knownFor advancing responsible government in the Province of Canada
negotiating unequal treaties with China and Japan
ordering the burning of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing
languageSpoken English
memberOf House of Lords
memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (UK)
Whig Party
mother Elizabeth Oswald
nobleTitle James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin self-linksurface differs
surface form: 8th Earl of Elgin
notableEvent Rebellion Losses Bill controversy
surface form: Rebellion Losses Bill crisis in Canada

Second Anglo-Chinese War
surface form: Second Opium War

destruction of the Old Summer Palace
notableWork Elgin–Marcy Treaty
Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Britain and Japan (1858)
Treaty of Tientsin
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath British India
Dharamshala
surface form: Dharmsala

Punjab
positionHeld Governor General of Canada
Governor General of Canada
surface form: Governor General of the Province of Canada

Governor of Jamaica
Governor-General
surface form: Governor-General of India

High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary in China and the Far East
Lord Lieutenant of Fife
Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow
Postmaster General of Great Britain
surface form: Postmaster General of the United Kingdom

Viceroy of India
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
spouse Elizabeth Mary Cumming-Bruce
Lady Mary Louisa Lambton

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John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence predecessorAsViceroyOfIndia James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Lord Canning succeededByAsViceroyOfIndia James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
this entity surface form: Lord Elgin
Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) orderedDestructionBy James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
subject surface form: Old Summer Palace
this entity surface form: James Bruce 8th Earl of Elgin
Bruce County namedAfter James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Elgin Street hasNameOrigin James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Elgin Street namedAfter James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Elgin County namedAfter James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Cabinet of Henry Campbell-Bannerman notableMember James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
this entity surface form: Lord Elgin
Rebellion Losses Bill controversy significantPerson James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
this entity surface form: Lord Elgin
Earl Canning successorAsViceroyOfIndia James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
this entity surface form: Lord Elgin
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin nobleTitle James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 8th Earl of Elgin
Broomhall House, Fife notableResident James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Lord Clerk Register officeHeldBy James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Garden of Perfect Brightness destructionOrderedBy James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
this entity surface form: James Bruce 8th Earl of Elgin