Portrait of Her Excellency The Right Honourable Lady Elgin

Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine (née Lambton; 8 May 1819[1] – 9 March 1898) was a British aristocrat and writer. She was Vicereine of India in 1862-1863.

She was the daughter of John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham and his second wife Louisa Elizabeth Lambton (née Grey), daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey.[2][3]

She travelled to Canada twice: the first time when her father went to Canada to investigate the Lower Canada Rebellion in 29 May – 1 November 1838. She later returned to Canada with her husband, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, from 1847 to 1853.

An accomplished artist, she studied under John Richard Coke-Smyth, alongside her sister, Lady Emily Augusta, and travel companion, Katherine Ellice. She wrote and illustrated journals and diaries of her international travels.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility ... Vol. 29. Hurst and Blackett. 1860. p. 221.
  2. ↑ "Lady Mary Louisa Lambton". ThePeerage. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Debrett's Genealogical Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland. 1847. p. vi.
  4. ↑ Lambton, Mary Louisa (8 March 2018). "Art Album of Mary Louisa Lambton (1837-1839)". Library and Archives Canada - James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and family fonds.
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