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- catalog abstract ""Although it was Thomas, the seventh Earl, who by his acquisitions of the Greek marbles brought unwelcome and continuing notoriety to the Elgin name, it is James, the eighth Earl, who is the hero of this book ... James, as a colonial administrator, showed courage, determination and resource in handling difficult situations in Jamaica, Canada, China, Japan and India. As Viceroy of India, where he died, he might have brought reform to the turbulent subcontinent. His son, Victor Alexander, the ninth Earl, a Scot of modest ambition, nevertheless performed creditably as Viceroy of India in the 1890s and as Colonial Secretary in the Liberal government of 1906. "Through the pages of the book pass seven countesses. And as base and continuum to the story of a great Scottish family stands Broomhall, the house to which each generation brought trophies, mementos, relics, reports, letters, and ephemera. The book is based on the Elgin archives, which the present Earl of Elgin placed at the disposal of the author, whose extensive research took him as far afield as Canada and Japan." (Flyleaf of cover). Bruce was the family surname of the Earls of Elgin.".
- catalog contributor b1974466.
- catalog created "1988.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "1988.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1988.".
- catalog description ""Although it was Thomas, the seventh Earl, who by his acquisitions of the Greek marbles brought unwelcome and continuing notoriety to the Elgin name, it is James, the eighth Earl, who is the hero of this book ... James, as a colonial administrator, showed courage, determination and resource in handling difficult situations in Jamaica, Canada, China, Japan and India. As Viceroy of India, where he died, he might have brought reform to the turbulent subcontinent. His son, Victor Alexander, the ninth Earl, a Scot of modest ambition, nevertheless performed creditably as Viceroy of India in the 1890s and as Colonial Secretary in the Liberal government of 1906.".
- catalog description ""Through the pages of the book pass seven countesses. And as base and continuum to the story of a great Scottish family stands Broomhall, the house to which each generation brought trophies, mementos, relics, reports, letters, and ephemera. The book is based on the Elgin archives, which the present Earl of Elgin placed at the disposal of the author, whose extensive research took him as far afield as Canada and Japan." (Flyleaf of cover). Bruce was the family surname of the Earls of Elgin.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 271-281.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 303 p., [10] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Elgins, 1766-1917.".
- catalog identifier "0080363954".
- catalog isFormatOf "Elgins, 1766-1917.".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "1988.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[Aberdeen] : Aberdeen University Press,".
- catalog relation "Elgins, 1766-1917.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog spatial "Scotland".
- catalog subject "929.7/2 20".
- catalog subject "Broomhall (Scotland)".
- catalog subject "Colonial administrators Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "DA758.3.E43 C48 1988".
- catalog subject "Elgin marbles.".
- catalog subject "Elgin, Earls of.".
- catalog subject "Elgin, James Bruce, Earl of, 1811-1863.".
- catalog subject "Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of, 1766-1841.".
- catalog subject "Elgin, Victor Alexander Bruce, Earl of, 1849-1917.".
- catalog subject "Nobility Scotland Biography.".
- catalog subject "Statesmen Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog title "The Elgins, 1766-1917 : a tale of aristocrats, proconsuls and their wives / Sydney Checkland.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".