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Encyclopedia > Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin

Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, 13th Earl of Kincardine (16 May 1849 - 18 January 1917) was a British statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1894 to 1899.


Lord Bruce (as he was known until his father's death in 1863) was born in Montreal, while his father was serving as Governor-General of Canada. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, Elgin entered politics as a Liberal, serving as First Commissioner of Works under Gladstone in 1886.


Following in his father's footsteps, Elgin was made Viceroy of India in 1894. His viceroyalty was not a particularly notable one. Elgin himself did not enjoy the pomp and ceremony associated with the viceroyalty, and his conservative instincts were not well suited to a time of economic and social unrest. He returned to England in 1899 and was made a Knight of the Garter.


From 1902 to 1903, Elgin was made chairman of the commission that investigated the conduct of the Boer War. When the Liberals returned to power in 1905, Elgin became Secretary of State for the Colonies. As colonial secretary, he pursued a conservative policy, and opposed the generous settlement of the South African question proposed by Prime Minister Campbell-Bannerman, which was enacted more in spite of the Colonial Secretary's opposition than due to his efforts. Elgin retired from public life in 1908, dying nine years later at the family estate in Dunfermline.



Preceded by:
Albert Morley
First Commissioner of Works
1886
Succeeded by:
David Plunkett
Preceded by:
The Marquess of Lansdowne
Governor-General of India
1894–1899
Succeeded by:
The Lord Curzon of Kedleston
Preceded by:
Alfred Lyttelton
Secretary of State for the Colonies
1905–1908
Succeeded by:
The Earl of Crewe





Preceded by:
James Bruce
Earl of Elgin
Succeeded by:
Edward James Bruce



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