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Thomas Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin
(1766-1841)
NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of, 1766-1841
NRA:    Bruce, Thomas (1766-1841) 7th Earl of Elgin
DNB:    Bruce, Thomas, seventh earl of Elgin and eleventh earl of Kincardine (1766-1841), diplomatist and army officer
LBT ID: LdElgin7    VIAF ID: 27084309    LOC ID: n81140068		B/BAP:   1766-07-20
DIED:   1841-11-04
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
British ambassador to Constantinople (1799); with the permission of the Turks he removed the Parthenon marbles which were purchased for the British Museum in 1816.
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