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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin

1811 - 1863

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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, (20 July 1811 – 20 November 1863) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. He served as Governor of Jamaica (1842–1846), Governor General of the Province of Canada (1847–1854), and Viceroy of India (1862–1863). In 1857, he was appointed High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary in China and the Far East to assist in the process of opening up China and Japan to Western trade. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin has received more than 455,106 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin is the 12,633rd most popular politician (down from 10,674th in 2019), the 2,775th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,313th in 2019) and the 401st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ranks 12,633 out of 19,576. Before him are Edgar Lungu, Raúl Cubas Grau, Heliocles I, Meral Akşener, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, and Henry of Scotland. After him are Giovanni II Cornaro, Primo Nebiolo, Ali Rıza Pasha, Sándor Wekerle, Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, and Tilemachos Karakalos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ranks 54. Before him are Ditlev Gothard Monrad, Horace Greeley, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, François Delsarte, James Young Simpson, and Johann Dzierzon. After him are Johann Georg von Hahn, John William Casilear, Dimitrija Demeter, John Neumann, Katarina Ivanović, and Judah P. Benjamin. Among people deceased in 1863, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ranks 38. Before him are Michel Garicoïts, Ludwig Emil Grimm, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, and Salomon Müller. After him are August Beer, Prince Frederick of Prussia, Edward Robinson, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Josephine Kablick, and Andrei Mureșanu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ranks 2,775 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Aspdin (1778), Ceol of Wessex (600), Tony Brise (1952), William Hazlitt (1778), Andrew Smith (1797), and Henry of Scotland (1115). After him are Sally Potter (1949), Lennie James (1965), Ray Davies (1944), William Turner (1510), Spencer Gore (1850), and Edward Braddock (1695).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ranks 401. Before him are Alexander Mackenzie (1822), Anne of York (1475), William Camden (1551), Sigeberht of Wessex (750), Ceol of Wessex (600), and Henry of Scotland (1115). After him are Mother Shipton (1488), George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758), Edward Fortunatus (1565), Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), and Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (1681).

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