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{{short description|British colonial administrator and diplomat (1811–1863)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[His Excellency]] [[The Right Honourable]]
| name                = The Earl of Elgin
| honorific-suffix    = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KT|GCB|KSI|PC|FSAs}}
| image               = Felice Beato (British, born Italy - Portrait of Lord Elgin, Plenipotentiary and Ambassador, Who Signed the Treaty - Google Art Project.jpg
| caption             = The 8th Earl of Elgin, {{circa|1860}}
| order1              = 2nd [[Governor-General of India|Viceroy and Governor-General of India]]
| term_start1         = 21 March 1862
| term_end1           = 20 November 1863
| monarch1            = [[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]
| predecessor1        = [[Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning|The Earl Canning]]
| successor1          = [[Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala|Sir Robert Napier]] <br /><small>As Acting Governor-General</small>
| order2              = [[Governor General of the Province of Canada]]
| term_start2         = 1847
| term_end2           = 1854
| monarch2            = Victoria
| predecessor2        = [[Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart|The Earl Cathcart]]
| successor2          = [[Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet|Sir Edmund Walker Head]]
| office3             = [[Governor of Jamaica]]
| term_start3         = 1842
| term_end3           = 1846
| monarch3            = Victoria
| predecessor3        = [[Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe|Sir Charles Metcalfe]]
| successor3          = [[George Berkeley (British Army officer)|George Berkeley]]<br /><small>As Acting Governor</small>
| birth_date          = {{birth date|df=yes|1811|7|20}}
| birth_place         = [[London]], England
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|1863|11|20|1811|07|20|df=yes}}
| death_place         = [[Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh|Dharamshala]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]]
 | resting_place   = [[St. John in the Wilderness Church (Dharamshala)|St. John in the Wilderness Church]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]]
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| nationality         = British
| party               = 
| alma_mater          = [[Christ Church, Oxford]]
| spouse              = {{ubl | {{marriage|Elizabeth Cumming-Bruce|1841|1843|reason=died}} | {{marriage|[[Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin|Lady Mary Lambton]]|1846}}}}
| children            = [[Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin]]
| parents             = 
 | mother          =  Elizabeth Oswald
 | father          =  [[Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin]]
| signature           = James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine Signature.svg
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'''James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KT|GCB|KCSI|PC|FSAs}} (20 July 1811{{snd}}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).<ref>Monet, Jacques (2015)." [http://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/james-bruce-8th-earl-of-elgin James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin]". ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. Retrieved 14 August 2016.</ref> He is also noted for his role during the [[Second Opium War]].<ref name=":0" />

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. In 1860, during the [[Second Opium War]] in China, he ordered the destruction of the [[Old Summer Palace#Destruction|Old Summer Palace]] in [[Beijing]], an architectural wonder with immeasurable collections of artworks and historic antiques, inflicting incalculable loss of [[cultural heritage]].<ref name=":0">Chris Bolby, "[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30810596 The palace of shame that makes China angry]" BBC News (2015)</ref> 
Subsequently, he compelled the [[Qing dynasty]] to sign the [[Convention of Peking]], adding [[Kowloon Peninsula]] to the [[crown colony|British crown colony]] of [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]].

==Early life and education==
[[File:Coat of Arms of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin.svg|thumb|left|200px|Coats of arms of James Bruce]]
Lord Elgin was born in [[London]] on 20 July 1811, the son of the [[Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin|7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine]] and his second wife, Elizabeth Oswald. He shared his birthday, 20 July, with his father.  He had six brothers and sisters, and three half-sisters and one half-brother from his father's first marriage.<ref name="ODNB">Checkland, Olive. "Bruce, James, eighth earl of Elgin and twelfth earl of Kincardine (1811–1863)". ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (2004 ed.). Oxford University Press. {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/3737}}. Retrieved 14 August 2016.</ref> Lord Elgin's father was reportedly impoverished by his acquisition of the [[Elgin Marbles]]; it had cost him a large amount of money to transport them, and he sold them to the British government at a significant loss.<ref name="ODNB"/>

James Bruce was educated at [[Eton College]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]], graduating with a [[First-class honours|first]] in Classics in 1832. While at Oxford, he became friends with [[William Ewart Gladstone]].<ref name="ODNB"/>

==Career==
He was elected at the [[1841 United Kingdom general election|1841 general election]] as a [[Member of Parliament (MP)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Southampton (UK Parliament constituency)|Southampton]], but the election was declared void on petition. He did not stand in the resulting [[by-election]].<ref name="craig1832-1885">{{cite book|last=Craig|first=F. W. S.|author-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885|orig-year=1977|edition=2nd|year=1989|publisher=Parliamentary Research Services|location=Chichester|isbn=0-900178-26-4|page=279}}</ref> In November 1841, on the death of his father, he succeeded as '''8th Earl of Elgin.'''

===Jamaica===
James Bruce became Governor of [[Jamaica]] in 1842,<ref name = "List">{{cite book
 | last1 = Sargeaunt
 | first1 = William C.
 | last2 = Birch
 | first2 = Arthur N.
 | title = The Colonial Office List for 1862
 | publisher = Edward Stanford
 | year = 1862
 | location = London, UK
 | pages = 128
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GtANAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA128
}}</ref> During an administration of four years he succeeded in winning the respect of all. He improved the condition of the Afro-Caribbean workers, and conciliated the white planters by working through them.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Elgin and Kincardine, Earls of|display=Elgin and Kincardine, Earls of s.v. James Bruce|volume=9|page=268}}</ref>

===Canada===
[[File:James Bruce Lord Elgin.JPG|thumb|left|upright|Statue of Elgin in front of the [[Parliament Building (Quebec)|Parliament Building]] in Quebec]]
In 1847 he was appointed [[Governor General of the Province of Canada]] by the [[Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]], [[Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey]], in the administration of [[Lord John Russell]].<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Gough
 | first = Barry M.
 | title = Historical Dictionary of Canada
 | publisher = Scarecrow Press
 | year = 2011
 | location = Lanham, MD
 | pages = 163
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=z4xK6CasigkC&pg=PA163
 | isbn = 978-0-8108-7504-3
}}</ref> Under Lord Elgin, the first real attempts began at establishing [[responsible government]] in Canada. Lord Elgin became the first Governor General to distance himself from the affairs of the legislature. Since then, the Governor-General has had a largely symbolic role with regards to the political affairs of the country. As Governor-General, he wrestled with the costs of receiving high levels of immigration in the Canadas, a major issue in the constant debate about immigration during the 19th century. {{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

In 1849 the Baldwin-Lafontaine government passed the [[Rebellion Losses Bill]], compensating French Canadians for losses suffered during the [[Rebellions of 1837]]. {{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} Lord Elgin granted [[royal assent]] to the bill despite heated [[Tory]] opposition and his own misgivings over how his action would be received in England. The decision sparked the [[Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal]] by an English-speaking mob. Elgin was assaulted. Instead of calling in the military, he withdrew his family to their country residence and allowed civil authorities to restore order. Due to his relations with the [[United States]], his support of the self-government and defence of the colony, and his settlement of the free-trade and fishery questions, he was raised to the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom|peerage]] as Baron Elgin in 1849.<ref name="EB1911"/>

Also in 1849, the [[Stony Monday Riot]] took place in [[Bytown]] on Monday 17 September. Tories and Reformists clashed over the planned visit of Lord Elgin, one man was killed and many sustained injuries. Two days later, the two political factions, armed with cannon, muskets and pistols faced off on the [[Sappers Bridge]]. Although the conflict was defused in time by the military, a general support for the Crown's representative, triumphed in Bytown (renamed Ottawa by Queen Victoria in 1854). In 1854, Lord Elgin negotiated the [[Canadian–American Reciprocity Treaty|Reciprocity Treaty]] with the United States in an attempt to stimulate the Canadian economy. Later that year, he granted royal assent to the law that abolished the [[Seigneurial system of New France|seigneurial system]] in Quebec, and then resigned as Governor-General.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

Elgin supported the [[Bagot commission|Bagot Report]], which was published in 1847 by Governor General [[Charles Bagot]], and which is seen as the foundational document for the [[Canadian Indian residential school system]].<ref name="RUAEC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/aec/pdfs/egerton%20ryerson_fullstatement.pdf |title=Egerton Ryerson, the Residential School System and Truth and Reconciliation |date=August 2010 |publisher=Ryerson University |access-date=28 June 2016 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429103311/http://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/aec/pdfs/egerton%20ryerson_fullstatement.pdf |archivedate=29 April 2016 }}</ref> Elgin had been impressed by industrial schools he had seen while in the West Indies.<ref name="milloy">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSGmglyxgzkC&pg=PP1 |title=A National Crime: The Canadian Government and the Residential School System 1879–1986 |date=1999 |publisher=University of Manitoba Press. |isbn=9780887553035 |access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref>{{rp|15}}

Soon after his return to England in 1854, [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston|Lord Palmerston]] offered him a seat in the cabinet as [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]], which he declined.<ref name="EB1911"/>

===China and Japan===
[[File:The State Entry of Lord Elgin into Peking.jpg|thumb|Entry of Lord Elgin into Peking, 1860]]
In 1857, Lord Elgin 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.<ref name="ODNB"/> During the [[Second Opium War]], he led the [[Battle of Canton (1857)|bombardment of Canton]] (Guangzhou).

In 1858, while passing through Nanjing, Lord Elgin was presented a poetic message by [[Hong Xiuquan]], in which the self-styled Heavenly King referred to him as "our foreign younger brother of the Western Seas."  Hong invited Lord Elgin to join his rebellion: "Let us together serve God and our Elder Brother, and destroy the hateful insects."  Lord Elgin saw the invitation as a "strange document," and furthermore it would "be awkward for me to have any intercourse with the rebel chiefs," he did not land.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Spence |first=Jonathan D. |title=God's Chinese son: the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan |date=1997 |publisher=Norton |isbn=978-0-393-31556-1 |edition=1. publ. as a Norton paperback |location=New York |pages=262–267}}</ref>

Lord Elgin oversaw the end of the Second Opium War by signing the [[Treaty of Tientsin]] (Tianjin) on 26 June 1858.

[[File:Earl of Elgin's entrance into Peking.jpg|thumb|Lord Elgin's procession in Peking.]]
In 1859 Chinese troops continued to attack, and [[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell|Lord Russell]] sent out Lord Elgin as ambassador extraordinary to demand an apology for the attack, the execution of the treaty, and an indemnity for the military and naval expenditure.<ref name="EB1911"/> In June 1860, Lord Elgin arrived in China to assist with additional attacks, which were initially led by his brother. On 18 October 1860, not having received the Chinese surrender and wishing to spare the imperial capital of [[Beijing|Peking]] (Beijing), he ordered the complete destruction of the [[Old Summer Palace]] (Yuanming Yuan) outside the city in retaliation for the torture and execution of almost twenty European and Indian prisoners, including two British envoys and ''[[The Times]]'' journalist [[Thomas William Bowlby|Thomas Bowlby]]. The Old Summer Palace was a complex of palaces and gardens eight kilometres northwest of the walls of Beijing; it had been built during the 18th and early 19th centuries, and was where the emperors of the Qing dynasty resided and handled government affairs. An alternative account says that Lord Elgin had initially considered the destruction of the [[Forbidden City]]. However, fearing that this act might interfere with the signing of the [[Convention of Peking]], which was where it was being negotiated, he opted for the destruction of the Old Summer Palace instead.<ref name="Harris">Harris, David.  Van Slyke, Lyman P. (2000)</ref>

[[File:Presentation of Her Majesty's Yacht Emperor to the Emperor of Japan at Yeddo, on the 26th of August 1858 - RMG PY8738.tiff|thumb|Presentation of HMY Emperor]]

The Old Summer Palace was set ablaze by a force of Anglo-French troops. The troops hurriedly looted the imperial collections in the palace before it finished burning. Attacks on the nearby [[Summer Palace]] (Qingyi Yuan) were also made, but the extent of destruction was not as great as to the Old Summer Palace. On 24 October 1860, Lord Elgin signed the Convention of Peking, which stipulated that China was to cede part of Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong in perpetuity to Britain.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} According to historian Olive Checkland, Lord Elgin "was ambivalent about the British imperial policy of forcing trade on the peoples in China and Japan. He deplored what he called the 'commercial ruffianism' which effectively determined British policy responses." In a letter to his wife, in regard to the bombing of Canton, he wrote, "I never felt so ashamed of myself in my life."<ref name="ODNB"/>

In between Lord Elgin's two trips to China, he had visited Japan. In August 1858, he signed the [[Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce|Treaty of Amity and Commerce]], whose negotiation was much eased by the recent [[Harris Treaty]] between Japan and the United States. He would also present the Tokugawa administration the [[Japanese warship Banryū|HMY Emperor]], a modern and luxuriously appointed steam powered yacht as a present for the Emperor from [[Queen Victoria]] to commemorate the signing of the treaty.<ref name="Elgin">{{cite book |last1=Oliphant |first1=Laurence |title=Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan 1857-1859 |date=1859 |publisher=William Blackwood and Sons |isbn=9780275027216 |url=https://archive.org/details/narrativeofearlo02olip/page/240/mode/1up?view=theater}}</ref>

===India===
{{multiple image|footer =Grave memorial at [[St. John in the Wilderness Church (Dharamshala)|St. John in the Wilderness]] church in Dharamsala|width=160|image1 =Lord Elgin's Tomb 01.JPG|image2=Lord Elgin grave.JPG}}

Within a month of Elgin's return to England, Lord Palmerston selected him to be [[Viceroy of India|viceroy]] and governor-general of India. He became viceroy in 1862, the first viceroy directly appointed by the Crown, and as subject to the [[Secretary of State for India]]. Elgin tried to hold the Dutch in [[Sumatra]] in check, and marched a force to the Peshawar border to enforce earlier treaties.<ref name="EB1911"/>

He was the first to use [[Peterhoff, Shimla]] as the official residence of the Viceroy. In 1863, he was travelling from there to [[Sialkot]], an arduous journey at a high elevation which exhausted him.<ref name="EB1911"/> He died in 1863 of a heart attack while crossing a swinging rope and wood bridge over the river Chadly, on the lap between Kullu and Lahul.<ref>Raaja Bhasin, Shimla - The Summer Capital of British India</ref> He was buried in the churchyard of [[St. John in the Wilderness Church (Dharamshala)|St. John in the Wilderness]] in [[Dharamshala]].

==Marriage and issue==

Elgin married Elizabeth Mary Cumming-Bruce, the only child of MP [[Charles Cumming-Bruce|Charles Lennox Cumming-Bruce]], on 22 April 1841. The marriage was short lived, his wife dying shortly after the birth of their second daughter on 7 June 1843 in Jamaica. They had, along with another daughter:<ref name="burke">{{cite book |title= [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link= Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |pages=1296–1297 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}</ref>

*Lady Elma Bruce (1842–1923), married in 1864 the [[Thomas Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 5th Baron Thurlow|5th Baron Thurlow]].

On 7 November 1846, Elgin married [[Mary Louisa Bruce, Countess of Elgin|Lady Mary Louisa Lambton]], daughter of the [[John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham|1st Earl of Durham]], a prominent author of the ''[[Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839)]]'' (as well as Governor General of the Canadas), and niece of the Colonial Secretary the [[Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey|3rd Earl Grey]] (who was uncle to [[Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey]], later [[Governor General of Canada]]). They had four sons and a daughter:<ref name="burke"/>

*[[Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin]] (1849–1917)
*Hon. [[Robert Preston Bruce]] (1851–1893), MP for Fife and W. Fife
*Hon. Frederick John Bruce (1854–1920), Page of Honour to [[Queen Victoria]] 1869–71, married in 1879 Katherine Bruce Fernie, and had four sons and four daughters.
*Lady Louisa Elizabeth Bruce (1856–1902), unmarried

==Controversy and English-based memorials==
In Ontario, the towns of [[Kincardine, Ontario|Kincardine]], [[Port Elgin, Ontario|Port Elgin]], and [[Bruce Mines, Ontario|Bruce Mines]], along with [[Bruce County, Ontario|Bruce County]] and [[Elgin County, Ontario|Elgin County]] are named for the 8th Earl. The long [[Bruce Peninsula]] into [[Lake Huron]], and the communities of [[Elgin, New Brunswick]], and [[Elgin, Nova Scotia]], are also named for him. There are numerous Elgin Roads and Elgin Streets in Canada and in India.

The [[Elgin Bridge (Singapore)|Elgin Bridge in Singapore]], and Elgin Street, Carlton, [[State of Victoria]], and [[Elgin Street, Hong Kong]], are also named for Bruce, as is the [[Lord Elgin Hotel]] in [[Ottawa]]. 
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lordelginhotel.ca/hotel_information/history.aspx |title=Lord Elgin Hotel - Ottawa Resort Information - History |publisher=Lordelginhotel.ca |access-date=2012-06-14}}</ref>

Elgin's legacy in Canada was the subject of a [[National Film Board of Canada]] short docudrama, ''Lord Elgin: Voice of the People'' (1959), directed by Julian Biggs.<ref name=biggs>{{cite web|last=Biggs|first=Julian|title=Lord Elgin: Voice of the People|url=http://www.nfb.ca/film/lord_elgin_voice_of_people/ |work=Online film|publisher=[[National Film Board of Canada]]|access-date=13 January 2012}}</ref>

While China has opened up to French relations, the sale of Chinese art and artifacts in British auctions remains a point of tension between London and Beijing.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 2015 |title=The palace of shame that makes China angry |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30810596}}</ref> However, all zodiac animal heads from the Summer Palace that have been found have been returned to the Beijing [[New Beijing Poly Plaza|Poly Museum]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=IMPORTANT FROM CHINA.; Official Dispatches from Lord Elgin and Mr. Bruce.|newspaper=The New York Times |date=29 January 1861 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1861/01/29/archives/important-from-china-official-dispatches-from-lord-elgin-and-mr.html}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[China–United Kingdom relations|Anglo-Chinese relations]]
*[[Japan–United Kingdom relations|Anglo-Japanese relations]]

==References==
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==Sources==
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* ''Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, 1857-8-9'' (2 volumes), [[Laurence Oliphant (1829–1888)|Laurence Oliphant]], 1859 (reprinted by Oxford University Press, 1970) {No ISBN}
* {{cite book|last=Checkland|first=S.G.|title=The Elgins 1766-1917: A Tale of Aristocrats, Proconsuls and Their Wives|url=https://archive.org/details/elgins17661917ta1988chec|url-access=registration|place=Aberdeen|publisher=Aberdeen University Press|date=1988|isbn=0-08-036395-4}}
* {{cite book|last1=Harris|first1=David|last2=Van Slyke|first2=Lyman P.|date=2000|title=Of Battle and Beauty: Felice Beato's Photographs of China|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-89951-100-7}}
* {{cite book|first=James L.|last=Hevia|title=English Lessons: The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China|place=Durham|publisher=Duke University Press|date=2003}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153536/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/immigrants/021017-2112.02-e.html "Moving Here, Staying Here:" ''The Canadian Immigrant Experience''], Library and Archives Canada, A letter from Lord Elgin, Governor General of the Canadas, to the Colonial Office
* {{cite book|last=Morison|first=John Lyle|title=The Eighth Earl of Elgin : A Chapter in Nineteenth-century Imperial History|url=https://archive.org/details/eighthearlofelgi0000mori_z1y6|url-access=registration|place=London|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton|date=1928}}
* {{cite DCB |last=Morton |first=W. L. |title=Bruce, James, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine |volume=9 |url=https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bruce_james_9E.html}}
* {{cite journal|first=John|last=Newsinger|title=Elgin in China|journal=[[The New Left Review]]|date=June 2002|ref=pp.&nbsp;119–40}}
* {{cite book|last=Wrong|first=George M.|title=The Earl of Elgin|url=https://archive.org/details/wrongearlofelgin00wronuoft|place=Toronto|publisher=G.N. Morangi|date=1906}} Also digitized by Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 2003.
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*Archives of James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin [https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=105594&lang=eng (James Bruce, Earl of Elgi and Kingardine, and family fonds, R977)] are held ar [[Library and Archives Canada]]


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