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Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce 1535–1609 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1535

Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland

Death Date: 1609

Death Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Father: Thomas Kinloss

Mother: Marjorie CHARTERIS

Spouse(s): Margaret Tennent

Children(s): Robert Airth, Thomas Elgin, Margaret Bruce, Sir Bruce, Robert Airth, Colonel Bruce, Sir Bruce, James Bruce, COLONEL BRUCE, William Symbister), Walter Bruce, William Bruce, Colonel Bruce, George Bruce

In 1535, Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce entered the world in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland, born to Thomas Bruce 1St Earl Of Elgin 3Rd Lord Bruce Of Kinloss And Marjorie Charteris. In 1600, Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce resided in Scotland. Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce married Isabel Stewart, Margaret Tennent, and had children including Colonel Norman Bruce, Colonel Norman Of Ayth And Growbister Bruce, Colonel Normound Norman Bruce, George Bruce, Henry Bruce, James Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Robert Bruce Of Airth, Sir Robert 9Th Baron Of Clackmannan Bruce, Sir Robert 10Th Baron Of Clackmannon Bruce, Thomas Bruce 2Nd Earl Of Ailesbury And 3Rd Earl Of Elgin, Walter Bruce, William Bruce, William Bruce 1St Of Sumburgh Amp Symbister. Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce passed away in 1609 in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1535, Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce entered the world in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland, born to Thomas Bruce 1St Earl Of Elgin 3Rd Lord Bruce Of Kinloss And Marjorie Charteris.
  • In 1600, Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce resided in Scotland.
  • Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce married Isabel Stewart, Margaret Tennent, and had children including Colonel Norman Bruce, Colonel Norman Of Ayth And Growbister Bruce, Colonel Normound Norman Bruce, George Bruce, Henry Bruce, James Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Robert Bruce Of Airth, Sir Robert 9Th Baron Of Clackmannan Bruce, Sir Robert 10Th Baron Of Clackmannon Bruce, Thomas Bruce 2Nd Earl Of Ailesbury And 3Rd Earl Of Elgin, Walter Bruce, William Bruce, William Bruce 1St Of Sumburgh Amp Symbister.
  • Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce passed away in 1609 in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Kinloss
1520–1584
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Marjorie CHARTERIS
1523–1576
Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Tennent
1543–1602
Birth Location: Arngask, Fife, Scotland
MT

Children(s)

Robert Airth
1558–1642
Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
RA
Thomas Elgin
1576–1562
Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
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Margaret Bruce
1559–
Birth Location: –
MB
Sir Bruce
1558–1642
Birth Location: Clackmannanshire, Scotland
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Robert Airth
1558–1642
Birth Location: –
RA
Colonel Bruce
1570–1630
Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland
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Sir Bruce
1580–
Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
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James Bruce
1580–1680
Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
JB
COLONEL BRUCE
1570–1630
Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
CB
William Symbister)
1570–1630
Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
WS
Walter Bruce
1580–
Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
WB
William Bruce
1583–
Birth Location: Presbytery Record, Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
WB
Colonel Bruce
1570–1630
Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland
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George Bruce
1546–1596
Birth Location: Carnock, Fife, Scotland
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Sir Bruce's Ancestors

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Sir Bruce
1535–1609
Birth Place: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland
Parents
Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, 3rd Lord Bruce of Kinloss
1520–1584
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Marjorie CHARTERIS
1523–1576
Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Edward (Bruce, 1st Lord) Kinloss
1466–1530
Blairhall, Fife, Scotland
Isabella (Of) Strathbogie
1503–1552
Whiteclough Hall, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Bruce's Descendants

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Sir (Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan') Bruce (1535–1609) m. Margaret Tennent (1543–3 Feb 1602)
  1. 1. Robert (Bruce of) Airth 1558–1642 m. Janet Wardlaw 1560–1598 m. Helen Durie 1580– m. Janet (Wardlaw Forrester of) Carden 1558–1598
    1. 1. Sir (Robert 10th Baron of Clackmannon) Bruce 1580–1663 m. Jeanette Blackadder 1472–1572
      1. 1. Sir (George Bruce of Carnock, Member of Parliament for) Culross 1546–1625 m. Lady (Margaret Euphame) Primrose 1558–1652
        1. 1. Robert (Bruce of) Blairhall 1598–1671 m. Elezabeth Callender 1600–1664 m. Margaret Johnstoun 1599–1646
        2. 2. Robert (Bruce, Lord) Broonhall 1625–1652
        3. 3. Robert (Bruce of) Broomhall 1570–1652
        4. 4. Margaret Bruce 1577–1651
        5. 5. Anne (Bruce of) Carnock 1572–
        6. 6. Sir (George Bruce, of Carnock, 1st Earl of) Kincardine 1600–1643
        7. 7. Nicolas Bruce 1578–1671
        8. 8. Magdalene Bruce 1574–1652
        9. 9. Christian Bruce 1576–1638
        10. 10. Alexander (Bruce Earl of) Kincardine 1580–1681
        11. 11. Margaret Bruce 1598–1651
        12. 12. Janet (Bruce of) Blairhall 1595–
      2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth) Bruce 1510–1609
      3. 3. Sir (Robert 2nd Baron of Clackmannan de) Bruce 1340–1403
      4. 4. Edward (Sir Bruce van) Blairhall 1505–1565
      5. 5. Alison Bruce 1510–1536
      6. 6. Lady (Mariota Agnes) Bruce 1498–1575
      7. 7. William Bruce 1486–1584
      8. 8. Lady (Elizabeth of Clackmannan) Bruce 1500–1547
      9. 9. David (Douglas) Bruce 1495–1568
      10. 10. Sir (Robert) Bruce 1520–
      11. 11. John (of Cultmalindie) Bruce 1503–1550
      12. 12. Sir (Patrick) Bruce 1512–
      13. 13. Archibald Bruce 1500–1606
      14. 14. Edward ("Knight of Mainhall") Bruce* 1505–1558
      15. 15. Robert (of Lynmyln (Blackadder)) Bruce 1500–1550
      16. 16. David (Douglas) Bruce 1536–1568
      17. 17. Elizabeth Bruce 1500–1575
      18. 18. Alison Bruce 1522–1536
      19. 19. Agnes Bruce 1490–1577
      20. 20. Robert (Bruce of) Lynmill 1506–1589
      21. 21. John Bruce 1507–1617
      22. 22. Patrick Bruce 1501–1543
      23. 23. Marion Bruce 1522–1575
      24. 24. David (Douglas) Bruce 1508–1563
      25. 25. Sir Reid 1495–
      26. 26. Sir (Patrick) Bruce 1480–1530
      27. 27. Alison Bruce 1510–1536
      28. 28. Robert Bruce 1520–1589
      29. 29. Archibald Bruce 1500–1606
      30. 30. Sir (David 7th Baron of Clackmannan) Bruce 1495–1565
      31. 31. Patrick Bruce 1503–1543
      32. 32. Marion, (Lady Menteith, Sinclair) Bruce 1494–1575
      33. 33. David (Douglas) Bruce 1505–1565
      34. 34. Edward Bruce 1505–1565
      35. 35. John Bruce 1507–1617
      36. 36. Sir Reid 1495–
      37. 37. Robert (Bruce) Lynmill 1492–1589
      38. 38. Sir (David, 1st of Stanstill) Bruce 1536–1568
      39. 39. Elizabeth Bruce 1500–1609
      40. 40. Agnes Bruce 1494–1575
      41. 41. Agnes Bruce 1519–
      42. 42. Sir (David) Bruce 1497–1517
      43. 43. Patrick Bruce 1524–1543
      44. 44. Margaret Bruce 1540–
      45. 45. Bessie Bruce 1542–
      46. 46. John Bruce 1490–
      47. 47. Alison Bruce 1490–1536
      48. 48. Elisabeth, (Lady Collace, Dundas) Bruce 1488–1520
      49. 49. Patrick (Bruce of Green &) Valleyfield 1492–1543
      50. 50. Alison BRUCE 1512–1536
      51. 51. George (of Carnock Bruce) Sr 1536–1568
      52. 52. Robert (De Bruce) II 1555–1625
      53. 53. Sir (George Bruce of Carnock, Member of Parliament for) Culross 1546–1625
      54. 54. Edward (Bruce 1st Lord and Baron of Kinloss) 1548^ 1548–1610
      55. 55. Edward (Bruce, Lord Kinloss, Baron Bruce of) Kinloss 1549–1610
      56. 56. George Bruce 1568–1625
      57. 57. Archibald Bruce 1517–1609
      58. 58. William Bruce 1538–1609
      59. 59. Robert ((Reid \ Reide)) Bruce 1532–1611
      60. 60. Lawrence Bruce 1539–1617
      61. 61. Margaret (Murray) Bruce 1543–1647
      62. 62. Elizabeth ((Bessie) Reide) Bruce 1542–1647
      63. 63. William (Bruce) 1538 1538–1609
      64. 64. Elizabeth ((Bessie) Reide) Bruce 1523–1616
      65. 65. Edward (BRUCE 1st Lord) Kinloss 1534–1611
      66. 66. Sir (Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan') Bruce 1535–1617
    2. 2. Marioun Bruce 1601–
    3. 3. Marjorie Bruce 1586–1629
    4. 4. Henrie Bruce 1609–
    5. 5. Margaret Bruce 1586–1629
    6. 6. David Bruce –1643
    7. 7. Henry Bruce –1655
    8. 8. Janet Bruce 1582–
    9. 9. Colonel (Norman of Ayth and Growbister) Bruce 1570–1630
    10. 10. Sir (Robert '9th Baron of Clackmannan') Bruce 1558–1642
    11. 11. George Bruce 1546–1596
    12. 12. Colonel (Norman Of Ayth And Growbister) Bruce 1570–1630
    13. 13. Robert (Bruce Of Airth) Bruce 1558–1642
    14. 14. Colonel (Norman Of Ayth And Growbister) Bruce 1570–1630
    15. 15. Robert (Bruce Of Airth) Bruce 1558–1642
  2. 2. Thomas (Bruce, 2nd Earl of Ailesbury and 3rd Earl of) Elgin 1576–1562
  3. 3. Margaret Bruce 1559–
  4. 4. Sir (Robert '9th Baron of Clackmannan') Bruce 1558–1642
  5. 5. Robert (Bruce of) Airth 1558–1642
  6. 6. Colonel (Normound "Norman") Bruce 1570–1630
  7. 7. Sir (Robert 10th Baron of Clackmannon) Bruce 1580–
  8. 8. James Bruce 1580–1680
  9. 9. COLONEL (NORMAN) BRUCE 1570–1630
  10. 10. William (Bruce (1st of Sumburgh &) Symbister) 1570–1630
  11. 11. Walter Bruce 1580–
  12. 12. William Bruce 1583–
  13. 13. Colonel (Norman of Ayth and Growbister) Bruce 1570–1630
  14. 14. George Bruce 1546–1596

Sir Bruce's Timeline

5 Records

1535
1535
Birth of Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland
Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland
1600
1600
Age 65
Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce resided here in Scotland
Scotland
1609
1609
Age 74
Death of Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
1834
16 Mar 1834
Age 299
Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce was baptized in Oxford, St Giles, Oxfordshire, England
Oxford, St Giles, Oxfordshire, England
1859
16 Jan 1859
Age 324
Sir Robert '8th Baron of Clackmannan' Bruce was baptized in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1535
    Event Place: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, , Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 16 Mar 1834
    Event Place: Oxford, St Giles, Oxfordshire, England
    Record Source: Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: BOD203_b_4

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 16 Jan 1859
    Event Place: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1600
    Event Place: Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, The Register of The Privy Council of Scotland, 1545-1632

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Memorials of the family of Wemyss of Wemyss

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1609
    Event Place: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
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