James Bruce (farmer)

Hon. James Michael Edward Bruce CBE JP (26 August 1927 - 22 April 2013), was a Scottish farmer, forester, and the founding chairman of Scottish Woodlands.[1]

James Bruce
Born
Hon. James Michael Edward Bruce

26 August 1927
Died22 April 2013
NationalityBritish
EducationEton
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Royal Agricultural College
OccupationFarmer, forester
Spouse(s)(Margaret) Jean Coats
Morven-Anne Macdonald
Mary Elizabeth Hamilton
Children7
Parent(s)Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin
Balmanno Castle

Early life

James Bruce was born in August 1927 in Fife, the fourth child and second son of Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin.[1] He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and served in the Scots Guards.[1] He studied agriculture at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, where he won the Goldstand Medal.[1]

Personal life

In 1950, Bruce married (Margaret) Jean Coats at Glen Tanar, Aboyne, the daughter of Thomas Coats, 2nd Baron Glentanar.[1] They divorced in 1974.[1] In 1975, he married Morven-Anne Macdonald, who died in 1994, and in 2000 married Mary Elizabeth Hamilton.[1] He had seven children.[1]

Bruce lived at Balmanno Castle from the 1950s.[1]

References
  1. Steven, Alasdair (18 May 2013). "Obituary: The Hon James Bruce, CBE, JP, farmer and founding chairman of Scottish Woodlands". The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 May 2019.


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