James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
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James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, 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. In 1860, during the Second Opium War in China, he ordered the destruction of the Old Summe
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British colonial administrator and diplomat (1811–1863)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bruce,_8th_Earl_of_Elgin
date created:
2003-07-27T18:59:30Z
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2024-08-29T06:23:09Z
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