Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh


Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC, JP, DL was a Scottish Unionist politician, banker and statesman, who took a leading part in the affairs of the Church of Scotland. He was Secretary for Scotland between 1895 and 1903.

The son of Robert Bruce, at one time Tory Member of Parliament for Clackmannan, he was born in Kennet in that county and educated at Loretto, Eton and Oriel College, Oxford. In 1868, four years after his death, Robert Bruces claim to the peerage was recognised by the House of Lords, and so his son became sixth Lord Balfour of Burleigh on the reversal of the titles attainder by Act of Parliament in 1869.

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