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Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss
Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss PC (1548 – 14 January 1611) was a Scottish lawyer and judge.
He was the second son of Edward Bruce of Blairhall and Alison Reid.
In 1594 James VI sent him as ambassador to London and gave him £1,000 Scots for his expenses. With James Colville, he was sent to invite Queen Elizabeth to send a representative to the baptism of Prince Henry, discuss the matter of the Earl of Bothwell, Catholics in Scotland, and ask for the yearly sum of money that Elizabeth gave to James VI. They were to ensure the money was paid to Thomas Foulis. He also requested the rendition of Anne of Denmark's goldsmith Jacob Kroger who had fled to England with the queen's jewels.
Bruce was sent to London for money from Elizabeth again in April 1598 and received £3,000. He interceded in a legal case in London for his brother, George Bruce of Carnock, whose ship the Bruce had been forced to take on a group of African and Portuguese captives by English captains. He also successfully negotiated the release of Robert Ker of Cessford who was held by the Archbishop of York at Bishopthorpe. Bruce brought portraits of King James VI and Prince Henry to England.
On his return to Edinburgh, Bruce met with James VI in his cabinet at Holyrood Palace for four hours. Bruce's advice to the king on the Valentine Thomas affair led to rumours that he was corrupted by Elizabeth's gift of a gold chain.
He was made Commendator of the Abbey of Kinloss in 1601 and became Baron of Muirton. He served as a Lord of Session from 1597 to 1603 and was created Lord Kinloss in 1602, with remainder to his heirs and assigns whatsoever.
Bruce and the Earl of Mar went to London as ambassadors in April 1601, to understand the mood in London towards James's accession to the English throne after Essex's Rebellion. After the embassy, the sum paid as a subsidy to James VI was increased, by the persuasion of Sir Robert Cecil. Bruce was involved in the "Secret correspondence of James VI", an initiative to help put James on the throne of England.
Bruce arrived in London ahead of King James in April 1603 at the Union of the Crowns. In June the king sent him to greet Charles of Arenberg, who had arrived as the envoy from Isabella and Albert Rulers of the Netherlands to congratulate James, but had fallen ill from gout.
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Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss
Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss PC (1548 – 14 January 1611) was a Scottish lawyer and judge.
He was the second son of Edward Bruce of Blairhall and Alison Reid.
In 1594 James VI sent him as ambassador to London and gave him £1,000 Scots for his expenses. With James Colville, he was sent to invite Queen Elizabeth to send a representative to the baptism of Prince Henry, discuss the matter of the Earl of Bothwell, Catholics in Scotland, and ask for the yearly sum of money that Elizabeth gave to James VI. They were to ensure the money was paid to Thomas Foulis. He also requested the rendition of Anne of Denmark's goldsmith Jacob Kroger who had fled to England with the queen's jewels.
Bruce was sent to London for money from Elizabeth again in April 1598 and received £3,000. He interceded in a legal case in London for his brother, George Bruce of Carnock, whose ship the Bruce had been forced to take on a group of African and Portuguese captives by English captains. He also successfully negotiated the release of Robert Ker of Cessford who was held by the Archbishop of York at Bishopthorpe. Bruce brought portraits of King James VI and Prince Henry to England.
On his return to Edinburgh, Bruce met with James VI in his cabinet at Holyrood Palace for four hours. Bruce's advice to the king on the Valentine Thomas affair led to rumours that he was corrupted by Elizabeth's gift of a gold chain.
He was made Commendator of the Abbey of Kinloss in 1601 and became Baron of Muirton. He served as a Lord of Session from 1597 to 1603 and was created Lord Kinloss in 1602, with remainder to his heirs and assigns whatsoever.
Bruce and the Earl of Mar went to London as ambassadors in April 1601, to understand the mood in London towards James's accession to the English throne after Essex's Rebellion. After the embassy, the sum paid as a subsidy to James VI was increased, by the persuasion of Sir Robert Cecil. Bruce was involved in the "Secret correspondence of James VI", an initiative to help put James on the throne of England.
Bruce arrived in London ahead of King James in April 1603 at the Union of the Crowns. In June the king sent him to greet Charles of Arenberg, who had arrived as the envoy from Isabella and Albert Rulers of the Netherlands to congratulate James, but had fallen ill from gout.