On 14 Jan 1611 [his father] Edward Bruce 1st Lord Kinloss (age 63) died.

On 20 Mar 1627 [his wife] Anne Chichester (age 22) died in childbirth. She was buried in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Exton, Rutlandshire [Map]. In north aisle, a very classical monument for its date, black and white marble table tomb with shrouded effigy.

The inscription: "Anne, Wife to Lord Bruce, Baron of Kinloss (age 28), Daughter of Sir Robert Chichester (age 49), Knight of the Bath, of an antient Family in the County of Devon, and of Frances one of the two Daughters and Coheirs of John Lord Harrington, Baron of Exton, sole heir to her Mother. A Lady endowed with a natural disposition to Vertue, a true understanding of honour, most noble behaviour, perpetual cheerfulness, most elegant Conversation, and a more than ordinary conjugal affction. She was married iv. years and ix. months, and one only child named Robert Bruce. Weakened by that birth she died in Childbirth, the xx.day of March, in the xxii. year of her age, Anno Domini M. DC. XXVII. Erected and inscribed to the memory Of his most beloved, and most deserving Wife, by The Lord Bruce (age 28)."

Anne Chichester: Around 1605 she was born to Robert Chichester and Frances Harrington. On 04 Jul 1622 Thomas Bruce 1st Earl Elgin and she were married at Holy Trinity Church, Minories.

On 26 Feb 1658 [his wife] Diana Cecil Countess of Oxford and Elgin (age 62) died.

On 21 Dec 1663 Thomas Bruce 1st Earl Elgin (age 64) died. His son [his son] Robert Bruce 2nd Earl Elgin 1st Earl Ailesbury (age 37) succeeded 2nd Earl Elgin, 2nd Baron Bruce of Whorlton in Yorkshire. [his daughter-in-law] Diana Grey Countess Elgin and Ailesbury (age 33) by marriage Countess Elgin.