Background
Through the paternal line James Bruce was a direct descendant of Thomas Bruce 1st Baron of Clackmannan.
Through the paternal line James Bruce was a direct descendant of Thomas Bruce 1st Baron of Clackmannan.
Sir James Bruce was born in 1691 in Clackmannan to Alexander and Margaret Bruce Earl of Gartlet. Sir James"s grandfather, Robert Bruce, was the esquire of Kennet. Margaret Bruce was the only daughter of Robert Bruce of Wester Kennet, and she continued his lineage through Archibald.
Sir James was a descendant of De Brus through an illegitimate daughter of Robert World War II