Bruce (Russian nobility) explained

Surname:	Bruce
Native Name Lang:	Bruce
Coat Of Arms:	File:Coats of Arms of Count Jacob Bruce (Я́ков Ви́лимович Брюс).svg
Caption:	Coat of Arms of Count James Daniel Bruce
Country:	Russian Empire
Estates:	Glinky, Ulianovo, House of Bruce
Motto:	Fuimus
Parent House:	Clan Bruce

The Bruce family is the name of Russian noble family of Scottish origin. The family members bear the title of Count.

Notable members

• James Daniel Bruce (Russian: Граф Яков Вилимович Брюс), (1669 – 1735) was a Russian statesman, military leader and scientist of Scottish descent (Clan Bruce), according to his own record, his ancestors had lived in Russia since 1649. He was the brother of Robert Bruce, the first military governor of Saint Petersburg.^[1]
• Count Roman Vilimovich Bruce, (1668 – 1720) was the first chief commander of Saint Petersburg. Of Scottish descent, he was the brother of Jacob Bruce and father of Alexander Romanovich Bruce.^[2] In 1683, Bruce joined the personal armed forces of Peter I, in 1695 receiving the rank of captain in the Preobrazhensky Regiment. He took part in the Azov campaigns of Peter I (1695–6) and probably accompanied Peter on his travels abroad (1697–1698).
  • Count Alexander Romanovich Bruce, (1704–1760) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Russian army. He fought in the War of the Polish Succession in 1733, in Russo-Turkish War (1735-1739) and the Russo-Swedish War (1741–43).^[3]
    • Count Yakov Alexandrovich Bruce (1732 – 1791) was a Russian general. He was a grandson of Lieutenant General Robert Bruce and great-nephew of Jacob Bruce. His father was Lieutenant Colonel Count Alexander Bruce, Ekaterina Alekseyevna Dolgorukova was his stepmother. James Bruce married Praskovia Rumiantseva, sister of General (and later Field Marshal) Pyotr Rumyantsev.

Notes and References

1. http://militera.lib.ru/bio/bantysh-kamensky/10.html 8th Generalfeldmarschall Yakov Vilimovich Bruce
2. Book: Simpson, Grant G. . 1992 . The Scottish soldier abroad, 1247-1967 . John Donald (Edinburgh) .
3. http://dlib.rsl.ru/viewer/01003967001#?page=179 Collection of biographies