Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Elgin KT CD JP DL |
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| Born | Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce 17 February 1924 |
| Title | 11th Earl of Elgin |
| Tenure | 1968–present |
| Other titles | Lord Bruce (1924–1968) |
| Residence | Broomhall House, nr. Dunfermline, Scotland |
| Offices | Chief of Clan Bruce Lord Lieutenant of Fife Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1943–46, 1951–65, 1976–86 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Service number | 293466 |
| Unit | Scots Guards |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Canadian Forces Decoration |
Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine, KT, CD, JP, DL (born 17 February 1924), styled Lord Bruce before 1968, is a Scottish peer.
Bruce is the eldest son of Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin and the Honourable Katherine Elizabeth Cochrane, daughter of Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults. He was educated at Eton and at Balliol College, Oxford. On 12 September 1943, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 3rd (Armoured) Bn Scots Guards and was wounded during Operation Bluecoat, the break out from Normandy in August 1944. He was invalided out of the army on 24 October 1946, with the honorary rank of lieutenant. On 4 April 1951, he was appointed an instructor in the Army Cadet Force, with the rank of lieutenant. In July 1963, by then the County Cadet Commandant for Fife, he was awarded the Cadet Forces Medal. He resigned his commission on 19 April 1965, retaining the honorary rank of lieutenant-colonel. Since 1970, he has been Colonel-in-Chief of the 31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgins), and was Hon. Colonel of the 153 (Highland) Transport Regiment from 1976 to 1986.
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