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[[File:Constance, Countess of Elgin (1876), daughter of Sir James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk.jpg|thumb|Constance, Countess of Elgin and Kincardine, 1876]]<br />
'''Constance Mary Bruce, Countess of Elgin''', {{Postnominals|country=UK|CI|size=100%}} (''née'' '''Carnegie''': 17 September 1851 – 24 September 1909) was a British aristocrat and [[Vicereine of India]]. She was the first wife of [[Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin]], who served as [[Viceroy of India]] from 1894 to 1899.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomson |first=Graeme |date=2021-03-05 |title=Notable women of the Bruce Family |url=https://www.broomhallhouse.com/2021/03/notable-women-of-the-bruce-family/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Broomhall House |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=- The Countess of Elgin (Lady Constance Carnegie), 2nd daughter of the Earl of Southesk. [Photographs, English Portraits. Volume 71.] |url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/2911782/the-countess-of-elgin-lady-constance-carnegie-2nd-daughter-of-the-earl-of |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=www.rct.uk |language=en}}</ref><br />
[[File:Dinner at Haddo House, 1884 by Alfred Edward Emslie.jpg|thumb|High tea at [[Haddo House]]]]<br />
She was the daughter of [[James Carnegie, 9th Earl of Southesk]] and his first wife Lady Catherine Hamilton Noel, the daughter of [[Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough]]. Her brother was [[Charles Carnegie, 10th Earl of Southesk|Charles Noel Carnegie]], who succeeded to the [[Earldom of Southesk]].<ref name=":0">Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood'' (107&nbsp;ed.). Burke’s Peerage & Gentry. pp.&nbsp;1428–1429. {{ISBN|0-9711966-2-1}}.</ref><br />
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In 1876 she married Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin and 13th Earl of Kincardine, whose prominent father [[James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin]] had formerly also served as a Viceroy of India. They had six sons and five daughters:<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Checkland |first=S. G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQEhAAAAMAAJ |title=The Elgins, 1766-1917: A Tale of Aristocrats, Proconsuls and Their Wives |date=1988 |publisher=Aberdeen University Press |isbn=978-0-08-036395-0 |pages=9 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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* Lady Elizabeth Mary Bruce (11 September 1877{{snd}}13 May 1944)<br />
* Lady Christina Augusta Bruce (25 January 1879{{snd}}12 September 1940)<br />
* Lady Constance Veronica Bruce (24 February 1880{{snd}}7 July 1969)<br />
* [[Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin|Edward James Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin, 14th Earl of Kincardine]] (9 June 1881{{snd}}27 November 1968)<br />
* Hon. Robert Bruce (18 November 1882{{snd}}31 October 1959)<br />
* Hon. Alexander Bruce (29 July 1884{{snd}}October 1917)<br />
* Lady Marjorie Bruce (12 December 1885{{snd}}23 May 1901)<br />
* Col. Hon. David Bruce (11 June 1888{{snd}}26 August 1964)<br />
* Lady Rachel Catherine Bruce (23 February 1890{{snd}}17 December 1964)<br />
* Capt. Hon. John Bernard Bruce (9 April 1892{{snd}}3 August 1971)<br />
* Hon. Victor Alexander Bruce (13 February 1897{{snd}}19 December 1930).<br />
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