Biographies

James Bruce Elgin was born in London on 20 July 1811, the youngest son of Thomas, seventh Earl of Elgin and his second wife, Elizabeth, the daughter of J. T. Oswald. He completed his studies at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford (BA, 1833; MA, 1835). In 1840, following the death of his elder brother, he became […]

Factfile Born 1741 Domme (Périgord), died Paris, 21 November, 1824.1760 lawyer at the Parlement de Bordeaux1790 Member and subsequently Président du Directoire of his Département1791 Member of the Tribunal de Cassation1795 Député at the Conseil des Anciens, 1797 did not support the coup d'état of 18 Fructidor and retired from public life1800 appointed by the […]

Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 21 February 1783 and died, in Lausanne, Switzerland, 29th of Novemeber 1835, Princess Catherine of Wurtemburg was Duchess of Swabia and of Teck, daughter of Frederick I of Wurtemberg and the princess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfen-Büttel. She married King Jérôme-Napoléon on the 22nd of August 1807 and bore three children: Prince Jerome […]