Adam Robert Bruce (born 18 January 1968) is a Scottish

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, and

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who serves as an officer of Arms at the

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Education

Bruce was born in

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, Scotland. He is the younger son of

Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin and 15th Earl of Kincardine (born 17 February 1924), styled Lord Bruce before 1968, is a Scottish peer and Chief of Clan Bruce. Early life and education Elgin was born in 1924 at the fa ...

, and Victoria Usher. He was educated at

Glenalmond College Glenalmond College is a co-educational independent boarding school in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, for children aged between 12 and 18 years. It is situated on the River Almond near the village of Methven, about west of the city of Perth. T ...

. Bruce went up to

Balliol College Balliol College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. With a governing body of a master and ar ...

to read history, and while at the

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he was elected as the President of the

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in 1989. He also took a law degree at the

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Career

Formerly a

with McGrigors in

, where he was Director of Public Policy, Bruce now works in the global

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sector, having been UK chief executive of

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and the first Chairman of

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, formerly the British Wind Energy Association. Until 2023, he was global head of corporate affairs at

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, and from 2009 to 2015 was a director of the Friends of the Supergrid. In October 2012, he was appointed chairman of the UK Government's Offshore Wind Programme Board. He is currently a vice-Chair of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). In 2008, Bruce was appointed an officer of arms at the Lyon Court as

Unicorn Pursuivant Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a current Scottish pursuivant, pursuivant of arms in Ordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon. The title was created after 1381, and derived from the unicorn. One of these beasts is used as a supporter f ...

. In April 2012, he was promoted to the position of Marchmont Herald. He was previously

Finlaggan Pursuivant Finlaggan Pursuivant of Arms is the private officer of arms of the Clan Donald in Scotland. The office of Finlaggan Pursuivant is held by Thomas Miers, who was appointed at a ceremony in Edinburgh on 25 July 2009. Miers succeeded Adam Bruce (b. ...

(private officer of arms to the Clan Donald), in which role he was installed in 2005 by Godfrey Lord MacDonald. This marked a reinstatement of the traditional MacDonald heraldic role after a break of 510 years. Installation of Clan Donald Officer of Arms by Gordon Casely Bruce is also a Trustee of the St Andrews Fund for Scots Heraldry and a former Member of the Council of the Society of Writers to HM Signet. He sits on a number of advisory bodies, including the Development Board of Oxford University's Maths, Physics and Life Sciences Division. He became a Trustee of National Museums Scotland in April 2017 and his term of appointment runs until September 2023. In 2016, Bruce narrated a three-part series for UCV TV of Chile on the life of his ancestor Admiral Lord Cochrane.
Cochrane, capitan de mar y Guerra
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Family

On 17 May 2003, he married Maria Sofia Giovanna Rosa Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, a younger daughter of the 13th Prince of Belmonte. They live in Edinburgh and have two children.

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People educated at Glenalmond College

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