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     Alexander Bruce, 3rd Earl of Kincardine was baptised on 5 June 1666.¹ He was the son of Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine and Veronica van Arson.¹ He died on 10 November 1705 at age 39, unmarried.¹
     He succeeded to the title of 3rd Lord Bruce of Torry [S., 1647] on 9 July 1680.¹ He succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Kincardine [S., 1647] on 9 July 1680.¹ He sold the Barony of Carnock and the bulk of the estate in 1700 to Lt.-Col. Hon. John Edmund Erskine.¹

     Veronica van Arson was the daughter of Corneille van Arson, Lord of Sommelsdyck and Spyck.¹ She married Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine, son of Sir George Bruce and Mary Preston, circa 16 June 1659.¹ She died on 28 April 1701.¹
      Her married name became Bruce. As a result of her marriage, Veronica van Arson was styled as Countess of Kincardine in 1662.

     Corneille van Arson, Lord of Sommelsdyck and Spyck gained the title of Lord of Sommelsdyck and Spyck, in Holland.¹

     Charles Bruce, Lord Bruce was born before 1666.¹ He was the son of Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine and Veronica van Arson.¹ He died in 1680, unmarried.¹
     He was styled as Lord Bruce.¹

     Rosamund Evelyn Felicity Foster is the daughter of Gerald Robert Foster and Olivia Frances Isabel Ogilvy.

     Finella Olivia Geraldine Foster is the daughter of Gerald Robert Foster and Olivia Frances Isabel Ogilvy.

     Sir Gilchrist Nevill Ogilvy of Inverquharity, 11th Bt. was born on 6 September 1892. He was the son of Major Angus Howard Reginald Ogilvy and Isabel Louisa Nevill. He died on 29 October 1914 at age 22, killed in action.
     He succeeded to the title of 11th Baronet Ogilvy [N.S., 1626] on 12 March 1910.¹ He fought in the First World War. He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Scots Guards.¹

     Hon. Robert Bruce was born on 18 November 1882.² He was the son of Victor Alexander Bruce, 13th Earl of Kincardine and Lady Constance Mary Carnegie.³ He married Mary Katherine Lindley, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Hon. John Edward Lindley and Isabel Nichols, on 30 June 1910.¹ He died on 31 October 1959 at age 76.²
     He was Adjutant and Quartermaster of the Cavalry School between 1909 and 1912.² He gained the rank of Captain in 1911 in the service of the 11th Hussars.¹ He was Commandant of the Cavalry Cadet School in 1916.² He gained the rank of Brevet Major in 1917.² He gained the rank of Major in the service of the 11th Hussars.² He was District Remount Officer in 1920.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Morayshire.² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Morayshire.² He was invested as a Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1956.²

     Mary Katherine Lindley was the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Hon. John Edward Lindley and Isabel Nichols.¹ She married Hon. Robert Bruce, son of Victor Alexander Bruce, 13th Earl of Kincardine and Lady Constance Mary Carnegie, on 30 June 1910.¹ She died in 1982.²
      Her married name became Bruce.

     Maj.-Gen. Hon. John Edward Lindley was born on 15 September 1860.¹ He was the son of Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley and Sarah Katherine Teale.¹ He married Isabel Nichols, daughter of Francis M. Nichols, on 28 September 1887.¹ He died on 7 April 1925 at age 64.¹
     He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1900.¹ He was Colonel of the 1st Dragoons.¹ He was Brigadier-General of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, Irish Command between 1907 and 1910.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He was commanding officer of the Welsh Division, Territorial Force between 1914 and 1915.¹