Tour Scotland photograph of the kirkyard cemetery in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Kirkyard has stones dating from the 17th century with several Bruce family memorials. Sir Thomas Bruce, 1st Baron of Clackmannan, died before 1348, was the first Baron of Clackmannan. Thomas was granted land in Clackmannan by King Robert II of Scotland after organising a revolt against the English in 1334. He married Marjorie Charteris of Stenhouse and it is from this line which most Bruces descend, including the current Chief of the House of Bruce, Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin. Thomas and Marjorie's children included Robert Bruce, 2nd Baron of Clackmannan.
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