Person Bruce; James (1730 - 1794) Bruce James 1730 - 1794 British Male Kinnaird, Stirlingshire, Scotland 14 December 1730 27 April 1794

Explorer, archaeologist and linguist Exploration Education: Harrow School Career: Wine merchant, London (1754-1761); Spent six months in Italy where he had his portrait painted by Batoni (1762); travelled subsequently to North Africa, Crete, Syria, Egypt and eventually Abyssinia [Ethiopia]; Consul General, Algiers (1763-1765). in 1768 he journeyed to Abyssinia by the Nile, Aswan, the Red Sea and Massowah. In 1770 he reached the source of the Abbai or headstream of the Blue Nile. Freemason, member of Lodge Canongate Kilwinning No 2, Canongate, Edinburgh Son of Robert Bruce Fellow 11/01/1776 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' 2010 page 12 [Gives place of birth as Larbert, Falkirk] International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 'Travels to discover the sources of the Nile' 1790 14 Dec 1730 - 27 Apr 1794 NA6329 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 2c22eb5e-d2e7-4e59-ab1f-4505c6b0eb76