British Navy. Bruce, Robert, Fist Earl of Aylesbury and Second Earl of Elgin Royalist conspirator, as the Earl of Ailesbury asking for the 'reimbursing the charges for the impressing of those [36] men and bringing them up' to London from Bedfordshire, dated April 12th 1672, 1 page, folio Footnote: Note: Bruce became an active Royalist conspirator during the Commonwealth period. At the restoration he was appointed joint Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire. He gained the confidence of both Charles II and James II. Provenance: Mullocks Auction, 8 May 2008, lot 158