Adam Robert Bruce (born 18 January 1968) is a Scottish solicitor, and businessman who serves as an officer of Arms at the Court of the Lord Lyon.
Education Bruce was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the younger son of Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin, and Victoria Usher. He was educated at Glenalmond College. Bruce went up to Balliol College to read history, and while at the University of Oxford he was elected as the President of the Oxford Union in 1989. He also took a law degree at the University of Edinburgh.
Career Formerly a solicitor with McGrigors in Edinburgh, where he was Director of Public Policy, Bruce now works in the global renewable energy sector, having been UK chief executive of Airtricity and the first Chairman of RenewableUK, formerly the British Wind Energy Association.
Until 2023, he was global head of corporate affairs at Mainstream Renewable Power,Mainstream website and from 2009 to 2015 was a director of the Friends of the Supergrid.Friends of the Supergrid In October 2012, he was appointed chairman of the UK Government's Offshore Wind Programme Board.DECC Offshore Wind Programme Board announcement October 2012 He is currently a vice-chair of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).GWEC website
In 2008, Bruce was appointed an officer of arms at the Lyon Court as Unicorn Pursuivant. In April 2012, he was promoted to the position of Marchmont Herald. He was previously Finlaggan Pursuivant (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
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.
Honours Bruce was appointed a Commander of the Order of St John (CStJ) in 2024.
Arms
See also Private Officer of Arms Pursuivant
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