# Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin — Representative Men character guide

> Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin in Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lord Elgin

**First appearance:** 0001-ii-plato-or-the-philospher

## Who they are

British diplomat who brought the Elgin Marbles to England, referenced briefly.

## In the story

### [Napoleon; or, the Man of the World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/representative_men_se/chapters/vi-napoleon-or-the-man-of-the-world)

Mentioned in the same anecdote as the person to whom Dumont first showed the peroration.

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