Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine ( c1629 - 1680 )

Birth: Europe (c.1629) Death: Europe (9 July 1680) Burial: Bruce family chapel, Culross, Fife, Scotland, Europe (c. July 1680) Education: St Leonard's College, St Andrews (matriculated 1645) Career: Left Scotland and moved to Bremen (1657), Hamburg (1658) and The Hague (1660); collaborated with Hugen de Zulinchem and Christiaan Huygens to devise a pendulum clock to determine longitude at sea (1658); returned to Scotland (1660); Privy Councillor (Scotland) (1660); Major in the Holland Regiment (1665); Commander at Pentland rising (1666); Extraordinary Lord of Session (1667-1680); joint Commissioner of the Treasury (Scotland) (1666-1680); Privy Councillor (England) (1674-1676) Membership: Founder Fellow Election Date: 28/11/1660.