Early evidence of their use in Britain includes: an equal hour horary quadrant from 1396, in England, a 1445 inscription on the tower of Heathfield Church, Sussex ; a 1448 inscription on a wooden lych-gate of Bray Church, Berkshire ; and a 1487 inscription on the belfry door at Piddletrenthide church, Dorset ; and in Scotland a 1470 inscription on the tomb of the first Earl of Huntly in Elgin Cathedral.

In 1806, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799 to 1803 removed the large collection of marble sculptures from the Parthenon, on the Acropolis in Athens and transferred them to the UK.

In 1806, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin removed some of the surviving sculptures, with the Ottoman Turks ' permission.

However, in 1848 the Earl of Elgin, the then Governor General, appointed a Cabinet nominated by the majority party of the Legislative Assembly, the Baldwin-Lafontaine coalition that had won elections in January.

* Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, removes the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens.

* Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin begins removal of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens where they are at risk of destruction during the Ottoman occupation of Greece.

* April 25 – James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, the Governor General of Canada, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.

In 1932 the Bannockburn Preservation Committee, under Edward Bruce, 10th Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, presented lands to the National Trust for Scotland.

* Earl of Elgin or Lord Elgin, the title of several individuals

** Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin ( 1766 – 1841 ), British diplomat

** James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ( 1811 – 1863 ), Canadian governor

* James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ( 1811 – 1863 ), Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy of India

" Later, in 1848, Brooke is alleged to have formed a relationship with 16 year old Charles T. C. Grant, grandson of the seventh Earl of Elgin, who reciprocated.

Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine by Anton Graff ( around 1788 ).

Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (; 20 July 1766-14 November 1841 ) was a Scottish nobleman and diplomat, known for the removal of marble sculptures ( also known as the Elgin Marbles ) from the Parthenon in Athens.

Elgin was born in Broomhall, Fife, the second son of Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin and his wife Martha Whyte.

Earl of Elgin

Dalhousie was founded as a result of the desires of George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie, the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia, to establish a non-denominational college in Halifax.

The first Governor-General, the Earl of Hopetoun, was a previous Governor of Victoria.

Between 1850 and 1861, the Governor of New South Wales was titled Governor-General in an early attempt at federalism imposed by Earl Grey.

Gosford was named in 1839 after Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford – a friend of the then Governor George Gipps.

Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ( 10 December 189116 June 1969 ) was a British military commander and field marshal who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian Confederation.

However the cost to Britain of maintaining a military force in New Zealand was considerable prompting a dispatch on 24 November 1846 from Right Hon Earl Grey to advise Lieutenant Governor George Grey that ... the formation of a well-organised Militia and of a force of Natives in the service of Her Majesty, would appear to be the measures most likely to be successfully adopted.

* 1661 – Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey ( d. 1723 )

King ( back left ) with ( counterclockwise from King ) Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor General Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone | the Earl of Athlone and Winston Churchill during the Quebec conference in 1943.

King ( far right ) together with ( from left to right ) Governor General Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone | the Earl of Athlone, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at the Second Quebec Conference | Octagon Conference, Quebec City, September, 1944

* November 28 – Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey ( d. 1723 )

* January 4 – Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California, is succeeded by Earl Warren.

* July 9 – Earl Warren, Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court ( b. 1891 )

* May 31 – Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, 18th Governor of New South Wales ( b. 1845 )

* March 20 – Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, 18th Governor of New South Wales ( d. 1915 )

* March 31 – Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey ( b. 1661 )

* February 20 – The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Newton as Wilmington, North Carolina, named for Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, and patron of Royal Governor Gabriel Johnston.

Political: Louisiana Governor Earl Long used nigger in advocating full voting rights for Black Americans ; in that time, like colored and negro, it was mainstream usage in the American South.

* January 12 – John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery, Governor of Jamaica and President of the Royal Society ( b. 1639 )

While favorite sons County Attorney Earl Warren of California, Governor Warren Green of South Dakota, and Stephen A.

File: Earl Warren Portrait, half figure, seated, facing front, as Governor. jpg | Governor Earl Warren of California

* Lord Mansfield ( William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield ) ( 1705 – 1793 ), British jurist, presided over the Somersett Case, which confirmed slavery was not recognised by English law

With the English Civil War under way, this trial was conducted not by justices of assize, but by justices of the peace presided over by the Earl of Warwick.

He presided as Lord High Steward at the trial of the Earl of Warwick on 21 November 1499.

In 1841 he presided, as Lord High Steward, over the trial in the House of Lords of the Earl of Cardigan for attempted murder.

Limekilns is presided over by the Earl of Elgin, who lives in Broomhall House overlooking the village.

" Wallace likened such Republicans as the then House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford, Jr .. of Michigan, later the president from 1974 to 1977, and Chief Justice Earl Warren, who supported civil rights legislation, to " vultures " who presided over the destruction of the U. S. Constitution.

In 1564, he was appointed justice-depute by the justice-general, Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll ; and in this capacity he presided at many of the criminal trials of the period in Edinburgh, and in 1606 was made procurator for the church.