Earl of Elgin (/ˈɛlɡɪn/ ELG-in) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, created in 1633 for Thomas Bruce, 3rd Lord Kinloss.

He was later created Baron Bruce, of Whorlton in the County of York, in the Peerage of England on 30 July 1641.

[1] The family descended from the Bruces of Clackmannan, whose ancestor was Thomas de Bruys.

The two Earldoms continued united until the death of the fourth Earl of Elgin, when the Ailesbury and Baron Bruce (of Whorlton) titles became extinct, and the Elgin title passed to the Earl of Kincardine; the Lordship of Kinloss became dormant.

[1] The family seat is Broomhall House, three miles south-west of Dunfermline, Scotland.