John Bruce (historiographer)

Life

Family

Works

• First Principles of Philosophy, Edinburgh, 1780, 1781, 1785.
• Elements of the Science of Ethics, or the Principles of Natural Philosophy, London, 1786.
• Historical View of Plans for the Government of British India, 1793.
• Review of the Events and Treaties which established the Balance of Power in Europe, and the Balance of Trade in favour of Great Britain, London, 1796.
• Report on the Arrangements which were made for the internal Defence of these Kingdoms when Spain by its Armada projected the Invasion and Conquest of England, London, 1798; privately printed for the use of ministers at the time of a threatened French invasion. William Pitt based his measures of the provisional cavalry and army of reserve on this report.
• Report on the Events and Circumstances which produced the Union of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland; on the effects of this great National Event on the reciprocal interests of both Kingdoms; and on the political and commercial influence of Great Britain in the Balance of Power in Europe, 2 vols., London . These papers were collected for the Duke of Portland, then secretary of state, when the union between Great Britain and Ireland came under consideration.
• Report on the Arrangements which have been adopted in former periods, when France threatened Invasions of Britain or Ireland, to frustrate the designs of the enemy by attacks on his foreign possessions or European ports, by annoying his coasts, and by destroying his equipments, London , privately printed for the government.
• Annals of the East India Company from their establishment by the Charter of Queen Elizabeth, 1600, to the union of the London and English East India Company, 1707–8, 3 vols., London, 1810.
• Report on the Renewal of the Company's Exclusive Privileges of Trade for twenty years from March 1794, London, 1811.
• Speech in the Committee of the House of Commons on India Affairs, London, 1813.