Career

Formerly a solicitor

Solicitor

Solicitors are lawyers who traditionally deal with any legal matter including conducting proceedings in courts. In the United Kingdom, a few Australian states and the Republic of Ireland, the legal profession is split between solicitors and barristers , and a lawyer will usually only hold one title...

 in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...

, Adam Bruce now works in the environmental power industry, having been UK Chief Executive of Airtricity

Airtricity

Airtricity was founded in 1997 in the Republic of Ireland and now is a renewable energy company owned by Scottish and Southern Energy...

 and the Chairman of the British Wind Energy Association, now RenewableUK. He is currently Global Head of Corporate Affairs at Mainstream Renewable Powerhttp://www.mainstreamrp.com. He is a director of the Friends of the Supergrid.

In 2008 Bruce was appointed an Officer of Arms at the Lyon Court as Unicorn Pursuivant

Unicorn Pursuivant

Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary is a current Scottish pursuivant of arms in Ordinary of the Court of the Lord Lyon.The title was created after 1381, and derived from the unicorn...

. He was previously Finlaggan Pursuivant

Finlaggan Pursuivant

Finlaggan Pursuivant of Arms is the private officer of arms of the Clan Donald in Scotland.The office of Finlaggan Pursuivant is held by Thomas Miers, who was appointed at a ceremony in Edinburgh on 25 July 2009. Mr Miers succeeds the Hon. Adam Robert Bruce following his appointment as Unicorn...

 (Private Officer of Arms

Private Officer of Arms

A private officer of arms is one of those heralds and pursuivants appointed by great noble houses to handle all heraldic and genealogical questions.-History:...

 to Clan Donald), in which role he was installed in 2005 by Godfrey Macdonald, 8th Baron Macdonald of Slate, Chief of the Name and Arms of Macdonald

Macdonald

MacDonald, Macdonald, and McDonald are Anglicised forms of the Scottish Gaelic name MacDhòmhnaill. It is a patronym where Mac means "son" and Dhòmhnaill means "of Dòmhnall". The personal name Dòmhnall is composed of the elements domno "world" and val "might", "rule"...

 and High Chief of Clan Donald

Clan Donald

Clan Donald is one of the largest Scottish clans. There are numerous branches to the clan. Several of these have chiefs recognised by the Lord Lyon King of Arms; these are: Clan Macdonald of Sleat, Clan Macdonald of Clanranald, Clan MacDonell of Glengarry, Clan MacDonald of Keppoch, and Clan...

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This marked a reinstatement of the traditional Macdonald clan heraldic role after a break of 510 years. Bruce is 2nd cousin

Cousin

In kinship terminology, a cousin is a relative with whom one shares one or more common ancestors. The term is rarely used when referring to a relative in one's immediate family where there is a more specific term . The term "blood relative" can be used synonymously and establishes the existence of...

 of Alastair Bruce of Crionaich, the current Fitzalan Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary

Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary

Fitzalan Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary is a current officer of arms in England. As a pursuivant extraordinary, Fitzalan is a royal officer of arms, but is not a member of the corporation of the College of Arms in London...

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Marriage

On 17 May 2003, he married Donna Maria-Sofia Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, a younger daughter of the Prince Don Angelo Gennaro, 13th Prince of Belmonte

Prince or Princess Belmonte

Prince or Princess Belmonte is a noble title created in 1619 by the Spanish crown for the Barons of Badolato and Belmonte....

. They have two children.