Mary Nisbet, the Countess of Elgin, helped fund the taking of the Parthenon sculptures. Her divorce from Lord Elgin may have contributed to his need to sell them.

FRAYER: Apparently because of that legal permission Lord Elgin got from the Ottomans more than 200 years ago. This is a long-running debate, but it turned into a diplomatic spat today.

In 1816 a UK parliamentary inquiry found that Lord Elgin had acquired the marbles legally, he then sold them to the British Museum. But campaigners who want the sculptures to be returned to ...

Elgin History Museum will hold a summer picnic fundraiser at 11 a.m. Sunday, June 29, at the John Duerr Forest Preserve, ...

Arrival and Departure of Lord Elgin. Share full article. Dec. 27, 1854. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from December 27, 1854, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

Lord Elgin's bar exudes a laid-back, yet sophisticated vibe. High chairs surround a curved wooden and stone bar counter, while art deco chandeliers cast a warm glow over the space.

The London apartment where Lord Elgin displayed the Parthenon marbles has been put up for sale for £26.25million. The 5,085 square feet apartment spans the entire fourth floor of the Grade II ...

Lord Elgin insisted he had permission to remove the sculptures from the Ottoman Empire, which controlled Athens at the time. But the original letter giving him permission has been lost and the ...

In “The Curse of Minerva”, Byron savaged Elgin as a “spoiler” worse than the Turks and the Goths. If that was not enough to make Byron a hero, his commitment to Greece’s independence ...

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