In the aftermath of the second opium war in 1860, it was the 8th Earl of Elgin who ordered French, British and Punjabi soldiers to destroy the Old Summer Palace in Beijing.

• 作为1860年的鸦片战争后果之一，是这位第八代埃尔金伯爵继承人命令法国、英国和彭加陛（印度）的士兵摧毁了北京圆明园。