- Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth
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The Right Honourable
The Lord TweedmouthMember of Parliament
for Berwick-upon-TweedIn office
1853 – May 1859Preceded by John Stapleton and Matthew Forster Succeeded by Charles William Gordon and Ralph Anstruther Earle In office
August 1859 – 1868Preceded by Charles William Gordon and Ralph Anstruther Earle Succeeded by John Stapleton and Viscount Bury Personal details Born 29 December 1820 Died 4 March 1894 Political party Liberal Spouse(s) Isabella Weir Hogg Children Edward, Annie, Stewart, Ishbel, Coutts, Archibald Residence 57.28587,-4.842773 Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth (29 December 1820 – 4 March 1894) was a Scottish businessman and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1853 until 1880, when he was elevated to thepeerage as Baron Tweedmouth. He was also a noted dog breeder and created the golden retriever breed.
Marjoribanks was the son of Edward Marjoribanks of Greenlands who was a senior partner in Coutts Bank[1]. He was unable to acquire the partnership in the Bank (it passed to his elder brother Edward) but he inherited a substantial fortune from his father and acquired considerable wealth of his own after the purchase of Meux Brewery. He built the mansion of Brook House in London's fashionable Park Lane and purchased the highland deer forest of Guisachan ("Place of the Firs") in Inverness-shire, and the substantial estates of Hutton and Eddington near his family roots in Berwickshire. Marjoribanks had large kennels at Guisachan and was largely responsible for developing the then new breed of dog, known now as the golden retriever.[2] [3]
In 1853 Marjoribanks became the Liberal Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed[4] and, although he was never a political high-flyer, he was a useful member. In 1880 he was elevated to the peerage as the first Baron Tweedmouth
Marjoribanks married Isabella Weir Hogg, daughter of Sir James Weir Hogg, in 1848. Their children were:
- Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth
- Mary Georgina (married married Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley)
- Annie
- Stewart
- Ishbel (married John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair)
- Coutts Marjoribanks
- Archibald John Marjoribanks.
Marjoribanks was descended from Joseph Marjoribanks, a wine and fish merchant in Edinburgh who died in 1635 and is thought to have been the grandson of Thomas Marjoribanks of Ratho[1], head of the lowland Clan Marjoribanks[5].
References
- ^ a b Marjoribanks, Roger. "Marjoribanks of Lees", The Marjoribanks Journal Number 3, page 14, June 1995. Accessed on 22 May 2010
- ^ Golden Retrievers: History
- ^ Lord Tweedmouth Memorial
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
- ^ Clan Marjoribanks web site accessed April 29, 2010
External links
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Dudley Marjoribanks
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
John Stapleton and
Matthew ForsterMember of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed
1853–1859
With: John Forster, 1853–1857
John Stapleton, 1857–1859Succeeded by
Charles William Gordon and
Ralph Anstruther EarlePreceded by
Charles William Gordon and
Ralph Anstruther EarleMember of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed
1859–1868
With: Charles William Gordon, 1859–1863
William Walter Cargill, 1863–1865
Alexander Mitchell, 1865–1868Succeeded by
Viscount Bury and
John StapletonPreceded by
Viscount Bury and
John StapletonMember of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed
1874–1881
With: David Milne Home, 1874–1880
Henry Strutt, 1880
David Milne Home, 1880–1885Succeeded by
Hubert Jerningham and
David Milne HomePeerage of the United Kingdom New creation Baron Tweedmouth
1881–1894Succeeded by
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