Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Baronet (4 January 1818 – 28 November 1893) was a

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Conservative Party politician. The Orr Ewing Baronetcy, of Ballikinrain in the County of Stirling and of Lennoxbank in the County of Dunbarton, was created in the

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on 8 March 1886 for the Conservative politician Archibald Orr-Ewing. He was the seventh son of William Ewing, a merchant of Glasgow, and Susan, daughter of John Orr, Provost of Paisley. Archibald was Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1868 to 1892 Sir Archibald was a deputy lieutenant (D.L.) of

and for

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. He was a justice of the peace (J.P.) for

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and for

. He was the Ensign-General of the

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and

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of Faculties at the

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. On 27 April 1847, he married Elizabeth Lindsay Reid and they had four children: * Sir William Orr-Ewing, 2nd Bt. (1848–1903) * Sir Archibald Ernest Orr-Ewing, 3rd Bt. (1853–1919) *James Alexander Orr Ewing (1857-1900) *Janet Edith Orr-Ewing (1858-1935), mother of the Labour politician Lucy Noel-Buxton Arthur Fox-Davies, ''Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-Armour'', 6th ed. (Edinburgh, 1910), p. 226. *John Orr Ewing (1859-1916), father of the pathologist

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* Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing (1860–1903) In 1864 Sir Archibald commissioned

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to design his new home, Ballikinrain Castle, which was completed in 1868.

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* 1818 births 1893 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Archibald Archibald UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912) Members of the Royal Company of Archers {{Conservative-UK-MP-1840s-stub