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Marjoribanks (other)
Marjoribanks is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Charles Albany Marjoribanks (1794–), Scottish Liberal MP * David Robertson, 1st Baron Marjoribanks (né Marjoribanks 1797–1893), Scottish stockbroker and politician * Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth (1820–1894), Scottish businessman and politician * Edward Marjoribanks (other), several people * George Marjoribanks (died 1931), Scottish polo player and banker *Hugh Marjoribanks (1933–2017), Australian cricketer *James Marjoribanks (1911–2003), British diplomat and ambassador *Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet (1763–1833), Scottish MP and Lord Provost of Edinburgh * Norman Marjoribanks (1872–1939), Scottish civil servant Other uses *''Miss Marjoribanks'', 1866 novel by Margaret Oliphant See also * Marjoribanks baronets *Clan Marjoribanks Clan Marjoribanks is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands. History Origins The story often told of the origins of the surname Marjoriban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Albany Marjoribanks
Charles Albany Marjoribanks (1794 – 3 December 1833) was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1833. Marjoribanks was the son of Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet, MP and Lord Provost of Edinburgh.Marjoribanks,Roger (2014) "Edinburgh Portrait, Sir John Marjoribanks , Bart, MP (1763–1833)" The Book of the Edinburgh Club, Volume 10, pp. 151–156, As a young man he worked for the East India Company in Macao and, aged 30, he became a freeman of the city of Edinburgh. At the 1832 general election Marjoribanks was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwickshire representing the Liberal party. He helped pass the Reform Bill which increased the number of people eligible to vote. He held the seat until his death the following year in 1833 at the age of 39. Marjoribanks is commemorated by the Marjoribanks monument in Coldstream. This was constructed in 1834 and commissioned by H. Ritchie of Edinburgh. The inscription on the mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Robertson, 1st Baron Marjoribanks
David Robertson, 1st Baron Marjoribanks (2 April 1797 – 19 June 1873), was a Scottish stockbroker and politician. Background Born David Marjoribanks, he was the fourth son of Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet, MP and Lord Provost of Edinburgh.Marjoribanks,Roger (2014) "Edinburgh Portrait, Sir John Marjoribanks , Bart, MP (1763–1833)" The Book of the Edinburgh Club, Volume 10, Pp 151-156, He 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,Marjoribanks, Roger. "Marjoribanks of Lees"The Marjoribanks Journal Number 3 page 14, June 1995. Accessed on 25 October 2009 head of the lowland clan Marjoribanks. In 1834 Marjoribanks married Marianne-Sarah, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Haggeston of the Haggeston baronets and co-heir of her mother, Margaret (d. 1823), herself the heiress of William Robertson of Ladykirk. After the marriage Marjoribanks changed his name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth
Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth, also known as the Laird of Guisachan and Glenaffric, (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 the peerage as Baron Tweedmouth. He was the breeder of the first golden retriever. Life Marjoribanks was the son of Edward Marjoribanks of Greenlands who was a senior partner in Coutts Bank. 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, a partner in Coutts & Co Bank from 1796 until his death on 17 September 1868, aged 92. As to his parentage there was some controversy. Although the Lyon Office of Scotland registered his family pedigree, he was accused of being a charlatan. The disproofs were offered as a statement of contradiction concerning his descent. Burnett of the Lyon's Herald wrote an article in ''The Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Marjoribanks (other) (1900–1932), British Conservative Member of Parliament for Eastbourne 1929–1932
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Edward Marjoribanks may refer to: * Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (1849–1909), British Liberal Party politician, MP 1880–1894, held senior posts in several liberal governments * Edward Marjoribanks (Conservative politician) Edward Marjoribanks (14 February 1900 – 2 April 1932) was a barrister and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Marjoribanks was educated at Eton and Oxford, subsequently being called to the bar. At the 1929 general election, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Marjoribanks
Captain Sir George John Marjoribanks (27 March 1856 – 11 November 1931) was a British polo player and banker. Biography Marjoribanks was born in London into a prominent banking family, the eldest surviving son of Edward Majoribanks Jr. He was educated at Eton College followed by Christ Church, Oxford, but returned home to begin working before obtaining a degree. He rose to become the chairman of the Coutts Bank in 1923, following in the footsteps of his father, Edward Majoribanks Jr., and grandfather Edward Majoribanks Sr. The families continuing involvement in banking originates from Sir George's great-grandfather Edward being a close friend of Thomas Coutts. His father's younger brother was Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth. Sir George was a keen polo player and was on the first winning team of the Roehampton Trophy in 1902. He was knighted for his services to the British financial industry. In 1895, he married May Montague Cécile Hatch. They had a daughter, Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Marjoribanks
Hugh Marjoribanks (12 August 1933 – 3 May 2017) was an Australian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. He played four first-class matches for New South Wales in 1958/59. See also * List of New South Wales representative cricketers References External links * 1933 births 2017 deaths Australian cricketers New South Wales cricketers Sportspeople from Mackay, Queensland Cricketers from Queensland {{Australia-cricket-bio-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Marjoribanks
Sir James Alexander Milne Marjoribanks (29 May 1911 – 29 January 2002) was a Scottish career diplomat in the British Foreign Service and became British ambassador to the European Economic Community. He presented Britain's application to join the European Community in 1967 and was instrumental in this application becoming successful. Background and family life James Marjoribanks was born in Colinton manse, in south-west Edinburgh on 29 May 1911, the third son of Elizabeth Logan and Rev Dr Thomas Marjoribanks, a minister in the (presbyterian) Church of Scotland.“Sir James Marjoribanks” (Obituary) '''', 4 February 2002. Retrieved 3 O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet
Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet (13 January 17635 February 1833) was a Scottish MP and twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Life He was born on 13January 1763, the eldest son of Edward Marjoribanks, of Hallyards and Lees, a prominent wine merchant in Bordeaux, and Grizel Stewart, daughter of Archibald Stewart who was Lord Provost and MP for Edinburgh during the Jacobite rising of 1745, and then tried for high treason and acquitted. Sir John's brother, Campbell Marjoribanks became Chairman of the East India Company; his brother, London merchant Stewart owned a shipping company and became MP for Hythe; his brother Edward a partner in the bank Coutts & Co.; and his brother James was a judge in the East India Company. Marjoribanks was a captain in the Coldstream Guards, became MP for Buteshire at the general election of 1812 and in 1814 served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He was instrumental in getting Regent Bridge built in Edinburgh.Marjoribanks,Roger (2014) "Edinburgh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Marjoribanks
Sir Norman Edward Marjoribanks (16 October 1872 – August 1939) was a British magistrate and civil servant of British origin who served as the acting Governor of Madras from 29 June 1929 to 11 November 1929. Marjoribanks was born in 1872 into a Scottish family and was educated in India and the United Kingdom, where he spent most of his childhood. In 1891, he passed the Indian Civil Service exam and was allocated to the Madras Presidency. He served as the home member of the Governor's executive council in the 1920s and as the acting Governor of Madras until the arrival of Governor-designate, George Frederick Stanley from England. Marjoribanks also served in the committee which investigated the problems of Tamil indentured labourers in Sri Lanka. Early life Norman Marjoribanks was born in India on 16 October 1872 and received his early education at Bishop Cotton's School and College, Bangalore. He received his higher education from Belfast Royal Academy, Royal University o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Marjoribanks
''Miss Marjoribanks'' is an 1866 novel by Margaret Oliphant. It was first published in serialised form in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine from February 1865. It follows the exploits of its heroine, Lucilla Marjoribanks, as she schemes to improve the social life of the provincial English town of Carlingford. The late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing, who read the novel in September 1896, thought it "excellent". Characters * Miss Lucilla Marjoribanks (Pronounced the way it is spelt; late in the novel she tells her cousin that it was originally pronounced March-Banks) – The heroine of the story. She ostensibly aspires to make her papa happy and finds the idea of courting to be unimportant at this moment in her life. * Dr. Marjoribanks – Lucilla's father. He sent her back to boarding school after her invalid mother's funeral, because she was only 15 and he was quite self-sufficient. When she returned, after having done a European tour, she takes charge of the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjoribanks Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Marjoribanks, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct. The Marjoribanks Baronetcy, of Lees in the County of Berwick, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 May 1815 for John Marjoribanks, Member of Parliament for Buteshire and Berwickshire and Lord Provost of Edinburgh.Marjoribanks, Roger (October 2012Marjoribanks of the LeesThe Coldstream and District Local History Society, Retrieved 9 April 2013 The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1888. The first Baronet's fourth son was David Robertson, 1st Baron Marjoribanks. The Marjoribanks Baronetcy, of Guisachan, Beauly, in the County of Inverness, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 25 July 1866. For more information on this creation, see Baron Tweedmouth. Marjoribanks baronets, of Lees (1815) *Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
