Biography
Baron Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks was born 29 December 1820 in Greater London, England, United Kingdom to Edward Marjoribanks (1776-1868) and Georgiana Lautour (1778-1849) and died 4 March 1894 Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. He married Isabella Weir Hogg (1827-1908) 19 October 1848 in St George Hanover Square, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.
Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth, also known as the Laird of Guisachan and Glenaffric,[1][2] (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.
Life
Marjoribanks was the son of Edward Marjoribanks of Greenlands who was a senior partner in Coutts Bank.[3] 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.[4] Burnett of the Lyon's Herald wrote an article in The Genealogist upholding the Lyon Office's original assertion of genuine authenticity.[5]
Dudley Coutts, as his banking second name implies, acquired considerable family wealth of his own after the purchase of Meux Brewery. He grew rich as a partner of Meux & Co's brewery, and later a director of the East India Company. With some of this wealth he built the mansion of Brook House in London's fashionable Park Lane and, by 1846, had purchased the highland deer forest of Guisachan in Glen Affric, Inverness-shire,[6] 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.[7][8]
Baron Tweedmouth
Baron Tweedmouth, of Edington in the County of Berwick, was a title in the Peerage of England.[9] It was created in 1881 for the businessman and Liberal politician [[ Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks (1820-1894)|Sir Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet]]. He had already been created a baronet, of Guisachan in Beaulieu in the County of Inverness, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1866.[10] He was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was also a Liberal politician and notably served as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1905 and 1908. The title became extinct on the death of his son, the third Baron, in 1935.
Family
He married Isabella Hogg, daughter of Sir James Hogg, Bt, in 1848. Their children were:[11]
- Edward Marjoribanks (1849-1909), 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (married Lady Fanny Octavia Louise Spencer-Churchill in 1873)
- Mary Georgina Marjoribanks (married Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley in 1873)
- Stewart (died aged 11)
- Annie Grizel (died aged 1)
- Ishbel (married John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in 1877)
- Coutts Marjoribanks (married Agnes Margaret Kinloch in 1895)
- Archibald John Marjoribanks (married Elizabeth Trimble Brown of Tennessee in 1897 and died in 1900)
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Edward Marjoribanks (1849-1909) | 8 July 1849 Greater London, England, United Kingdom | 15 September 1909 County Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom | Fanny Octavia Louise Spencer-Churchill (1853-1904) |
| Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks (1850-1899) | |||
| Stewart Marjoribanks (1852-1864) | |||
| Annie Grizel Marjoribanks (1854-1856) | |||
| Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks (1857-1939) | |||
| Coutts Marjoribanks (1860-1924) | 6 December 1860 Greater London, England, United Kingdom | 31 October 1924 Coldstream, British Columbia, Canada | Agnes Margaret Kinlock (1859-) |
| Archibald John Marjoribanks (1861-1900) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Coutts Marjoribanks (1810-1829) | |||
| Ann Caroline Marjoribanks (1811-) | |||
| Georgiana Marjoribanks (1813-1896) | |||
| Edward Marjoribanks (1814-1879) | |||
| Amelia Barbara Marjoribanks (1815-1886) | |||
| Maria Marjoribanks (1816-1882) | |||
| Harriet Matilda Marjoribanks (1819-1906) | |||
| Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks (1820-1894) | 29 December 1820 Greater London, England, United Kingdom | 4 March 1894 Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom | Isabella Weir Hogg (1827-1908) |
| Emma Marjoribabnks (1822-1896) | |||
| Julia Madelina Marjoribanks (1824-1920) | |||
| Laura Marjoribanks (1826-1920) | |||
Residences
Ancestry
Marjoribanks was descended from James Marjoribanks, a younger son of Thomas Marjoribanks of Ratho, head of the lowland Clan Marjoribanks, both of whom lived in the 16th century in Edinburgh.[3][12]
See also
- Dudley Marjoribanks
- Marjoribanks in Greater London
- wikipedia:en:Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth
- Dudley Marjoribanks at thePeerage
- Dudley Marjoribanks at Genealogics
- International Churchill Society -
- British nobility
- This profile prepared courtesy of World of Scouting Members, helping to preserve our shared heritage.
References
- ^ "Golden Retriever". http://www.dog-names.org.uk/golden-retriever.htm. Retrieved 19 September 2017. "Golden Retriever History: Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth (29 December 1820 – 4 March 1894), also known as the Laird of Guisachan and Glenaffric, is credited with developing the Golden Retriever at his Guisachan estate in the Scottish Highlands."
- ^ "Lairds of Glen Affric". Forestry Commission. http://scotland.forestry.gov.uk/visit/glen-affric/glen-affric-people/lairds. Retrieved 24 May 2016. "The lairds (of Guisachan and Glenaffric, including the original Clan Chisholm and, later, Lord Tweedmouth) who controlled how land was managed in Affric have had a major influence on the look and life of the place..."
- ^ a b Marjoribanks, Roger. "Marjoribanks of Lees", The Marjoribanks Journal Number 3, p. 14, June 1995. Accessed on 22 May 2010
- ^ Foster, R. F, "Collectanea Generalis", part 8, pp. 61-72
- ^ The Genealogist magazine, vol. 6, pp. 294-303
- ^ "Glen Affric". 2019 Forestry and Land Scotland. https://forestryandland.gov.scot/visit/glen-affric. Retrieved 30 August 2019. "Sir Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, the first Lord Tweedmouth, was a rich Liberal MP who took a long lease on shooting rights over much of Glen Affric in 1846, paying £3,000 per year for the privilege: about £130,000 in today's money"
- ^ Golden Retrievers: History
- ^ Lord Tweedmouth Memorial
- ^ No. 25021". The London Gazette. 30 September 1881. p. 4891
- ^ No. 23135". The London Gazette. 10 July 1866. p. 3927.
- ^ Pine, Leslie Gilbert, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms. London: Heraldry Today, 1972, ISBN 9780900455230
- ^ Marjoribanks, Roger, Marjoribanks - A Rural Family in the Capital, The Scottish Genealogist, December 2010, Accessed 4 April 2012
Footnotes (including sources)
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Stapleton and Matthew Forster |
Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1853–1859 With: John Forster, 1853–1857 John Stapleton, 1857–1859 |
Succeeded by Charles William Gordon and Ralph Earle |
| Preceded by Charles William Gordon and Ralph Earle |
Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1859–1868 With: Charles William Gordon, 1859–1863 William Cargill, 1863–1865 Alexander Mitchell, 1865–1868 |
Succeeded by Viscount Bury and John Stapleton |
| Preceded by Viscount Bury and John Stapleton |
Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1874–1881 With: David Milne Home, 1874–1880 Henry Strutt, 1880 David Milne Home, 1880–1885 |
Succeeded by Hubert Jerningham and David Milne Home |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Tweedmouth 1881–1894 |
Succeeded by Edward Marjoribanks |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New title | Baronet (of Guisachan) 1866–1894 |
Succeeded by Edward Marjoribanks |
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