Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth

The Right Honourable The Lord Tweedmouth
Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed
In office 1853 – May 1859
Preceded by	John Stapleton and Matthew Forster
Succeeded by	Charles William Gordon and Ralph Anstruther Earle
In office August 1859 – 1868
Preceded 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

1. ^ ^{a b} Marjoribanks, Roger. "Marjoribanks of Lees", The Marjoribanks Journal Number 3, page 14, June 1995. Accessed on 22 May 2010
2. ^ Golden Retrievers: History
3. ^ Lord Tweedmouth Memorial
4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
5. ^ 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 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 Anstruther Earle
Preceded by Charles William Gordon and Ralph Anstruther Earle	Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1859–1868 With: Charles William Gordon, 1859–1863 William Walter 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