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.[1] 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.[2] At the 1832 general election Marjoribanks was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwickshire representing the Liberal party.[2] He helped pass the Reform Bill which increased the number of people eligible to vote.[3] He held the seat until his death the following year in 1833 at the age of 39.[4]
Marjoribanks is commemorated by the Marjoribanks monument in Coldstream.[5] This was constructed in 1834 and commissioned by H. Ritchie of Edinburgh.[6] The inscription on the monument describes him as a man of "high talents, amiable qualities and political principles". He is buried in the Marjoribanks mausoleum in Coldstream.[2] The statue was destroyed by lightning in 1873 and a new one constructed commissioned by Currie of Darnick.[6] In 1999 it was in a dilapidated state and had to be repaired by the local Borders council.[3]
His brother David took the name Robertson and became 1st Baron Marjoribanks.[7][2]
References
edit- ^ Marjoribanks,Roger (2014) "Edinburgh Portrait, Sir John Marjoribanks , Bart, MP (1763–1833)" The Book of the Edinburgh Club, Volume 10, pp. 151–156, ISBN 0-9517284-9-0
- ^ a b c d "The Marjoribanks of the Lees". The Coldstream and District Local History Society. 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Falling-Down Monument" (PDF). The Marjoribanks Newsletter. Vol. 1, no. 14. 14 December 1999. p. 2.
- ^ "Leigh Rayment Commons constituencies – B Part 2". Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Charlie's Monument". Visitors Information – Coldstream. coldstream.co. 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ a b Linklater, John (6 June 1999). "No takers for 70ft statue of a nobody". The Sunday Times.
- ^ Scottish Field. 126. Holmes McDougall: 12. 1980.
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External links
edit- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Marjoribanks
- Works by Charles Albany Marjoribanks at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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