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.[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 monument at Coldstream

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
  1. 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
  2. "The Marjoribanks of the Lees". The Coldstream and District Local History Society. 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  3. "Falling-Down Monument" (PDF). The Marjoribanks Newsletter. Vol. 1, no. 14. 14 December 1999. p. 2.
  4. "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)
  5. "Charlie's Monument". Visitors Information – Coldstream. coldstream.co. 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  6. Linklater, John (6 June 1999). "No takers for 70ft statue of a nobody". The Sunday Times.
  7. Scottish Field. Holmes McDougall. 126: 12. 1980. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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