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.

Mansion of the Lees, Berwickshire, about 1869. Home of the Marjoribanks of Lees.

The Marjoribanks Baronetcy, of Lees in the County of Berwick,[1] was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 May 1815 for John Marjoribanks, Member of Parliament for Buteshire and Berwickshire[2] and Lord Provost of Edinburgh.[3][4] The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1888.[5] The first Baronet's fourth son was David Robertson, 1st Baron Marjoribanks.[6]

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)
Escutcheon of the Marjoribanks baronets of Lees
  • Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet (1763–1833)
  • Sir William Marjoribanks, 2nd Baronet (1792–1834)
  • Sir John Marjoribanks, 3rd Baronet (1830–1884)
  • Sir William Marjoribanks, 4th Baronet (1832–1888)

Marjoribanks baronets, of Guisachan (1866)

References
  1. "No. 16969". The London Gazette. 27 December 1814. p. 2535.
  2. Escott, Margaret "Marjoribanks, Sir John, 1st bt. (1763–1833), of Lees, Berwick" a member biography in the History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820–1832, ed. D.R. Fisher, 2009, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521193146, also available on the Internet at Retrieved 6 April 2013
  3. 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
  4. Marjoribanks, Roger (October 2012) Marjoribanks of the Lees The Coldstream and District Local History Society, Retrieved 9 April 2013
  5. (March 1888) Scotland (from our own Correspondent, Edinburgh, March) – Obituary Record The Otago Times, Retrieved 6 April 2013
  6. "No. 23988". The London Gazette. 13 June 1873. p. 2879.
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