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:

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].

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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