| The Right Honourable The Lord Tweedmouth |
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| Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed |
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| In office 1853 – May 1859 |
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| Preceded by | John Stapleton and Matthew Forster |
| Succeeded by | Charles William Gordon and Ralph Anstruther Earle |
| In office August 1859 – 1868 |
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| 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].
Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Dudley Marjoribanks
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| 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 |