Edward Marjoribanks (Conservative politician)

For other people named Edward Marjoribanks, see Edward Marjoribanks (disambiguation).

Edward Marjoribanks (14 February 1900 – 2 April 1932) was a barrister and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

At the 1929 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne in East Sussex, and held the seat at the 1931 general election. However he died in office on 2 April 1932, having committed suicide aged only 32, having been jilted for a second time.^[1] He had just completed the first volume of a planned three-volume account of the trials of Sir Edward Carson; his last chapter being the Archer-Shee case. The work was finished by another author. At the resulting Eastbourne by-election, 1932, the Conservative candidate John Slater was returned unopposed.

His half-brother was Quintin Hogg.

Books

He wrote a biography of Sir Edward Marshall Hall published under the following titles:

The Life of Sir Edward Marshall Hall, Victor Gollancz Ltd, London 1929.
Trials of Marshall Hall, Penguin, 1989. ISBN 0140115560

References

^ Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 1)

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Marjoribanks

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir William Reginald Hall	Member of Parliament for Eastbourne 1929–1932	Succeeded by John Slater

Persondata
Name	Marjoribanks, Edward
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	14 February 1900
Place of birth
Date of death	2 April 1932
Place of death