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. 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. At the 1832 general election Marjoribanks was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwickshire representing the Liberal party. He helped pass the Reform Bill which increased the number of people eligible to vote. He held the seat until his death the following year in 1833 at the age of 39.
Marjoribanks is commemorated by the Marjoribanks monument in Coldstream. This was constructed in 1834 and commissioned by H. Ritchie of Edinburgh. 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. The statue was destroyed by lightning in 1873 and a new one constructed commissioned by Currie of Darnick. In 1999 it was in a dilapidated state and had to be repaired by the local Borders council.
His brother David took the name Robertson and became 1st Baron Marjoribanks.
References
- 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
- ^ "The Marjoribanks of the Lees". The Coldstream and District Local History Society. 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ "Falling-Down Monument" (PDF). The Marjoribanks Newsletter. Vol. 1, no. 14. 14 December 1999. p. 2.
- "Leigh Rayment Commons constituencies – B Part 2". Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- "Charlie's Monument". Visitors Information – Coldstream. coldstream.co. 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ Linklater, John (6 June 1999). "No takers for 70ft statue of a nobody". The Sunday Times.
- Scottish Field. 126. Holmes McDougall: 12. 1980.
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Marjoribanks
- Works by Charles Albany Marjoribanks at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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