Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth

Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth, also known as the Laird of Guisachan and Glenaffric,[1][2] (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 the peerage as Baron Tweedmouth.

The Right Honourable The Lord Tweedmouth
Member of the Westminster 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 (aged 73)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Isabella Weir Hogg
Children	Edward, Mary, Stewart, Annie, Ishbel, Coutts, Archibald
Residence	57.28587,-4.842773
Alma mater	Harrow, Christ Church, Oxford
Occupation	politician: Member of Parliament; member of the Lords
Profession	politics
Cabinet	Liberal party

Life

Marjoribanks was the son of Edward Marjoribanks of Greenlands who was a senior partner in Coutts Bank.[3] 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, a partner in Coutts & Co Bank from 1796 until his death on 17 September 1868, aged 92. As to his parentage there was some controversy. Although the Lyon Office of Scotland registered his family pedigree, he was accused of being a charlatan. The disproofs were offered as a statement of contradiction concerning his descent.[4] Burnett of the Lyon's Herald wrote an article in The Genealogist upholding the Lyon Office's original assertion of genuine authenticity.[5]

Dudley Coutts, as his banking second name implies, acquired considerable family wealth of his own after the purchase of Meux Brewery. He grew rich as a partner of Meux & Co's brewery, and later a director of the East India Company. With some of this wealth he built the mansion of Brook House in London's fashionable Park Lane and, by 1846, had purchased the highland deer forest of Guisachan in Glen Affric, Inverness-shire,[6] 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.[7][8]

He married Isabella Hogg, daughter of Sir James Hogg, Bt, in 1848. Their children were:[9]

• Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (married Lady Fanny Octavia Louise Spencer-Churchill in 1873)
• Mary Georgina Marjoribanks (married Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley in 1873)
• Stewart (died aged 11)
• Annie Grizel (died aged 1)
• Ishbel (married John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair in 1877
• Coutts Marjoribanks (married Agnes Margaret Kinloch in 1895)
• Archibald John Marjoribanks (married Elizabeth Trimble Brown of Tennessee in 1897 and died in 1900)

Marjoribanks was descended from James Marjoribanks, a younger son of Thomas Marjoribanks of Ratho, head of the lowland Clan Marjoribanks, both of whom lived in the 16th century in Edinburgh.[3][10]

References

1. "Golden Retriever". dog-names.org.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2017. Golden Retriever History: Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth (29 December 1820 – 4 March 1894), also known as the Laird of Guisachan and Glenaffric, is credited with developing the Golden Retriever at his Guisachan estate in the Scottish Highlands.
2. "Lairds of Glen Affric". scotland.forestry.gov.uk. Forestry Commission. Retrieved 24 May 2016. The lairds (of Guisachan and Glenaffric, including the original Clan Chisholm and, later, Lord Tweedmouth) who controlled how land was managed in Affric have had a major influence on the look and life of the place...
3. Marjoribanks, Roger. "Marjoribanks of Lees", The Marjoribanks Journal Number 3, p. 14, June 1995. Accessed on 22 May 2010
4. Foster, R. F, "Collectanea Generalis", part 8, pp. 61-72
5. The Genealogist magazine, vol. 6, pp. 294-303
6. "Glen Affric". 2019 Forestry and Land Scotland. Retrieved 30 August 2019. Sir Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, the first Lord Tweedmouth, was a rich Liberal MP who took a long lease on shooting rights over much of Glen Affric in 1846, paying £3,000 per year for the privilege: about £130,000 in today's money
7. Golden Retrievers: History
8. Lord Tweedmouth Memorial
9. Pine, Leslie Gilbert, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms. London: Heraldry Today, 1972, ISBN 9780900455230
10. Marjoribanks, Roger, Marjoribanks - A Rural Family in the Capital, The Scottish Genealogist, December 2010, Accessed 4 April 2012

Bibliography

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 Earle
Preceded by Charles William Gordon and Ralph Earle	Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed 1859–1868 With: Charles William Gordon, 1859–1863 William 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