Dudley Marjoribanks, 3rd Baron Tweedmouth
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Dudley Churchill Marjoribanks, 3rd Baron Tweedmouth (2 March 1874 – 23 April 1935) was the son of Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth
and Fanny Spencer-Churchill. He served in the Boer War, was Lieutenant-colonel and Lord-in-waiting
to George V
and Edward VII
. He was said to be an excellent shot and had an amiable personality but had financial difficulties throughout his life.
He succeeded his father as the 3rd Baron Tweedmouth
and is thus descended from Joseph Marjoribanks, a wine and fish merchant in Edinburgh who died in 1635. Joseph is thought to have been the grandson of Thomas Marjoribanks of Ratho, head of the lowland Clan Marjoribanks
. Dudley had two daughters so the title Baron Tweedmouth became extinct on his death.
Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth
Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth KT, PC was a British Liberal Party statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1894 when he inherited his peerage and then sat in the House of Lords...
and Fanny Spencer-Churchill. He served in the Boer War, was Lieutenant-colonel and Lord-in-waiting
Lord-in-Waiting
Most Lords in Waiting are Government whips in the House of Lords who are members of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. As members of the Royal Household their duties are nominal, though they are occasionally required to meet visiting political and state leaders on visits...
to George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
and Edward VII
Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...
. He was said to be an excellent shot and had an amiable personality but had financial difficulties throughout his life.
He succeeded his father as the 3rd Baron Tweedmouth
Baron Tweedmouth
Baron Tweedmouth, of Edington in the County of Berwick, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1881 for the businessman and Liberal politician Sir Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a Baronet, of Guisachan in Beaulieu in the County of...
and is thus descended from Joseph Marjoribanks, a wine and fish merchant in Edinburgh who died in 1635. Joseph is thought to have been the grandson of Thomas Marjoribanks of Ratho, head of the lowland Clan Marjoribanks
Clan Marjoribanks
-Origins:The story often told of the origins of the surname Marjoribanks, and even supported by respectable authorities, is that Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, brought into her marriage with Walter Stewart in 1315 lands in Dumfriesshire which became known as "Marjorie's Banks";...
. Dudley had two daughters so the title Baron Tweedmouth became extinct on his death.