Marjoribanks baronets of Lees (1815)

The Marjoribanks baronetcy, of Lees in the County of Berwick,[1] was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 6 May 1815 for John Marjoribanks, Member of Parliament for Buteshire and Berwickshire[2] and Lord Provost of Edinburgh.[3][4] The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1888.[5] The first Baronet's fourth son was David Robertson, 1st Baron Marjoribanks.[6]

Escutcheon of the Marjoribanks baronets of Lees

Marjoribanks baronets, of Lees (1815)

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Mansion of the Lees, Berwickshire, seat of the Marjoribanks baronets, c.1869

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  1. ^ "No. 16969". The London Gazette. 27 December 1814. p. 2535.
  2. ^ a b "Marjoribanks, Sir John, 1st bt. (1763-1833), of Lees, Berwick., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Marjoribanks, Roger (October 2012) Marjoribanks of the Lees The Coldstream and District Local History Society, Retrieved 9 April 2013
  5. ^ (March 1888) Scotland (from our own Correspondent, Edinburgh, March) – Obituary Record The Otago Times, Retrieved 6 April 2013
  6. ^ "No. 23988". The London Gazette. 13 June 1873. p. 2879.
  7. ^ a b c Foster, Joseph (1882). The Peerage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols. pp. 418–419.
  8. ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: Comprising Information Concerning All Persons Bearing Hereditary Or Courtesy Titles, Companions of All the Various Orders, and the Collateral Branches of All Peers and Baronets. Dean & Son. 1888. p. 353.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Marjoribanks baronets
of Lees

6 May 1815
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