Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet

Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet (13 January 1763 – 5 February 1833) was a Scottish MP and twice Lord Provost of Edinburgh

He was born on 13 January 1763, the eldest son of Edward Marjoribanks, of Hallyards and Lee, and Grizel, daughter of Archibald Stewart who was Lord Provost and MP for Edinburgh during the Jacobite rising of 1745, and then tried for high treason and acquitted. Sir John’s brother, Campbell Marjoribanks became Chairman of the East India Company; his brother, London merchant Stewart, became MP for Hythe; and his brother Edward a partner in the bank Coutts & Co.

Marjoribanks became MP for Bute and Caithness at the general election of 1812 and in 1814 served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He was instrumental in getting Regent Bridge built in Edinburgh. He was created a Baronet by patent on 6 May 1815. In 1818 he was elected to Parliament for Berwickshire, which he continued to represent during two Parliaments until the dissolution in 1826. He was Provost of Edinburgh for a second time in 1825.

He died at the Lees, Berwickshire, aged 70 on 5 February 1833.

He married Allison, eldest daughter of William Ramsay, of Barnton, Midlothian on 15 April 1791; the couple had four sons and five daughters:

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