In 1881, Dudley Marjoribanks, MP, was elevated to the peerage as

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 baro ...

. At the 26th October Berwick-upon-Tweed 1881 by-election, Hubert Jerningham defeated Henry Trotter by a then record margin, despite attacks on Jerningham for supporting the right of atheist

Charles Bradlaugh Charles Bradlaugh (; 26 September 1833 – 30 January 1891) was an English political activist and atheist. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866, 15 years after George Holyoake had coined the term "secularism" in 1851. In 1880, Brad ...

, who had won in

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at the 1880 general election, to sit in Parliament.

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{{By-elections to the 22nd UK Parliament History of Berwick-upon-Tweed By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Northumberland constituencies 1881 elections in the United Kingdom 1881 in England 19th century in Northumberland