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Charles Albany Marjoribanks (1794 – 3 December 1833) was a Scottish 
Marjoribanks is commemorated by the Marjoribanks monument in
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politician who sat in the House of Commons
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from 1832 to 1833.
Marjoribanks was the son of Sir John Marjoribanks, 1st Baronet, MP and Lord Provost of Edinburgh
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.Marjoribanks,Roger (2014) "Edinburgh Portrait, Sir John Marjoribanks , Bart, MP (1763–1833)" The Book of the Edinburgh Club, Volume 10, pp. 151–156, As a young man he worked for the East India Company
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in Macao
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and, aged 30, he became a freeman of the city of Edinburgh.
At the 1832 general election Marjoribanks was elected as the Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Berwickshire
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representing the Liberal party. He helped pass the Reform Bill
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which increased the number of people eligible to vote. He held the seat until his death the following year in 1833 at the age of 39.
Marjoribanks is commemorated by the Marjoribanks monument in Coldstream
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. This was constructed in 1834 and commissioned by H. Ritchie of Edinburgh. The inscription on the monument describes him as a man of "high talents, amiable qualities and political principles". He is buried in the Marjoribanks mausoleum in Coldstream. The statue was destroyed by lightning in 1873 and a new one constructed commissioned by Currie of Darnick. In 1999 it was in a dilapidated state and had to be repaired by the local Borders council.
His brother David
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took the name Robertson and became 1st Baron Marjoribanks
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* * 1794 births 1833 deaths UK MPs 1832–1835 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies British East India Company people Younger sons of baronets {{Scotland-UK-MP-stub