Edward Marjoribanks (14 February 1900 – 2 April 1932) was a barrister and

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in the

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. Marjoribanks was educated at Eton and Oxford, subsequently being called to the bar. At the 1929 general election, he was elected as

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(MP) for

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, and held the seat at the 1931 general election. He died in office on 2 April 1932, committing suicide by shooting himself in the chest while in the billiard room of his stepfather, Lord Hailsham's house in Sussex. He had been jilted for a second time.Cullen, Pamela V., ''A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams'', London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, Marjoribanks had just completed the first volume of a planned three-volume account of the trials of

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; his last chapter being the

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case. The work was finished by another author. At the resulting 1932 Eastbourne by-election, the Conservative candidate John Slater was returned unopposed. At the time of his death, Marjoribanks was

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to the

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held by his cousin, Lord Tweedmouth (the title became extinct in 1935). His half-brother and second cousin was

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Books

He wrote a biography of Sir

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published under the following titles: * ''The Life of Sir Edward Marshall Hall'', Victor Gollancz Ltd, London 1929. * ''Famous Trials of Marshall Hall'', Penguin Books, Series number 778, July 1950 * ''Famous Trials of Marshall Hall'', Penguin, 1989.

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* 1900 births 1932 suicides 1932 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 Suicides by firearm in England British politicians who committed suicide Presidents of the Oxford Union People educated at Eton College English barristers {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub