Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth, also known as the Laird of Guisachan and Glenaffric (29 December 1820 – 4 March 1894), was a Scottish businessman and a Liberal politician who sat in the

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from 1853 until 1880, when he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Tweedmouth. He was the breeder of the first golden retriever.

Life

Marjoribanks was the son of Edward Marjoribanks of Greenlands who was a senior partner in

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. He was unable to acquire the partnership in the Bank (it passed to his elder brother Edward) but he inherited a substantial fortune from his father, a partner in Coutts & Co Bank from 1796 until his death on 17 September 1868, aged 92. As to his parentage there was some controversy. Although the Lyon Office of Scotland registered his family pedigree, he was accused of being a charlatan. The disproofs were offered as a statement of contradiction concerning his descent. Burnett of the Lyon's Herald wrote an article in ''The Genealogist'' upholding the Lyon Office's original assertion of genuine authenticity. Dudley Coutts, as his banking second name implies, acquired considerable family wealth of his own after the purchase of Meux Brewery. He grew rich as a partner of Meux & Co's brewery, and later a director of the East India Company. With some of this wealth he built the mansion of Brook House in London's fashionable

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. In 1854 he began leasing the highland deer forest of

Guisachan Glen Affric () is a glen south-west of the village of Cannich in the Highland region of Scotland, some west of Loch Ness. The River Affric runs along its length, passing through Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin. A minor public road reac ...

Glen Affric Glen Affric () is a glen south-west of the village of Cannich in the Highland region of Scotland, some west of Loch Ness. The River Affric runs along its length, passing through Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin. A minor public road reac ...

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, buying Guisachan outright in 1856. He also leased substantial estates of Hutton and Edington near his family roots in

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. Marjoribanks had large kennels at Guisachan and was directly responsible for developing a new breed of dog, the Golden Retriever. In 1868, Majoribanks bred ''Nous'', a Wavy-coated Retriever, with ''Belle'', a Tweed Water Spaniel. This created the foundation litter of Golden Retriever, three yellow wavy-coated puppies named Crocus, Cowslip and Primrose. Today, the Golden Retriever has become one of the most popular dog breeds, making it the top choice as a family pet.

Family

He married Isabella Hogg, daughter of Sir James Hogg, Bt, in 1848. Their children were: *

Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth, (8 July 1849 – 15 September 1909), was a moderate British Liberal Party statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1894 when he inherited his peerage and then sat in the House of Lor ...

(married Lady Fanny Octavia Louise Spencer-Churchill in 1873) *

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(married

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, in 1873) * Stewart (died aged 11) * Annie Grizel (died aged one) * Ishbel, (married John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, in 1877) *

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(born 1860, married Agnes Margaret Kinloch in 1895 and died in 1924) *

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(married Elizabeth Trimble Brown of Tennessee in 1897; operated the Rocking Chair Ranche, and died in 1900) Marjoribanks was descended from James Marjoribanks, a younger son of Thomas Marjoribanks of Ratho, head of the lowland Clan Marjoribanks, both of whom lived in the 16th century in Edinburgh.Marjoribanks, Roger. "Marjoribanks of Lees"
The Marjoribanks Journal Number 3
p. 14, June 1995. Accessed on 22 May 2010Marjoribanks, Roger

''The Scottish Genealogist'', December 2010, Accessed 4 April 2012

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