The eldest son, Alexander Marjoribanks of Marjoribanks, born in 1750, was convenor of Linlithgowshire for more than 30 years. He was proprietor and superior of the barony of Bathgate, which was part of the extensive possessions given by King Robert the Bruce, to his daughter Marjorie, on her marriage with Walter, the high steward of Scotland, but in 1824 he voluntarily relinquished the superiority, that Bathgate might be created a burgh of barony, of which he was chosen the first provost. He sold the estate of Marjoribanks. He died Sept. 3, 1830. He married in 1790, Katherine, daughter of Gilbert Laurie of Polmont, lord provost of Edinburgh, and had, besides other children, who died in infancy, 3 sons and 4 daughters.

Sons: 1. Alexander. 2. Andrew, born in 1797, died in 1824. 3. William, born in 1800, lieutenant, R.N., lost in the ship Confiance, off the coast of cork, April 21, 1822. 4. James, born in 1801, lieutenant, East India Company’s service, died Nov. 28. 1825. 5. Gilbert, born in 1802, went to Sidney, New south Wales, and died there. 6. George, born in 1806, surgeon, died in 1828. 7. Thomas, born in 1809, ordained in 1834, minister of Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, and in 1849 translated to Stenton, Haddingtonshire, married in 1835, Mary, only daughter of Rev. Dr. Cook, Professor of Moral Philosophy in the university of St. Andrews; issue, 3 sons and a daughter. 8. Erskine.

Daughters: 1. Katherine Erskine, wife of William Balfour, merchant, of the family of Balfour of Pilrig, who died in 1859 without issue. 2. Mary, married Robert Horsburgh, Esq., factor at Tongue to the Duke of Sutherland. 3. Christian, wife of John Scott Moncrieff, Esq., Accountant, Edinburgh. 4. Sarah, wife of William Turnbull, Esq., died without issue.

The eldest son, Alexander Marjoribanks, born Oct. 31, 1792, is a magistrate for Linlithgowshire. The estates of Balbardie and Bathgate, which had been for several centuries in the family, were at Whitsunday 1861 sold to the Trustees of Stewart’s Hospital, Edinburgh, for £48,000.

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The descendant of a younger branch of this family, Edward Marjoribanks, a native of Linlithgowshire and proprietor of the estate of Hallyards, Mid Lothian, married a daughter of Archibald Stewart, Esq., lord provost of Edinburgh when Prince Charles had possession of that city in 1745, and was for many years a wine merchant at Bordeaux in France. On succeeding to the estate of Lees in Berwickshire, in 1770, as heir of entail, he returned with his family to Scotland. His eldest son, John, born at Bordeaux in 1762, at one period a captain in the Coldstream guards, became a partner in a banking house at Edinburgh. In 1814, he was elected lord provost of that city, and the following year created a baronet. In 1811, he was chosen M.P. for Buteshire, and in 1818 for Berwickshire. While chief magistrate of Edinburgh he distinguished himself by carrying forward the improvements of the city, and was the chief promoter of the erection of the new gael and the Regent’s bridge. In 1825, he was again lord provost of Edinburgh. Sir John died Feb. 5, 1833, in his 71st year. He had married in 1790 Alison, eldest daughter of William Ramsay, Esq., of Barnton. His eldest surviving son, Sir William Marjoribanks, 2d baronet, born Dec. 15, 1792, died Sept. 22, 1834. Sir William’s son, John, born in 1830, became 3d baronet.

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