Edward Marjoribanks (politician)

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Edward Marjoribanks ( February 14, 1900 - April 2, 1932 ) was a British politician ( Conservative Party ) and writer.

life and work

Edward Marjoribanks was a nephew of the politician Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth . He studied at Christ Church College of Oxford University and did military service as a 2nd Lieutenant of the Scots Guards .

Unlike his Liberal uncle, he was a member of the Conservative Party , for which he was elected to the British House of Commons as a member of the House of Commons for the constituency of Eastbourne in East Sussex in the 1929 general election. After his early suicide death in 1932, John Slater was named as his successor in a by-election.

Despite his short political career, Marjoribanks is still well known today as a result of his work as a writer. Between 1927 and 1932 he wrote various works, mainly biographical. In addition, some poems were written.

Works

  • A decade. Basil Blackwell, Oxford 1927. (private print; poems in English and Greek)
  • The life of Sir Edward Marshall Hall. Gollancz, 1929. (Foreword by Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead )
  • For the Defense the Life of Sir Edward Marshall Hall. Macmillan, New York 1929.
  • Poems. Chapman & Hall, London 1931.
  • The Life of Lord Carson. Vol. 1, Gollancz, 1932. (Volumes 2 and 3 were completed by Ian Colvin ).
  • Famous Trials of Marshall Hall. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1950. (condensed version of The Life of Sir Edward Marshall Hall )

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personal data
SURNAME Marjoribanks, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Conservative Party politician, Member of the House of Commons and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1900
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1932