Sir John Jardine, 1st Baronet

Sir John Jardine, 1st Baronet (27 September 1844 – 26 April 1919)[1] was Liberal MP for Roxburghshire from 1906 to 1918. He had previously contested the seat in 1900. He was a businessman on the world stage. For instance in 1901 he gave his address as 34 Lancaster Gate, Middlesex (the heart of London) and was funding railway building in North Borneo.[2] He was one of the many Jardine Baronets.

Memberships

As well as his membership of the Liberal party, Sir John Jardine, 1st Baronet was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He had been elected in 1878 and his membership entry confirms the Lancaster Gate address.[3]

Election Results

General Election 1900: Roxburghshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Earl of Dalkeith 2,682
Liberal John Jardine 2,323
General Election 1906: Roxburghshire [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jardine 2,829 52.9
Conservative Sir Richard John Waldie-Griffith 2,514 47.1
General Election Jan 1910: Roxburghshire [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jardine 2,943
Conservative Lord Henry Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott 2,626
General Election Dec 1910: Roxburghshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jardine 2,908
Conservative Neil James Kennedy Cochran-Patrick 2,704

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
  2. North Borneo Philately reproduction of indenture displayed at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=247854508713069&set=a.226918870806633.1073741828.223297214502132&type=1&theater (accessed on 16 January 2014)
  3. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland retrieved on 16 January 2014 from http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TPgAAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA15&lpg=RA1-PA15&dq=John+Jardine+34+Lancaster+Gate&source=bl&ots=lSFjpLpPG1&sig=VY6EZyd_v6bKhduspaH-4K2hBps&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yuDXUtn0I7OM7Ab3hYC4Dg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=John%20Jardine%2034%20Lancaster%20Gate&f=false
  4. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  5. Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  6. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  7. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Earl of Dalkeith
Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire
1906 1918
Constituency abolished
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Nottingham)
19161919
Succeeded by
John Jardine


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