The Library and Links

From time to time items of likely interest to Marjoribankses, of all spellings, are collected here.

Family Books – a reading list, by or about Marjoribankses

George Marchbanks: Scottish Servant, Jacobite Soldier, American Pioneer.  The story of George Marchbanks, a young Scottish servant who fought in the Jacobite Rising of 1715, was sold into slavery in Colonial Virginia and managed to overcome his adversity. By Michael Dan Jones, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2015), 92 pages, ISBN: 978-1505363746.

Fortune’s Many Houses: A Victorian Visionary, a Noble Scottish Family and a Lost Inheritance.  This book includes a biography of Ishbel Marjoribanks, 1st Marchioness of Aberdeen and a great deal of material about the Marjoribanks family. By Simon Welfare, published by Atria books in the US and Simon & Schuster in the rest of the world (2021), 352 pages, ISBN: 978-1982128623

The Marjoribanks Family – Facebook page

The Marchbanks Family— Facebook page

Clan Marjoribanks – Wikipedia entry

Coldstream Ventures – formed by descendants of the Marjoribanks of Lees to support businesses in Coldstream, Scotland

Edinburgh Cab Tours – Guided sightseeing tours of Scotland by Andy Marjoribanks, one of our clan members

Marjoribanks of Lees – web site on Rootsweb

Marjoribanks, Marchbanks, Marshbanks and Banks DNA project – on Family Tree DNA

The surname Marjoribanks – on the Internet Surname Database

Marjoribanks – by Scotweb (Clan)

Marjoribanks tartan – in the Scottish Register of Tartans

George Marjoribanks – ancestor of many Marjoribanks in the U.S.A. – entry in Rootsweb

Sir James Marjoribanks – entry in Wikipedia – uncle of the present chief Andrew Marjoribanks

Dudley Marjoribanks, first Baron Tweedmouth – entry in Wikipedia

Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth – entry in Wikipedia

Dudley Marjoribanks, 3rd Baron Tweedmouth – entry in Wikipedia

David Robertson, 1st Baron Marjoribanks – entry in Wikipedia

Scottish Clan Chiefs – contains an entry for the Marjoribanks Clan

Clan Marjoribanks – on Scots Clans

Clan Marjoribanks – on Revolvy


Please submit any contributions to the Editor of these pages:

Rachel Marjoribanks
President of the Clan Marjoribanks Society
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