Constituency : Berwickshire 1859-73
David was originally David Marjoribanks, son of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh but changed his surname to his wife's on order to have a claim on her property. He was a stockbroker by profession.
He was elected for Berwickshire which had been briefly represented by his brother Charles in the 1830s. He had narrowly missed out in 1857 in the first contested election for over 25 years.Over the next two years he was adopted by the nonconformist fishermen of Eyemouth who were fighting the Tory laird over tithes and swept him to victory in 1859. He became Lord Lieutenant of the county in 1860.
In 1873 he may well have set an unwelcome record. He was created Baron Marjoribanks of Ladykirk but a few days later he was knocked down by a cab in Newcastle and died aged 76. As his sons had predeceased him the title became extinct.
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