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 https://books.google.com/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

External links

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)
1916–1919 		Succeeded by
John Jardine


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