Sir John Jardine, 1st Baronet

Sir John Jardine, 1st Baronet, KCIE (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.

John Jardine

He was the son of William Jardine of Bedford (but originally of Dumfriesshire, Scotland) and was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge.

He joined the Bombay Civil Service in 1864 and became Chief Secretary to the Bombay Government in 1885, after which he was a Judge of the Bombay High Court. He retired in 1897 and returned to the UK,[3] and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in the 1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours.[4] On his return he went into politics and was elected to Parliament in 1906 as the Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire. He was made a Baronet of Godalming on 20 January 1916.[5]

He died in 1919. He had married Minnie Dunbar, the daughter of Jabez Hogg and was succeeded in turn by his sons Sir John Eric Birdwood Jardine, 2nd Baronet and Sir Colin Arthur Jardine, 3rd Baronet.

Memberships

As well as his membership of the Liberal party, Sir John Jardine, 1st Baronet was a member of the Bombay Branch of Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. He had been elected in 1878 and was President of the branch from 1895 until his retirement.[6]

Election results
General election 1900: Roxburghshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Earl of Dalkeith 2,682
Liberal John Jardine 2,323
General election 1906: Roxburghshire [8]
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 [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jardine 2,943
Conservative Lord Henry Francis Montagu-Douglas-Scott 2,626
General election Dec 1910: Roxburghshire [10]
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. Dictionary of Indian Biography. p. 221.
  4. "No. 26864". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 June 1897. p. 3440.
  5. "No. 29483". The London Gazette. 22 February 1916. p. 1946.
  6. 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
  7. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
  8. Whitaker's Almanack, 1907
  9. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
  10. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1916
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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