Lewis Majendie
{{Short description|British politician (1835–1885)}}
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Lewis Ashurst Majendie (1835 – 22 October 1885){{cite web
| url = http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons2.htm
| title = Historical list of MPs: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
| work = Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages
| accessdate = 21 November 2009
| url-status = usurped
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181031234234/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons2.htm
| archive-date = 31 October 2018
}} was a British Conservative Party politician.
Parliamentary career
At the 1874 general election, Majendie was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the parliamentary borough of Canterbury{{cite book
|last=Craig
|first=F. W. S.
|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig
|title=British parliamentary election results 1832–1885
|origyear=1977
|edition= 2nd
|year=1989
|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|isbn= 0-900178-26-4
|page=79
}} in Kent. He held the seat until his resignation in 1879, by the procedural device of accepting the post of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf |title=Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850 |author=Department of Information Services |publisher=House of Commons Library |date=9 June 2009 |accessdate=21 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206041753/http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf |archivedate= 6 February 2011 }}
Personal life
In 1869, Majendie married Lady Margaret Elizabeth Lindsay (1850–1912), the daughter of Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford and Margaret Lindsay.{{Cite book |last=Agnew |first=David Carnegie Andrew |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Protestant_Exiles_from_France/ |title=Protestant Exiles from France |year=1886 |edition=3rd |volume=2 |chapter=Book 3 Chapter 20: Majendie |chapter-url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Protestant_Exiles_from_France/Volume_2_-_Book_Third_-_Chapter_20_-_Majendie}} They lived at Hedingham Castle in Essex and had two sons and a daughter, Margaret Aline Majendie (1872–1911), who married Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell.{{cite web |last=Lundy |first=Darryl |title=Lewis Ashhurst Majendie |url=http://thepeerage.com/p2044.htm#i20439 |accessdate=21 November 2009 |work=ThePeerage.com}} Majendie died on 22 October 1885.
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External links
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| title = Member of Parliament for Canterbury
| with = Henry Munro-Butler-Johnstone to 1878
| with2 = Alfred Gathorne-Hardy from 1878
| before = Theodore Henry Brinckman
Henry Munro-Butler-Johnstone
| after = Robert Laurie
Alfred Gathorne-Hardy
}}
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Category:Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:Politics of Canterbury
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