Stone No. 206, Face: North

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF THE
REVD. THOMAS MARJORIBANKS
WHO DIED 6 JANUARY 1868
IN THE FIFTY EIGHTH YEAR OF HIS AGE
AND NINETEENTH OF HIS MINISTRY
IN THIS PARISH
ALSO
KATHERINE LAURIE
HIS DAUGHTER
WHO DIED 30 MARCH 1858
AGED NINETEEN
AND
MARY COOK
HIS WIFE
WHO DIED 22 JULY 1887
AGED SEVENTY EIGHT

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Thomas Marjoribanks was the son of Alexander Marjoribanks, a Landed Proprietor, and Katherine Laurie. He was the Minister at Stenton from 1849 to 1868. Previously he was Minister at Lochmaben. His Will was registered at Haddington on 2 March 1868. Mary Cook was the daughter of George Cook, Professor of Moral Philosophy at St Andrews, and Diana Shanks. A window in Stenton Church was inserted in the Marjoribanks' memory [See No C4]. There is a brass memorial in the Church to their grandson Alexander Marjoribanks, 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force) who died of cholera at Datta Khel, India on 28 September 1914 [See No C1]. He is also named on the Stenton War Memorial. He was born at Stenton Manse, the son of George Marjoribanks, Minister at Stenton from 1868 to 1921, and Elizabeth Leslie. There is a window in the Church presented in memory of the Rev. George Marjoribanks [See No C9] and the Church Bell has an inscription dedicated to his wife [See No C11].

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