Archibald Orr-Ewing
Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Baronet was a Scottish Conservative Party politician.
The Orr Ewing Baronetcy, of Ballikinrain in the County of Stirling and of Lennoxbank in the County of Dunbarton, was created in the Baronetage of [the United Kingdom] on 8 March 1886 for the Conservative politician Archibald Orr-Ewing. He was the seventh son of William Ewing, a merchant of Glasgow, and Susan, daughter of John Orr, Provost of Paisley.
Archibald was Member of [Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament] for Dunbartonshire from 1868 to 1892
Sir Archibald was a deputy lieutenant of Dunbartonshire and for Stirlingshire. He was a justice of the peace for Inverness-shire and for Stirlingshire. He was the Ensign-General of the Royal Company of Archers and Dean of Faculties at the University of Glasgow.
On 27 April 1847, he married Elizabeth Lindsay Reid and they had six children:
- Sir William Orr-Ewing, 2nd Bt.
- Sir Archibald Ernest Orr-Ewing, 3rd Bt.
- James Alexander Orr Ewing
- Janet Edith Orr-Ewing, mother of the Labour politician Lucy Noel-Buxton
- John Orr Ewing, father of the pathologist Jean Orr-Ewing
- Charles [Lindsay Orr-Ewing]