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:
In 1864 Sir Archibald commissioned David Bryce to design his new home, Ballikinrain Castle, which was completed in 1868.