Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing, 1st Baronet (27 April 1847 – 28 November 1893) was a Scottish

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 Conservative Party

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 politician.

The Orr Ewing Baronetcy, of Ballikinrain

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 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

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 (MP) for Dunbartonshire

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 from 1868 to 1892

Sir Archibald was Deputy Lieutenant

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 (D.L.) of Dunbartonshire

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 and for Stirlingshire

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. He was Justice of the Peace

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 (J.P.) for Inverness-shire

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 and for Stirlingshire

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. He was the Ensign-General of the Royal Company of Archers

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 and Dean

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 of Faculties at Glasgow University 

On 27 April 1847, he married Elizabeth Lindsay Reid and they had four children:

• Sir William Orr-Ewing, 2nd Bt. (1848–1903)
• Sir Archibald Ernest Orr-Ewing, 3rd Bt. (1853–1919)
• Janet Edith Orr-Ewing (d. 1935)
• Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing
  Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing
  Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing was a Scottish Tory politician.The youngest son of Sir Archibald Orr-Ewing and Elizabeth Lindsay Reid, he was educated at Harrow School. After travel in the East, he was commissioned as a Captain in the 3rd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders...
  
   (1860–1903)

In 1864 Sir Archibald commissioned David Bryce

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 to design his new home, Ballikinrain Castle, which was completed in 1868.