Lewis Ashurst Majendie was a British

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 Conservative Party

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 politician.

Parliamentary career

At the 1874 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1874

-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

, Majendie was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the parliamentary borough

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 of Canterbury

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 in Kent

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. He held the seat until his resignation

Resignation from the British House of Commons

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 in 1879, by the procedural device of accepting the post of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.

Personal life

On 8 January 1870, Majendie married Lady Margaret Elizabeth Lindsay, the daughter of Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford

Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford

Alexander William Crawford Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford, 8th Earl of Balcarres , was a Scottish peer, art historian and collector. He was also known as Lord Lindsay....

 and Margaret Lindsay. They lived at Hedingham Castle

Hedingham Castle

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 in Essex

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