Lewis Majendie

Lewis Ashurst Majendie (1835 – 22 October 1885)^[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

Parliamentary career

At the 1874 general election, Majendie was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the parliamentary borough of Canterbury^[2] in Kent. He held the seat until his resignation in 1879,^[2] by the procedural device of accepting the post of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.^[3]

Personal life

In 1869, Majendie married Lady Margaret Elizabeth Lindsay (1850–1912), the daughter of Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford and Margaret Lindsay.^[4] They lived at Hedingham Castle in Essex and had two sons^[4] and a daughter, Margaret Aline Majendie (1872–1911), who married Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell.^[5] Majendie died on 22 October 1885.^[4]