Norman Marjoribanks

Sir Norman Marjoribanks
Governor of Madras (acting)
In office
29 June 1929 – 11 November 1929
Governor GeneralGeorge Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen
Preceded byGeorge Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen
Succeeded byGeorge Frederick Stanley
Member of the Executive Council of the Governor of Madras
PremierRaja of Panagal,
P. Subbarayan
GovernorGeorge Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen
Personal details
Born
Norman Edward Marjoribanks

(1872-10-16)16 October 1872
British India
DiedAugust 1939 (age 67)
Ootacamund, Madras, British India[1]
NationalityBritish
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Sir Norman Edward Marjoribanks KCIE CSI (16 October 1872 – August 1939) was a British magistrate and civil servant in India who served as the acting Governor of Madras from 29 June 1929 to 11 November 1929.

Marjoribanks was born in 1872 into a Scottish family and was educated in India and the United Kingdom, where he spent most of his childhood. In 1891, he passed the Indian Civil Service exam and was allocated to the Madras Presidency. He served as the home member of the Governor's executive council in the 1920s and as the acting Governor of Madras until the arrival of Governor-designate, George Frederick Stanley from England. Marjoribanks also served in the committee which investigated the problems of Tamil indentured labourers in Sri Lanka.

  1. ^ "Sir". Birmingham Daily Post. 23 August 1939. p. 14. Retrieved 4 February 2021.