Career
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. Sir Archibald was Deputy Lieutenant (Doctor of Laws) of Dunbartonshire and for Stirlingshire.
He was Justice of the Peace (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 Glasgow University
Sir William Orr-Ewing, 2nd Baronet (1848–1903)
Sir Archibald Ernest Orr-Ewing, 3rd Baronet
(1853–1919)
Janet Edith Orr-Ewing (d 1935)
Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing (1860–1903)
In 1864 Sir Archibald commissioned David Bryce to design his new home, Ballikinrain Castle, which was completed in 1868.
