Elginshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Elginshire, in Scotland, was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.

Elginshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandElginshire
17081832
Number of membersOne
Replaced byElginshire & Nairnshire
Created fromElginshire

In 1832, it was combined with Nairnshire and was added to form Elginshire and Nairnshire, which was in turn reconstituted in 1918 as Moray and Nairn, with the incorporation of the burghs of Elgin, Nairn and Forres which had previously been part of Inverness Burghs and Elgin Burghs.

Creation

The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Elgin & Forresshire .

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1708Robert Urquhart
1710Alexander Grant
1720James Brodie
1720Alexander Brodie
1741Sir Ludovick Grant
1761James Grant
1768Francis Grant
1774Arthur Duff
1779Lord William Gordon
1784James Duff, Earl of FifePittite
1790Lewis Grant-Ogilvy, later Earl of Seafield
1796James Brodie
1807Francis Ogilvy-Grant, later Earl of SeafieldTory
1832Constituency merged with Nairnshire

References

  • "Elginshire (Morayshire)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
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