Kinross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kinross-shire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandKinross-shire
1708–1832
Seatsone
Created fromKinross-shire
Replaced byClackmannanshire and Kinross-shire

Kinross-shire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1708 until 1800, and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.

Creation[edit]

Kinross-shire was Scotland's second-smallest county. The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland shire constituency of Kinross-shire. Kinross-shire was paired as an alternating constituency with neighbouring Clackmannanshire. The freeholders of Kinross-shire elected one Member of Parliament (MP) to one Parliament, while those of Clackmannanshire elected a Member to the next.

History[edit]

The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1832 general election.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832 abolished the alternating constituencies. Kinross-shire was merged with Clackmannanshire into the single constituency of Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire, electing one Member between them to each Parliament.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election Member Notes Ref
1708 none
16 October 1710 Mungo Graham Graham's election was overturned on petition and Malcolm replaced him. [6]
10 February 1711 Sir John Malcolm, 1st Baronet [6]
1713 none
28 February 1715 William Douglas [7]
1722 none
9 November 1727 John Hope
(succeeded as Sir John Bruce Hope, 7th Baronet, in 1729)		 [7][8]
1734 none
21 May 1741 Sir John Bruce Hope, 7th Baronet [7]
1747 none
25 April 1754 Robert Colvile [9]
1761 none
5 April 1768 Robert Adam [9]
1774 none
30 September 1780 George Graham [9]
1784 none
6 July 1790 George Graham [10]
1796 none
2 August 1802 William Douglas Maclean Clephane Appointed Commissioner at Trinidad, April 1803. [10][11]
23 August 1803 David Clephane [10]
1806 none
16 May 1807 William Adam Chose to sit for Kincardineshire. [10]
17 August 1807 David Clephane Appointed a Commissioner of the Excise for Scotland, March 1811. [10][12]
25 June 1811 Thomas Graham [10]
1812 none
6 July 1818 Thomas Graham Died 28 July 1819. [10][13]
16 September 1819 George Edward Graham [10]
1820 none
28 June 1826 George Edward Graham [14]
1830 none
20 May 1831 Charles Adam [14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kinross-shire". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Kinross-shire". History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Kinross-shire". History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Kinross-shire". History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Kinross-shire". History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  6. ^ a b D. W. Hayton, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1690-1715 (2002).
  7. ^ a b c Paula Watson, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 (1970).
  8. ^ Paula Watson, HOPE, John (c.1684-1766), of Culdraines. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1715-1754 (1970).
  9. ^ a b c Edith, Lady Haden-Guest, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790 (1964).
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h R. G. Thorne, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
  11. ^ R. G. Thorne, MACLEAN CLEPHANE, William Douglas (1759-1803), of Kirkness, Kinross. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
  12. ^ R. G. Thorne, CLEPHANE, David (b.c.1760), of Kirkness, Kinross. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
  13. ^ J. W. Anderson, GRAHAM, Thomas II (1752-1819), of Kinross House, Kinross. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 (1986).
  14. ^ a b Margaret Escott, Kinross-shire in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).
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