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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1832 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Kinross-shire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Kinross-shire |
1708–1832 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Kinross-shire |
Replaced by | Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire |
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.
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.
Election | Member | Notes | Ref |
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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] |
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