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

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

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

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

  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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