Berwickshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Berwickshire County constituency
Created:	1708
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons

Berwickshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1918, when its name was changed to Berwick and Haddington.

[edit] Member of Parliament

• 1708 George Baillie

• 1734 Alexander Hume-Campbell

• 1761 James Pringle

• 1779 Sir John Paterson

• 1780 Hugh Scott, later Baron Polwarth

• 1784 Patrick Home

• 1796 George Baillie

• 1818 Sir John Marjoribanks

• 1826 Anthony Maitland, later Earl of Lauderdale

• 1832 Charles Albany Marjoribanks

• 1834 Sir Hugh Purves-Hume-Campbell

• 1847 Francis Scott

• 1859 David Robertson, later Baron Marjoribanks

• 1873 William Miller

• 1874 Robert Baillie-Hamilton

• 1880 Edward Marjoribanks, later Baron Tweedmouth

• 1894 Harold John Tennant

[edit] Politics and history of the constituency