Edinburgh (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Edinburgh Burgh constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Edinburgh was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1885. Originally a single member constituency, representation was increased to two members in 1832. It was abolished in 1885, being split into Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh East and Edinburgh West.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1708 Sir Samuel MacClellan
- 1709 Sir Patrick Johnston
- 1713 Sir James Stewart
- 1715 Sir George Warrender
- 1721 John Campbell
- 1734 Patrick Lindsay
- 1741 Archibald Stewart
- 1747 James Ker
- 1754 William Alexander
- 1761 George Lind
- 1762 James Coutts
- 1768 Sir Lawrence Dundas
- 1780 William Miller
- 1781 Sir Lawrence Dundas
- 1781 James Hunter-Blair
- 1784 Sir Adam Fergusson
- 1790 Henry Dundas, later Viscount Melville
- 1803 Charles Hope
- 1805 George Abercromby
- 1806 Sir Patrick Murray
- 1812 William Dundas
- 1831 Robert Adam Dundas
REPRESENTATION INCREASED TO TWO MEMBERS 1832
- 1832 Francis Jeffrey
- 1832 James Abercromby, later Baron Dunfermline (to 1839)
- 1834 Sir John Campbell, later Baron Campbell (to 1841)
- 1839 Thomas Babington Macaulay, later Baron Macaulay (to 1847)
- 1841 Sir William Gibson Craig (to 1852)
- 1847 Charles Cowan (to 1859)
- 1852 Thomas Babington Macaulay, later Baron Macaulay
- 1856 Adam Black (to 1865)
- 1859 James Moncreiff, later Baron Moncreiff (to 1868)
- 1865 Duncan McLaren (to 1881)
- 1868 John Miller
- 1874 James Cowan (to 1882)
- 1881 John McLaren
- 1881 Thomas Ryburn Buchanan (to 1885)
- 1882 Samuel Danks Waddy
