Kincardineshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Kincardineshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Kincardineshire, 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 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament.
The first election to a Parliament of Great Britain was in 1708. In 1707-08 members of the 1702-1707 Parliament of Scotland were co-opted to serve in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain. See Scottish representatives to the 1st Parliament of Great Britain, for further details.
The constituency represented the county of Kindardineshre.
In 1918 the area was combined with part of Western Aberdeenshire to form the Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire constituency.
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[edit] Boundaries
Kincardineshire was a Scottish shire (later known as a county), which had previously been represented by two commissioners in the former Parliament of Scotland. The constituenency included the whole shire, except for the Royal burgh of Inverbervie which formed part of the Aberdeen Burghs constituency.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1689-1702 Hon Alexander Arbuthnot (Parliament of Scotland)
- Constituency created (1708)
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1708 | Sir David Ramsay, Bt | ||
| 1710 | Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bt | ||
| 1713 | James Scott | ||
| 1734 | John Falconer | ||
| 1741 | Sir James Carnegie, Bt | ||
| 1765 | Sir Alexander Ramsay-Irvine, Bt | ||
| 1768 | Robert Rickart Hepburn | ||
| 1774 | Lord Adam Gordon | ||
| 1788 | Robert Barclay-Allardice | ||
| 1797 | Sir John Wishart Belsches | ||
| 1806 | William Adam | ||
| 1812 | George Harley Drummond | ||
| 1820 | Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bt | ||
| 1826 | Sir Hugh Arbuthnott | ||
| 1865 | James Dyce Nicol | ||
| 1872 | Sir George Balfour | ||
| 1892 | John William Crombie | ||
| 1908 | Arthur Cecil Murray | Liberal | |
- Constituency abolished (1918)
[edit] Elections
[edit] References
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
