St Andrews Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
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St Andrews Burghs Burgh constituency |
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Created: | 1832 |
Abolished: | 1918 |
Type: | House of Commons |
St Andrews Burghs was a district of burghs constituency, representing various burghs of Fife, Scotland, in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1832 to 1918.
[edit] Area covered
The constituency comprised the burghs of St Andrews, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Crail, Cupar, Kilrenny and Pittenweem, all in the county of Fife. St Andrews and Cupar had previously been part of Perth Burghs, and the other burghs part of Anstruther Burghs.
In 1918 the constituency was abolished, and the burghs were thereafter represented as part of the Fife East constituency.
[edit] Member of Parliament
- 1832 Andrew Johnston
- 1837 Edward Ellice
- 1880 Stephen Williamson
- 1885 Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet
- 1886 Henry Torrens Anstruther
- 1903 Edward Charles Ellice
- 1906 William Anstruther-Gray
- 1910 James Duncan Millar
- 1910 William Anstruther-Gray