Kirkcudbright Stewartry (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kirkcudbright Stewartry County constituency
Created:	1708
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons

Kirkcudbright Stewartry, later known as Kircudbright or Kirkcudbrightshire, 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 in the stewartry 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.

In 1918 the area was combined with Wigtownshire to form the Galloway constituency.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright was a Scottish stewartry (later considered to be a county and sometimes called Kirkcudbrightshire), which had been represented by two commissioners in the former Parliament of Scotland. The constituenency included the whole stewartry, except for the Royal burghs of Kirkcudbright (which formed part of the Dumfries Burghs constituency) and New Galloway (which between 1708-1885 was included in the Wigtown Burghs district).

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 25 June 1708 John Stewart

• 17 February 1715 Alexander Murray

• 14 September 1727 Patrick Heron

• 22 May 1741 Basil Hamilton

• 31 December 1742 John Maxwell

• 30 July 1747 John Ross Mackye

• 19 April 1768 James Murray

• 2 November 1774 William Stewart

• 9 October 1780 Peter Johnston

• 6 April 1781 John Gordon

• 6 February 1782 Peter Johnston

• 16 August 1786 Alexander Stewart

• 23 March 1795 Patrick Heron

• 10 May 1803 Montgomery Granville John Stewart

• 2 November 1812 James Dunlop

• 21 June 1826 Robert Cutlar Fergusson

• 31 December 1838 Alexander Murray

• 20 August 1845 Thomas Maitland (Whig)

• 20 February 1850 John Mackie

• 3 April 1857 James Mackie

• 30 January 1868 Wellwood Herries Maxwell

• 10 February 1874 John Maitland

• 9 April 1880 John Maxwell Heron-Maxwell

• 1 December 1885 Sir Mark John McTaggart-Stewart (Conservative)

• 18 January 1906 Gilbert McMicking

• 19 January 1910 Sir Mark John McTaggart-Stewart

• December 1910 Gilbert McMicking

[edit] Elections

General Election 1906: Kirkcudbrightshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Maj Gilbert McMicking	2,715
	Conservative	Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart Bt	2,418

[edit] References

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.