Aberdeen Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Aberdeen Burghs District of Burghs constituency |
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| Created: | 1708 |
| Abolished: | 1832 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Aberdeen Burghs was a district of burghs 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 1832. It was represented by one Member of Parliament (MP).
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The constituency consisted of the burgh of Aberdeen in the county of Aberdeen, the burgh of Inverbervie in the county of Kincardine, and the burgh of Arbroath, the burgh of Brechin and the burgh of Montrose in the county of Forfar.
In 1832 the constituency was divided between the new constituencies of Aberdeen and Montrose Burghs. The Aberdeen constituency covered the burgh of Aberdeen, and Montrose Burghs covered the other burghs plus the burgh of Forfar, which was previously a component of Perth Burghs.
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| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1708 | John Gordon | ||
| 1710 | James Scott | ||
| 1711 | William Livingston | ||
| 1713 | John Middleton | ||
| 1715 | James Erskine | ||
| 1715 | John Middleton | ||
| 1722 | William Kerr | ||
| 1722 | John Middleton | ||
| 1739 | John Maule | ||
| 1748 | Charles Maitland | ||
| 1751 | David Scott | ||
| 1767 | Sir John Lindsay | ||
| 1768 | Thomas Lyon | ||
| 1779 | Adam Drummond | ||
| 1784 | Sir David Carnegie, 4th Baronet | ||
| 1790 | Alexander Callender | ||
| 1792 | Alexander Allardyce | ||
| 1802 | James Farquhar | ||
| 1806 | John Ramsay | ||
| 1807 | James Farquhar | ||
| 1818 | Joseph Hume | Whig | |
| 1830 | Sir James Carnegie, 5th Baronet | ||
| 1831 | Horatio Ross, subsequently MP for Montrose Burghs | ||
