Haddington Burghs |
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Former District of Burghs constituency for the House of Commons |
Major settlements |
Haddington, Dunbar, North Berwick, Lauder, Jedburgh |
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1708–1885 |
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Number of members |
one |
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Replaced by |
Berwickshire, Haddingtonshire, Roxburghshire |
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Created from |
Dunbar, Haddington, Jedburgh, Lauder, North Berwick |
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Haddington Burghs was a Scottish district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 until 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Members of Parliament
Year | Member | Party |
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1708 | Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet | |
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1722 | Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet | |
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1734 | James Fall | |
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1742 | Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet | |
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1747 | Andrew Fletcher | |
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1761 | Sir Hew Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet | |
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1768 | Patrick Warrender | |
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1774 | John Maitland | |
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1780 | Francis Charteris | |
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1787 | William Fullarton | |
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1790 | Thomas Maitland | |
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1796 | Robert Baird | |
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1802 | Thomas Maitland | |
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1805 | Sir John Hamilton-Dalrymple, 5th Baronet | |
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1806 | Henry Erskine | Whig |
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1806 | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | Whig |
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1807 | Sir George Warrender, 4th Baronet | |
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1812 | Thomas Maitland | |
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1813 | Anthony Maitland | |
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1818 | Dudley North | Whig |
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1820 | Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton, 4th Baronet | |
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1826 | Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet | Tory[1] |
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May 1831 | Robert Steuart | Tory[1] (Unseated on petition) |
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August 1831 | Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet | Tory[1] |
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1832 | Robert Steuart | Whig[1] |
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1841 | James Maitland Balfour | Conservative[1] |
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1847 | Sir Henry Ferguson Davie | Whig[2][3] |
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1859 | Liberal |
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1878 | Lord William Hay | Liberal |
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1879 | Sir David Wedderburn, 3rd Baronet | Liberal |
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1882 | Alexander Craig Sellar | Liberal |
Election results
Elections in the 1870s
Davie resigned, causing a by-election.
Hay succeeded to the peerage, becoming the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale.
Elections in the 1880s
Wedderburn resigned, causing a by-election.
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