Elginshire (UK Parliament constituency)
- Elginshire (UK Parliament constituency)
UK former constituency infobox
Name = Elginshire
Type = County
Year = 1708
Abolition = 1832
Members = one
Elginshire, in Scotland, was a county 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 1832.
In 1832, it was combined with Nairnshire was added to form Elginshire and Nairnshire, which was in turn reconstituted in 1918 as Moray and Nairn, with the incorporation of tbe burghs of Elgin, Nairn and Forres which had previously been part of Inverness Burghs and Elgin Burghs.
Boundaries
Members of Parliament
*1708 Robert Urquhart
*1710 Alexander Grant
*1720 James Brodie
*1720 Alexander Brodie
*1741 Sir Ludovick Grant
*1761 James Grant
*1768 Francis Grant
*1774 Arthur Duff
*1779 Lord William Gordon
*1784 James Duff, Earl of Fife
*1790 Lewis Alexander Grant, later Earl of Seafield
*1796 James Brodie
*1807 Francis William Grant, later Earl of Seafield
Politics and history of the constituency
Election results
See also
References
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