Edinburgh (UK Parliament constituency)
- Edinburgh (UK Parliament constituency)
UK former constituency infobox
Name = Edinburgh
Type = Burgh
Year = 1708
Abolition = 1885
Edinburgh 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 until 1885. Originally a single member constituency, representation was increased to two members in 1832. It was abolished in 1885, being split into Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh South, Edinburgh East and Edinburgh West.
Members of Parliament
*1708 Sir Samuel MacClellan
*1709 Sir Patrick Johnston
*1713 Sir James Stewart
*1715 Sir George Warrender
*1721 John Campbell
*1734 Patrick Lindsay
*1741 Archibald Stewart
*1747 James Ker
*1754 William Alexander
*1761 George Lind
*1762 James Coutts
*1768 Sir Lawrence Dundas
*1780 William Miller
*1781 Sir Lawrence Dundas
*1781 James Hunter Blair
*1784 Sir Adam Fergusson
*1790 Henry Dundas
*1803 Charles Hope
*1805 George Abercromby
*1806 Sir Patrick Murray
*1812 William Dundas
*1831 Robert Adam Dundas REPRESENTATION INCREASED TO TWO MEMBERS 1832
*1832 Francis Jeffrey
*1832 James Abercromby, later Baron Dunfermline (to 1839)
*1834 Sir John Campbell, later Baron Campbell (to 1841)
*1839 Thomas Babington Macaulay, later Baron Macaulay (to 1847)
*1841 Sir William Gibson Craig (to 1852)
*1847 Charles Cowan (to 1859)
*1852 Thomas Babington Macaulay, later Baron Macaulay
*1856 Adam Black (to 1865)
*1856 Robert Kaye Greville [ [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11519?docPos=12 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] , accessed 5 August 2008]
*1859 James Moncreiff, later Baron Moncreiff (to 1868)
*1865 Duncan McLaren (to 1881)
*1868 John Miller
*1874 James Cowan (to 1882)
*1881 John McLaren
*1881 Thomas Buchanan (to 1885)
*1882 Samuel Danks Waddy
References
See also
* Politics of Edinburgh
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