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Haddington Burghs Major settlements Haddington , Dunbar , North Berwick , Lauder , Jedburgh Seats one Created from Dunbar , Haddington , Jedburgh , Lauder , North Berwick Replaced by Berwickshire , Haddingtonshire , Roxburghshire
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 .
Creation
The British parliamentary constituency was created in 1708 following the Acts of Union, 1707 and replaced the former Parliament of Scotland burgh constituencies of Haddington , Dunbar , Jedburgh , Lauder and North Berwick
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the Haddingtonshire burghs of Haddington , Dunbar , and North Berwick , the Berwickshire burgh of Lauder , and the Roxburghshire burgh of Jedburgh .
History
The constituency elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until the seat was abolished for the 1885 general election .[1]
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In 1885, Haddington, Dunbar, and North Berwick were merged into the county constituency of Haddingtonshire , Lauder was merged into the county constituency of Berwickshire , and Jedburgh was merged into the county constituency of Roxburghshire .
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 [6]
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May 1831
Robert Steuart
Whig [6] (Unseated on petition )
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August 1831
Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet
Tory [6]
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1832
Robert Steuart
Whig [6]
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1841
James Maitland Balfour
Conservative [6]
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1847
Sir Henry Ferguson Davie
Whig [7] [8]
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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 1830s
On petition, Steuart was unseated in favour of Dalrymple
Steuart was appointed as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
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.
References
^ "Haddington Burghs" . History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Haddington Burghs" . History of Parliament Online (1715-1754). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Haddington Burghs" . History of Parliament Online (1754-1790). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Haddington Burghs" . History of Parliament Online (1790-1820). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ "Haddington Burghs" . History of Parliament Online (1820-1832). Retrieved 27 March 2019 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 203. Retrieved 2 September 2018 .
^ Mair, Robert Henry, ed. (1872). Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons, and the Judicial Bench . London : Dean & Son. Retrieved 8 April 2018 .
^ "Members Returned" . Norfolk News . 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 2 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ a b Escott, Margaret. "Haddington Burghs" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 7 May 2020 .
^ a b Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1980). British Historical Facts 1760-1830 . Basingstoke: Palgrave. p. 58. doi :10.1007/978-1-137-06465-3 . ISBN 978-1-137-06465-3 . Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Google Books .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Craig, F. W. S. , ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 549. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3 .
^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1870
^ "Haddington" . Jedburgh Gazette . 2 April 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ "The Haddington Burghs Election" . Glasgow Herald . 18 August 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 20 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive .
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